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Opinion: Alabama’s anti-abortion movement has collided with itself
Concord and Bow see different levels of progress with possible water expansion
Bow’s operating budget decreases this year
Biden’s budget proposal offers tax breaks for families and lower health care costs
Lawmakers back several bills benefiting charities, casinos
Artist talks AI in Tilton
NH Senate passes ‘anti-sanctuary’ bill
National Park Service approves NH’s 5-year outdoor recreation plan
Boys’ basketball: D-II season recap
Effort, kindness and generosity make Emily Ricard an asset to the community
Emily Ricard makes wishes, big wishes, come true.Last spring, for example, a little boy with a rare form of cancer got his wish, a trip to Disney World. He had fun and is now feeling better.“The update is that he is doing well,” said Ricard, who works...
President Biden cites his record of capping prescription drugs costs and vows to keep fighting for ‘fundamental fairness’
Sticking to the message that has sustained his presidency, Joe Biden made the case that working and middle-class Americans shouldn’t be forced to pay high costs for prescription drugs and healthcare while corporations and the wealthiest Americans use...
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In Pembroke, steep tax increase leads residents to cut school budget
A 20-year-old backcountry skier dies on a day of accidents in icy, unforgiving Tuckerman Ravine
‘Stronger in different ways’: For the first time, CRTC’s emergency services program has mostly female students
Bow seeks largest combined solar array in New Hampshire
Hopkinton approves all warrant articles except SB2
Following State of the Union address, Biden to visit Manchester on Monday
Editors Picks
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: Own a Frenchie or a Persian cat? NH could call that cruel
Sports
Girls’ basketball: No. 3 Pembroke’s strong season ends in state championship defeat
DURHAM – The No. 3 Pembroke Spartans (18-4) don’t get rattled. That’s been their calling card all season.But in the third quarter of Sunday’s Division II championship game against No. 1 Concord Christian (20-1), that demeanor was tested more heavily...
Girls’ basketball: Concord Christian reaches another level in D-II championship victory
Boys’ hockey: Pembroke-Campbell’s program-best season ends with a championship game defeat
Girls’ basketball: No. 1 Concord Christian, No. 3 Pembroke prepare to do battle for the Division II title on Sunday
Hockey: Pembroke-Campbell advances to program’s first championship game appearance with 5-0 semifinal win over Kearsarge-PlymouthOpinion
Opinion: Make bread, not war: The survival of humanity depends upon it
John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com The Monitor has reported, “defense contractors are struggling to fill skilled positions that still exist in Maine and...
Opinion: Delay is the name of the game
Opinion: A modest proposal to save the world
Opinion: American airman patriot: ‘I will no longer be complicit in genocide’
Opinion: Community power: A win for Concord electric ratepayers
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
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 rulese-Edition
Arts & Life
Vintage Views: The last sugar bucket
I walked the same hundred acres that my grandfather did so many decades before. A slight fog was burning off as I crested the hill at the center of the property and looked out over the hundreds of New Hampshire sugar maples.A family tradition at first...
From the farm: The magic of oxen
Love notes to our family home on the Heights
In Hopkinton, community connects with ukuleles
Take Me Outside: Eastern coyotes – scary neighbors or important managers?
Obituaries
Jeanette L. Marcucci
Franklin, NH - Jeanette Marcucci (née Lemire), a longtime resident of Eastham, MA, died on March 7, 2024, after a period of declining health. She was 88. Born in Franklin, NH, Jeanette ... remainder of obit for Jeanette L. Marcucci
Sarah Harkness
Sarah Wheeler Harkness, 85, of Epsom, NH passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 surrounded by her family and under the excellent care of the nursing staff at Concord Hospita... remainder of obit for Sarah Harkness
Virginia Ceriello Seymour
Concord, NH - Virginia Ceriello Seymour passed away peacefully at Concord Hospital, on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at the age of 95. Raised and educated in Concord, she graduated from St John'... remainder of obit for Virginia Ceriello Seymour
Wesley R. Sturtevant
Wesley (Lee) R. Sturtevant Concord, NH - Lee Sturtevant, 69, passed away on March 2, 2024, after courageously living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis for almost 4 years. Lee was born i... remainder of obit for Wesley R. Sturtevant
