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By SOPHIE LEVENSON

From his seat in a shaded booth at The Works, underneath a picture of wild blueberries, Jim Milliken gestures at Main Street. “I painted every parking meter you can see,” he says.He also changed the lightbulbs in traffic lights and touched up the...

By SOPHIE LEVENSON

Anastasia McNeil bought her dad a figurine designed to look just like him for Father’s Day.The Funko Pop! effigy now stands atop well-stocked liquor shelves, facing the Forum Pub’s erratically-decorated wall. The miniature version of Kirk McNeil faces...

By SOPHIE LEVENSON

The way a hot air balloon floats on the wind isn’t scary at all.“It’s not like you went up high,” balloon pilot Rick Jones said, several hundred feet in the air. “It’s like they pulled the world away so that you could get a better look at it.”Balloons...

By SOPHIE LEVENSON

Batulo Mohamed’s Somali food opened Concord’s culinary horizons. Susan Chung hopes her Korean kimbap will widen them a little more.Next week, Chung, the second chef in the Capitol Center for the Arts Culinary Artist in Residence program will start...

By SOPHIE LEVENSON

At 2:45 p.m. at the steamy end of a summer workweek, Gretchen Peters was still busy. It was 15 minutes before she closed for the day, but the working people on Main Street were still hungry for hot dogs.Peters has been running Puppy Love Hot Dogs for...

By SOPHIE LEVENSON

Concord has one less place to swim, thanks to violence on the docks.Donald Sullivan, director of Safety and Compliance at St. Paul’s School, sent an email to faculty and staff at the private school July 12 announcing the closure of the public-access...

By SOPHIE LEVENSON

With a sudden flash of lightning and crack of thunder Tuesday evening, the skies opened and Concord got a break from its record heat wave.The Concord area’s summer heat peaked at 94 degrees Fahrenheit Tuesday, tying July 8 for the hottest day of the...

By SOPHIE LEVENSON

“Three, two, one,” and the No. 15 Ford skidded to a halt in front of Rick Ware Racing’s control center.Four men dressed to drive, in black helmets and fire-resistant suits, ambushed the car with gold-spoked tires and a container of gasoline. In fewer...

By SOPHIE LEVENSON

Eve Jacobs Carnahan had a long career as an elections lawyer before her experiences with the American electoral system gave her the idea for something different. In 2018, she started “Knit Democracy Together,” a project that aims to fuel productive...

By SOPHIE LEVENSON

Ross Mingarelli says he likes dogs more than people, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t kind to both.He’s a man who does things by himself. He operates CandleTree, his store on Main Street, as a one-man operation. He drives his ax-throwing truck solo. He...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN and JEREMY MARGOLIS

On the final day of the year’s legislative session, lawmakers passed an omnibus bill that includes legislation on squatter rights, parking restrictions and zoning regulations.It was about the only closely-watched bill that both chambers could agree...

By SOPHIE LEVENSON

Nothing can keep Jim Peyser away from his motorcycle, not even a crash.He doesn’t remember the accident, but he can piece it together: A nighttime ride, a run-in with the curb and $23,000 worth of repairs.“He almost died,” said Diane Kline, Peyser’s...

By SOPHIE LEVENSON

Drumroll, please.A pattering of tiny hands erupted, and a celebrity waltzed onto the blue gymnasium floor. The kids at Beaver Meadow elementary school cheered, pumped their fists in the air and waved at Dog Man.Monday afternoon, Gibson’s Bookstore...

By SOPHIE LEVENSON

A line of five-year-old future Kearsarge Regional High School graduates trotted slowly down the blue-carpet in the middle of the school’s football field. Rather than caps and gowns, the dozen or so students wore oversized white t-shirts emblazoned...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The $53.6 million Concord wants to spend on capital projects next year doubles the current figure — but it pales in comparison to what’s to come.Several major city building projects are slated for 2026, meaning increases in coming years would likely...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Everyone inside a three-family apartment building that caught fire Saturday evening in Hillsborough was able to safely evacuate.With waves of rain and snow bearing down, firefighters from eight area towns battled the blaze for nearly four hours before...

By JACQUELINE COLE

A conventional high school experience — large cafeterias and classroom lectures combined with a healthy dose of social pressure – is not for everyone.A total of 27 students left Concord High School in 2023 and 16 were considered dropouts out of about...

By SARAH DONOVAN

Metal shovels scraped through the rocky soil in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown in a targeted quest to uncover evidence of Native American settlement in the area before European arrival.Mark Doperalski, New Hampshire state archaeologist, has been...

By JACQUELINE COLE

Eric Peterson stood in the middle of a grassy field wearing dark denim overalls and a big smile.He had journeyed to the White Mountains of New Hampshire to join hundreds, if not thousands, of his brothers and sisters for the Rainbow Family of Living...

By SARAH DONOVAN

Pursuing an education in the United States for a positive future has driven Keillys Guerrero Rojas.An immigrant from Venezuela, Guerrero sought higher education to create more opportunities for herself and also to distract from the complications of...

By JACQUELINE COLE

The leader of a New Hampshire neo-Nazi group, NSC-131, died Monday, just one day after the group protested a drag queen story hour at Teatotaller cafe in downtown Concord.Leo Anthony Cullinan was the New Hampshire chapter president. His cause of death...