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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A piece of Gov. Chris Sununu’s proposed $14.9 billion budget plan reinforces the need to address the current housing shortage in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority estimates it will take 20,000 new units by 2030 to meet the...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

At a time when New Hampshire renters face soaring costs and low availability, state representatives favored landlords’ rights, killing four bills that would have increased protections for tenants.“I believe that it is our duty to empower the free...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

For Franklin residents, a debate over trash pickup has little to do with trash. Instead, it’s emblematic of the cost of living in the area, with a high tax rate yet stripped-back city services, and the inability of city councilors to heed constituent...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

If housing was built like a Disney ride, parts would be manufactured in a factory and assembled later on-site to create a sturdy, reliable structure. Or, on a smaller scale, like Lego pieces snapping together to complete a model.That’s what Module...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Tucked between debate over zoning changes, school district funding and city employee bonuses, Franklin leaders made clear they have full faith in Police Chief David Goldstein and City Manager Judie Milner at a time when some residents are calling for...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A duplex with beige shingles on Perley Street looks like many of the single-family homes in Concord’s South End. A small patch of grass makes up a front yard, with white paneled doors on either side.This nondescript house hosts a transitional Living...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Daniel Whitmore was out for a walk last September when the 75-year-old was fatally stabbed on a trail in Manchester. It was both a senseless and random act, and authorities were quick to point out the man charged with murder, a 40-year-old man who was...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Samantha Palmer was busy raising three kids of her own, while working full time, when she received an unexpected call last February. An estranged family member who was not a blood relative had her fourth child and it would be removed from her care.No...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A three-part housing plan before the legislature could present new solutions to alleviate the current state-wide crisis.Senate Bill 231 would appropriate $75 million to tackle three areas pertaining to the housing crisis – support for the homeless,...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

At the Broken Spoon restaurant on Main Street in Franklin, Miriam Kovacs turned off her stovetop and took down her open sign and outdoor flags as she closed up after a Thursday night dinner shift. For a weeknight in February, business was decent, she...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The request to install lights at the Keach Park soccer field has floated through Concord City Council numerous times over the last few years.The plea from residents of Concord’s most diverse neighborhood for lights was first budgeted in 2018 and has...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Leah Fagen and Andrew Mason know when you live in a place for six years, you collect stuff. A lot of stuff. They learned this the hard way, after unexpectedly packing up and moving out of their two-bedroom Concord apartment on short notice because...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

On any given day at the Waypoint Children’s Place and Education Center, Kelly Bozetarnik wears many different hats. Her formal role is the director. But most days at the child care center off of Loudon Road, she is a director, a teacher, an assistant...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In the last year, Loudon has seen firefighters, EMTs, a highway employee, the planning and zoning board secretary and members of police department hand in letters of resignation.A pattern is clear among these losses – employees are leaving as other...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When Rebecca Perkins Kwoka first discussed access to abortion in the New Hampshire Senate last year, she was 24 weeks pregnant. The 24-week mark holds significance in New Hampshire – it’s the timeframe in which abortion is no longer legal in the state...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Brandon Dumont spends the odd hours of the day sitting in the warmth of his blue 2004 Toyota RAV4. When Concord’s Homeless Resource Center closes, and before meals have begun at the Friendly Kitchen, Dumont says he’s lucky to have a vehicle to keep...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Three housing projects in Concord will add to the city’s affordable housing stock, with funding grants from InvestNH, the $100 million statewide fund to accelerate development.Developers at the three Concord projects – on Sheep Davis...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

After most New Hampshire mayors called for a better state response to the ongoing homelessness crisis, Gov. Chris Sununu, members of the Department of Health and Human Services, and select legislators will meet with city officials to discuss...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Pittsfield residents will be asked if they want to fund public safety infrastructure – like a new ambulance and tanker truck for the fire department – at this year’s annual meeting. The proposed $6.6 million town budget would increase the tax rate by...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

It was 2 a.m. on Friday morning when Samantha Lane was struggling to find the words that she would read in court just hours later.Trying to sum up her little sister's life, the pain of her family in the aftermath her death, and the build of up of a...