State Supreme Court says rich towns can keep excess school taxes rather than sharing them with poorer towns
Artist spotlight: Jackie Hanson
Granite Geek: From YouTube to the language of the universe via polynomials
Track & field: John Stark’s Calle sets state record in long jump, Concord’s Saysaw and Goulas have perfect days at MOC
High schools: Concord softball upset train continues to final four; Coe-Brown, Hopkinton boys’ lax advance to D-III semifinals
Federal government seeks to dismiss NH lawsuit challenging Trump’s transgender athlete order
Injured hiker from Concord carried off Mt. Kearsarge in Warner
City prepares to clear, clean longstanding encampments in Healey Park
Concord is prepared to spend $205,000 to clear and clean Healey Park, which for years has been the site of one of Concord’s larger homeless encampments.
Ayotte signs sweeping expansion to school voucher program, eliminating income requirement
Governor Kelly Ayotte signed into law a sweeping expansion to New Hampshire’s school voucher program on Tuesday, removing the income eligibility restrictions that had defined the program during its first four years.
Most Read
New fair coming next week to Everett Arena in Concord
‘Insult to injury’ – Military honors and burial denied for mother in Pembroke murder-suicide
Productive or poisonous? Yearslong clubhouse fight ends with council approval
Four of New Hampshire’s 10 counties now deputized to work with ICE
High schools: Tourney baseball, softball and lacrosse results from this weekend
Girls’ lacrosse: MV advances to program’s first championship game with big win over Merrimack
Editors Picks
Missing in Manchester: A timeline of the missing persons investigation for Glenn Chrzan
Inside EFAs: How school vouchers have fueled a Christian school enrollment boom in New Hampshire
New Hampshire filmmakers finish movie in Concord, ten years in the making: ‘Granite Orpheus’
Productive or poisonous? Yearslong clubhouse fight ends with council approval
Sports
High schools: Tourney baseball, softball and lacrosse results from this weekend
No. 6 Hanover 6, No. 3 Bow 5
Girls’ lacrosse: MV advances to program’s first championship game with big win over Merrimack
High schools: John Stark baseball advances to final four, Franklin softball falls in quarters
Girls’ lacrosse: Bow falls to top-seeded St. Thomas in semis, 17-6
Girls’ lacrosse: Hopkinton falls to Gilford in, 18-2, in rainy semifinal
Opinion
Opinion: Concord should be run like a household, not a business
This My Turn was originally presented as testimony at a city council hearing.
Opinion: Our leaders’ puzzling decision to eliminate the State Council on the Arts
Opinion: How dark can it get?
Opinion: Unfair taxes, unfair schools: The New Hampshire way
Opinion: In the fight to stop sexual violence, can polio hold the solutions?
Your Daily Puzzles
An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Politics
New Hampshire school phone ban could be among strictest in the country
When Gov. Kelly Ayotte called on the state legislature to pass a school phone ban in January, the pivotal question wasn’t whether the widely popular policy would pass but how far it would go.
Concord became a Housing Champion. Now, state lawmakers could eliminate the funding.
‘A wild accusation’: House votes to nix Child Advocate after Rep. suggests legislative interference 
Sununu decides he won’t run for Senate despite praise from Trump
Town elections offer preview of citizenship voting rules being considered nationwidee-Edition
Arts & Life
White Mountain art exhibition makes new home at New Hampshire Historical Society
The New Hampshire Historical Society’s newest exhibition, “A Legacy of Landscapes: Selections from the Linda and P. Andrews McLane Collection,” displays more than 60 paintings of White Mountain landscape art from a single private collection. Most of these paintings have not been on view to the public for many years.
A sneak peak of summer events in the Concord area
Pierce Manse reopens for the season
Vintage Views: The Liars Club
Two Villages Art Society begins summer members show
Obituaries
Louise Leonard McKinney
Bedford & Henniker, NH - Celebrating the Life of Louise Leonard McKinney Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm, Evan's Mountain Farm, 414 Evan's Mountain Rd, Strafford, NH Please join Louise's four children as we celebrate h... remainder of obit for Louise Leonard McKinney
Joan Urbach
Hudson, NH - Joan Ann (Gardini) Urbach, a devoted educator, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on June 5, 2025, in Hudson, New Hampshire. Joan was born on April 29, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York, to Jos... remainder of obit for Joan Urbach
Lucretia Eunice Forland
Concord, NH - Lucretia Eunice Forand, 94, of Concord, NH, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2025, at Merrimack County Nursing Home. She was born in Weare, NH, the daughter of the late Dilvert and Delma (Willey) Darres. Lucretia work... remainder of obit for Lucretia Eunice Forland
Mary Ann Gaudette
Concord, NH - Mary Ann Gaudette passed away on May 24th, 2025. Mary was born in Groveton, New Hampshire to Joyce and Armand Gaudette and was raised on the bank of the Upper Ammonoosuc River. Mary matriculated from Groveton public school... remainder of obit for Mary Ann Gaudette
