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Monday night’s school board meeting — the last of the current term — was heralded in by a string ensemble from Broken Ground Elementary, which charmed members of the school board with a seasonable rendition of “Jingle Bell Rock.”The meeting was the...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Thorne’s of Concord will close its doors by the end of the year, shifting away from retail and toward full-time intimacy advice and support.By nature of the field, Thorne’s has always been a source of education, affirmation and guidance for its...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Update: At 4:45 p.m., Hank Ussery, 66, was arrested in connection with this incident, Concord Police announced Monday evening. He was charged with criminal threatening, criminal restraint, reckless conduct, and being a felon in possession of a...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Snowstorm cleanup in 1948. Views of Main Street from more than a century ago. A Woodworth Grocery receipt from 1907 for apples, oats, corn flakes and beer. The Concord Public Library holds a trove of city history in its archives, and now an online...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

State police arrested a Massachusetts woman accused of driving the wrong way on Interstate 93 after midnight Wednesday morning.Grace Dionne, 22, of North Chelmsford, was charged with reckless conduct with a deadly weapon and driving while...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

In an investigation that spanned three states, a Concord man has been arrested and charged with 11 felonies related to online child sexual abuse images, police said Tuesday. Austin Holton, 29, faces seven counts of possession of child sexual abuse...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Celebrating what would have been his 220th birthday on Nov. 23, members of the Pierce Brigade, New Hampshire National Guard and Beaver Meadow students gathered to honor Franklin Pierce, the only Granite Stater to serve as U.S. President, at his grave...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Holiday Inn in downtown Concord will close for renovations on Dec. 15 and will reopen next year as a Hilton DoubleTree, according to its new owner.Developer Steve Duprey purchased the hotel on North Main Street in August for $16.8 million. Already...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

When Penacook resident Brennan Bourque heard about the new, 409-space parking garage for state lawmakers to be built in downtown Concord, he wondered: In the months when the legislature isn’t in session, would members of the public be able to park...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

One out of every 25 pedestrian or bike accidents in Concord happen along one stretch of North Main Street. By redesigning the crosswalks and moving the bus stops there, city leaders are hoping to change that.On North Main Street, from the intersection...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord’s property tax rate rose 3.1% to $27.69 in 2024, while Penacook’s rate will be to $30.64, a heftier jump of 5.1%.Both communities pay the city tax rate, this year $9.84, and the county tax rate, but each has its own local school tax rate and...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A meeting of the Concord School Board will allow public comment for the first time since the election.The board isn’t expected to take major action during the special meeting on Dec. 4, but it will allow the first public input on the project’s future...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Update: As of 10:41 a.m. Friday, NH State Police report that Dennis has been located.Police are seeking help from the public in locating a missing vulnerable adult in Concord. A silver alert was issued Thursday afternoon for Doreen Dennis, 62, who was...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Police are searching for a man who robbed the Bank of America on Storrs Street downtown around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.The robber is described as a white male roughly five-foot, seven- or eight-inches tall who was wearing tan pants and a hooded tan zip-up...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord City Council unanimously approved $400,000 for weekly bonuses for snow removal employees this winter, as Concord’s public works director said they had stemmed the outflow of CDL employees after an “exodus” ahead of last winter.The money funds...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Penacook branch of the Concord Public Library will close its doors for good on Monday in preparation of its move to the newly unveiled Penacook Community Center.Dating back to the start of the 20th century, the 3 Merrimack St. building has housed...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

New plans to build a new Beaver Meadow Golf Course clubhouse or renovate it with an addition are not significantly lower than the proposal rejected by Concord taxpayers nearly a year ago.Architects have presented three potential construction plans....

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Anyone who thought the election would lead to a swift rehash of the middle school project location was proven wrong Wednesday. School Board President Pamela Walsh made clear in a statement that the group hasn’t committed to a path forward on the new...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

There is a ticking timer on the future of Memorial Field. On the track’s wearing oval, weeds poke through the cracks. The surface won’t last past the next two years, according to city Parks and Recreation Director David Gill.Once the track reaches...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The man who died in a police standoff at the Federal House Inn in Plymouth last week has been identified by the Attorney General’s office as Kevin Steinfeldt, the inn’s owner.Steinfeldt, 58, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, and...