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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Jose Cambrils has had his eyes on Whitney Hill Road in Canterbury for years.He bought a 30-acre plot of land where the trees were spared from logging and wildlife roams about and another 95 acres just down the street in hopes of building a house in...

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

It may come as no surprise that the New Hampshire state fruit can be quite controversial from a culinary perspective. Sure, pumpkin can be delicious, but it can also be senselessly over-used. I don’t need pumpkin in my coffee, thank you.Yet...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Michelle Laverdure wants a plan for tomorrow.She’s tired of living out of her van, driving spot to spot so her vehicle isn’t towed or vandalized. She’s exhausted by watching her friends relocate their tent: one encampment sweep means they’re herded to...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Shamir Darjee didn’t know anything about a mortgage or real estate listing six months ago. Most 20-year-olds don’t.He did know that he’d like his own bedroom. For the last ten years, he slept in the living room alongside his younger brother in a...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Karen Jantzen knows what the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness does well.Dozens of people are in the coalition’s resource center daily – waiting to take a shower, do laundry, check their mail or connect with a case manager.The beginning of...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Isiaka Bizumuremyi waited nine years for this moment.In Concord, over 7,000 miles away from home, he has own new apartment. Very new, in fact.The walls are still bare and the kitchen appliances had never been used. Just over a month after arriving in...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Danielle Bee thought Warner residents had made it clear – many in town did not support more sidewalks, public transportation and new housing developments. To her, the state’s Housing Champions program – a tool for communities to be eligible for grants...

I’m not sure if it’s old age, but phrases from books or songs pop into my head. The curious thing is they seem to fit my thoughts. The other day, it was “I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound.” The words are by Tom Paxton, and the singer is Nanci...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Nar Darjee didn’t know what to expect Tuesday.In one hand, she had a large white envelope with documents in plastic sleeves. She grabbed her passport too and a driver’s license and waited for her ride to the polls.Outside the City Wide Community...

After reading Michaela Towfighi’s story in the Thursday Monitor about Trump voters’ hopes and expectations for the future, it occurred to me that it might be interesting to periodically check-in with Jonathan Paquette and Angela Kontoes. It would be...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Jonathan Paquette wants to buy a house. But supporting his wife and six kids on one paycheck feels like he can hardly buy anything these days.He’s hoping a second Donald Trump presidency will change that.“We have had a bunch of Democrats that have had...

Monitor staffEditor’s note: This live blog will be updated throughout the day as more information comes in from local polls. Check back for updates.Over half of registered voters cast ballots by 2:30 p.m. in HopkintonBellamy Ridinger, 28, from...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

An overwhelming majority of Concord residents support stripping the Concord School Board of some of its power, yet residents are split on whether the decision to build a new middle school about six miles away from the current location should be...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Matty Gregg’s story started with a movie and a bet.The 1983 film, The Terry Fox Story, chronicled 22-year-old Canadian Terry Fox as he attempted to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research after he lost his right leg to osteosarcoma.He...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Lochan Sharma has faint memories of Nepal. He knows he used to run in the halls of the school his dad worked at and that he was enrolled in classes quite young. His family helps him stitch together the fabric of the life he left – his sister reminds...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

New Hampshire is known for many firsts: the first to declare independence from England, and its first-in-the-nation primary. New Hampshire is also the first state where residents of a manufactured housing community purchased their park, forming a...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The largest planned housing project in Concord has been scuttled by city leaders to the point that even a scaled-down version of the project may not be possible for years.Developers behind the Monitor Way project have claimed city staff have not...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

City Councilor Jim Schlosser is hoping Concord will take a step forward in the city’s response to end homelessness and hire a paid program manager. The request comes with caution – “It’s early in this work.” The city’s steering committee on the plan...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

By 3 p.m. the U-Haul was filled to the brim. Laundry baskets, rolled-up rugs, folded tarps and plastic bins were stacked one on top of the other as Concord police fourwheelers were parked next to the truck. After weeks of warning people living along...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

David Elberfeld felt steadfast in his convictions against former President Donald Trump and solemn about President Joe Biden stepping aside.To watch Biden, 81, chase the presidency throughout his lifetime – running several times before being the...

Michaela Towfighi’s article headlined “Land conservation becomes unfunded mandate,” (Monitor, 6/29) was not up to her excellent standard of factual, multi-sourced work. The Monitor’s editors should have spiked this story. One, experts from the Current...