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Following State of the Union address, Biden to visit Manchester on Monday
President Joe Biden will make his first appearance in the Granite State on Monday since before the presidential primary where his name did not appear on the ballot because of party politics.Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks on lowering costs for...
AG: Police justified in fatal shooting of Franklin man in November
The Attorney General’s Office concluded Friday that the two State Troopers who shot and killed a Franklin man last November in an armed standoff were justified in their actions.State Troopers Aramus Caraballo and James Powers shot and killed...
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Concord passerby jumps into Merrimack to rescue struggling dog
Hockey: Pembroke-Campbell advances to program’s first championship game appearance with 5-0 semifinal win over Kearsarge-Plymouth
Pembroke voters facing nearly 30% tax increase
Nordic skiing: Concord boys win D-I championship, girls finish 2nd; Watt, Lesser and Clarner earn individual crowns
Girls’ basketball: Pembroke withstands late surge from Laconia to punch its ticket to the Division II championship
Girls’ basketball: No. 1 Concord Christian one win away from third straight state championship after defeating No. 4 John Stark
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Monitor Sports Podcast – Dave Smith previews Coe-Brown’s semifinal against No. 1 Pelham
Rundlett in review: Eight years of discussions about size, location and cost of a new middle school
Planning the end: Barbara Filion looks to Vermont for medical aid in dying
Opinion: Community power: A win for Concord electric ratepayers
Sports
Hockey: Pembroke-Campbell advances to program’s first championship game appearance with 5-0 semifinal win over Kearsarge-Plymouth
In 25 years the Pembroke ice hockey program has never played in a state championship. That will change on Saturday.No. 2 Pembroke-Campbell (15-4-0) controlled Wednesday night’s semifinal from start to finish, defeating No. 6 Kearsarge-Plymouth...
Opinion
Opinion: Famine, UNRWA and a ceasefire
John S. Hancock lives in Concord. ‘Gaza is on the brink of famine,” according to Alex de Waal, world-renowned expert on the weaponization and use of starvation during wartime and the executive director of the World Peace Foundation. This man-made...
Opinion: The middle school debate is about more than monetary costs
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Opinion: The charge of genocide in Gaza

Politics
On the trail: Haley was first in and last out
Gov. Chris Sununu summarized it best.The popular Republican governor, who was a top supporter and surrogate to the now-former GOP presidential candidate, said that “Nikki Haley was the first candidate into the arena to challenge Donald Trump, and...
Haley will suspend her campaign and leave GOP to Trump
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
Hope Westcott Burnett
Peterborough, NH - Hope Westcott Burnett, 96, resident of Peterborough, NH, former longtime resident of Milford, died peacefully on Friday, March 1, 2024, at the RiverMead Retirement Commun... remainder of obit for Hope Westcott Burnett
Cecelia Richardson
Wilmot, NH - Cecelia A. (Yeager) Richardson, 65, of Campground Road, died Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH surrounded by family. She was born ... remainder of obit for Cecelia Richardson
Richard McLeod
Franconia, NH - Richard McLeod, 77, of Franconia, NH, passed away peacefully at home on February 29, 2024, surrounded by his family after a short but aggressive illness. Rich loved the outd... remainder of obit for Richard McLeod
Donald Ford
Danbury, NH - Donald C. Ford was born in South Danbury, NH on July 25th, 1929 the oldest son of Clarence E. and Vera (Jenness) Ford and died on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Donald attended ... remainder of obit for Donald Ford

Dunbarton to use fund reserves to keep tax increase minimal
NH Republicans are using a land tax law to target northern border crossings
Boscawen to consider establishing a town-forest along Walker Pond
Girls’ basketball: No. 1 Concord Christian, No. 3 Pembroke prepare to do battle for the Division II title on Sunday
Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term
Three article school district meeting in Dunbarton
Opinion: What the Concord City Council will focus on for the next two years
At Town Meeting, Warner looks to settle tumultuous year
Why this program is providing free trees to New Hampshire schools

Girls’ basketball: No. 1 Concord Christian one win away from third straight state championship after defeating No. 4 John Stark
Girls’ basketball: Pembroke withstands late surge from Laconia to punch its ticket to the Division II championship
Nordic skiing: Concord boys win D-I championship, girls finish 2nd; Watt, Lesser and Clarner earn individual crowns
Boys’ basketball: No. 4 Coe-Brown pushes No. 1 Pelham to overtime, comes just short of reaching D-II championship game
Opinion: Why joining the Community Power Coalition is a smart move for Concord
Supreme Court rejects state attempts to ban Trump from ballot over Capitol attack
On the trail: Haley returns to New England ahead of Super Tuesday
Political consultant behind fake Biden robocalls says he was trying to highlight a need for AI rules
Vintage Views: Concord’s Main Street has served as a gathering spot for years