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By DAVID BROOKS

Concord’s two Rite Aid stores will be completely shut within a month, with the pharmacies in each location closing in late June. 

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 DAVID BROOKS

Something weird is going to happen Saturday: It won’t rain.

By DAVID BROOKS

I hate over-reacting to bad news but I don’t think this statement is an over-reaction: All emails, texts and phone calls that you get from companies, non-profits and government organizations are scams. Yes, all of them.

By DAVID BROOKS

When the list of places where John Stark High School seniors are headed was read out at Saturday’s graduation, one uncommon item came up at the end: “starting their own company.”

By DAVID BROOKS

Even if it’s 80 degrees in the valley, it can still be winter on mountain tops.

By DAVID BROOKS

A new hanger capable of holding 10 small planes is coming to Concord Municipal Airport in response to a widespread push for more private aviation facilities.

By DAVID BROOKS

If you find a tick on yourself – and this is prime tick season for New Hampshire, unfortunately – a Plymouth nonprofit wants to see it. 

By DAVID BROOKS

During his 22 years leading the Department of General Services, building and operating and maintaining what might be called the underpinnings of Concord, Chip Chesley was involved with plenty of projects. Two of them, which cost millions of dollars and lasted many years, stand out.

By DAVID BROOKS

Just like you and me, Dean Rubine admits that he sometimes wastes time online.

By DAVID BROOKS

Another weekend, another storm doing a number on town roads. Just ask Leo Aucoin.

By DAVID BROOKS

No Rite Aid stores in Concord are among those slated to close after the national drugstore chain declared bankruptcy — but their demise seems only a matter of time.

By DAVID BROOKS

Next time you have to sit through some guy’s boring litany about how tough he is, here’s a good way to end the blather: “Dude, you think you’re resilient, but you’re no turtle.”

By DAVID BROOKS

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story first ran in September 2024. On June 1, the Attorney General’s office issued another alert about this problem spreading in New Hampshire.

By DAVID BROOKS

Plenty of camera buffs and astronomy fans are excited about the possibility of seeing Northern Lights tonight,  June 2, but amateur radio operator are even more excited than that.

By DAVID BROOKS

Everybody says they want to hear good news but that desire doesn’t necessarily pay the bills, as they’ve just seen in Andover.

By DAVID BROOKS

St. Paul’s School will not reopen public access to Turkey Pond, access that was closed last year after reports of fights and vandalism, because it says “problems (are) already happening even before the start of warm weather.”

By DAVID BROOKS

There’s one lesson to be learned from what is occasionally the most chaotic parking area in Concord: Sometimes it’s better to hand over your keys.

By DAVID BROOKS

How wet has it been recently? Very.

By DAVID BROOKS

The nation’s power grid is a massive beast — by some definitions, it’s the biggest thing ever built by humans. But these days, its most interesting changes are happening as close as your garage.

By DAVID BROOKS

Rhododendrons aren’t looking their best this year and it’s not certain how well lilacs will do following last year’s long dry spell as gardeners gear up for the start of seasonal planting.