Girls’ hockey: Concord hangs on for third win in a row after late push from Kingswood-Prospect Mountain

CONCORD – Crimson Tide head coach Kate Billings could exhale. She’d just watched her team nearly blow a 4-1 third period lead but hang on for a 4-3 win over Kingswood-Prospect Mountain (4-8) on Wednesday night for Concord’s third consecutive...

Boys’ hockey: Bow falls flat in 5-1 loss to Bedford

CONCORD – It was about as bad a night as Bow (8-4) could’ve had. A game at home against an inferior team in Bedford (5-5) with a chance to move to 9-3 on the season turned into a bloodbath. The Falcons trailed 2-1 after the first period and 5-1 after...

Boys’ basketball: Pembroke’s maturity and togetherness fuels overtime win over Manchester West

PEMBROKE – The Pembroke Academy boys’ basketball team led Manchester West 50-40 with 4:37 left in the fourth quarter on Tuesday night. With two minutes left, their lead was just 52-49. With 30 seconds left, it was tied, 56-56.Pembroke nearly suffered...

Girls’ Basketball: Concord Christian defeats Pembroke in battle of unbeaten teams

Pembroke Academy head coach Steve Langevin knew what to expect when his Spartans took on Concord Christian Academy on Tuesday night. Simply put, “We know what they do. They do things really well.”Concord Christian did most things really well, forcing...

Haley finishes second in NH, but she’s not going anywhere

Former Gov. Nikki Haley may not have pulled off the upset she’d hoped for in Tuesday night’s Republican primary, but she reassured supporters in Concord that she’s not going anywhere.“New Hampshire is first in the nation,” she said, “it is not the...

Trump wins NH primary as rematch with Biden appears increasingly likely

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump easily won New Hampshire's primary on Tuesday, seizing command of the race for the Republican nomination and making a November rematch against President Joe Biden feel all the more inevitable.The result...

It's a sweep for Haley in Dixville Notch

DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. — The six registered voters of tiny Dixville Notch in New Hampshire all cast their ballots for Nikki Haley at midnight on Tuesday, giving her a clean sweep over former President Donald Trump and all the other candidates.The resort...

Major shakeup ahead of NH primary: DeSantis out, endorses Trump

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign on Sunday, ending his 2024 White House bid just before the New Hampshire primary while endorsing his bitter rival Donald Trump.The decision leaves Trump and...

Take Me Outside: Birrrrds – how do they keep warm?

By RUTH SMITHFor the MonitorI watched the snow gently fall from the warmth of my woodstove-heated living room. Outside on the ground dark-eyed juncos hopped about, scratching through the fresh drifts. On branches above, mourning doves were perched and...

From the farm: I'm tired of ice; bring on the mud

The plastic wrap on the huge hay bale was frozen, and so were my fingers. I had removed my gloves to use my knife to slice the wrap, and now my fingers hurt. Husband Bruce got out of the Mahindra tractor to help me, the one-woman ground crew, release...

From the farm: The mysterious death of Maybelle the cow

Pregnant Maybelle stood at the 500-pound hay bale, swinging her wide Highland horns at any 15 weaning calves who got too close to her feast. When we set out the calves’ grain, she hung back, but when we opened the gate, Maybelle moved in to clean up...

From the farm: I’m bossy and I know it

‘Tell me what you just heard,” I asked.“As soon as Kavi goes through the gate, close it,” Matt replied. “Put her in the front of the pen and shut her in.”I smiled, gave him a quick nod, shook the grain bucket, and called the cattle. Seven pregnant...