
Productive or poisonous? Yearslong clubhouse fight ends with council approval
Despite a consensus to build a new clubhouse at Beaver Meadow Golf Course, Concord City Councilors wondered whether the prolonged debate over this project had been productive or poisonous.

Henniker, Hillsborough hit hard by weekend storm
Another weekend, another storm doing a number on town roads. Just ask Leo Aucoin.
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Sports

High schools: John Stark baseball advances to final four, Franklin softball falls in quarters
No. 2 John Stark 10, No. 7 Oyster River 4



Opinion

Opinion: Concord should be run like a household, not a business
This My Turn was originally presented as testimony at a city council hearing.





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

New Hampshire school phone ban could be among strictest in the country
When Gov. Kelly Ayotte called on the state legislature to pass a school phone ban in January, the pivotal question wasn’t whether the widely popular policy would pass but how far it would go.

Arts & Life

White Mountain art exhibition makes new home at New Hampshire Historical Society
The New Hampshire Historical Society’s newest exhibition, “A Legacy of Landscapes: Selections from the Linda and P. Andrews McLane Collection,” displays more than 60 paintings of White Mountain landscape art from a single private collection. Most of these paintings have not been on view to the public for many years.




Obituaries

Bedford & Henniker, NH - Celebrating the Life of Louise Leonard McKinney Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm, Evan's Mountain Farm, 414 Evan's Mountain Rd, Strafford, NH Please join Louise's four children as we celebrate h... remainder of obit for Louise Leonard McKinney

Hudson, NH - Joan Ann (Gardini) Urbach, a devoted educator, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on June 5, 2025, in Hudson, New Hampshire. Joan was born on April 29, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York, to Jos... remainder of obit for Joan Urbach

Concord, NH - Lucretia Eunice Forand, 94, of Concord, NH, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2025, at Merrimack County Nursing Home. She was born in Weare, NH, the daughter of the late Dilvert and Delma (Willey) Darres. Lucretia work... remainder of obit for Lucretia Eunice Forland

Concord, NH - Mary Ann Gaudette passed away on May 24th, 2025. Mary was born in Groveton, New Hampshire to Joyce and Armand Gaudette and was raised on the bank of the Upper Ammonoosuc River. Mary matriculated from Groveton public school... remainder of obit for Mary Ann Gaudette