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Girls’ lacrosse: ‘Who would have thought?’ – Pride team reflects on first state championship appearance in program history
06-11-2025 2:12 AM

By ALEXANDER RAPP

BEDFORD – The Merrimack Valley girls’ lacrosse team’s motto all season was “Who would have thought?” Despite losing in the school’s first-ever girls’ lacrosse state championship, the players stood proudly with their second-place plaque as their fans gave them one last round of applause.

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Universal voucher program sees 500 applications in day one of expansion
06-11-2025 5:17 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program received an influx of about 500 new applications in the first 24 hours following the removal of an income eligibility cap, according to the administrator of the program.


Advocates push for private insurance to cover child mental health services in New Hampshire
06-11-2025 5:16 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

At 10 years old, Cheryl Guerin’s son began running away from school and after-school programs, struggling with a mental health condition that overwhelmed both him and his family.


Big projects, both noticed and ignored, marked Chip Chesley’s long career in Concord
06-11-2025 5:13 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

During his 22 years leading the Department of General Services, building and operating and maintaining what might be called the underpinnings of Concord, Chip Chesley was involved with plenty of projects. Two of them, which cost millions of dollars and lasted many years, stand out.


Double-take: City Council raises alarm over manager’s zoning board nominee — after approving her
06-11-2025 4:49 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Last April, as Concord Planning Board members weighed a rule change that would support the redevelopment of a historic downtown building, Mary Rose Deak urged them to “reject this evil project.”


Update: AG names police officers involved in Pelham shooting
06-11-2025 4:08 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella has identified the three police officers involved in a shooting in Pelham last month.


Teen in critical condition after head-on crash with box truck
06-11-2025 12:43 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A sixteen-year-old girl was transported to a Boston hospital with critical injuries after her Mitsubishi SUV collided head-on with a box truck on Langley Parkway Tuesday afternoon, police said.


Athlete of the Week: Maddy Lane, Hopkinton
06-11-2025 11:41 AM

Hopkinton High sophomore cross country and track star Madeleine Lane recently defended her titles in both the 1,600 (5 minutes, 5.95 seconds) and 3,200 meters (10:53.7) and helped the Hawks defend their 4x800-meter relay crown to backstop the team’s second straight Division III state title.


Letter: Room on the porch
06-11-2025 8:56 AM

A huge thank you to Concord’s Capital Center for the Arts for bringing Taj Majal and Keb Mo here for a wonderful concert on June 3. There was delightful music and some songs with a great message. From their newest recording spring the lyrics, “Come on up, there’s room on the porch for everyone.”


Letter: Real government waste and abuse
06-11-2025 8:56 AM

Since Trump’s much-ballyhooed DOGE has been fully revealed as catastrophically inept and ineffective, I offer my services to root out real fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer money. With absolutely no impact on any citizen or group, we can eliminate $600-700 million of clear, unequivocal waste and abuse in three easy steps.


Letter: Deportees
06-11-2025 8:56 AM

Today, we heard that, after three months, the U.S. government finally obeyed the court order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. Immediately, the Trump administration came up with new allegations of his involvement in human trafficking. Charges that were never mentioned before, and he has not had the opportunity to challenge the allegations in court.


Letter: A dangerous power grab hidden in HB2
06-11-2025 8:56 AM

Tucked into HB2, the state budget trailer bill, is Section 426, a provision that threatens both our public schools and our state constitution. Section 426 is a “Legislative Declaration of Authority” that challenges decades of New Hampshire Supreme Court rulings, including Claremont I and II, which affirmed that the state — and not local property taxpayers — is responsible for funding an adequate education. These rulings are essential for towns like Newport, Claremont and so many others, where low property values lead to high tax rates and under-resourced schools.


Letter: Let’s stop further contamination
06-11-2025 8:56 AM

My relationship to the talented home of Bethlehem began in 1985, when my wife and I purchased a small piece of land, less than two acres. We are about a mile from the NCES landfill, and there have been many discussions between the citizens and taxpayers of Bethlehem over the next forty years. I currently work overseas for a NATO member country’s Department of Defense. Our only home in the USA is in Bethlehem, about a mile from the NCES landfill.


At Wintergreen Botanicals, ‘good health grows in nature’
06-11-2025 8:00 AM

By YAA BAME

Plants have superpowers, and Maria Noël Groves wants everyone to capitalize on that.


Softball: Pittsfield loses 1-0 walkoff in D-IV semifinal pitching duel
06-11-2025 2:03 AM

By DAN ATTORRI

The Panthers did just about everything right, but couldn’t get the timely hit they need to put away Woodsville, as the No. 4 Pittsfield softball team (13-4) lost to the No. 1 Engineers (17-1) in a 1-0 walkoff.


Baseball: Concord Christian falls in program’s first semifinal appearance
06-11-2025 1:10 AM

By DAN ATTORRI

The Kingsmen entered the season hoping to make a return trip to the playoffs and win a playoff game. They ended up winning two. Keeping that perspective helped take a bit of the sting out of the Concord Christian Academy baseball team’s 5-3 loss to No. 6 Woodsville (14-5) in Tuesday evening’s Division IV baseball quarterfinal. 


Boys’ volleyball: Coe-Brown extends win streak to 18, reaches first championship match in program history
06-11-2025 12:25 AM

By DAN ATTORRI

NASHUA – The Bears have shown time and again this season that when they’re playing their game, they’re just about impossible to stop. Coe-Brown displayed its brand of volleyball all evening in Tuesday’s semifinal on the floor of Nashua High School North. Excellent serving, aggressive defense and contributions from several players led the No. 1 Coe-Brown Northwood Academy boys’ volleyball team (18-0) to a win in straight sets, 25-16, 25-5, 25-17, over No. 4 Pinkerton (14-4), sending the Bears to the program’s first ever championship appearance.


The cold, snowy winter was good for New Hampshire’s ski aras
06-10-2025 5:14 PM

Monitor staff

Despite a slow start, this winter saw a good snowfall throughout New Hampshire, providing a boost to the state’s snow-sports industry.


Ayotte signs ‘parental bill of rights’ into law
06-10-2025 5:12 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

As Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed a new law on Tuesday, dubbed the “parental bill of rights,” distrust in the public school system that’s been percolating for years culminated with full force.


Ayotte nominates Caitlin Davis as Frank Edelblut’s successor to lead state Department of Education
06-10-2025 3:40 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Hours after approving the defining hallmark of Frank Edelblut’s tenure as commissioner of the state Department of Education – universal access to Education Freedom Accounts – Gov. Kelly Ayotte nominated his successor.


Opinion: Friends don’t let friends drive drunk
06-10-2025 3:17 PM

By JOEL BERMAN

Benjamin Netanyahu and I agree on virtually nothing. But a statement he made three days after the massacre of 1,200 Israelis by Hamas in October 2023 rings true:

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