Pembroke school board weighs budget decisions in light of last year’s cuts

By RACHEL WACHMAN

The Pembroke School Board has a lot to weigh going into budget season for the next school year.The next proposed budget seeks to add $2 million in spending, bringing the total to $33.3 million.The schools are still feeling the effects of last year’s...

Snowmaking demonstration this month at Beaver Meadow for cross country ski loop

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Two hundred gallons of water per minute mixed with freezing cold air shot a plume of snow 225 feet into the air at Beaver Meadow Golf Course creating a thick white base over the dormant green grass.Throughout the next month, a machine known as a HKD...

Historic library and former fire station sold to locals in Boscawen

By DAVID BROOKS

Two historic buildings in Boscawen – the 1913 library and the 1892 Torrent Building – have been sold and Select Board member Lorrie Carey couldn’t be happier.“We’re enthusiastic that we have changed the stewardship of two historic buildings to...

Pittsfield school superintendent Bryan Lane resigns suddenly

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Pittsfield school superintendent Bryan Lane resigned effective immediately at the school board meeting last week. Lane declined to share the reasons behind his resignation but said he looks forward to spending more time with his family.“I’m proud of...

Vermont couple fights eviction from apartment they’d rather not live in

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A couple facing health challenges is fighting their landlord in court for the right to stay at their Demers Avenue apartment because they have nowhere else to go.Bob Stange, 85, and Cindy Anne Packard-Stange, 65, have lived in...

Rain on snow: How climate change might be shortening New Hampshire’s winters

By EMILY CUMMINGS

Mount Washington is known for having the worst weather in the world, so the week before Christmas, most people would expect the summit to be consumed by snowy conditions. But on Dec. 17-19, 2023, precipitation on the mountain fell as rain. The...

Water out in part of Hopkinton; Harold Martin School closing early

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The water supply in the Hopkinton Village Precinct is down Thursday morning and the Harold Martin School was in the process of dismissing students early as of 9:30 a.m., according to a series of notifications that went out to parents.A separate...

Christa McAuliffe School honored as nationally ‘distinguished school’

By RACHEL WACHMAN

The Department of Education named the Christa McAuliffe School as a “Distinguished School” based on the high academic achievement of its students.The Concord elementary school takes its place alongside around 100 schools across the United States...

Capital Region Food Program to distribute holiday vouchers on Dec. 14

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Elena Alois jokes that the Capital Region Food Program is her family business.Her grandfather started the organization – which aims to provide food to people in need in the Concord area – over 50 years ago. She’s the third generation at the helm,...

Northwood house destroyed by fire, nobody hurt

An unoccupied summer home in Northwood burned Tuesday evening. Nobody was injured, fire officials said.The fire at 59 West St. was called in by a neighbor around 6 p.m. and quickly went to a third alarm. Crews from 15 communities eventually responded,...

Concord hires Texas-based consulting firm to support long-awaited launch of DEIJB committee work

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

It took longer than expected, but Concord’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice and Belonging Committee finally has hired a consultant to facilitate its first steps as a committee.The Texas-based Racial Equity Group beat out three other applicants...

Consumer advocate, PUC, lawmakers set to tussle over state energy policy roles

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

The state institutions involved in energy – setting policies, watching over utilities, advocating for ratepayers – are poised to face questions from lawmakers in the legislative session that begins next month.Chief among those questions, and...

Concord City Council approves another round of retention bonuses for police, nearly $1 million in last year

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Michele Horne doesn’t want to have the same conversation next year.The past two years, Concord police have asked for retention bonuses for current sworn officers, pitched as a stopgap measure necessary to keep an already slim staff.To Horne, the...

Fidium will connect Epsom and nearby surrounding areas with high-speed internet

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Some Epsom residents can soon look forward to a service many may take for granted: high-speed internet.As part of a long-term initiative to expand broadband access in Epsom, the town and surrounding areas in the Suncook Valley – mainly along Route 202...

Rain on the way following a snowy Monday

Winter’s first kiss was expected to be washed away by rain and warm temperatures later this week.A brief storm delivered several inches of snow to Concord Monday night that might not stand a chance after Wednesday. Forecasts are calling for 1-2 inches...

Old diner travels to new home in downtown Concord as part of Arts Alley

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET and GEOFF FORESTER

An 80-year-old diner made its way down Main Street in two pieces Tuesday night to its new resting place as part of the downtown entertainment development called Arts Alley.The construction site at 24 South Main St. is the second phase of the...

State says heat, transportation, principals not required for ‘adequate’ education

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Hiring superintendents, principals and nurses is not necessary to provide the state’s youngest residents with an adequate education, Solicitor General Anthony Galdieri argued at the New Hampshire Supreme Court on Tuesday.Neither is providing heat...

9 states, including New Hampshire, poised to end coverage for millions if Trump cuts Medicaid funding

By PHIL GALEWITZ

With Donald Trump’s return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress in 2025, the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion is back on the chopping block.More than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate risk of...

Vandals damage The Satanic Temple display at the State House

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

It took just a few hours for a vandal to strike The Satanic Temple statue erected in front of the State House on Saturday evening, said Ellen Read, the state representative who coordinated the unveiling.In the ensuing days, the plaque displaying the...