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By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With a red carnation tucked in her white peacekeeper’s vest and a long braid trailing down her back, Nancy Chabot weaved through a New Hampshire State House plaza bathed in the trumpeting of car horns and the soft strumming of a guitarist as he sang “This Land is Your Land.”

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Audrey Alflen has accumulated a lot of stuff, the result of living in the same apartment for 22 years.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

On a warm fall day in 2003, what had once been a dumping ground for coal byproduct along the Merrimack River in Concord was opened to the public as a city park.

By ALEXANDER RAPPand DAN ATTORRI

Varsity teams from across the Capital region had successful seasons in every single spring sport. Many teams and individual student-athletes secured state championships, and others had deep postseason runs, which were testaments to the talent in the area.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Jonesy Rainsville has played pickleball for over 15 years, way before it became the hot new sensation it is today.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

With Market Days, a three-day festival in the streets of downtown Concord, beginning on Thursday, here are some things to know ahead of time.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN and YAA BAME

In the dense heat of Monday evening, an adult softball league playing at Memorial Field noticed the worst kind of smell emanating from the woods behind their dugout.

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 YAA BAME

Freeman Toth thinks it’s time the city of Concord considers establishing a sanctioned encampment for people living outside.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Cady Hickman remembers the first time she saw Cameron Green’s smile.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

An old replica of Fenway Park’s famous Citgo sign at Jones Field in Alton has been replaced after Stafford Oil and Citgo donated the new sign to the Alton Parks and Recreation Department, the Town of Alton and the Alton Youth League said on Wednesday.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Two thousand new students applied to New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program during the program’s first week without an income eligibility cap, according to the program’s administrator.

By DAVID BROOKS

The imminent closing of the Company C store on Storrs Street is a sad surprise to many local customers. The even bigger surprise is that the company itself isn’t closing.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

The New Hampshire Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Concord athlete against the state’s athletic supervisory organization, ruling that the former student lacked standing in the case and the court system lacked jurisdiction over the claims.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord leaders are considering charging new businesses and residents more for their added demand on city infrastructure after more than a decade of holding those fees flat.

By YAA BAME

When Robert Michael “Mike” McNamara and his wife, Judy McNamara, visited the Concord Texas Roadhouse last week, they came prepared.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The last time a New Hampshire governor nominated a new education commissioner, the pick sparked fierce pushback. Many on the left perceived Frank Edelblut – then-Gov. Chris Sununu’s recent Republican primary rival – as unqualified, too political and a threat to public education.

By YAA BAME

A Hooksett man was sentenced in federal court on June 9 to seven-and-a-half years in federal prison and three years of supervised release for distributing methamphetamine, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack.

By REBECA PEREIRA

In the spring of 1775, 32-year-old George Shannon left his wife and son in their Canterbury home on the east end of Ayers Road to join the New Hampshire First Regiment.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

One final corny joke stood between the Bow High School seniors and their high school diplomas.

By REBECA PEREIRA

Tyler Durand squinted at the shifting image on his aunt, Michelle Linguli’s, phone until it spoke.