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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Moira O’Neill kept the same piece of paper in her pocket for four years.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Dinorah Mull hadn’t thought twice about her three decades in the United States.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Before Maddie Lemay went to prom, she had a checklist of adults she needed to ask for permission.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Freeman Toth can suggest few places for people experiencing homelessness now that the winter shelters have closed and police have started clearing tent sites along Concord’s downtown and near the river. 

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Bill Dunlap remembers meeting David Souter as a child, shaking his hand.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Maureen Beauregard thought of her brother first.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

No one thought the thin blue plastic mattresses were very comfortable, least of all Rodney Moody.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Stephanie Van Horn loves the flower cutouts in the old wooden archways inside the Franklin Unitarian Universalist Congregation parish hall.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The city of Concord is looking to further coordinate its response to homelessness in the state capital with the help of a new program manager.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Cassandra Sanchez hadn’t left the parking lot before she hit send on the email.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The top stair was Nicole Sheaff’s bed for months.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The vast majority of issues taken up by the Concord City Council are first reviewed by one or more of several dozen committees, which make recommendations about city decisions.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In the five years since Derek Narducci has lived in Warner, he’s watched his tax bill increase by 40 percent.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A dozen flights to New Hampshire for refugees hoping to resettle in the United States have been canceled after President Donald Trump announced the suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program on the first day of his presidency.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

On a February afternoon, Rebecca Carlman stood in a parking lot off of Storrs Street and passed out blankets from the trunk of her car to people experiencing homelessness. She’d been there herself a few years prior and decided to give donations to...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Marilyn Lara had been there before.She was homeless when she moved into her manufactured house in Boscawen in 2011. Earlier this year she feared she’d be back out on the street again.She’d fallen behind on her tax bill and at the end of March and the...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Jim Duckworth remembers lining up with over 600 people who were vying for just over a dozen positions at the Concord Fire Department. Today, if the department gets seven to 10 applicants for an open position, that’s a good day.Nearly 25 years later,...

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...