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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Mother’s Day felt like cruel irony for Barb Higgins.

By DAVID BROOKS

In today’s least surprising news, the drought is officially over in Concord.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With one major asterisk, City Manager Tom Aspell proposed a roughly $155 million budget to city councilors for their review, which would rely on reserve funds to carry a 4% increase in the tax rate next year. 

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Freeman Toth can suggest few places for people experiencing homelessness now that the winter shelters have closed and police have started clearing tent sites along Concord’s downtown and near the river. 

By GEOFF FORESTER and DAVE BROOKS

This is the time of year when there’s one obvious answer to the question: “What should I do to feel better about myself?”

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

As families across New Hampshire celebrate Mother’s Day, data shows that mothers face growing challenges in the state from pressures around maternity leave and childcare to unintended pregnancies.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is making a renewed call for information in the unsolved murder of a Wolfeboro mother who was killed 16 years ago, a day before Mother’s Day.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Former New England College assistant men's basketball coach Shannon Sciria has been appointed to lead his alma mater’s men’s basketball team at Colby-Sawyer, where he played during the 2008-09 season. 

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A woman was transported to Concord Hospital with serious injuries Friday morning after a collision involving a gray pickup truck near the intersection of School Street and Green Street downtown, according to Concord Police.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS andSRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Officials believe a Pembroke mother killed her three-year-old son and then herself early Friday morning.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Making good on their campaign promises, New Hampshire Republicans sent a bill to the governor that would allow towns to adopt local spending caps at their next town meeting.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Concord Police arrested a Franklin man Tuesday in connection with a robbery that occurred during a botched Facebook Marketplace sale outside the Forty Eddy Road Petco last month.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

After a nearly hour-long tour through The Nash Casino, where the bright lights flickered and the celebratory sounds of gaming machines rang out with each win, state Rep. Thomas Schamberg had just one thing to say: The casino seems to have “the right philosophical approach.”

By REBECA PEREIRA

Robert Prevost was chosen to succeed Pope Francis, becoming the first American to ascend to the papacy in history.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Bud Stratford opened The Cleveland Superboard Factory in Concord in the early ’90s, making skateboards for the growing community of kids who skated at Kiwanis Riverfront’s park and makeshift ramps at Concord High.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

In New Hampshire, one in four adults over the age of 65 lives alone, putting them at greater risk of social isolation and its negative impacts on both mental and physical health, according to a recent study.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Bishop Brady’s first five batters all scored in their first two at-bats, and the entire lineup drove in RBIs on their way to a 16-5 rout of rival Hopkinton.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Young golfers will soon have access to deeply discounted rounds of golf in Concord through a partnership between Bank of America and Beaver Meadow Golf Course.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A series of longstanding financial missteps combined to cause the Merrimack Valley School District to unknowingly spend roughly $2 million it didn’t have last year, superintendent Randy Wormald said this week.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord Police have identified remains found near the I-393 bridge downtown as 36-year-old Concord resident Curtis Ayer.