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By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Bryanna Marceau will succeed Tim Sink as the president and CEO of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce this fall.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

For a second consecutive summer, the city of Concord and one of its firefighter unions have not come to a new contract agreement before the previous one expired.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Former Concord city councilor Erle Pierce has been appointed to lead the New Hampshire Lottery Commission for the next three years.

By KIERA McLAUGHLIN

Biking long distances to advocate for peace is nothing new to Bob Sanders of Concord. Last year, he biked 1,500 miles across northern New England and raised $10,000 as part of his campaign Ride Against War in Gaza, or RAW Gaza.

Surrounded by their families, friends and scores of Market Days well-wishers, Cady Hickman and Cameron Green tied the knot in front of the State House on Friday evening.

By KIERA McLAUGHLIN

Cradling her newborn daughter in one arm, Kelly O’Connor walked around the bar of her new restaurant, 90 Low, as she prepared to open the doors in a few hours.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Lead-based paint, asbestos and other hazardous building materials are one step closer to being removed from the Concord Stables — once home to the city’s workhorses — bringing the site closer to its transformation as a space to display historic Concord stagecoaches.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

At the corner of Allison and Badger streets in Concord, four raised garden beds are providing more than just vegetables — they’re helping support the mental well-being of residents in local transitional housing.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

By most metrics, crime is falling in Concord from its rise in 2021 and 2022 and is now below or at pre-pandemic levels, according to a 2024 annual report from the Concord Police Department. 

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Lindsay Frappier has strolled down Main Street on Market Days for years with her husband and their dog, stopping at different stalls, chatting with vendors and, most of all, reveling in the abundance of food to try.

By KIERA McLAUGHLIN

The Concord School District is planning to replace the culvert over Bow Brook as soon as the state issues a permit.

by RACHEL WACHMAN

A Barnstead man is facing multiple felony charges after police say he stole a GMC pickup truck from Chichester and led police on multiple chases.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

On a warm fall day in 2003, what had once been a dumping ground for coal byproduct along the Merrimack River in Concord was opened to the public as a city park.

Moriah Billups has been named the Young Professional of the Year by the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce. Billups, 32, currently lives in Hooksett and works at Concord Hospital Trust as a philanthropy office. She was honored at the Chamber’s Pinnacle Awards in early June and previously was named Young Professional of the Month in February 2023. 

By DAVID BROOKS

When 24 teams from the Northeast and Canada come to Boutwell’s Bowling Center in Concord this week for an international competition, they’ll be playing at the biggest candlepin bowling arena in the state.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

With Market Days, a three-day festival in the streets of downtown Concord, beginning on Thursday, here are some things to know ahead of time.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN and YAA BAME

In the dense heat of Monday evening, an adult softball league playing at Memorial Field noticed the worst kind of smell emanating from the woods behind their dugout.

This week’s artist spotlight, brought to you through a collaboration with the Concord Insider and the Concord Arts Market, focuses on Leah Kuehne, who lives in Rumney and grew up in Manchester. Kuehne graduated from Gordon College with a degree in Fine Art. She works in a range of mediums including, watercolor, gouache, acrylic, and oils. Her work is inspired by nature and includes, landscape, abstract landscape and florals.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With a sigh, Violet Ruiz planted her blue sneakers onto the grass behind Abbot-Downing School. Standing over her bike, she adjusted her blue helmet so it sat squarely over her dark braid.