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By RACHEL WACHMAN

For Derek Astles, music offers a manual to the world.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

With the clock ticking on the next state budget, Gov. Kelly Ayotte threatened to veto lawmakers’ spending plan unless certain line items are restored.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With a sigh, Violet Ruiz planted her blue sneakers onto the grass behind Abbot-Downing School. Standing over her bike, she adjusted her blue helmet so it sat squarely over her dark braid. 

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A group of Bow residents who were barred from protesting the participation of a transgender girl in a high school soccer game last fall have now taken their case to a federal appeals court.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Several dozen people gathered under the State House arch on Friday evening, urging elected representatives – both in Congress and the state – to oppose going to war with Iran.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Eritier Demunga’s mother brought him and his siblings from southern Africa to New Hampshire in 2013, hoping to give her children a better life. He was six years old at the time.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Brian Karoul was ready to move back east.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A chaotic week that raised questions about the fate of a widely popular bell-to-bell school phone ban ended with the proposed law added to the latest version of the legislature’s state budget, increasing the likelihood that one of Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s signature policy priorities goes into effect ahead of the upcoming school year.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Charles Michelson remembers his first time trying a drive up a steep hill on a motorbike, back when he was just a few feet tall and about the same age as his 8-year-old son is now.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A Department of Corrections officer who helped restrain an uncooperative psychiatric patient said she never saw Matthew Millar place his knee on the man, offering little support for prosecutors’ claim that her fellow officer had caused the man’s death by kneeling on his back.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

A push to create mandatory minimum prison sentences for fentanyl-related crimes will move forward after it hit the skids earlier this week.

By YAA BAME

A jury should never have convicted Richard Ellison of second-degree murder because he was unable to mount a full defense due to court errors during his trial, his lawyer told the New Hampshire Supreme Court. 

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

While his older brother, Jesse, was in prison, Zackary Sullivan used to send him his allowance. Even as a kid, he wanted to share everything he had with the people he loved. 

By DAVID BROOKS

Something weird is going to happen Saturday: It won’t rain.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

A malware scam across New Hampshire and Massachusetts in February stole thousands of dollars from ATMs at multiple establishments, including Bell Brothers, a convenience store in Pittsfield.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Lisa Beaudoin walked into the Legislative Office Building in Concord on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to plead with state lawmakers not to cut Medicaid in the state budget.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

During a scuffle at the Secure Psychiatric Unit inside the New Hampshire State Prison for men, prosecutors say Jason Rothe was handcuffed and forcibly restrained, which led to his death.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Michael Durgin got the call on Tuesday morning, he thought it was bad news.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Aside from his baseball hat displaying the words “It took me 101 years to look this good,” Floyd Severance hides his age well.

By YAA BAME

New Hampshire could receive up to $30 million over the next ten years from a settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, according to state Attorney General John Formella.

By DAN ATTORRI

Kearsarge senior Liam Miller was the top area tennis player at the state boys’ singles tournament which was held last week, reaching the semifinals.