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By RAY DUCKLER

After his final shift as the owner of the Yellow Submarine on Saturday night, when his tiny business closed for good, Concord lost a stalwart businessman and his signature sandwich.David Luoma is retiring after 27 years working in the same spot, near...

By DAVID BROOKS

Rymes Propane and Oil, founded a half-century ago and long based in Concord, is being bought by a Canada energy firm for $159 million.The purchase by Superior Plus needs regulatory approval and is scheduled to wind up Sept. 30., Superior Plus is based...

By DAVID BROOKS

A drive-thru Starbucks is closer to appearing in the parking lot of the Capital Shopping Center, part of a proposed development that acts as a sort of stand-in for the denser, taller development that the city would like to see there.Concord has...

CanterburyMay drowningvictim identifiedAuthorities identified Tuesday the 27-year-old man who drowned in the Merrimack River off Pebble Beach more than two months ago.New Hampshire Marine Patrol said Albert Ntangri, a Manchester resident, was one of...

By DAVID BROOKS

Harbor Freight Tools will soon move into a former Toys R Us building near Steeplegate Mall this month, part of a company expansion that is taking advantage of do-it-yourself and home-improvement work during the pandemic.The announcement comes even as...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

The dirt road leading to the Merrimack River cuts through a spacious field before narrowing along the tree line. The drive appears easy at first, but the wide road quickly shrinks to the width of a walking path with tree branches and shrubbery on...

By LEAH WILLINGHAMand ALYSSA DANDREA

Concord City Manager Tom Aspell’s pay increased steadily over the years to the point where he was the first city employee to make more than $200,000 in a single year.In 2019, Aspell made $200,828 in total compensation, which is more than...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Richard McNamara was a newly minted graduate of Boston College Law School in 1975 when he was recruited by now-retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter to work at the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.Souter, then New Hampshire’s deputy...

By ANN GEHAN

Having a newborn baby is difficult enough, but Hillary d’Entremont never anticipated the challenges of raising an infant during a pandemic.D’Entremont, who gave birth in January, had planned for her daughter to join her son at day care once she was 3...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Authorities say a former Bow resident accused of robbing a Concord convenience store at gunpoint on Dec. 1 went on to rob a candy store and then a gas station, both in Salem, within a matter of days.Matthew Roz, 41, whose address is listed in court...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Jurors chosen to hear the evidence in an attempted murder case against a Concord man will also learn that he sought from jail to persuade two key witnesses to falsely identify the shooter so he would be acquitted.Attorneys on both sides recently...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

The owner of the Capitol Shopping Center on Storrs Street in Concord wants to add an upscale casual dining restaurant and a Starbucks drive-thru in the parking lot where Market Basket, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission and several other major...

Renovations to St. John the Evangelist Church on South Main Street are nearly complete after months of intense construction, which for a period of time forced worshippers to hold services under a tent.Services inside the church resumed in November,...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

Lisa Taylor and Jay Corliss will tell you they grew up at Beefside Seafood on Manchester Street in Concord.And in many ways, they did.The two started working at the restaurant 30 years ago, the day after their graduations from Concord High School, for...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

An ex-Loudon firefighter convicted in December of negligent homicide in the death of his childhood friend will serve his two- to six-year sentence at the Merrimack County jail and not in state prison.The New Hampshire Department of Corrections...

By RAY DUCKLER

Two contrasting expressions surfaced during our 2019 coverage of homelessness, illustrating the sadness and hope that can accompany this issue.On one hand, we found Allie Eckersley, whose father, ex-pitcher Dennis Eckersley, is in baseball’s Hall of...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Seated before the New Hampshire Parole Board on Thursday, convicted murderer Clifford “Edgar” Avery Jr. showed no remorse for killing a Concord woman more than four decades ago and continued to profess his innocence.“I don’t believe I pose any risk to...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Concord police carried out a drug raid on Manchester Street early Friday morning that yielded five arrests.Additionally, police recovered a car on site that had been reported stolen from Vermont.Law enforcement executed a search warrant and arrest...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

There is a corner of Paulette Boghosian’s store on South Main Street where customers can fill decorated bags with 10 cent Swedish Fish and FireBall candies. In another section, visitors sift through piles of patterned paper to make their own free,...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

When Claire Lajoie left rehab to move into her new apartment in Penacook, it was cause for celebration.A family friend gave her furniture and a wooden dresser, which Claire polished in the yard of her childhood home in Concord.She went shopping for...