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Benjamin Victor, a 44-year-old sculptor from Boise, Idaho, has been chosen to design the memorial to Christa McAuliffe that will be placed on State House lawn.Victor was selected by the Christa McAuliffe State House Memorial Commission, which was...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Caia Kimball needed to come up with a project for her Silver Award in Girl Scouts. Who better to help out than Karen McCormack, her former art teacher at Broken Ground School, she thought.She’d seen that McCormack was trying to find a way of getting a...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Proponents of rebuilding the Beaver Meadow Golf Course clubhouse have argued that the new structure would serve as a community center for wider city use, but the $10.8 million project was deemed ineligible for a grant because it didn’t meet the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats – the Double-A minor league baseball affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays – have agreed to sell the organization to Diamond Baseball Holdings, a group that runs 26 other minor league organizations.The team will continue to...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie might still have ground to make up in the Republican primary, but during a Friday morning event in Concord, he reiterated something that he’s made central to his campaign for president: He’s not afraid of a...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

New England College football – a program that’s restarting play next fall after a 50-year hiatus – announced on Wednesday that it will participate as an associate member of the Commonwealth Coast Conference beginning in 2025.“Partnering with a...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Coe-Brown and Concord headlined area volleyball this fall, with the Bears reaching the Division II championship for the third straight year and the Tide making the playoffs under first-year head coach Maria Wimpey.John Stark, Winnisquam, Belmont and...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

At age 15, Lauryn Guevin was just named Division II offensive player of the year for field hockey and helped lead John Stark Regional High School to their second straight state championship.She’s also a cancer survivor.It was late in the summer, just...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

The 2023 season couldn’t have ended any better for Josh Smith in his first year as the head coach of Bow boys’ soccer. The Falcons finished the regular season 14-1-1 before taking down top-seeded Lebanon in the championship game for the school’s first...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

EXETER – No. 3 Coe-Brown (14-4-1) didn’t look like a team that hadn’t ever before played in a championship game, at least early on. Just five minutes into Sunday’s title match with No. 1 Hollis-Brookline (19-0-0) at Exeter High School, Abbey Frank...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

DERRY – Time and again this season, Coe-Brown volleyball could’ve mailed it in. Off-the-court issues could’ve splintered the team irreparably, with players counting the days until the season was over. But faced with a choice – to continue to fight...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

NASHUA – Bow goalkeeper Aaron Barrieau pumped both of his fists, the ball tucked under his arm. He’d just grabbed it off a bounce after Lebanon’s last-gasp offensive attack. The Falcons held a 2-1 lead late in the second half.“(The referee) was like,...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

EXETER – If No. 5 Bow (12-4-2) was to stand any chance of beating No. 1 Hollis-Brookline (18-0-0) in the Division II semifinals at Bill Ball Stadium in Exeter on Thursday night, the Falcons were going to have to turn in an immaculate defensive...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

DERRY – Come the semifinal round of the playoffs, experience can sometimes matter just as much as pure talent, composure just as much as elite athleticism. On Tuesday at Pinkerton Academy, No. 2 Coe-Brown (15-3) relied on its experience, composure and...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

LACONIA – It was the type of game any young soccer player dreams of playing in: A brisk chill in the air, a back-and-forth slugfest, an appearance in the championship game on the line. But when Campbell goalkeeper Jack Bourque turned aside a shot from...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BOW – The game felt destined for overtime. Scoreless for more than 75 minutes, Friday afternoon’s Division II quarterfinal between No. 2 Bow (15-1-1) and No. 7 Coe-Brown (9-8-1) easily could’ve gone either way. Both goalies, Alex Readel for the Bears...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Two years ago, Franklin football had just finished the season 0-8. The Golden Tornadoes scored one touchdown all year. They were outscored 323-8 overall.Head coach Tim Snow’s first season at Franklin High School in 2021 finished somewhat as expected...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

EXETER – The evening began with a roar of energy from the John Stark sideline, and it ended with still more celebration. The top seed in Division II field hockey continued its quest for a second straight championship, while also stopping and taking in...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

EXETER – The end of an underdog playoff run inevitably brings conflicting feelings: feelings of satisfaction and appreciation for how much the group overachieved, but also feelings of disappointment and frustration ruminating over what could’ve...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONCORD – The first month of the Tide’s 2023 season couldn’t have gone much better. Through 12 games, Concord sat at 10-2, poised for a top seed in the Division I playoffs. But against tougher competition down the stretch of the schedule, the Tide...