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By NICK PERRY

Two young children who were the subject of an extensive search by New Hampshire police were found safe at a restaurant parking lot Friday with their father, who is accused of killing their mother, authorities said.Police had earlier issued an Amber...

By ALLAN MACDONALD

Allan MacDonald is a retired public school teacher and small businessman from New London. The Apollo 8 astronauts were the first humans to see Earth-rise from a lunar orbit. Viewing this blue ball rising above the desolate lunar surface, astronauts...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

An ampitheater, a boathouse, botanical gardens, a sauna, or, perhaps, just a footbridge — about two dozen members of the public joined civil engineers to explore what a public bridge and park over the highway, connecting downtown and the riverfront,...

By DAVID BROOKS

Carlson’s Motors, a family firm that in 1937 became one of the first car dealerships in Concord, has been bought by Nucar, a regional company with deep roots in New Hampshire, as part of a continuing trend of consolidation in the industry of auto...

A heavy sustained wind of 20-25 miles per hour knocked out power to thousands and almost got in the way of customers getting their morning Dunkin Donuts in Concord’s south end.With gusts of up to 45 miles per hour, Thursday’s wind proved problematic...

By DAVID BROOKS

Hoping to turn the total solar eclipse on April 8 into a tourism bonanza, New Hampshire state government has created an online portal touting seasonal trips, places to stay and other things to do as preparations ramp up around the area.One event will...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

When No. 11 Merrimack Valley (9-10) shows up to play No. 3 Pembroke Academy (17-2) on Friday night in the Division II quarterfinals, there won’t be much the two teams don’t already know about each other. They squared off twice during the regular...

By MICHAELA TWOFIGHI and CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord Police are investigating the death of a homeless man who was found dead at a campsite off Black Hill Road Wednesday afternoon. Police were first made aware of the death from a friend who found the individual who everybody knew as “Mountain...

By ELIZABETH HODGES

Elizabeth L. Hodges lives in Concord. I have been in a Russian prison. I have had the prison head guard unlock the door to the cells and, before he could stop me, stepped in and peered through a tiny square in a locked door to see a human form curled...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BOW – The No. 6 Bow Falcons (14-5) had really only played man-to-man defense all season. But entering their Division II first round meeting with No. 11 Merrimack Valley (9-10), head coach Cassidy Emerson decided to employ a zone. The gamble worked in...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

The 2023-24 season for Concord boys’ basketball was supposed to be one of promise. In head coach Tim LaTorra’s first season last year, he’d taken a team that finished 2-16 the year before to 6-12, a tiebreaker away from reaching the playoffs.But the...

D-II Girls’ BasketballNo. 4 John Stark 61, No. 13 Milford 46Key players: John Stark – Eleanor Girardet (26 points, 14 rebounds), Avery Geaumont (13 points), Abby Duclos (12 points)Highlights: The Generals consistently put up points throughout the game...

By RAY DUCKLER

Melissa Reep’s father thought he was funny each time he showed his daughter the calendar and asked her to point to her birthday.She’d flip to February and move her finger down to the last day of the month and find that it was missing more often than...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

During this year’s town meeting in Bow, residents will have a break from the almost annual push to split its form of self-government to include a separate deliberative session and voting day, which has been consistently on the ballot in recent...

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Garry Trudeau, creator of the Doonesbury comic strip, will be the commencement speaker for New England College’s 2024 graduation ceremony on May 18.In addition, the New England College Board of Trustees has authorized the awarding of an honorary...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Dr. Andrew Spector was in the middle of surgery on Friday when he received an urgent text from an administrator. Strangers were calling his employer, Dartmouth Health, demanding he be fired.He soon learned it was because of a video going viral on...

By HADLEY BARNDOLLAR

Bjarna O’Brien has come close to only one conviction during her time working as an animal control officer for the Salem Police Department.She criminally pursued a man for leaving his dogs inside a hot environment on multiple occasions in town. O’Brien...

By CHLOE RATTEE

Up for grabs: A historic farmhouse with wide pine floors, raised paneled doors, wooden wainscoting and antique hardware.Built by the Locke family in Rye in 1830, the white, 2,000-square-foot Colonial – complete with additions –  features four bedrooms...

A former Belmont man pleaded guilty to illegally possessing firearms including a short-barreled rifle that was found at a double murder in Franklin in June. Justin Gebo, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of being a prohibited person in possession of a...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CONCORD — The former head of one of the Upper Valley’s leading charities has pleaded guilty to embezzling donations, acknowledging that he spent the money for personal use and to gamble at a casino in western Massachusetts.In U.S. District Court in...