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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

An outdoor patio with scenic views of the Contoocook River, where diners can sip on beer and enjoy a meal, is part of the plans for a building that sits in the center of Contoocook Village. The structure at 16 Cedar St. in the village, which formerly...

For an event that celebrates the changing of the seasons and the turning of the leaves, some things manage to stay just the same. One is the Warner Fall Foliage Festival, which has surely evolved since its start in 1947. But the themes of community...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dogwalker who lives and works in Contoocook. Back in August, between the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. Waking up in Portsmouth, groggily looking out the third-story window of the Airbnb where we were staying, I couldn’t believe my eyes:...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com It is that time of year when the true colors of New Hampshire reveal themselves.Last month I came across this...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Charges are “forthcoming” in a shooting that occurred in Rollins Park on Monday, Concord Police said Friday. Few details have been released about the shooting, which left one person wounded. They were struck in the head but sustained...

By BRIAN ADAMS

Brian Adams of Andover, Mass., is a UNH alumnus originally from Londonderry. He was previously a sketch comedy writing instructor and staff writer at ImprovBoston and a founding contributor to satirical online newspaper Recyculus. He is a father to...

For your My Turn. It gave me good historical depth and outlined contemporary reality. At this point it appears that the American public is willing to accept moral culpability for the legal and moral crimes being committed in Palestine and Lebanon. The...

It was great to attend the ribbon cutting and celebration for the opening of the section of the Merrimack River Greenway that heads south from Loudon Road. It is a beautiful stretch and was constructed very well. Regrettably, it doesn’t connect to...

This election is our chance to change America’s course because of how we are being governed on a national level: Uncontrolled illegal immigration where drug trafficking, sexual exploitation of women and children, chaos and violent crime totally...

Lately it is a guess as to how low Donald Trump will go. He recently again mocked mental illness and said “Kamala was born that way” and only mentally disabled people would “allow this to happen to our country,” whatever that means. His policy is just...

I’ve taken a couple of days to digest the debate between the vice presidential candidates to make my own evaluation of the event. Sen. Vance, young and smooth seemed like a well-oiled, well rehearsed machine. Mechanically reciting his programmed...

The 101st Airborne Division is in Fort Cambell, KY. The 82nd Airborne Division is in North Carolina. The worst damage from Hurricane Helene is around Ashville, NC. These army divisions represent thousands of trained troops and hundreds of helicopters...

This is a time for optimism, not bleak despair. The pundits say it is a razor thin election and they might be right. Somehow though, I believe the country is ready for positive change. We are exhausted with the doomsday predictions. The media likes to...

I am supporting Ruth Heath who is running to represent Loudon and Canterbury in the NH House of Representatives (Merrimack District 4). She is someone who values hard work, frugality, integrity, respect for all people and being of service. These are...

Though it was many years ago that I retired as a public school teacher, I remain very concerned with the loss of adequate state funding for public education. I believe that it is essential to increase public-school funding without adding to the local...

I am writing to encourage you to join me in voting for Pamela Walsh for school board. Walsh is a thoughtful, open school board member who has continually put kids and taxpayers first during a difficult time for our public schools. During her time on...

I’m writing to share my support for Pamela Walsh for Concord School Board at large. Pamela has lived, worked, and raised her child in our community and schools, giving her a deep understanding of the needs and values that shape our school district. As...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In 2021, Concord City Council voted to change a city holiday, renaming the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. This year, a new state law compels New Hampshire’s towns and cities to recognize it by its traditional name, Columbus Day.A...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Amy Cericola and her fiance, Mark DeAngelis, knew they didn’t want a big wedding.They met on a dating app two years ago and realized that they live just across the river from each other – her in Pembroke, him in Allenstown. They’re both in their 50s...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

After 50 years serving in New Hampshire’s government as a state representative, executive councilor, and state senator, Thursday was Sen. Lou D’Allesandro’s final day on the Senate floor in an active capacity, as senators voted on a series of vetoes...