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Gov. Ayotte announces state hiring freeze, citing budget deficit
01-23-2025 12:20 PM

By JOSH ROGERS

Gov. Kelly Ayotte has announced a state hiring freeze.


High speed pursuit on I-93 ends with crash at Exit 17 roundabout in Penacook
01-23-2025 10:12 AM

A high-speed chase on Interstate 93 ended when the erratic driver crashed his vehicle at the roundabout in Penacook, state police said. 


‘Loud and clear’: Reversing 2023 decision, school board votes for new middle school to stay in South End
01-22-2025 10:39 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Ellen Kenny didn’t need to tell Concord school board members why she backed a new school in the city’s South End over raw land on the East Side. They already knew.


Frost-filled fun: Winter Fest returns this weekend with a hot cocoa tour, ice carving competition, food trucks, and more
01-22-2025 4:31 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Berit Brown dreamed of participating in a hot cocoa tour. She pictured people strolling along Main Street with mugs of steaming cocoa and a stampable passport in hand for rating their sips of liquid chocolate at various stops.


As negative temperatures continue, people experiencing homelessness continue to bear brutal cold
01-21-2025 5:09 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Sweatpants, snow pants, a t-shirt, a windbreaker plus an outer shell, hiking boots and a hat weren’t enough to keep Raymond Blodgett warm against the biting cold. 


Healy Park shooting leaves one with life-threatening injuries
01-21-2025 11:13 AM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord police arrested and detained a “person of interest” related to a shooting in Healy Park last week that left someone with life-threatening injuries, Concord Police said Tuesday. 


District will hold hearing on middle school location
01-20-2025 3:38 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord Board of Education faces a decision: schedule a referendum on where to put the new middle school, leaving the decision up to the voters, or start plans to build a new school at Rundlett now.


Concord is sitting on $15M surplus. Will it be used to lower your taxes?
01-19-2025 8:01 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With more income than expected from property tax bills, vehicle registrations and ambulance charges, the City of Concord ended the 2024 fiscal year with a more than $1.4 million surplus in its general operating budget.


Creating change through kindness: Andrea Alexander’s Concord Kind Facebook group reshapes volunteerism
01-19-2025 7:55 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

When Andrea Alexander hit the “post” button in her new Facebook group, Concord Kind, back in September, she had no way of knowing that the virtual space she created would yield widespread impacts for so many in her community.


‘A pillar of the Concord community’: Rodney Tenney remembered after decades of community service
01-17-2025 1:43 PM

By REBECA PERIERA

A tidy collection of newspaper clippings, preserved in clear sleeves from time’s harsh glare, tells of Rodney Tenney’s decades of public service.


‘You would have loved him:’ Merrimack Valley high school community honors 17-year-old senior Wyatt Carleton killed in crash
01-17-2025 11:35 AM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

One by one, friends, family, teachers, and even strangers stepped forward, their hands trembling as they each took a candle at the snow-covered field at Merrimack Valley High School.


New cost estimates: Rebuilding at Rundlett would cost $8 million more than at Broken Ground
01-16-2025 3:42 PM

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.


State investigators in Andy Sanborn’s criminal case disqualified
01-15-2025 4:50 PM

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.


Concord residents frustrated over pay-as-you-throw program’s purple trash bag mandate
01-15-2025 4:32 PM

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.


How does a purple Concord trash bag compare to a name-brand bag? The Monitor tested them to find out.
01-15-2025 4:31 PM

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.


City Council defends, approves $40K for DEIJB consultant
01-14-2025 3:31 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

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


With colder temperatures, ice skating ponds are open
01-14-2025 2:17 PM

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. 


Opinion: Why a new golf clubhouse is a good idea
01-14-2025 6:00 AM

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.


Lower winter power rates force change in Concord community power
01-13-2025 3:47 PM

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.


Four union contracts — roughly half of city employees — before council Monday night
01-12-2025 12:00 PM

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.

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