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By DAVID BROOKS

Fundraising has begun to restore the historic Flying Yankee train, beginning with a plan to repair equipment known as the traction motors.

By DAVID BROOKS

Concord is about to see its first example of a fairly new trend in veterinary medicine: an urgent-care clinic for dogs and cats.

By DAVID BROOKS

In what might be the region’s only case of its kind during this season of school budget presentations, the John Stark School District budget says it is facing a large decrease in the two items that usually drive cost increases: salaries and benefits.

By DAVID BROOKS

Landing and taking off in a small plane can be tricky. Doing it on ice, as 164 people did last Saturday, must be a lot trickier. Right?

By DAVID BROOKS

Deliberative sessions are all about local control but it was state actions and their effect on property taxes that dominated much of Wednesday’s discussion for voters in the Weare School District.

By DAVID BROOKS

These might be tumultuous political times but you wouldn’t know it from the Henniker School District’s annual deliberative session.

By DAVID BROOKS

Those of us whose jobs are spent inside buildings might be concerned about climate change but it’s nothing compared to folks whose livelihood depends on what happens outdoors.

By DAVID BROOKS

And another one is gone.

By DAVID BROOKS

It’s town meeting season in New Hampshire, a statewide tradition that gives everybody a voice in how their community works. For many, the concept of annual meeting is so foreign that it can be unapproachable. With those newbies in mind, we have created this little guide.

By DAVID BROOKS

The region has new ways to commemorate the life and legacy of Concord teacher Christa McAuliffe on the 39th anniversary of the Challenger explosion.

By DAVID BROOKS

A small bay on Squam Lake doesn’t have a lot in common with the Gulf of Mexico, but as of Monday they share at least one attribute: The U.S. Interior Department has changed their name.

By DAVID BROOKS

A moderate earthquake reported four miles offshore from Portsmouth was strong enough to rattle Concord and much of eastern New England on Monday morning and was felt as far away as Pennsylvania.

By DAVID BROOKS

Voters in Weare and Henniker will have a chance to attend three school district deliberative sessions this week but no matter which they go to, they’ll hear one message: Cuts in state aid are raising local property taxes.

By DAVID BROOKS

The cold weather that arrived this month has resurrected a New Hampshire institution: The Alton Bay Ice Runway, the only FAA-designated airport on ice in the Lower 48, has opened for the first time in three winters.

By DAVID BROOKS

Below-zero temperatures are a good excuse to find useful things to do indoors, so here’s an idea: Donate a pint of blood.

By DAVID BROOKS

Electric utilities in New Hampshire are changing the way they buy the power that they sell to us, raising the possibility that ratepayers can save money but also the possibility they’ll face big, unexpected bills.

By DAVID BROOKS

It’s common knowledge that lots of people moved to New Hampshire during the pandemic to escape city life and lockdowns. A new analysis shows that they brought a lot of money with them.

By DAVID BROOKS

In the sort-of-official sign that real winter has arrived in New Hampshire, “ice-in” has been declared on Lake Winnipesaukee.

By DAVID BROOKS

Relatively low winter power rates from the state’s electric utilities have led to a change in Concord’s community power program.

By DAVID BROOKS

Like all Hometown Heroes, Donna Toomey is always ready to help somebody in need. In her case, however, the need is often very specific.