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After five months working without a contract, negotiations between the Concord Fire Officers Association and the city have made progress, according to union leadership. 

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord Board of Education faces a decision: schedule a referendum on where to put the new middle school, leaving the decision up to the voters, or start plans to build a new school at Rundlett now.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With more income than expected from property tax bills, vehicle registrations and ambulance charges, the City of Concord ended the 2024 fiscal year with a more than $1.4 million surplus in its general operating budget.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A new middle school in the South End would carry an $8 million higher price tag than one of the same size in East Concord, according to a new comparison presented to the Concord Board of Education.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

City Councilor Karen McNamara had heard the criticism, and she’d heard enough.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Four collective bargaining agreements — with unions representing police patrol officers, police supervisors, city office workers and public works employees — will go before the city council Monday representing $1.7 million more in spending next year, perhaps more.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Jigme Ghising has thought about opening Nepali restaurants in New Hampshire since before he moved here.

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The five members of the board were torn.

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Barb Higgins wants her fellow school board members to stop delaying the inevitable. The Concord Board of Education has been weighing the location of the new middle school should go to a public vote, either in the spring or the fall, or to simply work...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A proposal to build nearly 200 housing units along the Merrimack River near the Wheelabrator power plant in Penacook is not in the “public interest” for multiple reasons, according to Concord’s city planner.The city has ample housing in the works, and...

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Morgan Mbuyi remembers his first time riding the bus in Concord.

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Every morning, Zoe Vigneault takes two buses to get to work.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Everybody knows Arnie’s Place.It’s a staple of the Heights neighborhood landscape with its maroon facade, one of the small business oases that haven’t been swept into the river of national chains along Loudon Road.That’s why Deb Casselberry wanted to...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The online petition that started it all — calling for the school board to rescind its vote to move the middle school — has officially declared victory. The Concord Concerned Citizens, the group of residents who organized around their outrage to the...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A manufacturing building in Boscawen collapsed Thursday afternoon in what employees reported as an electrical fire. Boscawen Fire initially responded around 3:15 p.m. to Beau-Trusses, a wood framing company just off Route 3. The fire began in the...

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With the help of a basket lift, the first lanterns on a large menorah outside the State House were lit Wednesday afternoon in celebration the first night of Hanukkah. At a ceremony in the State House courtyard led by Chabad Lubavitch of New Hampshire,...

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The developers looking to convert the former Steeplegate Mall into 600 housing units mixed with large-scale retail bought out a nearby property owner who had stalled the project.Onyx Partners, which is looking to tear down most of the massive former...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Last Friday marked one year that Lisa Luz, 54, had been without housing in Concord.She stood among the roughly 60 people huddled close on the downtown sidewalk at a vigil honoring the 54 people, including 14 from Concord, who died in New Hampshire...

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Rosie Palamara has been ringing bells for the Salvation Army around the Holidays for 11 years. She knows first-hand the difference that charitable giving can make: her father died when she was young, and her mother leaned on churches and food banks...

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Concord Police have arrested a Berlin man who they say robbed the Bank of America on Storrs Street in November. John R. Griffin Jr., 64, was taken into custody in Gorham and transported to Concord on Wednesday, police said. He faces felony charges of...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord officials turned down plans for a smaller-scale, less expensive addition to the clubhouse at the publicly-owned golf course in favor of the larger options under consideration today, according to an architect working with the city.Doug Proctor,...