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By SUSAN MARCOTTE-JENKINS

Susan Marcotte-Jenkins of Bow attended the Monitor’s opinion writing workshop this summer. I’m a Bow resident with nothing personal at stake in the town’s cell tower project except the serious concerns everyone has over Bow’s inadequate cell service.I...

By RICK GREEN

New Hampshire’s minimum wage would eventually increase to $15 per hour, business taxes would be cut by millions of dollars and guns could be taken from people posing an extreme risk under bills that will be considered when legislators return to the...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Days after the daughter of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Dennis Eckersley gave birth to a baby boy in the woods of Manchester on one of the coldest nights of the year, the family announced their plans to file for guardianship of the child.On Christmas...

By DAN ATTORRI

The effort had been undeniable, but the results hadn’t been there for the Concord boys’ basketball team. At the Capital Classic, that hard work started to pay off.Shots that were once rushed were set up naturally. Attempts from 3-point land that...

By DAN ATTORRI

The games don’t count in the NHIAA standings, but lessons can be learned from holiday tournaments. The Tide learned that no matter how good a team is, eventually a winning streak must come to an end.The Concord boys’ hockey team played well in long...

By DAVID BROOKS

One of New Hampshire’s most interesting-looking bridges straddles one of its handsomest river gorges next to a road and a rail line that have been used for well over a century. It’s the perfect recipe for tourism success in a state that increasingly...

By DAVID BROOKS

Although the business world continues to be in turmoil, with the pandemic scrambling labor supply, customer demand and struggling supply chains, and America’s rising interest rates squeezing investment, the Concord area saw a good chunk of commercial...

By DAVID BROOKS

The news out of Franconia Notch this weekend was sadly familiar: A hiker set off in the morning, eagerly climbing the Old Bridle Path up Mt. Lafayette to experience one of the world’s greatest day hikes, but never returned.This time it was Guopeng...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

As Concord officials considered proposed housing developments and highway expansions that could affect downtown Concord, and a new library branch in Penacook, new American Fisto Ndayishimiye has taken to the microphone at public meetings to ask...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

This year, the state’s efforts to address its inadequate mental health system made progress with expanded facilities and 24/7 assistance programs, but experts say much more work needs to be done to remedy a shortage of psychiatric and behavioral...

By HOLLY RAMER

Olivera Sotelo’s 19-year-old daughter was late returning from a solo hike, and she wasn’t answering her phone. Panicking at the trailhead, Sotelo called her husband for help.“I could not stop my anxiety,” she said. Emily Sotelo emerged from the woods...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

If the United States Congress gave out an award to the top skiing enthusiast, U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster would be one of the most deserving recipients.Skiing has been a part of her life for as long as she can remember. Her father, Malcolm McLane – a...

By RAY DUCKLER

She marked the day each year by baking a cake and softly humming “Happy birthday” to herself, so her sons never heard.Meanwhile, the cake had frosting on it but nothing else. No swirls or stripes or flowers or candles, and certainly nothing about a...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. While the great battle against fascism in World War II was fought in Europe, there was also a fight against fascism inside the United States in the 1930s-1940s. There is little recollection now that there was a...

The strong winter storm sweeping through the country will be causing intermittent power outages in New Hampshire at least through Christmas Eve, and after a warm spell Friday temperatures will fall below freezing all weekend.The emergency winter...

By KELLY SENNOTT

Winter in New Hampshire isn’t what it used to be.At least, that’s what Walpole filmmaker Gabriel Andrus’s grandfather has been telling him via the daily weather log the older man has been keeping for the last 20 years. As a boy, Andrus was told of the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Behind the metal racks stocked with canned food, dog treats and bags of fresh produce, Lori Garrett sits at her desk in the office of Warner Connects, a food pantry and community resource center, replying to emails to get started for the day. Garrett,...

By DAVID BROOKS

A woman was injured Saturday in a fire apparently caused by the failure of her home’s battery backup system after the power went out in Sanbornton, an example of a new concern for fire departments and building inspectors.“We’re going to have growing...

By DAVID BROOKS

Torrington Properties has acquired the Fort Eddy Shopping Center in Concord that holds a Shaw's supermarket, Staples and Eastern Mountain Sports for $30 million.The 175,000-square-foot shopping center is fully leased and is the current home of...

By DAVID BROOKS

A few New Hampshire school districts are getting ready to enter the electric transportation era, which means they have to figure out a pretty basic question: How to get the electricity.Once that’s solved, they will get to ponder a more interesting...