Granite Geek: As quantum mechanics turns 100, it is sneaking into everyday life

By DAVID BROOKS

There is no science more removed from practical life than quantum mechanics. Or so I thought.

‘Perfect fit’: Fabulous Looks Boutique shifts leadership, preserving brands and styles

By JANE MILLER

Fabulous Looks has been a home away from home for owner Sherry Spurr for over 30 years.

Others seek to join Bow parents’ free-speech appeal in case involving transgender athletes

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A Philadelphia-based free speech group and two more residents are seeking to challenge a court ruling that sided with the Bow School District after it barred parents from wearing pink wristbands to protest transgender athletes in girls’ sports.

Loudon man killed in crash on I-89 in Concord on Sunday

By BRENDILOU ARMSTRONG

A Loudon man died after a two-vehicle crash in Concord on Sunday, closing a portion off the highway for three hours while rescuers tended to the wounded and cleared the wreckage from the road.

A look ahead at the ‘preferred design’ for Concord’s new police headquarters

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The design for Concord’s new police headquarters would more than triple the size of the current police station on Green Street and carry a construction price tag of $41.3 million, about $3.5 million more than previously estimated.

Concord may finally buy long-closed rail line with hopes of creating city-spanning trail

By DAVID BROOKS

The long-simmering effort to create a walking/biking path the length of Concord may take another step forward when the city council meets on Monday to consider buying 5.7 miles of rail line from Horsehoe Pond to the city’s northern border.

New Cheers owners honor restaurant’s original menu while building something fresh

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Greg Tandy started asking around when he became the new owner of Cheers.

ZBA appointment to be reconsidered at Monday Council meeting

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord City Councilors will try to walk back the appointment of a woman to the city’s zoning board that they made last month.

‘Love you more’: Concord community remembers Glenn Chrzan

By YAA BAME

Deborah Eckland stood in front of section 47 at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, facing a small crowd of about a dozen people. She wiped her eyes with a white handkerchief.

Remembered: Friends recall stories about the lives of those who died without housing

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN and MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Skeletal remains were discovered in a shed near the state prison in late April. Just a day later, another man’s long-deceased body was found near the highway bridge beside the Friendly Kitchen. In early May, a 25-year-old living in an RV parked at the former Steeplegate Mall died in a fire. A local adult softball team, on a muggy June evening, found the body of a man in his campsite in the city-owned woods near Memorial Field.

Layoffs, grant funding cuts take effect at New Hampshire’s Council on the Arts

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The New Hampshire Theatre Project set out to make people uncomfortable, touring the state with plays on difficult topics.

Public universities scrub DEI webpages in response to state budget prohibitions

By BRENDILOU ARMSTRONG

The University System of New Hampshire is taking steps to comply with the state’s newly enacted ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

‘Time for me to move on’ — Heartsong Healing Center closes in Hooksett as owner retires

By YAA BAME

For 15 years, Tanji Samson offered sound baths with Tibetan singing bowls, energy healing and chakra balancing at her alternative healing business, the Heartsong Healing Center in Hooksett. Now, she is ready to close up shop.

New Hampshire targets sexual exploitation and human trafficking inside massage parlors

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Dark curtains drawn tight, doors locked at all hours, surveillance cameras inside the building and unusual business hours — these are all warning signs that a massage parlor may be a front for something more than therapeutic services.

Natural disasters boost interest in receiving emergency alerts

By DAVID BROOKS

The flooding in Texas this week, wildfires in Canada and record-breaking heat in New England are reminders that the supercharged climate means disaster can strike anywhere at any time. It also means that interest in weather alerts and emergency preparation, once limited to places like Tornado Alley, are entering the New Hampshire mainstream.

State rules Epsom must pay open-enrollment tuition to other school districts, despite its refraining from the program

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Merle DeWitt spends an extra 30-40 minutes in the car each day, toting his 16-year-old son, Gavin, to Prospect Mountain High School in Alton. The school is several towns away from their home in Epsom but it’s worth it to DeWitt .

Town turmoil: Chichester town administrator resigns again

By RACHEL WACHMAN

In another turn of events for Chichester, town administrator Jodi Pinard has resigned from her position for the second time in the span of a year.

NH judge decides to pause Trump’s birthright citizenship order

By JANE MILLER

A federal judge in Concord blocked President Donald Trump's executive order that sought to end birthright citizenship across the country.

Police investigate shooting at Sanbornton home that left one person injured

New Hampshire State Police say they are investigating a shooting at a home in Sanbornton that left one person injured.