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From morning jokes to parental influence: Bow High Class of 2025 graduates
06-14-2025 11:31 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

One final corny joke stood between the Bow High School seniors and their high school diplomas.

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Bow residents take ‘XX’ transgender armband case to federal appeals court
06-22-2025 8:46 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A group of Bow residents who were barred from protesting the participation of a transgender girl in a high school soccer game last fall have now taken their case to a federal appeals court.


Bell-to-bell school phone ban advances after budget deal
06-19-2025 5:24 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A chaotic week that raised questions about the fate of a widely popular bell-to-bell school phone ban ended with the proposed law added to the latest version of the legislature’s state budget, increasing the likelihood that one of Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s signature policy priorities goes into effect ahead of the upcoming school year.


Universal EFA program sees 2,000 applications in first week of expansion
06-19-2025 5:06 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Two thousand new students applied to New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program during the program’s first week without an income eligibility cap, according to the program’s administrator.


Officer testifies in murder trial that she never saw colleague place knee on psychiatric patient
06-18-2025 4:35 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A Department of Corrections officer who helped restrain an uncooperative psychiatric patient said she never saw Matthew Millar place his knee on the man, offering little support for prosecutors’ claim that her fellow officer had caused the man’s death by kneeling on his back.


Webster seized and sold his house for back taxes. Now the town has agreed to pay him $38,000
06-17-2025 4:47 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Michael Durgin got the call on Tuesday morning, he thought it was bad news.


Not ‘a political person’: Education leaders offer rare bipartisan support for commissioner nominee Caitlin Davis
06-16-2025 4:00 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The last time a New Hampshire governor nominated a new education commissioner, the pick sparked fierce pushback. Many on the left perceived Frank Edelblut – then-Gov. Chris Sununu’s recent Republican primary rival – as unqualified, too political and a threat to public education.


Solo performance and a tear-inducing rose: Kearsarge Regional High School class of 2025 graduates
06-14-2025 6:27 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Ngan “Su” Tran arrived in New Hampshire from Vietnam last November, she had nine days before her first choral concert to learn six pieces.


Universal EFA program sees 500 applications in day one of expansion
06-11-2025 5:17 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program received an influx of about 500 new applications in the first 24 hours following the removal of an income eligibility cap, according to the administrator of the program.


Ayotte signs expansion to school voucher program, eliminating income requirement
06-10-2025 11:04 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed into law an expansion to New Hampshire’s school voucher program on Tuesday that removes the income eligibility restrictions that had defined the program during its first four years.


State Supreme Court says towns can keep excess school taxes rather than sharing them with poorer towns
06-10-2025 9:41 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The New Hampshire Supreme Court decided wealthier towns can retain all their statewide education property tax payments instead of redistributing a portion to poorer towns, reversing a lower court’s decision that keeping the unused funds was unconstitutional.


Megan Philbrook, named state teacher of the year semifinalist, brings history to life at Andover Elementary/Middle School
06-06-2025 7:31 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Seventh grader Parker Michaud faced the biggest decision of his young life.


What’s the best way to get to New York City? We tested one of the new options for Concord-area residents.
06-04-2025 9:23 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

It was opening weekend for the Concord-to-New York bus route and the group of Granite Staters who had congregated on a Manhattan side street were in high spirits.


Merrimack Valley schools unlikely to fully absorb $2 million over-expenditure this school year
06-04-2025 8:00 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The financial repercussions of Merrimack Valley’s $2 million over-expenditure will likely spill into a second school year, according to Superintendent Randy Wormald.


Shaun St. Onge, a former coach and administrator at Merrimack Valley High School, will serve as the school’s next principal
06-03-2025 1:58 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Shaun St. Onge, the current principal of Manchester Memorial High School, was selected to become Merrimack Valley High School’s next principal.


Database: Enrollment of each private school in New Hampshire since the Education Freedom Account program started
06-03-2025 10:47 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Eleven of the 28 independent Christian schools in New Hampshire have either newly opened or grown by at least 50% in the four years since the state launched its school voucher program, a Concord Monitor analysis of state enrollment data found.


Inside EFAs: How school vouchers have fueled a Christian school enrollment boom in New Hampshire
05-30-2025 1:54 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

This story is the fifth in an ongoing series about New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program. Read the other stories here.


Historic former Boscawen library building on sale – again
05-28-2025 3:38 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Four months after the town of Boscawen sold its historic former library building, the King Street property is on the market again.


New Hampshire school phone ban could be among strictest in the country
05-25-2025 11:00 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Gov. Kelly Ayotte called on the state legislature to pass a school phone ban in January, the pivotal question wasn’t whether the widely popular policy would pass but how far it would go.


Catherine Masterson named next superintendent of Merrimack Valley and Andover starting in 2026
05-21-2025 7:00 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Catherine Masterson, a Merrimack Valley High School graduate and longtime teacher and administrator in the district, will serve as its next superintendent.


Lyman Cousens, champion of community causes in Boscawen and Concord, dies at 87
05-18-2025 10:00 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The first time Doris Cousens met the man who would become her husband, she didn’t like him.

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