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Church Militant agrees to pay $500K to NH priest
NHTI men win conference hoops title
Concord to work with Bow in water expansion project
Hometown Heroes: Stacy Duffy leads Girl Scouts down the right path
You might have seen some of Stacy Duffy’s Girl Scouts standing in front of grocery and convenience stores in recent days, selling those yummy cookies like Do-Si-Dos, Tagalongs and Samoas.She runs Troop 10162, and her lineup of girls has fanned out as...
Quick actions of rescuers and a little luck saved two boys from drowning in freezing water in Franklin
With hypothermia approaching fast, the combined efforts of a Franklin police officer who jumped into freezing water, working in concert with firefighters and other rescue personnel, saved the lives of two young boys last Friday who had fallen from...
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Sports
High schools: Weekend playoff basketball and hockey, New Englands track and wrestling
D-II Boys’ Basketball No. 2 Hanover 51, No. 7 Bow 34 Key players: Bow – Brendan O’Keeffe (23 points), Connor Eno (great defense off the bench) Highlights: The Falcons ran into a strong defense in Friday night’s quarterfinal, trailing 12-2 at the end...
Opinion
Opinion: The bad news and good news about landfills in New Hampshire
Eliot Wessler lives in Whitefield and works with a number of grassroots organizations in NH’s North Country. Let’s start with the bad news: New Hampshire’s Department of Environmental Services (DES) has known for years that our state is awash in...
Opinion: We need a New Hampshire community for us all
Opinion: What Trump’s 2020 gambit could mean for the 2024 election
Opinion: The long-term care sector’s workforce needs sustainable solutions, not blanket mandates
Opinion: Why more mental health services won’t help

Politics
On the trail: Haley returns to New England ahead of Super Tuesday
Nikki Haley returns to New England this weekend, in a very different situation than when she left New Hampshire five and a half weeks ago.Haley, the last remaining challenger to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination, campaigns...
Trump says his criminal indictments boosted his appeal to Black voters
On the Trail: New Hampshire general’s South Carolina primary mission
Arts & Life
Love notes to our family home on the Heights
When it came time to clean out my parents’ house to ready it for sale just over a year ago, my brother Rick was nowhere to be found.I thought that he and our other two siblings were in agreement that we would sell our 60-year-old family home on the...
In Hopkinton, community connects with ukuleles
Take Me Outside: Eastern coyotes – scary neighbors or important managers?
From the farm: How to converse with a cow
Obituaries
Glen Hartzell
Meridian, ID - Glen Hartzell, 90 of Meridian, ID passed away on January 21, 2024. After becoming ill in 2020, he battled several medical issues, retaining his fine sense of humor until his ... remainder of obit for Glen Hartzell
Michael C. Mark
Hooksett, NH - Michael "Mike" Christopher Mark, 61, of Hooksett, died unexpectedly on March 1, 2024 at Catholic Medical Center following a heart-related incident. Mike was born on Septe... remainder of obit for Michael C. Mark
Pauline Waldron
Pauline (Little) Waldron Bow, NH - Born Pauline Isham Little on August 11, 1921, in Keene NH, daughter of Earl Wildridge Little and Ruth Jarvis Little. She graduated Keene High School 1939 a... remainder of obit for Pauline Waldron
Jane D. Pineo
Concord, NH - Jane D. (Smith) Pineo, died Friday, March 1, 2024, on her 89th birthday, after a period of declining health. She was born in Concord, the daughter of James E. and Dorothy G. (... remainder of obit for Jane D. Pineo

Footing the bill: Deerfield secures school choice beyond Concord High
NLRB official denies Dartmouth request to reopen basketball union case. Players to vote Tuesday
Boys’ basketball: As No. 4 Coe-Brown prepares for its D-II semifinal against No. 1 Pelham, a Q&A with head coach Dave Smith
Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking military secrets
Supreme Court rejects state attempts to ban Trump from ballot over Capitol attack
Mass. man accused of abusing 6-year-old child in Concord

Boys’ hockey: No. 11 Exeter stuns No. 3 Concord in overtime, knocks Crimson Tide out of the playoffs in the quarterfinals
Boys’ basketball: Joe Fitzgerald’s 26 points lift Pembroke over Merrimack Valley in D-II quarterfinal
Boys’ hockey: Coming off back-to-back losses, Concord looks to right the ship in the playoffs
Boys’ basketball: Familiar foes, Pembroke and MV prepare to do battle in the D-II quarterfinal Friday night
Political consultant behind fake Biden robocalls says he was trying to highlight a need for AI rules
Trump is winning big with his base, but there’s no sign that he’s broadening support
Vintage Views: Concord’s Main Street has served as a gathering spot for years