Thursday, May 16, 2013
We have a clear winner in our “Pick A Puzzle” contest – as well as a new challenge for Monitor readers. First, the winner: KenKen was the choice of 99 participants, followed by 66.5 votes for 7 Little Words and 35.5 votes for Word Roundup (more on those …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Here’s a reminder for Monitor puzzle fans – and a small gift. First the reminder: Our “Pick a Puzzle” contest is about halfway over. If you want to participate, we’ll need your vote by Wednesday at noon. Now the gift: While our original plan was to publish the …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
We’ve started a few new things at concordmonitor.com this week, and I want to make sure readers have found them. First, reporter Annmarie Timmins has started a new blog about the casino gambling debate in the Legislature. If you go to concordmonitor.com/nhcasinos, you can keep track of small …
Monday, May 6, 2013
As you might have noticed in this morning’s paper, the Monitor today kicked off a reader contest to help us choose a new word or numbers puzzle to add to the daily mix. Amazingly, readers started chiming in on Sunday, even before we’d shown them the options. Readers …
Friday, May 3, 2013
If you’re a regular Monitor reader and a fan of brain-teasers, you’ve no doubt already mastered our daily puzzle offerings: Sudoku, the Jumble, the hard crossword puzzle, the less difficult crossword. We’ve had the same lineup for many years – and it’s time to shake things up. We’re …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Remember Eric Moskowitz? A few years back, he was a stand-out Monitor reporter who covered Concord City Hall, among other topics. Strangely, the story I remember most by Moskowitz is one that never saw the light of day: an enormous and wonderful profile of Carol Moseley Braun, intended …
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
When putting together the front page of the Monitor, we tend to look for a good mix of stories: a little politics, a little crime, a little human interest, something to talk about over breakfast. Tuesday’s front page was full of news but, as a couple readers pointed …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Among the many, many letters to the editor we’ve received in recent days about Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s vote against a gun control measure last week was one that caught me by surprise. The letter, published yesterday, came from …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
In a letter to the editor to be published later this week, a reader from Amherst criticizes the Monitor for publishing an “inordinate” number of letters about U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte in the past several days. I’m not …
Monday, April 8, 2013
At least a couple residents in the New London area received an email in recent days that included what purported to be a news article published in the Monitor about the former town police chief. The chief, as we reported last week, was forced from his job after …
