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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Salisbury Selectman Brett Walker believes his town of 1,500 residents is being overcharged.Five years after Salisbury signed on to an unusual agreement to share emergency medical services with Boscawen and Canterbury, Salisbury is footing nearly...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Andy Sanborn’s attorneys are requesting another extension to close the sale of the Concord Casino. This time, the deal hit a snag as the buyer, who seemed ready to seal the agreement, unexpectedly pulled out.The original deadline to sell Sanborn’s...

GolfExeter 193, Concord 193, Pinkerton 209, Merrimack 227Key players: Concord – Holden Martin (36), Zach Nelson (38), Jaden Haas (39), Bobby Rochford (40), Tyler Morin (40), Keller Ramshaw (43)Highlights: Exeter and Concord needed to count their sixth...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

For one Concord voter, the candidate who knocked on his door earned his vote. For another, it was a longstanding relationship that earned her trust. A third leaned on his top issue, the environment, to determine his choice. The race to succeed...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

With contested races at the top of the ballot, voter turnout in Tuesday’s state primary election is expected to exceed 250,000, a number somewhat on par with previous years.Secretary of State David Scanlan predicted 147,500 Republicans and 103,500...

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu came to the aid of a contestant choking on a lobster roll at a seafood festival eating contest, using the Heimlich maneuver after the man signaled for help.The contestant, Christian Moreno, recovered and resumed eating...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Mackenna Trudel grew up on the stage of the Franklin Opera House to choruses of applause as the curtain closed on theater performances. Now the high school freshman is applauding the Franklin City Council after they voted in favor of a $6.8 million...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

New Hampshire is known for many firsts: the first to declare independence from England, and its first-in-the-nation primary. New Hampshire is also the first state where residents of a manufactured housing community purchased their park, forming a...

By DAVID BROOKS

Over the past five decades, David Bugbee has been drained 20 times over.Not all at once, of course, but since Red Cross technicians have stuck a needle in his arm and removed a pint of his blood 204 times since he was a student in Manchester in the...

FootballJohn Stark 14, Merrimack Valley 6Key players: John Stark – Joey Dykstra (2 rush TD); MV – Travis Garcia (2-for-2 FG; offensive line), Reece Clermont (RB), Colby Scheffer (RB)Highlights: Dykstra ran for a pair of touchdowns in his first game...

By GEOFF FORESTER and ARIANNA MacNEILL

For Meg Roby, summer must include one key element.“I love bubbles,” the Concord children’s library technician said, “and we can’t have a summer program without bubbles.”Recently, around 25 kids showed up at the library’s main branch on Green Street to...

By DAN ATTORRI

BOW – On paper the Pythons and their 41-game win streak – the longest in the state and the fourth longest in the nation – looked vulnerable. With most of last year’s starters graduated, an injured starting quarterback and a resignation by their new...

By DAN ATTORRI

PENACOOK – While it wasn’t the result they wanted, the Merrimack Valley High School high school volleyball players still made history on Friday night.Playing in the program’s first ever home varsity match, the Pride (0-2) showed unmistakable signs of...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Jillian Andrews Dubois picked up her newspaper a few weeks ago and saw three side-by-side stories that painted a stark tableau.One described how average rents in the state continue to burden the average firefighter or retail worker, another explained...

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Concord High School went into the fourth quarter tied up against the Goffstown Grizzlies after a rugged game on both ends.It came down to the wire, as Concord’s senior quarterback, defensive back and kicker, Colby Nyhan, drilled a 37-yard field goal...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In the bottom corner of campaign signs speckled on green front lawns, a white outline of the state is accompanied by the lettering “printed in New Hampshire.”It’s a small marker that Keystone Press in Manchester puts on signs for races up and down the...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Kelly Ayotte doesn’t want to “Mass Up New Hampshire” but she does want her message to hit all channels ahead of the primary.Her opponent, Chuck Morse, also followed suit. Ahead of the primary for New Hampshire’s corner office, the two Republican...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Jon Kiper knows that when voters look at the ballot on Tuesday, they probably won’t recognize his name.He's held local office in his Seacoast town of 9,000 but he's not on people’s televisions in attack advertisements like his competitors. Unless they...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Andrew Winters knows that if he won a seat on the Concord School Board, he couldn’t single-handedly overturn its decision to move the middle school to the East Side of the city. But he wants to try.Like many fellow residents, he can’t see why the...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord School Board will hold a public hearing on two proposed amendments to the district charter Monday night that, if passed, could strip the board of some of its autonomy.The pair of proposed changes, brought on by a citizens’ petition that...