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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Former Concord city councilor Erle Pierce has been appointed to lead the New Hampshire Lottery Commission for the next three years.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

It was an academic year marked by sweeping victories for advocates of education privatization and parental rights and by numerous defeats for proponents of public education. From Kearsarge to Concord, the battles played out in local annual meetings, at the state capitol, in the state’s federal courthouse, and all the way from Washington.

By DAVID BROOKS

I was on vacation playing with a grandchild during last week’s heat dome, so I didn’t pay much attention to the details. Now I’m back at work and wondering: How bad was it?

By REBECA PEREIRA

The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has conserved its 200th forest: the 280-acre Bean Forest, a swath of forest and fields nestled between the Chesley and Moose mountains in Farmington.

By KIERA McLAUGHLIN

Biking long distances to advocate for peace is nothing new to Bob Sanders of Concord. Last year, he biked 1,500 miles across northern New England and raised $10,000 as part of his campaign Ride Against War in Gaza, or RAW Gaza.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Bow is expected to see a 42-percent increase in trash and recycling costs in the coming year through a new contract with Casella Waste Systems, which acquired Pinard Waste, the town’s longtime hauler.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Lead-based paint, asbestos and other hazardous building materials are one step closer to being removed from the Concord Stables — once home to the city’s workhorses — bringing the site closer to its transformation as a space to display historic Concord stagecoaches.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

At the corner of Allison and Badger streets in Concord, four raised garden beds are providing more than just vegetables — they’re helping support the mental well-being of residents in local transitional housing.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

By most metrics, crime is falling in Concord from its rise in 2021 and 2022 and is now below or at pre-pandemic levels, according to a 2024 annual report from the Concord Police Department. 

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools that Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed into law Friday will bring about the biggest educational change in New Hampshire since the pandemic shutdown.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Heather Barber has read “To Kill a Mockingbird” cover-to-cover at least six times.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Dave DeTour, of Weare, feels for the nearly 200,000 Granite Staters who rely on Medicaid health insurance.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Lindsay Frappier has strolled down Main Street on Market Days for years with her husband and their dog, stopping at different stalls, chatting with vendors and, most of all, reveling in the abundance of food to try.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Concord’s school district surpassed $100,000 in unpaid lunch debt for the first time, continuing a trend of growth that began when a pandemic-era freeze on school meal charges ended in 2022.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

An 18-year-old man suspected of being involved in a shooting at Hampton Beach was taken into custody Tuesday night in Deerfield following a multi-agency police pursuit.

By KIERA McLAUGHLIN

The Concord School District is planning to replace the culvert over Bow Brook as soon as the state issues a permit.

By YAA BAME

Republican Scott Brown will run for the U.S. Senate seat he lost to Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen 11 years ago.

by RACHEL WACHMAN

A Barnstead man is facing multiple felony charges after police say he stole a GMC pickup truck from Chichester and led police on multiple chases.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire’s Department of Corrections ran $10.8 million over its budget for employee overtime, asking the state’s Executive Council on Wednesday to shuffle money within the department to pay for those shifts.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

With the $16 billion two-year state budget on the ropes, Gov. Kelly Ayotte and the Executive Council authorized a special legislative session to open the door for extra time to hash out the details of the spending plan and accompanying legislation.