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By DAVID BROOKS

Having survived the almost-death of film, the switch from cameras to smartphones and the turmoil of the pandemic, Concord Photo Service on North Main Street, a business still known as Concord Camera to many people, is surrendering to Father Time.“It’s...

By CAROL ROBIDOUX

The city is preparing to launch a textile recycling program that will divert tons of clothing and other wearable/fabric items from the waste stream, and generate revenue.According to the city’s Solid Waste and Environmental Programs manager Chaz...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. The Democrats are facing a scary mid-term election. Parties in power typically lose ground in the mid-terms. Add high gas prices and inflation to the mix, issues where voters often blame office-holders, and...

By RAY DUCKLER

Bryan Caruso was a bear of a man who once smashed home runs to far-away places during his high school and college careers.When it came to hitting, Eric Duquette, Caruso’s former business partner and coach at the Concord Sports Center, called his dear...

By DAVID BROOKS

The continent-wide destruction of ash trees caused by an invasive insect has taken an economic toll in New Hampshire: The Peterboro Basket Co. is shutting down after making its specialty baskets for 168 years, partly because it can’t get enough of the...

By MICHAEL MORTENSEN

Four former employees have now filed suit against the West Alton Marina alleging that they were subject to sexual assault and harassment by the facility’s former manager, John Murray, and further alleging that marina’s owners failed to intervene to...

By DAVID BROOKS

Tenney Mountain Ski Area should be up and running again next winter as a new owner takes a fresh look at long-simmering development plans around it.“We have a ways to go on master planning … over the next year,” said Steven Kelly, CEO of...

By PAT GROSSMITH

A Derry state representative is being sued for allegedly defaming two drag queens when he allegedly said one was a convicted sexual offender and the other was “rubbing butts” with children during a Drag Queen Story Time event in 2021 in Derry.Robert...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

A taxpayer-funded investigation into a former Canaan police officer, with findings kept secret for years and requiring a right-to-know lawsuit to access, did not substantiate claims that he used excessive force against a woman during a 2018 traffic...

By DAVID BROOKS

The news that Tesla is coming to New Hampshire – probably, at least – is the latest indication that life is changing for New Hampshire’s auto dealerships as electric vehicles take center stage. But it’s not the only one.“Prepping for EVs (electric...

By CASSIDY JENSEN

Tom Robert still remembers waking up at 3 a.m. on an August morning seven years ago to a loud knocking on his front door. A Manchester police officer and a prosecutor from the New Hampshire Department of Justice had come to tell him that his...

By MICHAEL CASEY

The number of dams in New Hampshire most at risk of failing has increased 51% in the past three years, according to an Associated Press analysis.The state saw its numbers of high-hazard dams in either poor or unsatisfactory condition go from 37 to 56,...

Weare Middle School and Center Woods Upper Elementary School will have a new principal next year. SAU 24 Superintendent Jacqueline Coe announced last month that Jon Barry will become the new principal of the school, effective July 1.Barry will be...

By JOSH MORRILL

Dennis Pavlicek took over as Newbury’s town administrator nearly three decades ago on the heels of a high-profile tragedy. His first task was a big one – rebuilding trust in his beloved town.On a quiet Monday morning in the fall of 1993, while working...

By MOLLY BOLAN

Along the banks of the Connecticut River, stone carvings of what appear to be human-like faces peek out from the rocks. With a national grant, two groups are working together to learn more about the site and encourage more incorporation of Native...

If you’re a regular reader of the Concord Monitor, you’ve read all about the challenges hitting our local economy. Costs have skyrocketed in recent months, and it’s hitting us all, from the grocery store to the gas pump.That reality is no different...

By BRACKETT LYONS

The dull roar of the interstate faded to almost nothing at the little plot of land near Horseshoe Pond as the clamorous sounds of modernity gave way to birds in song, the neighs of horses and the chatter of old friends.On Saturday morning, the Granite...

By CASSIDY JENSEN

Two months after the owners of Steeplegate Mall told five tenants to leave their spaces at the faltering mall, four of the businesses have opened new locations elsewhere in Concord.Two of the former Steeplegate stores have stayed in the same area...

By HENRY HOMEYER

I like dahlias. They are bright and come in many colors with blossoms from the size of daisies to the size of dinner plates. My wife, Cindy, loves dahlias. Every year we have discussions about how many we should plant and where they might go. I...

By DAVID BROOKS

An unusual land sale that involved much of the frontage around one of New Hampshire’s most pristine small lakes has produced an unusual result: On the Boscawen side of Walker Pond, almost the entire shorefront has been preserved from development for...