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By CHLOE RATTEE

Hopkinton physical education teacher Jordan Whitaker ran her third Boston Marathon last month – but her first as a support runner to a para-athlete. “It’s awesome to be able to be a part of that,” said Whitaker. “It’s nice to feel like you’re proud...

By DAVID BROOKS

Tesla is finally coming to New Hampshire after years of false starts and while the news is exciting for many people, it would have been more exciting a couple of years ago.A 50,000-square-foot Tesla dealership and service center is under construction...

By DAVID BROOKS

The folks who run New England’s power grid think New Hampshire is going to see big changes in the creation and the use of electricity over the next decade, with a ton of new solar panels feeding a ton of new heat pumps and roughly 200,000 more...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Belmont baseball coach Matt LeBlanc looked up at the scoreboard and saw that his Red Raiders had scored 11 runs against Winnisquam. He felt a chill move up his spine.On May 6, the program had partnered with the Jake Deware Kindness Project to carry on...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

After months of intense public debate, with Granite Staters on both sides of the legislation that would allow medical aid in dying, packing the room at every public hearing, the Senate voted on Thursday to kill the bill.“I think that the tragedy is...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Despite the potential to reshape waste management practices in New Hampshire, the state Senate has decided not to pass two landfill bills, citing concerns raised by the Department of Environmental Services.One of these bills, House Bill 602, proposed...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Survivors of domestic violence are now empowered to terminate a lease early, helping them to escape unsafe living situations, under a law signed by the governor Tuesday.“The number one reason survivors are unable or unwilling to leave an unsafe...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The University of New Hampshire’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution Monday calling on the university to conduct an investigation of its police response to a May 1 pro-Palestine protest. The resolution came 12 days after UNH police arrested a dozen...

By DAVID BROOKS

Living in a ski town is wonderful, except when it’s not. And as a film and discussion on Tuesday will highlight, it can be not so wonderful for more reasons than you might think.“It is about mental health issues in mountain ski resort towns – not...

By RAY DUCKLER

Stephen Donahue retired from the United States Postal Service 12 years ago, at the relatively young age of 61.And these days, he’s busier than ever.Whether leading a Scout troop or climbing a ladder to hang a sign for a local business or installing a...

By CHLOE RATTEE

A friend group of three Concord natives is opening a salon, spa and a combined DIY and retail shop out of the space that used to be Peter’s Images salon on the corner of Warren and North State streets, with a grand opening held Friday afternoon.“It’s...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Boxes filled with tourniquets, sterile water, bagged cotton and all the necessary supplies for safe drug administration are neatly arranged on the table within the office space of the New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition in Concord.Every Thursday,...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Kyle Repucci, current superintendent of schools in his hometown of Rochester, will be the new principal of Broken Ground elementary next year after the school board unanimously approved his hiring Monday night. It’s been awhile — eight years — since...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK — Last year, after getting off to a 5-2 start, the Merrimack Valley girls’ lacrosse team dropped four of its last seven games and slid down to the No. 8 seed in Division II. Currently 5-1 after a 14-3 win over Kingswood on Monday, head coach...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A Concord man accused of keying the cars of 11 state Republican party members was denied bail Monday after prosecutors argued that he presented a safety threat to himself and others.Lawrence Dunlap will remain in the county jail despite objections...

By DAN ATTORRI

NORTHWOOD – It’s only halfway through the season, but if Saturday is any indication, expect the Concord High girls’ track and field team to be a force in late May.Junior Ella Goulas set a meet record in the triple jump with a leap of 36 feet, 9...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

New Hampshire’s efforts to fight suicide have made progress, with a consistent decline in suicide death rates since 2018, according to the recently published 2022 Annual Suicide Report.The report, compiled jointly by the National Alliance on Mental...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord man who died after his residence on Lantern Lane caught fire Thursday has been identified as 60-year-old Alan Thorgerson.Concord firefighters were dispatched to the two-bedroom home in the Crestwood neighborhood of manufactured homes just...

By DAVID BROOKS

With Concord reduced to a single movie theater for the first time in living memory and New Hampshire chain Chunky’s Cinema Pub closing two of its three locations, going out to the flicks in the Granite State just keeps getting harder.Don’t expect that...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Construction can now begin on a project to transform the former First Congregational Church on North Main Street into housing after new plans, updated to reflect an agreement between developers and the neighboring Greater Islamic Society of Concord,...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

If you’ve attended a sporting event at Merrimack Valley High School, the odds are high you’re familiar with the voice of Nick Gelinas.Perched atop the press box during the spring and fall sports seasons and in the bleachers of the MVHS gym in the...