Hometown Heroes: Lawyers who help make land conservation work
Preserving land from development is all about woods and streams and birds and beasts. That’s the fun part.But it’s also about laws and contracts and tax rules and finance. That’s the boring part – yet without it, the woods and beasts are in...
Amid closure, Chichester deli owner reflects on small business struggles
The deli was Susan Hart’s dream. For 18 months, she poured her energy, creativity, and passion for food into keeping her dream business afloat.But between permit issues around water usage, staffing troubles, equipment failure, and franchises moving in...
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Top women’s pool players in the world come to compete at Capital City Billiards
‘My way to care for my community’: Concord bakery prioritizes fresh, local flavors and building community
In federal court, Bow administrators argue ‘XX’ is an ‘anti-trans’ symbol that should be banned
Update: Drivers in fatal I-93 crash in Bow identified
Senior couple identified as victims of Weare fatal fire
Monitor names fall 2024 Players of the Season
Editors Picks
Inside New Hampshire’s new mental health housing facility for adults with mobility challenges
Concord veteran finds connection through birds
A grand reunion: How one piano found its way back to the Franklin woman who once owned it
UNH stores electricity in the form of water – wait, what?
Sports
Boys’ soccer: Hopkinton’s Murphy wins D-III Player of the Year, Zipke named Coach of the Year as Hawks lead area All-State selections
You don’t win a championship and have a perfect season without having great personnel behind it. That’s what the Division III champion Hopkinton Hawks had this season. Hopkinton junior midfielder Fin Murphy was named the Division III Player of the...
Franklin High School’s coach William R. Heydt Sr. inducted into the NHIAA Hall of Fame
The newest varsity sports in New Hampshire: Esports
Opinion
Opinion: This is my Hinoki’s Shadow
Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. This is my hinoki tree or, to be more exact, its shadow. The shadow represents, as Carl Jung understood, all the painful things we...
Opinion: Be careful what you wish for
Opinion: The four-point shot
Opinion: Sing, sing, sing
Opinion: Continuing the progress of long-term care in NH

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
On the trail: Sununu’s swan song
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — Gov. Chris Sununu was busy making the rounds this week, as he attended his final annual winter meeting of the Republican Governors Association after eight years steering New Hampshire.Sununu is in his final weeks of serving as...
Advocates urge legislative panel to reject proposed landfill regulations
Ayotte looks to balance budget without cutting state services
What’s next for the state’s education minimum standards?
Arts & Life
Reed Cullen works remotely while building community in Concord
Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) introduces you to the “Young Professional of the Month,” Reed Cullen, CPA. Each month, the CYPN Steering Committee recommends an individual in the community it thinks readers would enjoy getting to know...
Vintage Views: Ben and Charlie, Concord’s last two city-owned horses
How is a dog like a cow?
Obituaries
Paul D. Desrosiers
Pembroke, NH - Paul D. Desrosiers, born on December 22, 1946, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and uncle, passed away with his family by his side on November 12, 2024, at the age of 77, after a tumultuous six-mo... remainder of obit for Paul D. Desrosiers
Dale H. Brown
Chichester, NH - Dale H. Brown, 102, of Chichester formerly of Mechanicville, NY passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 17, 2024 at the Granite VNA Hospice House in Concord, NH. Born in Oak Grove, MO on April 30, 1922, the son of Br... remainder of obit for Dale H. Brown
Mark Thompson
East Andover, NH - Mark E. Thompson, 76, Dad, Grampa, Friend, passed away peacefully at the Concord Hospital on November 15, 2024 with his family, friends and companion at his side. Mark was raised and lived in East Andover throughout ... remainder of obit for Mark Thompson
Kathleen F. Curry
Kathleen F. (Lee) Curry Concord, NH - Kathleen F. (Lee) Curry, age 91, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 17, 2024. Born in Somerville, MA, on December 23, 1932, she was the beloved daughter of Rodger and Katherine Lee of County ... remainder of obit for Kathleen F. Curry

City designing safer crosswalks, bus stops on North Main Street
Opinion: An uncertain future
Opinion: A call for Thanksgiving compassion
Weather stations along Cog Railway will improve forecasting in and around Mount Washington
Tax rates set for Concord and Penacook, bills arrive by Dec.
State aid for school construction facing an uphill battle – and Concord’s new middle school funding hangs in the balance

Tilton 14-year-old, Cole Thompson, wins the 300 Superbike Amateur race in Daytona
Girls’ soccer: Bow, Concord Christian lead area All-State selections; Falcon coaches sweep D-II awards
On the trail: Ayotte sits down and talks priorities as transition from Sununu is underway
Photos: Monthly Concord classic car show wraps up ahead of winter
Hollywood-based performer returns to John Stark High School to guide seniors in final musical production