Multiple groups aid badly injured climber on Mt. Washington

By Monitor staff

A rock climber was badly injured and hospitalized within a few hours of falling 60 feet in a remote area of Mount Washington in what officials say is an example of cooperation making the back country safer.

Federal government to appeal New Hampshire judge’s ruling on legal status of Dartmouth international student

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The federal government is appealing a New Hampshire judge’s April ruling ordering the Department of Homeland Security to maintain the legal status of an international Ph.D. student at Dartmouth College.

AG’s office names Manchester officer under investigation for shooting Alton man

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The attorney general’s office identified Anthony Shriber as the Manchester police officer under investigation for use of deadly force in a non-fatal shooting last month.

AG: Seven officers justified in fatal shooting of a Kensington man

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Nearly a year after the fatal police shooting of 29-year-old Anthony Previte in Kensington, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office has concluded that officers’ use of deadly force was legally justified.

‘There’s tradition up here’ – Morrill Farm approaches its centennial, celebrates evolution and growth

By REBECA PEREIRA

A golf cart hauling two of Rob Morrill’s biggest blessings – a pair of children with tousled hair and chattering voices – careened along the dirt path coursing through Morrill Farm.

‘He’s coming home’: Jury acquits former prison guard Matthew Millar in murder trial

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The announcement came quietly. When the first “not guilty” rang out in the muffled courtroom, the audience sitting behind the defense table couldn’t help but gasp. They waited with bated breath as the jury read out the second acquittal, then the third.

Second arrest made in June shooting beneath South End bridge

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A second person is now facing multiple felony charges after police say he was involved in an armed robbery and shooting near the Water Street bridge last month.

Self-drawing coffee shop artwork re-creates the Declaration of Independence

By DAVID BROOKS

There’s something a bit odd about the framed drawing that hangs on the wall of Revelstoke Coffee: It keeps changing itself.

Look, up in the sky! It’s… an Airstream trailer?

By DAVID BROOKS

As Concord natives, Steve and Laurie Savage know a good downtown show when they hear about it.

Around Concord: Over The Moon Farmstead brings mead, beer, pizza and music to Pittsfield

By RACHEL WACHMAN

On a typical weekend night at Over the Moon Farmstead in Pittsfield, strings of fairy lights hang from the rafters and people sit in the cozy barn, swaying in time to music performed at the front of the room. Freshly-baked pizza rests on their plates, and home-brewed mead or beer fill their glasses. There’s conversation, laughter and the occasional voice singing along to the melody.

NH seniors and housing market

By Paul Briand

Any discussion about the future of housing in the state has to include aging Granite Staters.

Slots and no bet limits: State budget shakes up New Hampshire’s casino landscape

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Slot machines are expected to make their debut in some New Hampshire casinos by the end of the year, part of a broader effort to boost revenue for both the state and local charities. 

Chamber of Commerce names next president following departure of longtime head

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Bryanna Marceau will succeed Tim Sink as the president and CEO of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce this fall.

“A failure of supervision” — In murder trial, defense argues institutional shortcomings at Department of Corrections failed Matthew Millar

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Former corrections officer Matthew Millar didn’t receive adequate training or direction ahead of a fatal encounter where he restrained a psychiatric patient, a law enforcement standards expert testified on Tuesday.

Concord firefighter union negotiations ongoing as current contract expires

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

For a second consecutive summer, the city of Concord and one of its firefighter unions have not come to a new contract agreement before the previous one expired.

Photo: Christian Science Church gets a facelift

Supreme Court finds state must significantly increase education spending to fund adequate education

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A divided New Hampshire Supreme Court directed the state government on Tuesday to nearly double the base education adequacy payment it expends per student, but the court stopped short of calling for the change to take effect immediately, as a lower court had ordered.

Around Concord: The Balshaws bring a rustic revival to the Canterbury Country Store

By REBECA PEREIRA

David Balshaw’s intention as he approached retirement was to “wind down and be done.”

Tilton Island Park Bridge replacement is going ahead; removal may happen this month

By DAVID BROOKS

The historic Tilton Island Bridge is going to get repaired after all.