By NICOLE CLEGG
Three years ago, most Americans assumed that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was the final checkmark on the anti-abortion movement’s to-do list. Overnight, federal protections for abortions evaporated, and states suddenly had the power to decide who could access abortion and under what circumstances.
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Lead-based paint, asbestos and other hazardous building materials are one step closer to being removed from the Concord Stables — once home to the city’s workhorses — bringing the site closer to its transformation as a space to display historic Concord stagecoaches.
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
At the corner of Allison and Badger streets in Concord, four raised garden beds are providing more than just vegetables — they’re helping support the mental well-being of residents in local transitional housing.
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
Audrey Alflen has accumulated a lot of stuff, the result of living in the same apartment for 22 years.
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
By most metrics, crime is falling in Concord from its rise in 2021 and 2022 and is now below or at pre-pandemic levels, according to a 2024 annual report from the Concord Police Department.
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
The bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools that Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed into law Friday will bring about the biggest educational change in New Hampshire since the pandemic shutdown.
If you like the Dropkick Murphys, then The Rebel Collective might be the band for you. They will be the featured performers at the Tuesday, July 1 Henniker Concert Series in the Angela Robinson Bandstand, Community Park at 6 p.m.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Heather Barber has read “To Kill a Mockingbird” cover-to-cover at least six times.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Dave DeTour, of Weare, feels for the nearly 200,000 Granite Staters who rely on Medicaid health insurance.
By RACHEL WACHMAN
Lindsay Frappier has strolled down Main Street on Market Days for years with her husband and their dog, stopping at different stalls, chatting with vendors and, most of all, reveling in the abundance of food to try.
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Concord’s school district surpassed $100,000 in unpaid lunch debt for the first time, continuing a trend of growth that began when a pandemic-era freeze on school meal charges ended in 2022.
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
An 18-year-old man suspected of being involved in a shooting at Hampton Beach was taken into custody Tuesday night in Deerfield following a multi-agency police pursuit.
By KIERA McLAUGHLIN
The Concord School District is planning to replace the culvert over Bow Brook as soon as the state issues a permit.
By YAA BAME
Republican Scott Brown will run for the U.S. Senate seat he lost to Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen 11 years ago.
by RACHEL WACHMAN
A Barnstead man is facing multiple felony charges after police say he stole a GMC pickup truck from Chichester and led police on multiple chases.
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
On a warm fall day in 2003, what had once been a dumping ground for coal byproduct along the Merrimack River in Concord was opened to the public as a city park.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
New Hampshire’s Department of Corrections ran $10.8 million over its budget for employee overtime, asking the state’s Executive Council on Wednesday to shuffle money within the department to pay for those shifts.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
With the $16 billion two-year state budget on the ropes, Gov. Kelly Ayotte and the Executive Council authorized a special legislative session to open the door for extra time to hash out the details of the spending plan and accompanying legislation.
Concord High School track and field senior Ella Goulas recently won three NHIAA titles at the Division I state championship.
This morning I read the article by Fisto Ndayishimiye (6/20/25) and was very moved. I grew up in Concord’s south end in a neighborhood with one (of only two at the time, I believe) Black family. DeeDee, as we called her, was one of my best buddies growing up, and the whole family was always welcoming to me as was ours to them.
Please explain to me why the Republican Party:
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