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Spirit Halloween set to open in Fort Eddy plaza
08-19-2024 11:56 AM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Like a Black Friday sale or the first heart-shaped boxes of chocolate lining grocery store shelves, every holiday season has an unofficial kick-off. For many, spooky season officially starts when a Spirit Halloween store suddenly appears in an empty...


Concord property reassessments continue in South End
08-16-2024 4:44 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord’s project to visit and reassess every property in the city is continuing to move through the South End, with property owners roughly between Broadway and I-93 next on the list. Every five years, the city is legally obligated to reappraise all...


Concord top tappers to compete in international dance competition
08-16-2024 12:19 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With the smallest flicks of their ankles, Lucy Callanan and Scarlett Sexton can string together a drum beat. From the rolling rat-a-tat of taps to whooshing scuffs, “the noise” of tapping is Lucy and Scarlett’s favorite part. “It makes it more...


Police investigating death inside tent on Steeplegate property
08-15-2024 4:00 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside a “makeshift tent” at the Steeplegate Mall property on Loudon Road on Tuesday night.Police responded to a call around 9:30 p.m. reporting a potential death inside a...


Mixed feelings for potential cost-sharing partnership with Steeplegate mall developer
08-14-2024 3:48 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A potential partnership between the city of Concord and the developer planning to revamp the Steeplegate was met this week with skepticism by some members of the city council.“Between the spending of the council and the school board right now, we...


Phenix Hall redevelopment clears major hurdle as City Council eases height restrictions
08-13-2024 3:33 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Plans to rehabilitate the music venue within historic Phenix Hall, plus add housing, restaurants, and retail, took a big step forward Monday night as the Concord City Council agreed to allow new downtown developments to circumvent height rules on a...


‘Well on our way’: Citizens group reaches signature goal amid a continued push to build new middle school at Rundlett site
08-12-2024 5:00 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Jeff Wells stood outside school district offices Monday with a thick stack of petitions in hand, each sheet’s corners lightly rumpled from being passed back and forth across tables, between hands and in and out of bags and folders.“We’re asking for a...


Steeplegate developer asks city to consider ‘partnership’ to help pay for project infrastructure
08-09-2024 5:01 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The developer looking to transform the Steeplegate Mall into new stores and hundreds of housing units is asking the city for a hand. When projects in Concord are built that require new city resources — adding new or improving existing roads, sewers,...


Council to weigh relaxing downtown height rules that protect view of statehouse dome
08-09-2024 4:54 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A city rule that prevents buildings from blocking the view of the State House dome could be modified to make way for certain projects.Concord has strict zoning that mandates no construction downtown can exceed 80 feet or in any way block a view of the...


What do city councilors think about the plan to build a $152 million middle school on raw land in East Concord?
08-09-2024 2:59 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

City Councilor Michele Horne doesn’t live near either the current or proposed middle schools, or even in the Concord School District, and she’s never had to make a vote on the middle school project. Nevertheless, it’s the one thing her constituents...


Long-envisioned riverfront park in Penacook nears completion
08-07-2024 5:05 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The city’s first new park since 1988 is nearing the end of construction and will make a soft debut this fall. The Canal Street Riverfront Park project is part of the revitalization of Penacook Village and is transforming the 2.5 acres that once housed...


Minimum-security inmate taken into custody in Concord after barricading himself at state office complex
08-06-2024 5:40 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

After roughly five hours of negotiation, state police arrested a man who they say had barricaded himself with a knife inside a building at the state office complex near Pleasant Street Tuesday evening. New Hampshire State Police were called around 3...


Citizens’ group closes in on petition goal
07-30-2024 4:33 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Jim Foley knows the inside of Rundlett Middle School well — he taught in Concord schools for almost 40 years. The district now plans to put a new middle school at the end of his street, and he said it’s the wrong move. “I don’t feel the school board...


Ethics board finds no wrongdoing by committee chair
07-29-2024 5:12 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Working for a company that does business with the city is not automatically a conflict of interest for people who give advice to elected leaders, the Concord’s Board of Ethics determined Monday. As long as they walk a fine line to avoid influencing...


Concord’s latest arts and restaurant development breaks ground, set for April 2025 completion
07-26-2024 12:21 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

An ambitious project that would bring multiple restaurants to Main Street broke ground this week.Dubbed “Arts Alley,” the development includes a two-story building between the Bank of New Hampshire Stage and the Concord Food Co-op that will house a...


organizers gather signatures to put middle school location on the ballot
07-25-2024 6:11 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

You might’ve seen them outside your favorite grocery store or in front of the state house; posting on your social media pages or knocking on your door.A group of residents wants to put Concord voters in charge of where the district puts its schools....


Ethics Board will hold first of two hearings Monday
07-25-2024 6:07 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The city’s Board of Ethics will reconvene Monday to hold a hearing on one of two complaints on its plate.In May, the ethics board, an appointed committee that weighs complaints against city officials, received a handful of complaints — the first it...


Concord has a new tax collector
07-24-2024 6:12 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The City of Concord selected Chelsey Michalski to serve as tax collector and treasurer after she served three months in the post on an interim basis and two years prior as a deputy.“Chelsey has been a great addition to the City of Concord. She has...


Two adults, three youths arrested after hours-long foot chase on Concord’s east side
07-23-2024 4:53 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord Police apprehended five people who they say resisted arrest and fled on foot after ditching a stolen car containing a handgun.“A good possibility” exists that the group is connected with an uptick in recent car thefts in the city, according to...


Brentwood woman arrested after wrong-way driving on I-93
07-22-2024 11:07 AM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A woman from Brentwood driving the wrong way on Interstate 93 in the early hours of Sunday morning was arrested by State Police in Concord. Emily Lecuyer, 20, was first spotted driving south in the northbound lanes of the highway in Northfield around...

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