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Merrimack Valley School Board Chair Tracy Bricchi accused some district residents of “border[ing] on libel” at the conclusion of a contentious budget hearing Tuesday that saw some attendees call out the board and its administrators for what they described as a lack of transparency and accountability.

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A trio of proposed laws would require public school health educators to show students starting in sixth grade a series of videos created by a pro-life organization that depict abortion procedures and fetal gestation.

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Aroma Joe’s, the popular drive-through coffee chain, has come to Loudon.

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New Hampshire students showed marginal academic improvement in most subjects over the last two years, but their scores continue to trail those seen immediately before the pandemic, according to data released last week by the National Assessment of Education Progress.

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When Boscawen resident Loren Martin imagines the future of the town’s Commercial Street, she can picture a multi-story building with a restaurant on the ground floor, affordable apartments in the middle, and a rooftop deck to grab a drink overlooking the Contoocook River at the top.

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Drivers who passed Epsom Central School on any of the last few Fridays may have noticed a roaring fire burning as students trotted around in snowshoes and slid down a hill in little plastic saucers.

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A hacker commandeered a Boscawen video feed to briefly play a sexually explicit cartoon video during a hybrid meeting this week.

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Editor’s note: This story was updated on Friday morning to note that the minutes for one of the meetings described were updated following this story’s publication.

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Presenting a school budget is a typically staid, number-laden affair. 

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Claire Ketteler was growing frustrated. 

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Concord mother Wendy Santiago said that when her son, Noah, attended a public charter school in the area, he sometimes came home with ripped pants and injuries from bullying.

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The police response to a pro-Palestine protest at the University of New Hampshire last spring that ended in a dozen arrests likely violated students’ free speech rights and should be investigated by an independent body, a university working group concluded this week.

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Epsom voters will decide in March whether to approve a proposed cap that would likely reduce the school district’s budget by about 10%.

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The former chief of the Hancock Police Department will avoid jail time for repeatedly claiming to have been working in Hancock and Richmond simultaneously, according to terms of a plea agreement reached in Merrimack County Superior Court on Tuesday.

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A Concord police officer was found not guilty Friday on charges he assaulted a drunk homeless man outside Sal’s Pizza while attempting to place him into protective custody.

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The Merrimack Valley School District exceeded its approved budget by more than $2 million last school year, the superintendent acknowledged this week, more than two months after district administrators became aware of the full extent of the shortfall.

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A Concord police officer on unpaid leave testified that he followed his training when he knocked a resistant homeless man to the ground while attempting to take him into protective custody in April 2023.

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A former employee of Sal’s Pizza said she thought an on-duty Concord police officer was going to kill a homeless man when she witnessed him push the man to the ground outside the Storrs Street restaurant in April 2023.

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The town of Boscawen is currently without representation on the Merrimack Valley School Board after both members from the town resigned in the last three months.Loren Martin stepped down on Sunday due to what board Chair Tracy Bricchi described as...

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Merrimack Valley High School senior Alison Lamontagne’s first foray into New Hampshire’s All-State Music Festival came not as a trumpeter, but rather as a vocalist.“When I was in eighth grade, I was approached by my band director and he heard me sing...