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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The legs of the black Baphomet statue outside the State House still stood, but its head was on the ground, robes crumpled and the panel of Seven Fundamental Tenets shattered.On Tuesday morning, Rep. Ellen Read, a Newmarket Democrat, was picking up the...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

It took longer than expected, but Concord’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice and Belonging Committee finally has hired a consultant to facilitate its first steps as a committee.The Texas-based Racial Equity Group beat out three other applicants...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord School Board voted to invite City Councilors to form a working group that would develop an action plan on renovations to Memorial Field.“Whether or not we end up moving forward with the master plan and the project, we have to take the next...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord’s property tax rate rose 3.1% to $27.69 in 2024, while Penacook’s rate will be to $30.64, a heftier jump of 5.1%.Both communities pay the city tax rate, this year $9.84, and the county tax rate, but each has its own local school tax rate and...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord City Council unanimously approved $400,000 for weekly bonuses for snow removal employees this winter, as Concord’s public works director said they had stemmed the outflow of CDL employees after an “exodus” ahead of last winter.The money funds...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

New plans to build a new Beaver Meadow Golf Course clubhouse or renovate it with an addition are not significantly lower than the proposal rejected by Concord taxpayers nearly a year ago.Architects have presented three potential construction plans....

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

There is a ticking timer on the future of Memorial Field. On the track’s wearing oval, weeds poke through the cracks. The surface won’t last past the next two years, according to city Parks and Recreation Director David Gill.Once the track reaches...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Renovations to Concord’s public athletic facility are due to encounter financial competition as both the city and the school district are facing a tidal wave of capital project proposals next year.Concord City Councilors will hear an updated...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With a new round of options for the future of the Beaver Meadow Golf Course Clubhouse now on the table, the committee responsible for reviewing them and making a recommendation to Concord City Council will meet Thursday morning for the first time in...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Reversing course, the city of Concord will consider a potential zoning change that would make a Penacook housing development possible, after the project vastly downsized, dropped a request for public assistance with infrastructure and proposed a new...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

To Matt Walsh, Concord’s housing market is a mixed blessing.In 2023, New Hampshire’s capital city was 10th on the list of most popular markets on Zillow. It shows Concord is attractive – people want to raise a family in the city and post-pandemic...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Public outcry led the City Council to send plans for the future of the Beaver Meadow Golf Course Clubhouse back to the drawing board in December, and in January newly inaugurated Mayor Byron Champlin asked city staff to develop cost estimates for a...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Organizations looking to apply for the city’s event grant program are now required to be 501(c)(3) non-profits and present a financing match, among other new requirements announced by the city manager’s office Monday. The grant program, created in...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Growing up in Auburn, Maine, Zoey Murphy struggled to find spaces where she felt like she belonged.“I was the only Black person in my graduating class, and it was really hard to see different signals that really spoke to me,” she said.Now, she’s a...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

City Councilor Stacey Brown did not have a conflict of interest and did not violate the code of ethics when she voted in May to approve closing Main Street for an event, the city’s Board of Ethics determined in a unanimous decision Monday.“Of course...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord’s Board of Ethics is set to weigh a claim that City Councilor Stacey Brown, who is married to a city police officer, ran afoul of city rules by voting on a street closure that could have created a financial conflict of interest.Later in the...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Ian McGregor knows as well as anyone the multitude of reasons people use public transportation.As a kid, he relied on Milwaukee’s bus system to get around.“I’m the son of an alcoholic who could not drive,” he told Concord city councilors. “This is...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Jillian Andrews Dubois picked up her newspaper a few weeks ago and saw three side-by-side stories that painted a stark tableau.One described how average rents in the state continue to burden the average firefighter or retail worker, another explained...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

City Councilor Jim Schlosser is hoping Concord will take a step forward in the city’s response to end homelessness and hire a paid program manager. The request comes with caution – “It’s early in this work.” The city’s steering committee on the plan...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A potential partnership between the city of Concord and the developer planning to revamp the Steeplegate was met this week with skepticism by some members of the city council.“Between the spending of the council and the school board right now, we...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Plans to rehabilitate the music venue within historic Phenix Hall, plus add housing, restaurants, and retail, took a big step forward Monday night as the Concord City Council agreed to allow new downtown developments to circumvent height rules on a...