Ayotte signs expansion to school voucher program, eliminating income requirement

06-10-2025 11:04 AM

Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed into law an expansion to New Hampshire’s school voucher program on Tuesday that removes the income eligibility restrictions that had defined the program during its first four years.


At Wintergreen Botanicals, ‘good health grows in nature’

06-11-2025 8:00 AM

Plants have superpowers, and Maria Noël Groves wants everyone to capitalize on that.


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Track & field: John Stark’s Calle sets state record in long jump, Concord’s Saysaw and Goulas have perfect days at MOC
06-10-2025 1:33 AM

DURHAM – Ever since he was a freshman, Rio Calle had been thinking about the state’s long jump record. Set in 1998, it was one of just a few that had stood since the previous century. On his final jump, in the final meet of his high school career, Calle broke it.

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Opinion: Friends don’t let friends drive drunk
06-10-2025 3:17 PM

Benjamin Netanyahu and I agree on virtually nothing. But a statement he made three days after the massacre of 1,200 Israelis by Hamas in October 2023 rings true:

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New Hampshire school phone ban could be among strictest in the country
05-25-2025 11:00 AM

When Gov. Kelly Ayotte called on the state legislature to pass a school phone ban in January, the pivotal question wasn’t whether the widely popular policy would pass but how far it would go.

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Artist spotlight: Jackie Hanson
06-10-2025 8:01 AM

With creativity abounding in the community around us, The Concord Insider, in collaboration with Concord Arts Market, highlights local artists on a regular basis.

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Pembroke, NH - Wayne E. Hutchins, 97, passed away on May 29, 2025. He was born August 8, 1927 to Charles H. and Arlene (Fifield) Hutchins. He was raised in Bow and attended Concord High School where he lettered in football and was a top... remainder of obit for Wayne Hutchins

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Bow, NH - Judith (Judy) H. Grocott, 91, of Bow, NH died Thursday, June 5 at Concord Regional VNA Hospice House. Judy was raised in Stoneham and Melrose, MA and graduated from Melrose High School in 1951. She went on to obtain her Regis... remainder of obit for Judith H. Grocott

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Bedford & Henniker, NH - Celebrating the Life of Louise Leonard McKinney Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm, Evan's Mountain Farm, 414 Evan's Mountain Rd, Strafford, NH Please join Louise's four children as we celebrate h... remainder of obit for Louise Leonard McKinney

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Hudson, NH - Joan Ann (Gardini) Urbach, a devoted educator, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on June 5, 2025, in Hudson, New Hampshire. Joan was born on April 29, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York, to Jos... remainder of obit for Joan Urbach

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