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Report to Readers: Among free weekly papers, ‘The Concord Insider’ is tops

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Boy, there’s a lot of congratulating to be done today. Yesterday, just as Ben Conant and Keith Testa were putting the finishing touches on their giant annual Cappies Awards edition of The Concord Insider, they got word that they, too, had won a big award. The Cappies, for the uninitiated, are bestowed upon the winners of an annual reader poll – best dry cleaner in the Concord area, best pizza … 2

Report to Readers: Starting today, a new focus on health care

Sunday, May 19, 2013

If you read the Sunday Monitor in order, from front to back, chances are you’ve not yet come across Sarah Palermo’s new column on the Your Life page – and I want to make sure you don’t miss it. Palermo has a hybrid reporting mission in the Monitor newsroom: She writes about Pembroke, and she writes about health care. Her new Sunday column … 0

Taehoon Kim adjusts his perspective on the Rock 'N Race from the roof of 18 North Main Street; Thursday, May 16, 2013.

ALEXANDER COHN / Monitor staff

Report to Readers: How’d he get that shot?!

Friday, May 17, 2013

This morning’s front page was dominated by a large photo of the Rock ’N Race in downtown Concord last evening. Photographer Taehoon Kim captured the crowd of thousands running down Main Street from what appeared to be a bird’s eye view. How the heck did he do that? The photo attached explains all. … 0

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A torn flag wraps around its pole after a year of braving the elements.

Civil Air Patrol cadets and volunteers replace the flags at Blossom Hill cemetery, May 18, 2013.

(ANDREA MORALES / Monitor staff)

PHOTOS: Replacing the American flags at Blossom Hill Cemetery

More than 2,500 students from 64 high schools attended the New Hampshire Scholars program graduation at the State House Plaza in downtown Concord; Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

TAEHOON KIM / Monitor staff

PHOTOS: New Hampshire Scholars Graduation

From left: Sybil Dupuis, House Speaker Terie Norelli, Gov. Maggie Hassan and David Berry cut a New Hampshire-shaped cake at the "New Hampshire Presidential Primary 100th Anniversary" celebration in the State House in Concord; Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Dupuis is the great-granddaughter of Stephen Bullock, author and sponsor of House Bill 430, which created New Hampshire's first official presidential primary. "This is one of the biggest honors of my life," Dupuis, who resides in Wells, Maine, said about being asked to speak at the celebration.

(TAEHOON KIM / Monitor staff)

PHOTO: New Hampshire primary at 100

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Report to Readers: When it comes to inaugural front pages, we’re among the best

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

When big news happens, it’s always fun to see how other newspapers treat it. Today, the website BuzzFeed did that work for us. Journalists there collected what they considered the best front pages about the presidential inauguration from across the country. And here’s the best part: the Monitor … 0

Report to Readers: The ‘Monitor’ and the ‘n-word’

Monday, January 21, 2013

In a week when the nation is celebrating the second inauguration of our first black president as well as the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., I’ve been thinking about a far less lofty matter of race: the use of what has become known as the “n-word” in … 0

Report to Readers: A riveting story becomes a legal headache

Friday, January 18, 2013

One thing Concord Monitor reporters learn quickly: If you’re covering a story that involves Tony Soltani, it’s always going to be interesting. Recently, however, what started out as an especially interesting tale turned into a stressful legal fight for the newspaper. Soltani, a former state lawmaker from Epsom, … 5

Report to Readers: Naming Adam Lanza

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

There’s a curious drumbeat in my email in-box these days: Every time we publish a story about the Newtown, Conn., shootings, I hear from readers who are angry that we have – again – named the shooter. It happens when we publish stories that originate with the Associated … 0

Report to Readers: Fast, furious and well-told

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Longtime readers of the Monitor might remember the name Ann E. Marimow, a talented reporter who got her start here and now works for the Washington Post. She had a particularly good story in the paper over the weekend. And if you, like me, have been feeling remiss … 0

Report to Readers: The case of the angry letter writer

Monday, January 7, 2013

Tuesday’s Monitor will include a letter to the editor about the trial and sentencing of Jamie Locke, the woman on Saturday’s front page who was charged with beating a homeless teen and throwing him into the frigid Merrimack River in Concord several years back. In many ways it … 0

Report to Readers: New year, new information from the police

Thursday, January 3, 2013

The other day, Monitor police reporter Tricia L. Nadolny started her morning at the Concord Police Department, where she planned to check the arrest logs before driving to the office. It took her a loooooooong time – and that’s good news. It’s not that the police had arrested … 0

Report to Readers: The new boss is a ‘Monitor’ veteran

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Back in 1988, when I was a very green Monitor reporter, my boss, then-City Editor Mark Travis, sent me to cover a meeting where Concord officials would give their blessing to construction of the Steeplegate Mall. Sure, it was among the most momentous occasions in the city’s development, … 5

Report to Readers: Guess who’s popular: ‘Dear Abby’ (of course)

Friday, December 7, 2012

After agitating conservative politicians and liberal politicians, friends of the mayor and foes of the mayor, deer hunters, website commenters and untold others recently, you’d think I’d be smart enough to avoid angering what appears to be Concord’s largest lobby group. You guessed it: fans of the “Dear … 0

Report to Readers: A regrettable comment

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

A Monitor reporter made an inappropriate comment this morning that was unintentionally public and subsequently became fodder for a speech on the floor of the New Hampshire House. I apologize for the incident and want to explain how it happened. As our State House reporters noted in their … 14

Abigail Van Buren holds a photograph showing her mother and father at her home in Beverly Hills, Calif., Dec. 1986. In 1905, her parents Abraham Friedman and Rebecca Rushall were faced with the decision of a lifetime, whether to leave Russia. It would be 13 years before Rebecca gave birth to the twins who would become Americas best-loved advice columnists. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac)

Report to Readers: Love ‘Dear Abby’? Hate her? Love to hate her?

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Okay, okay, we’ll play along. We’ve published three letters from readers in recent days about the daily “Dear Abby” column, published Monday through Saturday on the Comics page and Sunday inside the Your Life section of the newspaper. … 0

Report to Readers: A lovely honor (and an unfortunate error)

Monday, December 3, 2012

The Monitor – specifically Ralph Jimenez, our longtime editorial writer – received a terrific honor Sunday evening. Then, on Monday morning, there was a big error in the newspaper – big enough to quickly bring me back down to earth. First the honor: Jimenez received the annual Bill … 0

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