New Concord library online archives share local history with the world
Snowstorm cleanup in 1948. Views of Main Street from more than a century ago. A Woodworth Grocery receipt from 1907 for apples, oats, corn flakes and beer. The Concord Public Library holds a trove of city history in its archives, and now an online...
A Merrimack Valley sixth grade class welcomes a cow to school
Moo-ve over, class fish and hamsters. Merrimack Valley Middle School math teacher Becky King has adopted a cow.Bonnie, a Brown Swiss dairy cow, does not literally live in King’s sixth-grade classroom, but her presence is very much felt. The...
Sports
Field hockey: All-State rosters released, Concord’s Armaganian named D-I Coach of the Year, John Stark’s Bolduc wins D-II’s Defensive POY
The New Hampshire Field Hockey Coaches Association recently released its end-of-season awards and All-State lists, with several area players earning selections.Two of the major awards also went to local programs. Concord head coach Nicole Armaganian...
Opinion
Opinion: Let’s keep our forests as forests
Jack Savage is president, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. New Hampshire and Vermont are home to two great environmental success stories: the White Mountain and Green Mountain National Forests. Together they comprise some 1.2...
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
‘It hits government too’: With cuts on the horizon, here’s what to know about New Hampshire’s next budget cycle
It’s no secret that New Hampshire’s headed toward leaner times. Outgoing Gov. Chris Sununu hoped to get ahead of the revenue problem by asking state agencies to reduce their budgets requests.Still, this year’s proposals totaled nearly $17 billion...
Arts & Life
Vintage Views: The first “Dual Controlled Automobile” in Concord
By JAMES W. SPAIN IIFor the Monitor“The road goes on forever, and the story never ends.”-- Robert Earle KeenThere was a time when the young people living in Concord had no concerns about cruising up and down Main Street or traveling great distances in...
Obituaries
Auburn, ME - It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Debra Susan (Young) Mansur, 53, of Auburn ME, at Andwell Hospice House on Monday, November 25, 2024, after a courageous two-year battle with leukemia. Debby was b... remainder of obit for Debra Susan Mansur
Bradford, NH - United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Robert E. Selig Jr, 92, passed away on November 25, 2024 at home after a courageous battle with cancer surrounded by his loving family. Born in Gloucester MA on December 6, 193... remainder of obit for Robert Selig
Eugene "Gene" Barto Penacook, NH - Eugene "Gene" Barto Jr. July 28, 1973 - November 24, 2024 Gene Barto, age 51, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, November 24, 2024, at his home in Penacook. He was born July 28, 1973, in Augusta, M... remainder of obit for Eugene Barto
Concord, NH - Grant Vincent Ohlund 5/26/1974 - 11/22/2024. Grant left this world recently for a better place. He attended Nashua and Manchester public schools, and completed certificate programs for work in his chosen field of substance... remainder of obit for Grant Vincent Ohlund