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Staying loose and stepping up: With 10 wins, MV softball is geared up for the playoffs
Get there faster: If the I-95 bridge to Maine gets too crowded, you may be able to drive on the shoulder
Legislature’s lawyers say revisions to minimum education standards could violate the N.H, Constitution
Dartmouth faculty censure of Beilock further highlights divide over response to protest
Hopkinton-Webster transfer station fee revision in progress
As states loosen childhood vaccine requirements, health experts’ worries grow
High schools: Monday’s softball, baseball and lacrosse results
Opinion: A clear answer to the growing needs of NH’s aging population
Hopkinton’s Dawn-Mar Ranch provides healing with horses
From the earliest days she can remember, Marcia Evans has been enchanted by horses.As a child, she dreamed of riding, but her father had a different vision for their family farm, focusing on cows for milking.Despite this, Marcia’s passion for riding...
Internal emails reveal UNH administrators’ desire to quell pro-Palestine ‘encampment’ ahead of graduation
A day before a pro-Palestine protest at the University of New Hampshire earlier this month, a staff member in the university’s Office of Student Life passed on to administrators that he got word of a “plan to engage in encampment,” according to an...
Cottage community rebuilds beloved dock after it was destroyed in boat crash
New book by Mike Pride captures NH literary era
Concord solidifies plan to respond to homelessness
Driven by capital projects, city budget proposal would boost spending by $40 million
Sports
High schools: MV, Pembroke baseball win shortened games
BaseballMerrimack Valley 4, ConVal 2, 5 inn.Key players: MV – Landon Abbott (win, 4 IP, 5 H), Reece Clermont (1-for-2), Eli Wormald (1-for-2)Highlights: The Pride broke a 2-2 in the fourth inning, pushing across two runs. The game was called off in...
Girls’ lacrosse: Hopkinton passes final test before the playoffs begin
Track & field: Concord wins 9 events at Londonderry Invite; Coe-Brown, Winnisquam boys finish second at large invitationals ahead of weekend state championships
Teevens remembered at service
High schools: Baseball, softball, lacrosse and tennis results from this weekendOpinion
Opinion: HB 1205 threatens the safety of all our kids
Shana Brunye lives in Exeter. New Hampshire’s State Senate voted last week to pass HB 1205, a bill that is purported to ban transgender girls from playing on girls’ school sports teams but that does much more. The vote was 13 to 10, on party lines,...
Opinion: Bill amendment threatens property rights
Opinion: How conversation with strangers might open new doors
Opinion: Women becoming second-class citizens
Opinion: Never again to anyone
Your Daily Puzzles
An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Politics
Senate morphs parking bill to include squatter protections and zoning changes
In a bill that was first introduced to limit zoning parking requirements to two spaces, New Hampshire Senators drove several issues back to the House with a series of amendments. Now the proposal includes regulations on parking requirements,...
In race for NH governor, Morse and Ayotte aim to repackage familiar political records
Key members of House threaten to vote against cannabis bill after Senate changes
On the trail: Biden back to N.H. next week
Transgender sports ban heads to Sununu
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Arts & Life
Hopkinton art gallery showcases member artists
More than 30 New Hampshire artists will display and sell their work in the annual summer member show at Two Villages Art Society’s gallery in the Hopkinton village of Contoocook.The show, “Communities Gather,” opens Saturday, May 25 with a reception...
The Loft at Hermit Woods presents Maddi Ryan
NH Audubon launches NH bird guide online
From the farm: More cow psychology
Vintage Views: Our old neighborhood schools
Obituaries
Gloria A. Martin
Contoocook, NH - Gloria Martin of Contoocook, NH, passed away peacefully at home on May 6, 2024, at the age of 97. Gloria was born on January 26, 1927, in Astoria, NY. Residents of Contoocook since the late 70's, she and her husband Joh... remainder of obit for Gloria A. Martin
Anna M. Allen
Warner, NH - Anna M. Allen, 93, died in Warner, New Hampshire on May 20, 2024. Born in Brooklyn on May 22, 1930 to Vincent and Bella (Kugielska) Coviello, Anna was the oldest of two daughters. She grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut and ... remainder of obit for Anna M. Allen
Diane O'Hara
Canterbury, NH - On May 13, 2024, Diane Kathleen O'Hara, of Canterbury, New Hampshire, left this world and the many people who love her. She is predeceased by her best friend and husband, Brian John Collins, who passed on September 5, 2... remainder of obit for Diane O'Hara
Janet Levy
Concord, NH - Janet Martha Levy died peacefully Sunday May 19, 2024 at the Granite VNA Hospice House in Concord surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Hugh Walter Emerson Jr., their daughters Sarah ... remainder of obit for Janet Levy
