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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A Bow parent previously banned from school property for wearing a pink armband in protest of transgender girls playing on girls’ sports teams can now attend his daughter’s soccer games, following a federal judge’s ruling on Tuesday.During the Sept. 17...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN and CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In recent weeks, Bow parents who wore pink armbands at soccer games to express their opposition to transgender girls participating on girls’ teams have sparked a heated debate over gender identity in sports and free speech.At the center of this...

By BILL PRIBIS

Bill Pribis of Concord is a former lawyer and a current English teacher. I have been following the events surrounding the recent soccer game at Bow High School which included a transgender player from Plymouth.For the record, I have no problem with...

By CHUCK DOUGLAS

Chuck Douglas is a former State Supreme Court Justice who practices law in Concord. On Tuesday, Sept. 17, the Bow school system clearly violated the First Amendment when it told a resident he could not come on school property “until further notice.”...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Alex Zerba stood before a crowded school board meeting in Bow on Monday night, scanning the seated crowd of unfamiliar faces around her in the Bow High School auditorium.“We don't want you supporting our girls the way you are,” said Zerba, a parent of...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Three parents and a grandfather in Bow have filed a lawsuit against the Bow School District, accusing the district of stifling free speech after they were issued no-trespass orders for protesting against transgender girls participating in girls’...

By LINDA O’ROURKE

Linda O’Rourke lives in Bow. The location of the new Concord middle school has been a hot topic as of late. I have been teaching at Rundlett Middle School for 26 years and am presently a member of the district’s Building Committee. While I can...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The soccer fields at Bow High School on Tuesday evening seemed ordinary at first — players from Bow and Milford’s varsity girls’ teams warming up, while parents arranged their chairs along the sidelines.But as game time approached, spectators began...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Parents in Bow who wore pink armbands in protest of transgender athletes participating in girls’ school sports have been banned from school property by the local school district.Anthony Foote and Kyle Fellers wore pink armbands emblazoned with “XX” —...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A domestic incident in Bow on Sunday night prompted a shelter-in-place order after gunfire erupted at a home on Hooksett Turnpike. Bow police responded around 7:40 p.m. to a report of a woman and her two children, who had safely evacuated the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Every week, compost bins stationed outside Bow’s community center building fill with the remnants of daily life — eggshells, banana peels, zucchini tops and even the occasional wine cork.Since the town launched its composting pilot program last July,...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

An attorney for state Senate candidate Tara Reardon urged the Legislative Ethics Committee to dismiss a request to decide whether a new conflict of interest law would prevent Reardon from working or voting on bills where her spouse or his firm has...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Tara Reardon may have prevailed in a contentious three-way state Senate primary in the heavily Democratic Concord area, but a key test for her candidacy, and her potential first term, is still ahead.On Monday, the state Legislative Ethics Committee...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Tara Reardon, long-time former state representative from Concord and current county commissioner, won the Democratic primary for the state Senate representing the Capital Region by a 372-vote margin. In the three-way race between Reardon and two...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

For one Concord voter, the candidate who knocked on his door earned his vote. For another, it was a longstanding relationship that earned her trust. A third leaned on his top issue, the environment, to determine his choice. The race to succeed...

Polling locations for the Sept. 10 primary elections in New Hampshire.Allenstown: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.. at Allenstown Elementary School, 30 Main St.Andover: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. a.m. at Andover Elementary Middle School, 20 School St.Barnstead: 7 a.m. to 7...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

For years, Bow residents have wrestled with frustratingly poor cell service, but efforts to address the issue are gaining momentum as the town’s telecommunications committee prepares to host an informational session next week to outline progress and...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

New Hampshire’s Legislative Ethics Committee will determine whether Tara Reardon, if elected to the state Senate, would have to recuse herself on legislation that her spouse’s firm lobbies on — but not until after the primary on Tuesday.That means...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Tara Reardon, whose spouse is lobbyist and former Concord mayor Jim Bouley, won’t be able to vote on any legislation that involves her husband’s clients if she is elected to the State Senate due to a recent change to state law, her critics say.“Under...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The New Hampshire Senate is going to look different next year, as multiple high-ranking senators have stepped away — including in the Capital area.Three Democrats — Angela Brennan of Bow and Rebecca McWilliams and Tara Reardon, both of Concord — are...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

It was one of those overcast days when the crisp breeze was just cool enough to make me reach for a light sweater from the closet.As I opened the door and slipped off my shoes, the soft strains of music that filled the room seemed to gently leave the...