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By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com Watching and reading the news today involves frequent exposure to the word “existential,” employed to mean truth....

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Empowerment, sadness and joy swept over Niyanta Nepal when Brown University’s administration announced their intention to deliberate and vote on divesting from companies connected to Israel’s military actions in Gaza.“We have the power to really...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Just as warm weather finally arrives in Concord, more than flowers will be blooming downtown this week: outdoor dining has returned, the Concord Farmers’ Market will officially launch for the season and this month’s First Friday will bring a boom to...

By DAVID BROOKS

You just knew that Rik Yeames had one last solar-eclipse extravaganza in him.Yeames has spent more than five years getting New Hampshire excited about the eclipse we just experienced – the Monitor first wrote about his efforts in March 2019 – so it’s...

By ARIANNA MACNEILL

A Concord man is facing three felony charges after police said he assaulted another man while holding a handgun at the Christ the King Food Pantry Tuesday evening.Bluestone Rhau, 48, was arrested and charged with second-degree assault with a deadly...

By DAVID BROOKS

A year after New Hampshire allowed dental benefits for adults on Medicaid, NHTI is using grant funding to start treating those patients in Concord, which should help alleviate a backlog in treatment as well as expand training for the school’s dental...

The Clinton Street entrance into New Hampshire Hospital will be closed for a time as part of continued expansion of the facility, which provides acute, in-patient psychiatric services. Other entrances are still open.Th​​​​e E Unit at New Hampshire...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A Concord man accused of keying the cars of 11 state Republican party members was denied bail Monday after prosecutors argued that he presented a safety threat to himself and others.Lawrence Dunlap will remain in the county jail despite objections...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Whether they’re running errands or socializing in the community, Greg Pollock and Amber Brouillette, are recognized as “the sunflower people” by Concord residents thanks to their Sunfox Farm, a sprawling 20-acre sunflower field on Loudon Road, that...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Plans to transform the dilapidated former Department of Transportation buildings off Stickney Avenue into 80 housing units have been held up because of outstanding questions about the condition and future of major city storm drains running underneath...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

One of Nicole Petrin’s first cases in her new role as the Concord Police Department’s social worker drew frequent calls demanding officers’ attention.A senior woman with disabilities would often be wandering downtown. Chronically food insecure, she...

By MARGARET LANDSMAN

Margaret Landsman has lived in Concord for 33 years. Before she retired, she taught English and ESOL at NHTI. I have long been happy Concord has a school board financially independent from the city council, and believe it generally has resulted in a...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Every time Leanna Kenza laces up her sneakers and steps on the track, it gives her reprieve from the day-to-day drama of eighth grade and the chance to find a new friend.While most Rundlett Middle School parents were enrolling their kids in sports in...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord man who died after his residence on Lantern Lane caught fire Thursday has been identified as 60-year-old Alan Thorgerson.Concord firefighters were dispatched to the two-bedroom home in the Crestwood neighborhood of manufactured homes just...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

One man was sent to Concord Hospital in critical condition after a fire on Lantern Lane Thursday afternoon.Triggered by a fire alarm just after 3 p.m., Concord Fire escalated its response after seeing smoke at the back of the two-bedroom home upon...

By DAVID BROOKS

With Concord reduced to a single movie theater for the first time in living memory and New Hampshire chain Chunky’s Cinema Pub closing two of its three locations, going out to the flicks in the Granite State just keeps getting harder.Don’t expect that...

By PAT WILCZYNSKI

Pat Wilczynski is a retired psychotherapist living in Concord. The NH End of Life Options Act, HB 1283, would have saved my father. Not from dying, but from the miserable and heartbreaking way he died.His name was Ed Wilczynski. He was over six feet...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord School Board will get the first updated cost estimate in two years for its proposed new middle school in June and will ink a final “not to exceed budget” for the project on July 1, according to a new meeting schedule released by the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Phillip Kaneb, sporting a vibrant blue shirt with a sticker boldly stating “no suicide,” strolled around the State House’s hallways on Wednesday, pausing intermittently to admire the paintings hanging on the walls, his infectious smile bringing joy to...

By ARIANNA MACNEILL

Concord police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person they believe is connected to a swath of cars  “keyed” during a state Republican Party event earlier this month.Police were originally called to Westbourne Road to investigate...

By DAVID BROOKS

The Concord Fire Department spent Wednesday morning fighting a stubborn brush fire burning on a steep bank between the Merrimack River and the rail line just south of Sewalls Falls Road.“We think it had been smoldering for a couple of days,” said...