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As Merrimack County Sheriff, Jason Gerhard says he wouldn’t hesitate to arrest IRS agents who “operate outside their authority.” And while he has no interest in resorting to violence, Gerhard is quick to point out that county sheriffs have the power...

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A transgender girl in Plymouth can continue to play on her school’s girls soccer team for at least the next two weeks despite a newly enacted law that bars her from doing so, a federal court judge ruled Tuesday.During a 90-minute hearing at the U.S....

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An employee at a youth detention facility in Concord groomed a 15-year-old girl and then repeatedly sexually assaulted her over the course of several months in 2001, prosecutors argued Monday during the first criminal trial involving nine guards...

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After several months of sifting through community feedback and tinkering with designs, Boscawen now has an official town flag.The town’s Select Board voted last week to approve the flag, which is the work of town resident Josh Crawford. Crawford first...

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When Linda Sarette laid her father to rest at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen in 2019, the section where he was buried had no garden.It was an omission that bothered the Sanbornton resident so much she asked the cemetery to...

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The man who shot and killed a security officer at the New Hampshire Hospital last November had grown increasingly desperate in his search for stable housing during the weeks and days prior to the shooting, according to a report released by the state...

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A jury was selected Wednesday in the first criminal case in New Hampshire’s Youth Development Center scandal to go to trial.Victor Malavet, 52, of Gilford, is charged with 12 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. Malavet allegedly repeatedly...

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When Cali Rollins showed up to her first Merrimack Valley Middle School softball practice in 2023, she had little idea of the legacy that preceded her. But when her mother, Morgan Mahon, emailed her daughter’s new coach that spring, Tom Burke had...

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At the age of 16, as the pandemic began, Charity McRae dropped out of Concord High School.“I don’t learn like most traditional kids, so sitting in a classroom with 40 kids wasn’t really the best for me,” McRae said.Over the ensuing four years, she got...

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Ten women alleged in lawsuits filed over the last week that a female correctional officer sexually assaulted and harassed them while they were held at a minimum-security state prison in Concord from 2003 to 2022.The lawsuits – which were filed...

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In August 250 years ago, a woman named Ann Lee stepped off a boat in a New York City port after multiple months at sea.Four years prior, a revelation had propelled Lee to declare herself the second coming of Jesus Christ and to become the leader of a...

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The summer break has done little to quell the exodus of Pembroke schools employees from the district following last spring’s controversial school budget cut.Five more employees have resigned since the start of the summer, with some citing the...

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Ursula Minich-Boutwell is quite possibly the most-followed TikTokker in New Hampshire, but she is no prototypical content creator.The 52-year-old, Gilford-based former semi-professional actor and mother of three boys does not dance or sing or conduct...

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Boscawen police are looking for a teenager who has gone missing.The 15-year-old girl, Trinity, was last seen in the area of Tremont Street wearing black and white flannel pants and a black top, according to a Boscawen Police Department post. She may...

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The New Hampshire Board of Education voted Wednesday to approve new minimum educational standards that some believe could reshape K-12 education in the state.Opponents of the revisions to the so-called 306 Rules have argued that they will diminish...

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Fighting back tears, Live and Let Live Farm owner Teresa Paradis’s thoughts immediately turned to Ms. Elita, a Calico cat who had been found on the streets of Georgia weeks earlier with one eye smashed in and an ear missing.“She’s not going to be in...

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The town of Loudon has made an offer to a new police chief.Dana Flanders, who has served as acting chief since former chief Kris Burgess resigned in May, was selected by Loudon’s Board of Selectmen late last month.The offer is contingent on the town...

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In a few weeks, children will be back in the Penacook Community Center for the first time in nearly 18 months.But it will look quite different.At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, local officials and the Boys & Girls Club of Central and Northern New...

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A hearing officer on Tuesday barred a Monitor reporter from attending the first meeting between the Department of Agriculture and the owner of a prominent Chichester animal rescue organization since its pet vendor license was denied in June.“I think...

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With rising costs and in some cases single-digit class sizes, Merrimack Valley School Board member Loren Martin questioned whether the district should explore consolidating schools across the district.“I understand all of the emotional aspects that...