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By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Two years ago, Franklin football had just finished the season 0-8. The Golden Tornadoes scored one touchdown all year. They were outscored 323-8 overall.Head coach Tim Snow’s first season at Franklin High School in 2021 finished somewhat as expected...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When P.T. Wood arrived in Salida, Colo., 30 years ago, it was an old mining town that was becoming a shell of its former self. Ranching had slowed down, the railroad was leaving town and many homeowners were looking to move away.If you took a trip to...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Franklin voters elected a new mayor Tuesday, choosing Central Street Laundromat owner Desiree McLaughlin over incumbent Jo Brown by nearly a two-to-one margin.McLaughlin will serve at the helm of Franklin’s government for a two-year term. After...

By DAN ATTORRI

The Franklin High School football program has had a rough go of it for the last few years. When you’re down, it’s tempting to give up, and that was all too common for the Golden Tornadoes in year’s past. But not on Saturday.Franklin trailed 14-0 at...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Born and raised in Franklin, Jo Brown never thought she’d be at the helm of city politics. Now, the fourth-generation air-force veteran is running for a second term as mayor. Desiree McLaughlin and Samuel McLaughlin, who have no relation, are...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With $23 million in federal funds, Easterseals NH is set to begin the construction of its 15-acre military and veterans campus in Franklin next month.The project, a retreat for veteran and military members and their families, has been made possible by...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Franklin business owner Miriam Kovacs is suing city officials, including Mayor Jo Brown and Police Chief David Goldstein, accusing them of violating her civil rights when they failed to protect her from hate crimes and retaliating against her when she...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI

It wasn’t that long ago that Concord High volleyball’s new head coach, Maria Wimpey, took the floor at the Concord High gymnasium donning the Crimson Tide jersey herself.A little more than five years after she graduated and with a collegiate...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBELand DAN ATTORRI

In 2022, pretty much everything went perfectly for John Stark field hockey. The Generals finished the season 16-0-1 and took home the Division II championship, their first in program history.In 2023, head coach Dennis Pelletier will need to replace...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

As the school year kicks off, Franklin is struggling to fill teacher vacancies, putting a strain on resources and prompting a shift in education.At the high school, crucial math and science courses have been sidelined due to the unavailability of two...

By CARISA CORROW

Carisa Corrow of Penacook is co-author of “126 Falsehoods We Believe About Education” and founder of Educating for Good. My first experience at Franklin Opera House was at a summer performance of Aladdin Jr. in 2009. We had a five and three-year-old...

By RAY DUCKLER

Elvis was singing at a reasonable volume, allowing others in the living room to speak comfortably.Doug Boyd of Franklin then moved across the room, a distinguished looking gentleman with a noble past, serving the public in one form or another. His...

By DAVID BROOKS

It looks like “Finding NemoJr.” will have to find a new home.Public assemblies including city council meetings and the theatrical adaptation of that Pixar tale will be all but banned from Franklin Opera House in two weeks while the city scrambles to...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A Belmont man has been indicted on charges connected to his possession of a firearm recovered during a homicide investigation in Franklin last month. Justin Gebo, 28, is facing three counts of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm...

By NINA MOSKE 

Michael Salter drew laughs when he spoke of the early 2000s and reminded the crowd of the first iPhone and the Red Sox’s 2007 World Series win. But then, the mood turned somber. Salter reminded the room full of nonprofit workers, politicians and...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

The deaths of three women and a toddler in different parts of the state this month followed a pattern of domestic abuse that’s often predictable and avoidable.All three women were domestic violence victims who spent the last moments of their lives...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

The semi-automatic weapon found at the scene of a double homicide in Franklin earlier this month had several owners in the past year before it wound up at the home of Jamie Bell, who police say is responsible for the murders. Bell’s girlfriend, Nicole...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A Belmont man is facing several firearm-related felony charges in connection to an ongoing investigation into the murders of Nicole Hughes and her 18-month-old daughter in Franklin last weekend. Justin Gebo, 28, was believed to be in possession of a...

By JACQUELINE COLE

The five-year-old survivor of the fatal shooting in Franklin attended her mother and sister’s vigil on Tuesday, her wounded arm buried underneath a fuzzy pink bathrobe with unicorns and rainbows. Last Saturday, Jamie Bell is believed to have shot his...

NINA MOSKE

Autopsy results released Sunday night confirm the cause of death of a mother and daughter killed in Franklin on Saturday afternoon. Officials say Jamie Bell, 42, shot and killed Nicole Hughes, 35, and their 1 ½-year-old daughter Ariella Bell...