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Tim Herbert chosen as next principal of Concord High
By EILEEN O’GRADY
The Concord School Board approved the nomination of Tim Herbert as the next principal of Concord High School during a meeting Monday night.Herbert, who has been an assistant principal at Concord High School since 2019, will begin his new role in July....
Historic building downtown will be replaced by new five-story building
By JAMIE L. COSTA
An 1854 Victorian home on Main Street is expected to be torn down in the next several months to make room for a new five-story eatery and entertainment venue spearheaded by Concord developer Stephen Duprey.Despite Duprey’s efforts to relocate or...
Massive liquor distribution center in Bow is getting even bigger
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Located just off Route 3A, the DHL Bow Distribution Center, a massive 244,000-square-foot warehouse – more than four football fields of space – holds all the alcohol sold in the state’s 67 liquor stores.Sales have been so steady, the distribution...
Former DOJ offices to be demolished after relocation to former Lincoln Financial property
By JAMIE L. COSTA
The State of New Hampshire has a $70 million agreement to rent office space at the former Lincoln Financial property in Concord from developer Stephen Duprey for 20 years. The property will act as the new home of the Department of Justice, the...
Emily Sotelo's family urges donations to rescue teams that found her body
By DAVID BROOKS
The family of the Massachusetts woman who succumbed to winter weather while trying to hike the Franconia Ridge last month is asking people to donate to the volunteer organizations and rescuers who searched for her.“In lieu of flowers, please send...
After closing its doors in Canterbury, a church serving hallucinogenic tea vows to reopen elsewhere
By TODD BOOKMAN
The founding pastor of a church that serves its parishioners ayahuasca, a potent plant-based substance that can cause intense hallucinations, said he intends to re-open in a new location after shutting the doors at his Canterbury property.During a...
Well-known town official kills domestic partner, then himself at home in New London
By JAMIE L. COSTA
A 78-year-old man shot and killed his domestic partner inside their New London home and then killed himself, state officials announced Wednesday.Douglas Lyon called police to the Shaker Street home at 1:38 p.m. Tuesday. When officers arrived they...
Construction underway at Penacook affordable housing site
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
Construction is underway on Concord’s latest affordable housing development, the second phase of Penacook Landing. The site will feature a 20,000-square-foot apartment building that will house 20 units. Those 20 will include 18 units designated as...
In New Hampshire, school technology directors collaborate to protect student data
By EILEEN O’GRADY
Keeping students’ school data private online is an increasingly high-stakes task. But for a small New Hampshire school district, getting a large tech company like Microsoft or Zoom to agree to protect their student data can be a daunting task.After...
Missing hiker found dead in Franconia Notch State Park
By DAVID BROOKS
The fate of a Massachusetts woman who died alone in the White Mountains while trying to accomplish a hiking goal is a sad reminder of one of the biggest dangers in the backcountry, sometimes called “summit fever.”The term describes how the goal to...
Bow proposes committee to address concerns after residents upset over beaver dam removal
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Town officials in Bow accepted responsibility and apologized Wednesday night to neighbors for failing to communicate better before a beaver pond on public land was drained by members of a local snowmobile club.“I apologize that we didn’t have some...
Bow residents upset over beaver dam removal
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Spruce Wheelock and his wife have lived on Pine Crest Drive in Bow for 24 years overlooking a small pond behind their property. The little pond, nestled on town-owned land between neighbors on Page Road, Pepin and Pine Crest Drive, was a habitat to...
Break-in, vandalism at Rundlett Middle School
By EILEEN O’GRADY
Concord Police are investigating a break-in that occurred at Rundlett Middle School early Monday morning that resulted in damaged property and an unexpected day off for students.Around 1:20 a.m. on Monday, police say three intruders broke into the...
Concord School District hires DEIJ director
By EILEEN O’GRADY
Concord School District has hired a new diversity, equity, inclusion and justice director, making it the fourth public school district in the state to create such a position.At a meeting Monday night, Concord School Board members voted unanimously to...
Couple from Idaho set down roots in Concord and open downtown shop
By JAMIE L. COSTA
Six months after falling in love with the city of Concord, a young couple who grew up in Idaho are opening a high-end, premium market featuring handmade goods next week on South Main Street.In the former location of Simply Birkenstock, Makers on Main...
Developers of Rail Yard complex in Concord contend with old buried industrial waste
By JAMIE L. COSTA
The construction of an affordable residential housing development on top of a former railroad yard in Concord’s South End has been applauded for helping to ease the city’s housing crunch.“Without repurposing industrial sites like these, they become an...
School Board member featured larger than life on billboards in New York City
By EILEEN O’GRADY
When Barb Higgins spotted the billboard with her face on it for the first time, it was July and she was driving through midtown Manhattan with her husband Ken, daughter Gracie and one-year-old son Jack, on their way home to Concord from Florida....
When Granite State College merges into UNH, much will stay the same
By DAVID BROOKS
For the fourth time in its 50-year history, Concord’s piece of New Hampshire’s state university system is about to get a new name, part of a big change that should raise the profile of this often-overlooked institution but not alter its underlying...
How Concord detectives cracked the Reid double-murder case
By JAMIE L. COSTA
For six months, making an arrest in the double murder of Steve and Wendy Reid was the top priority at the Concord Police department. Hours of interviews, repeated searches of the crime scene, reviewing surveillance video from nearby stores, and...
Granite Geek: At some dairy farms robots milk the cows
By DAVID BROOKS
Automation of the workplace can make life easier. Just ask Walker Fitch about the downright luxurious change it brought to his life as a dairy farmer.“I get up at 5 now,” Fitch bragged during a recent tour of his Milford farm. “It used to be 4.”He...
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