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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Local election results in Concord on Nov. 5 will include tallies for a pair of amendments to the school district’s charter that would give the public more say over major decisions involving school building moves and property sales.While those...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Jim O’Connell and John Stephen have spent weeks crisscrossing the eastern part of the state door knocking, talking to people on the streets and attending events to inform them about the duties of the Executive Council and what’s at stake in this...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Five out of six school board candidates pledged to respect a majority vote on the ballot referendums that will face Concord voters on Nov. 5 – even if the measures fail to reach the 60% threshold to amend the school district’s charter.The votes, which...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Arlyss Martin, a 26-year-old Manchester resident, already knows she’ll be voting for Joyce Craig on Nov. 5 in the race for governor.“She has a lot more views that I align with,” Martin said. In particular, she said she likes Craig’s support of...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

In a race for a seat on New Hampshire’s Executive Council, both Democrat Karen Liot Hill and Republican Kim Strathdee have found common ground on a key issue – funding for Planned Parenthood.Living without health insurance years ago, Strathdee found a...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

President Joe Biden saying in Concord “we’ve got to lock him up” in reference to his former political rival sent shockwaves through the race for the White House.Speaking at a political gathering of supporters at the New Hampshire Democratic Party...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Danielle Feole knew the drill taking her son Joey, 6, to see President Joe Biden.The wait to hear the president would be long, so she packed an iPad and Grey, the stuffed animal wolf that’s attached to her son’s hip.The afternoon in Concord would be...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Lily Tang Williams condemned Vladimir Putin’s siege against Ukraine – but, she says the U.S. has given enough aid.“We thought, ‘Hey, with our help, maybe the war will end pretty fast,’” said Williams, the Republican nominee for New Hampshire’s second...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Republican candidate for governor Kelly Ayotte outraised her Democratic opponent, Joyce Craig, by nearly $7 million since each won their party primaries on Sept. 10 – largely thanks to Live Free PAC, a political action committee funded by the...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

For three years, Frank Cassidy worked under Merrimack County Sheriff David Croft, but he resigned in 2023 after alleging that Croft fostered a “hostile work environment,” according to his resignation letter, which was shared with the Monitor.Now...

By DAVID BROOKS

In most elections, voters wonder about the candidates. For the county races at the bottom of our ballots, most people wonder about the office.With that uncertainty in mind, the Monitor put together this short primer on the county positions up for...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Beyond having the same first name and both living in Pembroke, the two candidates for District 3’s County Commissioner seat share the common goal of wanting to give back to their community.David Doherty, a Democrat, worked for several decades as a...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

After the results of her primary election came in, Maggie Goodlander waded through a sea of supporters, hugged her family members and took the stage, describing it as an “out of body” experience.Yet the location was anything but foreign.That very...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Joyce Craig’s tenure as Manchester mayor remains a central focus of the race for governor as the Democratic nominee drew on her experience in executive office while her Republican opponent, Kelly Ayotte, continued to attack her leadership record...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Lily Tang Williams keeps a bulky, dated photo album at her house in Weare. It creaks when she opens it – the sticky plastic protectors holding the photos to the pages don’t do their job well anymore. Inside are dozens upon dozens of black-and-white...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Two new polls this week in New Hampshire, home to the only competitive gubernatorial election this year, indicate a close race in the battle to succeed popular Republican Gov. Chris Sununu.And the surveys suggest that former President Donald Trump’s...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

In school elections shaping up to be a referendum on the middle school project, two incumbents and four challengers are vying for three seats on the Concord School Board.With the filing period now closed, the field has come into view. Board President...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Ashley Miller loves to tell visitors about Marilla Ricker when they walk into the State Archives. Years before women had the right to vote, Ricker demanded her name be on New Hampshire ballots.She was the first female lawyer in the state and demanded...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Joe Scroggins is one of more than 1,500 people who signed petitions to reduce the power of the Concord School Board and to rebuild the middle school in the South End where he lives with his family.After months of conversations with neighbors who were...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

For those who voted in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire’s next governor this week, it probably wasn’t for Jon Kiper.Most people have never heard of him, much less know his policy positions. He was the underdog: Kiper received just under 10% of...