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HAMPTON BEACH — A small plane that crashed into the ocean just off a New Hampshire beach over the weekend flipped upside down when it hit the water before slowly rolling back into an upright position.The pilot of the single-engine Piper PA-18 plane...

By EVENS SANON and MICHAEL CASEY

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The fate of an American nurse and her daughter kidnapped in Haiti last week remains unknown Tuesday as the U.S. State Department refused to say whether the abductors made demands.Around 200 Haitians had marched in their...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – High school football players can’t put on their pads just yet. With the overbearing heat and humidity this summer, that’s probably been a good thing. But four area teams – Concord, Bow, Merrimack Valley and John Stark – wrapped up their...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

City councilors were approached last week by a prominent diversity, equity and inclusion leader in the state to offer suggestions and advice to the city of Concord.James McKim, a professional consultant and president of the Manchester NAACP, expressed...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

For Pascal Zabayo, the message that guides him every day is very straightforward.“You work for the community. You are there for the community,” he said. “Anytime you can help someone, don’t say no.” It’s something his grandmother reminded him...

By RAY DUCKLER

As is the case each year, people in charge of Pittsfield’s largest annual fundraiser are at the mercy of Mother Nature, meaning online weather charts and WMUR’s nightly forecast take on added importance this time of year.Early reports say the sun will...

By RAY DUCKLER

Mike French’s green thumb means food for the less fortunate.He tends to the Lions Club Community Garden in Henniker and ships his produce to two food pantries, one in his hometown, the other in Hopkinton. And if he has a surplus of food after the...

By DAVID BROOKS

As Concord’s makerspace reopens in a smaller space after leaving its previous home in Penacook, it is making a virtue out of necessity by specializing.“Woodworking equipment was far and away the most used,” said Sandra May, a member of Concord...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Trucks pull up at the back of the warehouse, waiting to load up on cases of wine and liquor. As drivers wait for their orders, the shutters to the receiving dock slide open, revealing a massive array of alcoholic beverages ready to be delivered to...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The Warner Select Board will meet Tuesday for the first time with its newly appointed member, Faith Minton. Earlier this month, Warner town government was brought to a halt after Christine Frost and Jody Sloane resigned on July 12. Minton, who was...

Police are seeking the public’s help to locate an 84-year-old Concord man who was last seen Friday night leaving his home in his red Dodge pickup truck.State police issued a silver alert for David M. Peistrup, who is about 5 feet, 8 inches, weighs 180...

By DAVID BROOKS

The public will have a chance to look under the hood and kick the tires of ballot-counting machines next week, the latest step as New Hampshire decides how to upgrade its election-day systems.The demonstration of ballot-counting devices from three...

By ADAM CZARKOWSKI

Adam Czarkowski works in the technology sector and lives in Penacook. Recently Kelly Ayotte our former attorney general and U.S. Senator announced she was running for governor. Kelly Ayotte’s last campaign was in 2016 when she lost a very close race...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Instead of supporting a ceasefire and peace talks, the Biden Administration continues to pursue an extremely hawkish approach to the war in Ukraine. This is exemplified in one particularly disturbing decision which...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick lived for three months in Jayyous, Palestine as an accompanier for the World Council of Churches. For three years he was media coordinator and communication strategist for Kairos Palestine. He lives in Concord and can be reached at...

By CARISA CORROW

Carisa Corrow of Penacook is co-author of “126 Falsehoods We Believe About Education” and founder of Educating for Good. My first experience at Franklin Opera House was at a summer performance of Aladdin Jr. in 2009. We had a five and three-year-old...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at theotherazzi.wordpress.com ‘Climate change is hitting us hard now — it’s really awful in the southern states — dangerous in some,” a loved one wrote recently....

By CHRIS MACKENZIE

Chris Mackenzie, a New Hampshire native, is communications director at Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech industry coalition. MacKenzie previously ran former Rep. John Delaney’s New Hampshire campaign during the 2020 presidential primary. You...

By DAVID BROOKS

It didn’t take officials long to confirm local suspicion that the storm that hit the town of Dublin on Thursday was a tornado.“A storm survey team from the National Weather Service office in Gray, Maine, has confirmed that a tornado touched down in...

By JOHN W. CASELLA

John W. Casella is chairman & CEO of Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Recent reporting, letters to the editor, and testimony in the New Hampshire Legislature regarding Senate Bill 61, a bill relative to surface water setbacks for landfills, have...