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A jury was selected Wednesday in the first criminal case in New Hampshire’s Youth Development Center scandal to go to trial.Victor Malavet, 52, of Gilford, is charged with 12 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. Malavet allegedly repeatedly...

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When Cali Rollins showed up to her first Merrimack Valley Middle School softball practice in 2023, she had little idea of the legacy that preceded her. But when her mother, Morgan Mahon, emailed her daughter’s new coach that spring, Tom Burke had...

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At the age of 16, as the pandemic began, Charity McRae dropped out of Concord High School.“I don’t learn like most traditional kids, so sitting in a classroom with 40 kids wasn’t really the best for me,” McRae said.Over the ensuing four years, she got...

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Ten women alleged in lawsuits filed over the last week that a female correctional officer sexually assaulted and harassed them while they were held at a minimum-security state prison in Concord from 2003 to 2022.The lawsuits – which were filed...

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In August 250 years ago, a woman named Ann Lee stepped off a boat in a New York City port after multiple months at sea.Four years prior, a revelation had propelled Lee to declare herself the second coming of Jesus Christ and to become the leader of a...

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The summer break has done little to quell the exodus of Pembroke schools employees from the district following last spring’s controversial school budget cut.Five more employees have resigned since the start of the summer, with some citing the...

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Ursula Minich-Boutwell is quite possibly the most-followed TikTokker in New Hampshire, but she is no prototypical content creator.The 52-year-old, Gilford-based former semi-professional actor and mother of three boys does not dance or sing or conduct...

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Boscawen police are looking for a teenager who has gone missing.The 15-year-old girl, Trinity, was last seen in the area of Tremont Street wearing black and white flannel pants and a black top, according to a Boscawen Police Department post. She may...

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The New Hampshire Board of Education voted Wednesday to approve new minimum educational standards that some believe could reshape K-12 education in the state.Opponents of the revisions to the so-called 306 Rules have argued that they will diminish...

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Fighting back tears, Live and Let Live Farm owner Teresa Paradis’s thoughts immediately turned to Ms. Elita, a Calico cat who had been found on the streets of Georgia weeks earlier with one eye smashed in and an ear missing.“She’s not going to be in...

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The town of Loudon has made an offer to a new police chief.Dana Flanders, who has served as acting chief since former chief Kris Burgess resigned in May, was selected by Loudon’s Board of Selectmen late last month.The offer is contingent on the town...

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In a few weeks, children will be back in the Penacook Community Center for the first time in nearly 18 months.But it will look quite different.At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, local officials and the Boys & Girls Club of Central and Northern New...

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A hearing officer on Tuesday barred a Monitor reporter from attending the first meeting between the Department of Agriculture and the owner of a prominent Chichester animal rescue organization since its pet vendor license was denied in June.“I think...

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With rising costs and in some cases single-digit class sizes, Merrimack Valley School Board member Loren Martin questioned whether the district should explore consolidating schools across the district.“I understand all of the emotional aspects that...

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Boscawen embarked on a major evaluation of the future of its town infrastructure, including its fire station, emergency medical service site and public works building.A five-member building task force will spend the next two years studying and...

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A prominent animal rescue organization is fighting to win back its ability to adopt dogs and cats to new homes after the state Department of Agriculture denied its pet vendor license in June. Live and Let Live Farm in Chichester and its owner, Teresa...

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Last fall, high school teacher Penny Culliton received a notice from the New Hampshire Department of Education that appeared to expand the scope of a parental notification law passed in 2017. The department’s initial advisory to schools had said that...

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A University of New Hampshire prosecutor this week dropped criminal charges against seven of the people arrested during a May 1 pro-Palestine protest after they accepted plea agreements.The seven cases were dismissed nearly three months after UNH...

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Department of Agriculture Commissioner Shawn Jasper said his agency stripped a prominent Chichester animal rescue of its pet vendor license because it repeatedly failed to comply with veterinary record requirements related to the health and...

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Last month, Kim DeRego, the vice president of enrollment at the University of New Hampshire, received a call from the mother of two UNH students. Her fall tuition bill, the mother told DeRego, was slated to go up $20,000.The staggering jump was due to...