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Ben Leubsdorf covers City Hall and other news in Concord, and writes the Downtown column that appears in the paper on Mondays. He previously was a regional reporter.

He's a native of Washington, D.C., studied abroad at the American University in Cairo and graduated from Brown University in 2008 with a degree in international relations. He worked for the Associated Press as an editorial assistant in Detroit before moving to New Hampshire in early 2010.

His favorite things include spicy food, the Washington Capitals and World War II propaganda posters.

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NH high court sides with Concord in church tax dispute

Liberty Assembly of God Church

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has sided with the city of Concord in a decision upholding the city government's decision to levy property taxes on part of a Mountain Road church. In the 4-0 decision issued this morning, the high court rejected arguments by Destiny Christian Church, until 2010 called Liberty Assembly… 4

May 22, 2012

Binnie set to broaden his media reach

Bill Binnie

Seacoast businessman and former GOP Senate candidate Bill Binnie appears close to buying more than two dozen New England radio stations as he continues to build a local-media empire. An auction is scheduled today for 30 of the 49 stations owned by Nassau Broadcasting, which went into bankruptcy last September. The… 12

May 22, 2012

Moose lottery time

WANT TO BAG a moose in New Hampshire this fall? The deadline to enter this year's moose-hunt lottery is Friday. Some 275 licenses are available in this year's lottery, which allow a selected hunter to take a moose during the hunt, Oct. 20 to 28, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Last year, 395 permits were awarded, with nearly 14,000 entries in the lottery.… 0

May 22, 2012
Concord

City seeks input on plans for old landfill

Neighbors can weigh in on the Old Suncook Road landfill this week at a public meeting. Concord's general services department will hold an informational meeting in the city council chambers, 37 Green St., at 6 p.m. tomorrow.. On the agenda: the city's plan to remove trees and brush from the former landfill and install additional soil as a temporary cap, with work starting this summer… 0

May 22, 2012
Concord

Candy shop to expand to Queen City

Mitt Romney campaigns in Concord

Granite State Candy Shoppe is expanding to the Queen City. The Concord chocolate and ice cream shop at 13 Warren St. will open a second location this summer at 832 Elm St. in Manchester. "We have a large number of people who drive from the southern region of New Hampshire, Manchester especially," said Jeff… 0

May 21, 2012
Concord

Finding a way to begin

Abbott Village

The long-stalled Abbott Village condominium development on North State Street in Concord is at last selling units and ramping up construction, 18 months after Dover-based investors purchased the project out of bankruptcy. With 10 units finished or nearly complete, two have been sold and two more are under agreement… 0

May 21, 2012
Concord

Yard waste pickup program ends Friday

Get those leaves bagged: Concord's annual spring yard waste pickup program is in its last week. The six-week program, allowing residents who get curbside trash pickup to have their yard waste picked up at the same time, ends Friday. Acceptable materials include leaves, hedge trimmings and bundled branches under three feet in length and three inches in diameter. Banned materials… 0

May 20, 2012
Concord

City pursues parking ticket payments

Concord Parking Tickets

If you have unpaid parking tickets in Concord, get ready: They're coming for you. City parking enforcers last fall launched an effort to more aggressively pursue people with unpaid parking tickets, sending letters after 45 days that raise the threat of booting the driver's vehicles if fines aren't paid.… 6

May 20, 2012

Recycling center plan thrown out

Organizers have pulled the plug on a plan to build a single-stream recycling plant in Penacook, unable to move forward with the $15.6 million construction project after Concord withdrew from the venture last month. The joint board of the Concord Regional Solid Waste/Resource Recovery Cooperative decided last night, on a voice vote without opposition, to terminate contracts with… 0

May 18, 2012

Frosty this morning, hot tomorrow

Don't be fooled by the sunny skies and weekend forecasts for temperatures in the 80s. Winter is expected to return, according to the National Weather Service last night. The agency's Gray, Maine, station issued a frost advisory yesterday for midnight through 8 a.m. today in Belknap, southern Carroll and Merrimack counties. Cold, dry air was moving into the area, the service said,… 0

May 18, 2012
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By Ben_Leubsdorf - 05/15/2012 - 7:23 am

Hi Sail,

The Monitor has done several stories looking at the "missing" garbage in the statistics. Please see the links below.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/264943/the-case-of-the-missing-gar...

http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/tracing-missing-garbage

Hope this helps.

-Ben
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$30,000
By Ben_Leubsdorf - 03/17/2012 - 6:53 pm

Hi sail,

In case you were wondering, installing self-operable lifts at all seven of Concord's pools this year will cost $30,000. The spending was approved at the last council meeting.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/311119/city-to-install-new-lifts-a...

http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/316861/new-city-office-project-fai...

Hope this helps!

-Ben
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By Ben_Leubsdorf - 08/01/2010 - 9:17 am

Hi Bruce,

Thanks for your comment! I mentioned the crash most of the way down on the second page.

"Serious accidents still happen on Route 202/9. A high-speed collision last year in Henniker left a man dead, and Schaefer said a woman was killed earlier this year on the road in Hopkinton. There were two fatal crashes in 2008 ..."

I didn't include any 2010 crashes in the main analysis because the DOT accident database I was provided only goes through last year.

-Ben
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By Ben_Leubsdorf - 03/20/2010 - 11:30 am

Hi NH Citizen,

I want to get something into the paper about this fund -- can you give me a call at 603-369-3307? I just need to confirm some information.

Thanks.

-Ben Leubsdorf, Concord Monitor
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