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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

It’s possible that no one in the region has coached more youth and high school sports games than Tom Burke.Burke, 72, started coaching middle school basketball at St. John Regional School in 1970 at the age of 19. Since then, Burke has coached roughly...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Cali Rollins showed up to her first Merrimack Valley Middle School softball practice in 2023, she had little idea of the legacy that preceded her. But when her mother, Morgan Mahon, emailed her daughter’s new coach that spring, Tom Burke had...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

With rising costs and in some cases single-digit class sizes, Merrimack Valley School Board member Loren Martin questioned whether the district should explore consolidating schools across the district.“I understand all of the emotional aspects that...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

At 274 students, Loudon Elementary School is too small to sustain both a principal and vice principal, but the school’s size doesn’t completely diminish the scope of administrative responsibilities that must be handled.At some schools without an...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A day after Concord’s School Board unveiled long-awaited cost estimates for its middle school project, city leaders encouraged the school board to ensure and communicate that the school buildings are shared community assets.“Taxpayers are saying,...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Edward Amonor Jr. arrived at Merrimack Valley Middle School in 2019 from Ghana, he knew no one and spoke only broken English.At first, he sat alone at lunch. But then a boy named Abhi Karki introduced himself.“He was the first person I felt...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

After the close of their budget planning seasons and with a mounting list of major construction projects between them, a joint committee between city and school district leaders — including both Concord and Merrimack Valley — will reconvene this...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

After the moderator read the results of the Merrimack Valley School Board elections Friday night, Julia Jones dabbed away a few tears.Though she is the president of the Salisbury parent-teacher group, she relied only on word of mouth to promote her...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Merrimack Valley School District voters will weigh a 5.9% budget increase and decide two contested school board races on Friday. The proposed operating budget for the five-community district is $48,298,106, up almost $2.7 million from last year. The...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The two drivers of next year’s budget increase in the Merrimack Valley School District are forces hitting its peers across New Hampshire: special education and health insurance.The proposed $48,298,106 budget for the district is up almost $2.7 million...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In a closet at the Merrimack Valley Learning Center, teachers used to stock food items for students to bring home to their parents. The makeshift pantry was an acknowledgment from staff that several students and their families were living with food...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

The Merrimack Valley School District voters agreed to raise teacher salaries, pass the budget and renew a 10-year tuition agreement with the Andover School District Friday night at the annual meeting.The $45.6 million budget, which carried a 2.3%...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Mark MacLean, Superintendent of Merrimack Valley and Andover school districts, will be leaving his position at the end of the school year and moving to a new role as the executive director of the New Hampshire School Administrators...