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By JEREMY MARGOLIS
In the latest hearing for a proposed ban on transgender athletes under consideration in New Hampshire’s State House, Pembroke resident and retired physician Jennifer Smith expressed a more nuanced position than most on the divisive issue.While...
By DAVID BROOKS
A year after New Hampshire allowed dental benefits for adults on Medicaid, NHTI is using grant funding to start treating those patients in Concord, which should help alleviate a backlog in treatment as well as expand training for the school’s dental...
The Clinton Street entrance into New Hampshire Hospital will be closed for a time as part of continued expansion of the facility, which provides acute, in-patient psychiatric services. Other entrances are still open.The E Unit at New Hampshire...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
After the discovery of mold in the Bow community center building, town officials have announced its closure this Thursday for thorough cleanup and decontamination.David Stack, the town manager, outlined the plan, stating that mitigation efforts will...
By DAVID BROOKS
When your job involves thinking of a new topic for a newspaper column every single week of the year, your ears perk up when an intriguing phrase floats by. And you can’t get much more intriguing than “laser scarecrows for New Hampshire farmers.”I hit...
By DAVID BROOKS
The era of electric school buses has finally arrived in New Hampshire bringing less pollution, less road noise and maybe even students who are less rambunctious.“Anecdotally it brings the noise of the students down on the bus, because they’re not...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
A Boscawen resident is objecting to potential designs for a proposed town flag.Boscawen currently does not have a flag, but at a Beautification Committee meeting earlier this month, resident Josh Crawford proposed the idea. Crawford is a...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Whether they’re running errands or socializing in the community, Greg Pollock and Amber Brouillette, are recognized as “the sunflower people” by Concord residents thanks to their Sunfox Farm, a sprawling 20-acre sunflower field on Loudon Road, that...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Plans to transform the dilapidated former Department of Transportation buildings off Stickney Avenue into 80 housing units have been held up because of outstanding questions about the condition and future of major city storm drains running underneath...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
One of Nicole Petrin’s first cases in her new role as the Concord Police Department’s social worker drew frequent calls demanding officers’ attention.A senior woman with disabilities would often be wandering downtown. Chronically food insecure, she...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
A Concord resident was arrested Friday in connection to a slew of vehicle vandalism outside a state Republican Party event at Concord High School two weeks ago.Lawrence Dunlap, 37, is facing eleven felony charges of criminal mischief. Concord Police...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
Every time Leanna Kenza laces up her sneakers and steps on the track, it gives her reprieve from the day-to-day drama of eighth grade and the chance to find a new friend.While most Rundlett Middle School parents were enrolling their kids in sports in...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
A Pelham man has been charged as the getaway driver in a hit-and-run boat crash that occurred on Lake Winnipesaukee last August.Eight months after a 50-foot Sea Ray crashed into a dock in Wolfeboro’s Winter Harbor, State Police have arrested...
By DAVID BROOKS
A New Hampshire investment advisor who lost clients’ money by putting it into risky securities has been ordered to pay $4.9 million in restitution and $1 million in costs by the state Bureau of Securities Regulation.According to the Bureau, Thomas...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Mold found at Bow’s Community Building has left portions of the structure unusable until cleanup and disinfection are completed.After last week’s testing for the potential presence of mold at the 1959 community center on Bow Center Road, it was...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
One man was sent to Concord Hospital in critical condition after a fire on Lantern Lane Thursday afternoon.Triggered by a fire alarm just after 3 p.m., Concord Fire escalated its response after seeing smoke at the back of the two-bedroom home upon...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
When Christa McAuliffe boarded the Challenger space shuttle on Jan. 28, 1986, she planned to broadcast two lessons from space into thousands of American classrooms.The first – called "The Ultimate Field Trip" – would have involved a tour of the space...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
The director of the Police Standards and Training Council said it couldn’t take action in the 2006 case involving Jonathan Stone, a full-time officer who reportedly made violent threats against colleagues, due to the lack of authority granted by...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
The Concord School Board will get the first updated cost estimate in two years for its proposed new middle school in June and will ink a final “not to exceed budget” for the project on July 1, according to a new meeting schedule released by the...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Phillip Kaneb, sporting a vibrant blue shirt with a sticker boldly stating “no suicide,” strolled around the State House’s hallways on Wednesday, pausing intermittently to admire the paintings hanging on the walls, his infectious smile bringing joy to...
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