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Voice of the Pride: Merrimack Valley sophomore Nick Gelinas never misses a game
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
If you’ve attended a sporting event at Merrimack Valley High School, the odds are high you’re familiar with the voice of Nick Gelinas.Perched atop the press box during the spring and fall sports seasons and in the bleachers of the MVHS gym in the...
Middle School Project budget will be set in July, new timeline reveals
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
The Concord School Board will get the first updated cost estimate in two years for its proposed new middle school in June and will ink a final “not to exceed budget” for the project on July 1, according to a new meeting schedule released by the...
State police: Manchester police officer arrested on multiple domestic violence-related charges
By ARIANNA MACNEILL
A Manchester police officer has been charged on multiple domestic violence-related charges.Michael MacNeilly, 28, is being charged with six counts of simple assault, and one count each of obstructing the report of a crime/injury and criminal mischief,...
Big drop in tuition and aid is boosting Colby-Sawyer
By DAVID BROOKS
One year after it made a radical change to how it charges students by slashing both tuition and financial aid, Colby-Sawyer College’s president says the benefits seem to be outweighing the risks, indirectly helped this year by problems with the...
Concord police ask for help in identifying person of interest in incidents of cars being keyed during Republican Party event
By ARIANNA MACNEILL
Concord police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person they believe is connected to a swath of cars “keyed” during a state Republican Party event earlier this month.Police were originally called to Westbourne Road to investigate...
Concord fights stubborn brush fire along bank of Merrimack River
By DAVID BROOKS
The Concord Fire Department spent Wednesday morning fighting a stubborn brush fire burning on a steep bank between the Merrimack River and the rail line just south of Sewalls Falls Road.“We think it had been smoldering for a couple of days,” said...
CYPN: Siobhan Lofblad is an up-and-coming leader in Concord
Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) introduces you to the “Young Professional of the Month,” Siobhan Lofblad. Each month, the CYPN Steering Committee recommends individuals in the community it thinks readers would enjoy getting to know...
Construction of housing project in former Church to begin with parking dispute in the rearview
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Construction can now begin on a project to transform the former First Congregational Church on North Main Street into housing after new plans, updated to reflect an agreement between developers and the neighboring Greater Islamic Society of Concord,...
“It’s beautiful” – Eight people experiencing homelessness to move into Pleasant Street apartments
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
Down every street in Dover, reminders of his late wife Stephanie followed Larry Regan. After she passed, he headed towards Concord to start anew. It’s taken a while for that to feel like a reality, but the day has finally come. For the last three...
Matt Fisk will serve as next principal of Bow High School
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Assistant principals don’t typically serve students food, but at Bow High School, lunch duty is a daily responsibility for Matt Fisk.Last Wednesday, Fisk dished out Big Mac subs and cheese nachos and checked in with students as they passed through the...
Upper Valley residents among advocates for NH aid-in-dying bill
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
Before she moved to Hanover, Susan Gillotti was hesitant.“I said that I wanted to move a continuing care retirement community in New Hampshire, but I was really afraid of doing it because I’d lose my entitlement to medical aid in dying,” said...
Police: Man facing felony animal cruelty charge after striking, killing cat
Monitor staff
A man is facing a felony animal cruelty charge after he allegedly struck and killed a cat Monday afternoon.Felix Perez, 30, was arrested on the charge, and is set to be arraigned on Tuesday.Police were called to Mammoth Road around 1:44 p.m. for a...
Affordable housing and child care remain top concerns for young people in N.H.
By JAMES RINKER
Young people love living in the Monadnock Region, but they’re struggling to afford to stay.That was one of the findings Stay Work Play New Hampshire released last week from its second "Policy & Pints" pop-up series, which looks into the reasons why...
No deal. Laconia buyer misses deadline, state is out $21.5 million.
By ANNMARIE TIMMINS
In 2021, Gov. Chris Sununu rewrote state law to give himself the power to sell the beautiful but problematic 220-acre former Laconia State School campus, saying he’d succeed where others had failed. With just three votes from the Executive Council,...
House committee weighs bill that would require teachers to answer parents’ questions
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
At a parent-teacher conference a decade ago, Tina Kim Philibotte learned her child was gay.The disclosure took Philibotte – a self-described progressive and now one of four public school diversity, equity, inclusion and justice administrators in New...
New Hampshire man convicted of killing daughter, 5, ordered to be at sentencing after skipping trial
By KATHY McCORMACK
A judge has ruled that a New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter must appear in person for his upcoming sentencing after he didn’t attend his trial.Adam Montgomery, 34, had attended his first day of jury selection in February,...
Granite Geek: 28 years after an ‘e-mail course’ a professor ponders changes to online courses
By DAVID BROOKS
More than 28 years ago I interviewed Kenneth Levasseur, a professor at UMass-Lowell, about his innovative new project: A math class via email.In the resulting column I noted that the course, the school’s first official online class, would have...
Donna Daffy paints Dunbarton yellow with daffodils
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Every spring morning, as the first rays of sunlight dance across Dunbarton, Donna Dunn is treated to a vibrant sea of yellow daffodils unfurling before her eyes.It’s a sight that fills her heart with indescribable joy, a gift that few are fortunate...
Flying Monkey spared in Saturday fire that guts two nearby buildings on Plymouth’s Main Street
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
A fire on Main Street in Plymouth Saturday night tore through two empty commercial buildings but left one, the neighboring Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, largely unscathed.Just after 9 p.m., with a Foreigner-Journey tribute band on...
N.H. Educators voice overwhelming concerns over State Board of Education’s proposals on minimum standards for public schools
By RHIANWEN WATKINS
Teachers, school superintendents and members of the public are criticizing the State Board of Education’s proposal for updating minimum standards for public schools, saying it would weaken education and reduce state funding, forcing taxpayers to...
