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With creativity abounding in the community around us, The Concord Insider, in collaboration with Concord Arts Market, will begin highlighting local artists on a regular basis. The first artist spotlight focuses on Elizabeth MacBride, who lives in Contoocook.

Calling all movie-goers! NHTI invites you to its next Night at the Movies for a screening of “The Conversation” on Friday, May 2 at 7 p.m. The film, released in 1974, is rated PG. 

Kayla Smith recently led the Merrimack Valley Pride girls’ basketball team to great heights and was named the Concord Monitor’s Player of the Season.

Bedford 7, Concord 0

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

It’s not just food waste from homes and businesses overwhelming landfills in New Hampshire.

By DAVID BROOKS

Remember all the COVID-related shortages we faced five years ago? I bet you remember toilet paper; it made for the best jokes. But you may have forgotten the big hiccups that occurred in the supply of something more significant than pulp-based hygiene products: Food.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

The music boomed, the metal fences rattled, spectators cheered and the most skilled soccer players in Concord rose to the top. On Friday night at Keach Park, dozens of kids, teenagers, and young adults flooded the court to play a futsal tournament organized by Samba X Player Development.

By DAVID BROOKS

Concord may finally be joining the list of places putting solar farms atop their closed landfills.

WinnAero, the STEM-education non-profit group using hands-on aviation examples as the focus of STEM activities, announces only 8 seats remaining in its Girls Only summer camp week. The day camp session limited to middle school girls will run from July 14 through 18 at the Laconia Airport. More than half the ACE Academy certified NH teachers are female and will teach the Girls Only session.

Best Buddies will hold ​its Friendship Walk in Concord on Saturday, May 10. Over 1,000 people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities are expected to gather to walk for inclusion and celebrate the international nonprofit organization’s mission of establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, inclusive living, and family support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. ​

Plans are underway once again to celebrate Franklin at the 21st Annual Choose Franklin Community Day. The event will take place on Saturday, May 10, beginning with a parade at 10 a.m. that will step off at Franklin High School and proceed easterly to downtown turning on Smith Street before ending at Odell Park. A fun community event will be held at Odell Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will include vendors, crafts, food, games, amusements and entertainment. 

White Birch Center in Henniker will host their 6th Annual Kentucky Derby Party at Pats Peak on Saturday, May 3 at 3 p.m..   

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Justin Federico and his family left Manchester five years ago for the quieter small-town charm of Allenstown, attracted by the promise of a community offering all the essential services they needed, including curbside trash pickup.

By REBECA PEREIRA

A dump truck driver suffered severe, life-threatening injuries Sunday evening after veering off the road and crashing into a tree on I-93 South.

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and HOLLY RAMER

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sharply criticized fellow Democrats on Sunday for not doing enough to oppose President Donald Trump, drawing a clear divide between himself and other high-profile Democrats seen as future presidential contenders.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

When Andy Lane received the quilt, he felt moved beyond words.

By DAN ATTORRI

NORTHWOOD – As the largest team-scoring invitational in New Hampshire that falls around the middle of the season, the Black Bear Invitational can often be used as a measuring stick to see how the state’s high school track and field teams stack up against each other. This spring’s edition wasn’t a typical one, with wet and windy conditions forcing the cancellation of the pole vault and high jump events. 

By DAN ATTORRI

The Hopkinton girls’ track and field team runners showed their strength on Saturday, winning four events and scoring points in nine of 11 as the Hawks won the inaugural Campbell Cougar Classic Invitational on Saturday at Campbell High School.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Budget talks took shape in the Senate this week as multiple agencies pleaded with senators to restore their funding – and in some cases, their very existence – that was cut by the House of Representatives.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

As the bird flu drove up egg prices, Merrimack Valley High School senior Olivia Barto wondered whether raising chickens at home could save her family money.

By DAVID BROOKS

The most unusual home in Hopkinton, one that over the years has been nicknamed the Marshmallow House, the Space Pod, the Fiberglass Folly and more, is changing hands.