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By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Canterbury residents will consider a 2.9% increase to the town’s operating budget this year, which, in addition to warrant articles for new equipment and a firetruck bond, would increase the tax rate by $1.04,  or about $312 a year for a home worth...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord School Board members say the $176 million price tag for a new middle school is just an estimate – but they’re already using that figure to calculate some hard costs for the project. On Monday night, the board approved a $10.3 million contract...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Boscawen residents will consider a $4.9 million operating budget at their town meeting this year, an increase of roughly $54,000, or 1.1%.Relatively small increases spread across departments, many related to rising wages or insurance costs, make up...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

To fit the multiple five-story apartment buildings, corresponding walkways and green space, Costco, an existing Applebee’s restaurant and the location for current mall tenants in its plans, the new owner of the Steeplegate Mall property wants to...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Despite opposition to the location and the high cost of the project, the Concord School Board is hoping to rally the community around the need for a new middle school as it moves forward.The board’s decision at the end of last year to build anew on...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The two drivers of next year’s budget increase in the Merrimack Valley School District are forces hitting its peers across New Hampshire: special education and health insurance.The proposed $48,298,106 budget for the district is up almost $2.7 million...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Unveiling a $1.4 million program to increase police presence at the northern border last year, state officials asserted that rising illegal crossings from Canada into New Hampshire posed a crisis.New data obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A Concord man was sentenced to twenty years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a minor and possessing child sexual abuse images.Scott Wilkinson, 39, pleaded guilty in October to charges after an investigation revealed that in April 2022 he...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

While completing a “dry January” is a popular New Year’s resolution for many, Mother Nature, apparently, had different plans A small blanket of heavy, wet snow fell overnight into Monday, delaying schools across the state and closing a few others. The...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Longtime city attorney James Kennedy will leave his post next month to become a Superior Court judge following his approval from the New Hampshire Executive Council.Kennedy worked for the City of Concord for more than 14 years, with 12 of them as the...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Audrey Moran, whose son Zackary Sullivan was killed in a shooting two weeks ago, was overwhelmed with gratitude by the vigil in his memory Friday night.“Zackary was my best friend — and my son. And January 16 is a nightmare that I’m never going to...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A Belmont man and former student of Bishop Guertin High School is suing the school, claiming it failed to protect him from sexual assault by a teacher it knew was a pedophile. The administration of the private Nashua high school learned in 1970 that...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Gilford police shot 17-year-old Mischa Fay less than a minute after entering his family’s home in Gilford on January 1, 2023. “It happened so fast. It just happened so fast,” his mother said at the hospital where her son died. The shooting was a...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Logan Clegg, convicted last fall of murdering Steve and Wendy Reid when they went for a walk near their Concord home, has appealed his case.He received two 50-year to life sentences, which he is currently serving at the state prison. The New Hampshire...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Laura Magzis, the lone sign-holder outside the Beaver Meadow Elementary polling station at lunchtime Tuesday, was not pleased that President Joe Biden chose not to participate in the New Hampshire primary.“I think it’s a mistake. And it seems a little...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Granite Staters are notoriously choosy about which primary candidate will win their support. Even though she won’t be able to vote, 10-year-old Hannah Kesselring is no different.Impressed by former UN Ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Work to bring a Friendly Toast restaurant to the city’s main drag will get cooking this spring after the Concord Planning Board renewed approvals for a major downtown development.The regional retro brunch favorite is the flagship of Arts Alley, the...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Excavators have started preparing the former Department of Justice building in downtown Concord to be demolished to make way for a four-story legislative parking garage at the site. Plans detail a 409-space garage filling an entire city block. The...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A proposal for a new South Main Street property was reduced to two stories and dropped 16 units of market-rate housing from its previous plans. The Concord Planning Board approved the construction of a four-story building — featuring a “Friendly...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With workforce shortages and a bare-bones rental market, employers are eager for a boost in city housing stock. Developers behind two major mixed-use projects are eager to provide it — once they get a green light from the city.Representatives for the...