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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With a new 10-year solid waste management contract with Casella Waste Systems approved by the City Council on Monday evening, the future of recycling remains uncertain for the city.The existing contract with the company includes no additional cost to...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Growing up as a young Black woman in Bow, Samrawit Silva didn’t feel a sense of belonging or understanding until she was invited to Keach Park in Concord by friends where she met people that looked like her and shared her experience of moving here...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Concord Major Jim Bouley presented a plan to city councilors Monday night to introduce a diversity, equity, inclusion and justice committee.The committee, comprised of Bouley and City Councilors Zandra Rice-Hawkins and Byron Champlin, will establish a...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Three city contracts renewed and approved in December will add a half million dollars to city spending as part of Concord’s efforts to offer competitive wages and retain workers.The City Council approved three new contracts that will increase employee...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The request to install lights at the Keach Park soccer field has floated through Concord City Council numerous times over the last few years.The plea from residents of Concord’s most diverse neighborhood for lights was first budgeted in 2018 and has...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

As Concord officials considered proposed housing developments and highway expansions that could affect downtown Concord, and a new library branch in Penacook, new American Fisto Ndayishimiye has taken to the microphone at public meetings to ask...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

The popular footwear store Simply Birkenstock is moving to a new location in downtown Concord. Now located near the intersection of South Main Street and Pleasant Street next to Pitchfork Records, the new storefront will be opening about a block away...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Ten-year-old Francesca Brown will have to wait a few more weeks to learn whether a city committee will support her calls to amend Concord’s backyard chicken ordinance, thereby getting her one step closer to realizing her dream of raising a flock.It...