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BaseballConcord 7, Spaulding 6Key players: Concord – Mitch Coffey (win, 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 4 K; 3 hits, 2 runs, 2 RBI), Kaelen Williams (save, 1 IP, 2 K), Noah Chrabolowski (2 hits, run, 3 RBI), Dawson Fancher (2 hits), Alex Turant (hit, run, RBI),...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With the largest increases in proposed city spending next year tied to major water and sewer projects on the Heights, some city councilors appear open to leaning harder on developers to pay for growth-driven infrastructure improvements.The more than...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Twice a day the fire department can expect a call relating to homelessness in some way, whether it’s a fire at an encampment that needs to be extinguished; the river flooded with high rains and campers are stuck on the banks, or a medical emergency...

By MICHAEL PELCHAT

Michael Pelchat of Webster is a retired pharmacist and current history student. In 1850, Presbyterian minister, James Thornwell of South Carolina, speaking on the major issue of the day, said “they are atheists, socialists, communists on the one...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. Not too long ago, Nancy Jo and I finally buttoned up our estate planning documents. Ours is...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com Is technology crushing human creativity? That was the question asked in the May 11 article in the Concord Monitor about a recent Apple...

By RAY DUCKLER

Before he died last spring from a rare blood cancer at age 76, the community knew the local newspaper editor was a well-rounded author, a prolific writer who loved the written word and its ability to summon clear images without being verbose.For...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.comIt is no surprise that some people are uncomfortable when issues of sex and gender are acknowledged to be a part of the...

By DAVID BROOKS

A proposal to limit casinos in Concord to fewer locations while the city writes new laws to control their use got approval Wednesday from the Planning Board and will go before the public in July before the city council decides what to do.The proposed...

Girls’ LacrosseHopkinton 15, Plymouth 5Key players: Hopkinton – Sarah Chodosh (5 goals, assist, 2 draw controls, 2 caused turnovers, 4 ground balls), Sydney Westover (4 goals, 12 draw controls, caused turnover, 2 ground balls), Maeve Owens (3 goals,...

By RICHARD W. OSBORNE

Richard W. Osborne lives in Contoocook. Today, May 17, is the anniversary of a milestone in American jurisprudence. It was on this date, seventy years ago that the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of Brown v. Board of...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A bill that would require teachers to notify parents at least two weeks before they introduce content about sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, passed the Senate Thursday, much to the chagrin of its longest-serving...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The New Hampshire Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban transgender girls from participating on public school-sponsored sports teams starting in fifth grade.The bill, HB 1205, was passed by the House in March and now heads to Gov. Chris...

By FRANCES MIZE

HANOVER – By a slim margin, Dartmouth undergraduate students have voted “no confidence” in President Sian Leah Beilock’s leadership in the wake of a controversial crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters earlier this month, Dartmouth Student Government...

By DAVID BROOKS

The historic Norris House on South Main Street will be torn down next week to make way for a commercial development after years of failed efforts to get somebody to cover the six-figure cost to move it to safety.“We have removed the transom over the...

BaseballBelmont 5, Gilford 0, 8 inn.Key players: Belmont – Anakin Underhill (8 IP, 1 H, 4 BB, 15 K), Michael Collette (2-for-4, RBI, run), Hutch Haskins (1-for-5, 2 RBI), Owen Waldron (1-for-3, walk, run), Wyatt Divers (1-for-3, RBI, run)Highlights:...

Boys’ Tennis Kearsarge 8, Monadnock 1 Key players: Kearsarge – Liam Miller (singles and doubles winner), Eli Whipple (singles and doubles winner), Billy Reid (singles winner), Graham West (doubles winner), Thomas Shepherd (doubles winner) Highlights:...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

In the woods off South Curtisville Road, between maple saplings and tall pines and within sight of dog walkers on trails, fifteen wooden stakes flagged with hot pink construction tape poke up from the pine needles carpeting the ground.The stakes mark...

By JAMES RIDDLE

James Riddle lives in Hillsborough. With the Senate Judiciary Committee advancing a cannabis legalization bill for the first time in state history, the legislature and governor now have three choices.First, cannabis legalization could be rejected by...

Monitor staff

The twice-annual auction of surplus government property returns Saturday at White Farm in Concord, both for those who are bidding and those who are just watching.“People seem to enjoy watching the plow trucks get bid on for whatever reason. … There’s...

By DAVID BROOKS

The fight over a historical marker about Concord native Elizabeth Gurley Flynn has ended, with sponsors saying they won’t appeal a judge’s ruling that they lack legal standing to sue over its removal after it offended some executive councilors and...