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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Boscawen’s snow plow operators work the night shift, they nap in their trucks. When other public works employees take their breaks, they pull up chairs and crowd around the cramped office of their boss, director Dean Hollins. And when visitors come by the Woodbury Lane building, they enter through that same office into a building that is so low and crammed with stuff that many of the town’s vehicles can’t fit inside.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

John Fabrizio was fresh out of college and working a construction job one weekend when his brother’s friend, an elementary school assistant principal, mentioned he was trying to fill a mid-year staff vacancy.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Earlier this year, after voters in the Kearsarge Regional School District soundly rejected a proposed budget cap on their schools, House Majority Leader Jason Osborne had a warning.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

To stave off teacher layoffs, Merrimack Valley School Board members indicated Wednesday that they may support charging families for school sports, forgoing certain building maintenance and halting a program that provides each elementary student a computer.

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For nearly two weeks, Merrimack Valley High School teachers said they’ve been left to wonder whether they’ll have jobs next year.

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Police located a stolen pickup truck Tuesday that evaded a police pursuit from Concord to Salisbury the day before.

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Police responded to a bomb threat at Bishop Brady High School in Concord Tuesday afternoon, the police department said in a statement.

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When Terese Bastarache returned to her truck after last year’s Merrimack Valley School District annual meeting, she cried.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Inside EFAs is a Monitor series about New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program. Check out the other stories in the series here.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Lorrie Carey is used to close races.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Four days after voters approved a $2 million reduction to the Merrimack Valley School District’s budget for next year, board members clashed with their superintendent over who would have the final say over cuts.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Jessica Bickford, a longtime special education teacher and administrator, will serve as the next superintendent of the Pembroke and Deerfield School Districts, SAU executive board chair Kerri Dean announced Tuesday.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Pembroke Academy sophomore Campbell Nivison was not in the high school gymnasium last March when residents approved a $3 million reduction to the school board’s proposed budget.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Pembroke residents cast their votes for school board on Tuesday, the ballot will direct them to pick two out of the three candidates running.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A deeply divided Merrimack Valley community narrowly approved a nearly $2 million reduction to next year’s proposed school budget late Thursday night, plunging the 2,200-student district into a period of uncertainty.

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Boscawen’s Patrick Sadlemire, on the ballot for a three-year seat on the Merrimack Valley School Board, announced on Tuesday that he was dropping out of the race.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The three candidates for a Boscawen Select Board seat – incumbent Lorrie Carey and challengers Loren Martin and Jay Westgate – sparred over how to fund capital projects, the hours town offices should be open, a potential conflict of interest, and several other topics during a candidate forum this week.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Despite a common grumble against rising school costs, next year’s spending plans for districts across Merrimack County show a more modest increase than last year.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

New Hampshire’s largest teachers union is challenging the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal funding from schools that participate in diversity, equity and inclusion programming.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The Republican-controlled House Education Funding Committee on Tuesday endorsed a proposal to make New Hampshire’s school choice program fully universal starting in 2026.

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Inside a windowless office crammed between two classrooms at the Mill Brook School in Concord, Louise Irafasha had a very special introduction to make.