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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Adam Hassan tucked a small American flag into the front pocket of his button down shirt and smiled for a photo. On Friday he became a U.S. citizen.It was a day he’s worked toward for nearly a decade and one that’s hard to comprehend.After leaving his...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Ashley Cheney knows the state’s child welfare system through and through – for better or for worse.A few years ago, her three young children got on the bus to school. At the end of the day, they never came back.Instead, they were sent off to foster...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

On a rainy day in Warner, the rivers roar around Loud Lane, in conversation with the birds, bugs and other critters on the dead-end dirt road. It’s such a symphony of sound, that when Nico Kimberly moved into a restored farmhouse on the street, he...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Line up 10 New Hampshire residents and eight of them can come to a consensus on their community: more affordable housing is a must. If these 10 people are under the age of 35, it’s a unanimous consensus. The message is clear: In the midst of a housing...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Typically, on Town Meeting ballots, four candidates will vie for three positions, or select board races will go uncontested. These volunteer positions are subject to public scrutiny and the will of residents.But with a vacant seat on Warner’s...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In a lime green jumpsuit, a child cleaned glass windows, mopped the floor and took the trash out from an area that served as the main entrance to the Bledsoe Youth Academy in Gallatin Tennessee. It’s a youth residential placement program for boys...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI 

Apryl Blood wants to set the record straight. To start, she has numbers. In May, Warner Connects, the local food pantry, served 969 meals to 124 households.Come June, pantry volunteers distributed 1,400 meals to 167 households. In a place like Warner,...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When Governor Chris Sununu announced he would not seek a fifth term, he told Granite Staters that he left New Hampshire better off than when he was elected. A key piece of that puzzle was cutting more taxes than any administration in state history.But...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Before any charges are filed against a child in New Hampshire in juvenile court, parents and children are asked the same question each time: Would you like to participate in the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths assessment? Most need a little...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In the basement of Warner Town Hall, it was standing room only as the select board convened for their first meeting since two members resigned last month.As residents filled rows of plastic chairs, Harry Seidel, who was the sole board member following...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

For $1 in North Newark, New Jersey, Jeff Fleischer and the organization La Casa de Don Pedro, bought an old burned furniture warehouse. Three years later, that abandoned space became a youth center – with street outreach, afterschool programs,...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The cost of a two-bedroom apartment in New Hampshire five years ago, including rent and utilities, was just below $1,300 a month. Today, that monthly expense is over $1,700, an unaffordable number for many New Hampshire families.The 36% increase over...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

After rescinding their resignations made the previous week, Warner select board members Jody Sloane and Christine Frost returned to town hall Tuesday with a new motion: to fire Diane Ricciardelli, the town administrator. Ahead of Tuesday’s meeting,...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A court hearing Thursday was intended to fill a vacant seat on Warner's town select board after two members resigned last week. But this appointment might not be necessary, if Judge Brian Tucker accepts that Christine Frost and Jody Sloane were able...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

On the football field at Concord High School, Joseph Gimaranzi’s teammates became teachers.It was 2016, and he was a freshman – having just moved to New Hampshire from the Democratic Republic of Congo with his single mother and three older siblings....

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In the downstairs of Warner Town Hall, Christine Frost took her place behind the plastic folding table, with board members Jody Sloane and Harry Seidel on either side, and called the select board meeting to order.With a light agenda for last Tuesday’s...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI 

This year, new reports pinned a daunting number on the scope of New Hampshire’s housing crisis: 23,000 units needed today, to meet the current demand. And it only grows – 60,000 units by 2030, up to 90,000 by 2040. These large-scale numbers quantify...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Debbie Auger owned a home in Tilton well before Walmart or the Tanger Outlets came to town. For years, promises of lower taxes were backed by claims that these commercial businesses would bring more revenue.But for 22 years, Auger saw her tax bill...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When Anthony Poore thinks about ways to retain young people, especially people of color in New Hampshire, he knows no single solution exists. But as he breaks it down into smaller pieces, he considers the lived experiences of his two daughters.His...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When President Joe Biden announced plans to forgive student loan debt last fall, nearly 200,000 New Hampshire borrowers could have been eligible for repayment relief. But the promise was short-lived. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the...