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By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

CJ Girard packed school lunches during the week and made fresh pancakes on Sundays. He played floor hockey with his kids in the basement, always pleading for one more game. On a rainy day, he’d sit by the woodstove and plug away at a puzzle. 

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Gov. Kelly Ayotte notched a policy victory early in her political tenure.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut will depart from his role at the end of the current school year, Gov. Kelly Ayotte announced Thursday afternoon.

By DAVID BROOKS

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: New Hampshire’s population grew slightly last year but only because of transplants moving into the state, since more state residents are dying than are born.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Bow landowners looking to conserve their property now have a new option to secure financial support following a vote by residents at Wednesday’s annual town meeting.

By ÁINE deDANAAN

Áine deDanaan has a Master of Divinity from Pacific School Of Religion. She is a certified InterPlayer and Ensoulment Coach living in Keene.

By LAURA TELERSKI

Rep. Laura Telerski is the deputy Democratic leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. She represents Nashua Ward 8.

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot.

By GERALD M. ZELIN

Gerald M. Zelin, a resident of Portsmouth, N.H., has practiced education law for nearly 50 years. He is a shareholder with the law firm of Drummond Woodsum, which represents many school districts in both New Hampshire and Maine. The opinions expressed in this piece are not necessarily Drummond Woodsum’s.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to remove income requirements for the state’s school choice program starting in July 2026 in a win for the Legislature’s increased Republican majority.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

State lawmakers heard an earful from constituents, advocates and local officials denouncing the state’s current school funding formula and Education Freedom Accounts this week.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

MANCHESTER – Two goals from senior forward Rowan Arndt and a nearly impeccable game from freshman goalie Carter Heise kept the Tide rolling and Concord will return to the Division I boys’ hockey championship after beating the Hanover Bears, 3-1, at JFK Coliseum on Wednesday afternoon. 

By DAN ATTORRI

Last year the Bulldogs were upset in the quarterfinals of the Division III hockey playoffs, but it’s a loss that’s served them well. This year, with last year’s early tournament exit still fresh in their minds, it was Bulldogs turn to do the upsetting.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally said, incorrectly, that the town warrant article to rescind SB2 passed.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

They trickled into Town Hall, chatted with neighbors and greeted friends as they took their seats for the annual town meeting. Within an hour, Salisbury had approved its budget for the coming year and passed all seventeen warrant articles, each of which received unanimous support by voice vote with little discussion – except for the the final article concerning the state’s Education Freedom Account program.

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s announcement that she won’t seek re-election next year marks the beginning of the end of a long and successful career of the first woman in American politics to win office both as a governor and as a U.S. senator.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Lorrie Carey is used to close races.

Monitor staff

The Shaw’s supermarket in Fort Eddy Plaza is slated to close, although its sister store on Loudon Road next to Steeplegate Mall will stay open.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Walking through Dunbarton Town Hall, which has areas dating back to the 1860s, reveals floors that creak beneath each step.

Jeanne Shaheen will not seek reelection to the U.S. Senate next year, a decision that will end the longtime senator’s historic political career and deals a significant blow to Democrats who were already facing a difficult path to reclaiming the Senate majority.