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By DAVID BROOKS

Rymes Propane and Oil, founded a half-century ago and long based in Concord, is being bought by a Canada energy firm for $159 million.The purchase by Superior Plus needs regulatory approval and is scheduled to wind up Sept. 30., Superior Plus is based...

By DAVID BROOKS

A drive-thru Starbucks is closer to appearing in the parking lot of the Capital Shopping Center, part of a proposed development that acts as a sort of stand-in for the denser, taller development that the city would like to see there.Concord has...

By TIM O’SULLIVAN

The country is searching for roads that lead to racial equality and social justice. Contoocook native Daryl Peasley hopes the Abenaki Trails can be one of them.The trails would offer a deeper understanding of the influence the Abenaki people had on...

By LEAH WILLINGHAMand ALYSSA DANDREA

Concord City Manager Tom Aspell’s pay increased steadily over the years to the point where he was the first city employee to make more than $200,000 in a single year.In 2019, Aspell made $200,828 in total compensation, which is more than...

By OLIVIA BURDETTE

If you’re looking to plan a beach day at one of New Hampshire’s state parks, you might want to book your reservations now.The first opening to get in at Wallis Sands State Park in Rye isn’t until Tuesday, July 28 and there’s only a handful of parking...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Richard McNamara was a newly minted graduate of Boston College Law School in 1975 when he was recruited by now-retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter to work at the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.Souter, then New Hampshire’s deputy...

By ANN GEHAN

Having a newborn baby is difficult enough, but Hillary d’Entremont never anticipated the challenges of raising an infant during a pandemic.D’Entremont, who gave birth in January, had planned for her daughter to join her son at day care once she was 3...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Victims of domestic violence and stalking in New Hampshire can now apply for protective orders online, in addition to filing in person at their local courthouse.The new remote filing option requires victims to contact one of the state’s 13 crisis...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

A Manchester teenager who authorities allege has ties to multiple burglaries in the state, including firearm thefts, is in jail.Duncan Levey, 18, is being detained on three felony charges stemming from a Jan. 29 home invasion on Woodhill Hooksett Road...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Two parolees are facing new felony charges after police say drugs, thousands in cash and a gun were found during a traffic stop in Franklin.Police said they recovered 20 grams of methamphetamine, 14 grams of heroin/fentanyl, $3,433 in cash and a .40...

By DAVID BROOKS

A pair of bald eagles has established a successful nest in Concord for the first time in over a century, and Ellen Kenney has learned at least one thing: They don’t sound as majestic as they look.“I was at Eastman Cove at the (Merrimack River...

By DAVID BROOKS

Many people have a favorite type of insect. Butterflies and dragonflies are perennial favorites, but you can find folks with a soft spot in their heart for almost anything, from walking sticks to dung beetles.Me? I like bumblebees.There’s something...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

The supervised visitation center in the Upper Valley – one of three in the state – has ended its New Hampshire services due to a lack of funding. Now, the state’s two remaining centers are exploring how to go virtual after COVID-19 temporarily...

By RALPH JIMENEZ

We are new to snow-birding. Truth be told, we’d always felt righteously superior to those who fled New Hampshire in winter. But then age and injury meant no more snowboarding and no snow meant no more cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, so why not?...

By DAVID BROOKS

In Bow, incumbent selectman Harry Judd was voted out of office after 18 years Tuesday, as former planning board member Bruce Marshall defeated him easily, 845-563.With three candidates for two seats on the Bow School Board, Bryce Larrabee with 805...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Adult victims in New Hampshire have six years to report the most egregious sexual assault crimes to law enforcement before the clock runs out.Children sexually abused before age 18 have 22 years, or until they turn 40, to bring forward an allegation...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

The number of reported cases of child sexual abuse rose 6% nationally between 2017 and 2018, with 38 states, including New Hampshire, seeing increases, according to new data analyzed by the University of New Hampshire’s Crimes Against Children...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Authorities say a former Bow resident accused of robbing a Concord convenience store at gunpoint on Dec. 1 went on to rob a candy store and then a gas station, both in Salem, within a matter of days.Matthew Roz, 41, whose address is listed in court...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

The owner of the Capitol Shopping Center on Storrs Street in Concord wants to add an upscale casual dining restaurant and a Starbucks drive-thru in the parking lot where Market Basket, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission and several other major...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

Lisa Taylor and Jay Corliss will tell you they grew up at Beefside Seafood on Manchester Street in Concord.And in many ways, they did.The two started working at the restaurant 30 years ago, the day after their graduations from Concord High School, for...