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By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. Not long after my family and I returned from Ireland last summer, I started putting up...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

New Hampshire’s efforts to fight suicide have made progress, with a consistent decline in suicide death rates since 2018, according to the recently published 2022 Annual Suicide Report.The report, compiled jointly by the National Alliance on Mental...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

One of Nicole Petrin’s first cases in her new role as the Concord Police Department’s social worker drew frequent calls demanding officers’ attention.A senior woman with disabilities would often be wandering downtown. Chronically food insecure, she...

By MARGARET LANDSMAN

Margaret Landsman has lived in Concord for 33 years. Before she retired, she taught English and ESOL at NHTI. I have long been happy Concord has a school board financially independent from the city council, and believe it generally has resulted in a...

By BRIAN ADAMS

Brian Adams of Andover, Mass., is a UNH alumnus originally from Londonderry. He was previously a sketch comedy writing instructor and staff writer at ImprovBoston and a founding contributor to satirical online newspaper Recyculus. He is a father to...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A Concord resident was arrested Friday in connection to a slew of vehicle vandalism outside a state Republican Party event at Concord High School two weeks ago.Lawrence Dunlap, 37, is facing eleven felony charges of criminal mischief. Concord Police...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Every time Leanna Kenza laces up her sneakers and steps on the track, it gives her reprieve from the day-to-day drama of eighth grade and the chance to find a new friend.While most Rundlett Middle School parents were enrolling their kids in sports in...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A Pelham man has been charged as the getaway driver in a hit-and-run boat crash that occurred on Lake Winnipesaukee last August.Eight months after a 50-foot Sea Ray crashed into a dock in Wolfeboro’s Winter Harbor, State Police have arrested...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord man who died after his residence on Lantern Lane caught fire Thursday has been identified as 60-year-old Alan Thorgerson.Concord firefighters were dispatched to the two-bedroom home in the Crestwood neighborhood of manufactured homes just...

By MEGAN TUTTLE

Megan Tuttle is the president of NEA-New Hampshire. As a mom, I want strong schools for my three boys. As an educator, I want all Granite State students to have access to high-quality educational opportunities, regardless of their zip code. As the...

Boys’ TrackBow 87, John Stark 57, Pembroke 43, Manchester West 34Key players: Bow – Kody McCranie (1st 100, 1st 200, 1st 400, 1st long jump), Wyatt Worcester (1st 1,600, 1st 3,200), Colin Atwell (1st high jump, 2nd 300 hurdles, 5th triple jump), Liam...

By DAVID BROOKS

A New Hampshire investment advisor who lost clients’ money by putting it into risky securities has been ordered to pay $4.9 million in restitution and $1 million in costs by the state Bureau of Securities Regulation.According to the Bureau, Thomas...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Mold found at Bow’s Community Building has left portions of the structure unusable until cleanup and disinfection are completed.After last week’s testing for the potential presence of mold at the 1959 community center on Bow Center Road, it was...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

One man was sent to Concord Hospital in critical condition after a fire on Lantern Lane Thursday afternoon.Triggered by a fire alarm just after 3 p.m., Concord Fire escalated its response after seeing smoke at the back of the two-bedroom home upon...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Christa McAuliffe boarded the Challenger space shuttle on Jan. 28, 1986, she planned to broadcast two lessons from space into thousands of American classrooms.The first – called "The Ultimate Field Trip" – would have involved a tour of the space...

By DAVID BROOKS

With Concord reduced to a single movie theater for the first time in living memory and New Hampshire chain Chunky’s Cinema Pub closing two of its three locations, going out to the flicks in the Granite State just keeps getting harder.Don’t expect that...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The director of the Police Standards and Training Council said it couldn’t take action in the 2006 case involving Jonathan Stone, a full-time officer who reportedly made violent threats against colleagues, due to the lack of authority granted by...

Girls’ LacrosseConcord 20, Nashua North 7Key players: Concord – Emma Pelletier (8 goals, 5 draw controls), Sofia Payne (6 goals, 2 assist), Sarah Leuci (3 goals, 10 draw controls), Sydney Brown (goal, assist), Ava Philbrook (goal, assist), Malie...

By PAT WILCZYNSKI

Pat Wilczynski is a retired psychotherapist living in Concord. The NH End of Life Options Act, HB 1283, would have saved my father. Not from dying, but from the miserable and heartbreaking way he died.His name was Ed Wilczynski. He was over six feet...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord School Board will get the first updated cost estimate in two years for its proposed new middle school in June and will ink a final “not to exceed budget” for the project on July 1, according to a new meeting schedule released by the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Phillip Kaneb, sporting a vibrant blue shirt with a sticker boldly stating “no suicide,” strolled around the State House’s hallways on Wednesday, pausing intermittently to admire the paintings hanging on the walls, his infectious smile bringing joy to...