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By ASHLEY MILLER

Ashley Miller shares this month’s story with ConcordTV. Watch the episode on YouTube.While New Hampshire recently had its own day momentarily shadowed by the solar eclipse, what occurred on May 19, 1780, was something entirely different.In the midst...

By DEBORAH REYNOLDS, POLLY CAMPION and SUE FORD

Former State Senator Deborah Reynolds, Plymouth. Former State Representative Polly Campion, Etna. Former State Representative Sue Ford, Easton. As we head into campaign season, and with Congresswoman Annie Kuster’s retirement this fall, New...

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 Each of us is a micro incarnation of our national and family heritage. That heritage includes values such as hard work,...

By DAVID BROOKS

If all goes as planned, a just-opened facility in Ohio may be destroying PFAS chemicals from New Hampshire fire departments later this year, the first step that could lead to a PFAS-destroying operation being built in New England.“This isn’t a forever...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. “Even the words that we are speaking now / thieving time has stolen away, / and nothing can return,” – Horace’s Odes, 23 BCWatching my...

This year the Biden Administration rolled out two technology changes. The first was a revamp of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The second was a new portal that makes it easier to file your income tax. One change was supposed to...

On Feb. 29, Cody Roberts of Daniel, Wyoming intentionally ran over a young wolf with his snowmobile. He then taped its snout, to a bar where he displayed this injured wolf for photos and laughs, all the while ignoring its suffering, pain, and fear. He...

On the 20th of May, we will celebrate Lafayette, the French nobleman influential in tipping the balance of the Revolutionary War in favor of us. Our rebellion succeeded, in great part, due to his agreement with the self-evident truths of The...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at robertazzitheother.substack.com ‘For over half a century, Israel’s strategic dilemma has been its inability to erase the Palestinians, on one hand, and its...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With capital expenditures more than doubling, total spending in the city of Concord would increase by more than $40 million next year under the city manager’s proposed budget, while several major projects still wait in the wings. If approved as...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

After police pushed Dartmouth professor Annelise Orleck to the ground and arrested her in an exchange that has since gone viral, an officer told her partner, “Age doesn’t matter if there’s bad behavior,” she said.“They clearly were told it was okay to...

By SARAH MATHIEU

Sarah Mathieu lives in Concord. I am a Concord resident that has renovated apartments in a historic multifamily house downtown. The house was built around 1850 and occupied by Steven K. Blaney, a Concord Coach painter for the Abbot-Downing company.It...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

To the ACLU of New Hampshire the phrase “Keep New England White” is a racist and detestable statement that signals to people of color that they are not welcome here. It’s also protected speech under the First Amendment.In a “friends-of-the-court”...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

It is that time of year when vibrant flowers start to bloom, painting landscapes with their colors, and the air is filled with the sweet melodies of songbirds, that encounters with abandoned baby birds or squirrels on the ground become more...

By PACY MORGADO and ADRIA MEADVIN

“It was in January, I got an email from her saying that her job had been terminated and that she no longer works at the university,” said Emma Locher, first year Human Development and Family Studies major. “I felt like she was definitely nicer than...

By RICK GREEN

Despite opposition from the insurance industry, the N.H. House on Thursday passed a bipartisan bill that would increase damages a jury can award for a wrongful death claim.Senate Bill 462 now goes to Gov. Chris Sununu and would become law if he signs...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Lawmakers got some good news this week. State revenues were about $142 million ahead of projections as of May, despite lower than planned revenue from tobacco, real estate, and business enterprise taxes. The House Ways and Means Committee heard some...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

At first glance, Hopkinton High School probably wouldn’t top a list of schools likely to have consistently strong lacrosse programs.With about 300 students, it’s the smallest public school in New Hampshire that has standalone teams for both boys’ and...

Monitor staff

On the return of the Monitor Sports Podcast, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri break down the first month or so of the spring sports season, including Coe-Brown softball’s quest to defend its Division II state title, John Stark baseball’s dominant...

By JOHN PIZZURO

John Pizzuro is the CEO of Raven, a 501(c)4 organization dedicated to protecting children from victimization by raising awareness of the threat of online child exploitation, increasing resources and funding to law enforcement, and lobbying for policy...