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By LINDA MATTLAGE

Linda Mattlage is a Concord resident for 40 years, a retired nurse, and a member of the golf advisory committee and ad hoc building committee.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A new middle school in the South End would carry an $8 million higher price tag than one of the same size in East Concord, according to a new comparison presented to the Concord Board of Education.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A superior court judge denied an attempt by Andy Sanborn to have criminal charges against him dismissed but disqualified two members of the state investigative team from participating in the criminal case because they accessed information they shouldn’t have.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Every week, Concord’s purple trash bags are placed at the end of driveways, with varied opinions of the residents who place them there.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Roughly 16 years after Concord instituted a pay-as-you-throw trash program, residents are torn over how effective the program is, whether or not they like the bags themselves and the cost.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

City Councilor Karen McNamara had heard the criticism, and she’d heard enough.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN and ALEXANDER RAPP

For the first time in two winters, Concord residents have been able to spin and glide atop the ice on city ponds. 

By DAVID BROOKS

Relatively low winter power rates from the state’s electric utilities have led to a change in Concord’s community power program.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Four collective bargaining agreements — with unions representing police patrol officers, police supervisors, city office workers and public works employees — will go before the city council Monday representing $1.7 million more in spending next year, perhaps more.

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

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A Concord police officer was found not guilty Friday on charges he assaulted a drunk homeless man outside Sal’s Pizza while attempting to place him into protective custody.

By JANE HUNT

Jane Hunt of Concord is formerly an NHTI English professor, actor and disabilities advocate.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Jigme Ghising has thought about opening Nepali restaurants in New Hampshire since before he moved here.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Piles of food scraps mixed with yard waste gently released steam into the crisp winter air at Lewis Farm in Concord, where James Meinecke regularly turns them over to make rich compost.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A Concord police officer on unpaid leave testified that he followed his training when he knocked a resistant homeless man to the ground while attempting to take him into protective custody in April 2023.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The resource list at the bottom of this story has been updated with a 24-hour plan for warm weather shelter over the weekend. 

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The five members of the board were torn.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Normally absent from his legal proceedings, Andy Sanborn made his first appearance before a judge on Thursday since the controversy surrounding his Concord Casino began two years ago.

By CHARLES MARTONE

Charles Martone lives in Concord.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A former employee of Sal’s Pizza said she thought an on-duty Concord police officer was going to kill a homeless man when she witnessed him push the man to the ground outside the Storrs Street restaurant in April 2023.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

After five months working without a contract, negotiations between the Concord Fire Officers Association and the city have made progress, according to union leadership.