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This week’s artist spotlight, brought to you through a collaboration with the Concord Insider and the Concord Arts Market, focuses on Holly Emrick, who lives in Boscawen. A 58-year-old mother of two and grandmother of two and a wife of 40 years, Emrick discovered jewelry-making during her 16 years as a stay-at-home mom.

The Pierce Brigade, the membership organization dedicated to preserving the home and legacy of President Franklin Pierce is hosting a concert on the lawn at the Pierce Manse on Thursday, July 17 at 7:00 p.m. The concert will be preceded by an ice cream social and open house from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Rain date is July 18.

Meet Nate Lavallee, owner of FlexABLE Assisted Stretching and Wellness and a passionate advocate for movement, mindset and meaningful change. With a mission to build stronger bodies and stronger communities, Lavallee helps clients unlock their potential—one stretch at a time. Whether he’s in downtown Concord on a date night, going Over The Edge for a cause, or inspiring others through recovery and wellness, 40-year-old Lavallee, who lives in Manchester, is leading a self-care revolution across southern New Hampshire, where he works in both Manchester and Concord.

By JANE MILLER

Fabulous Looks has been a home away from home for owner Sherry Spurr for over 30 years.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A Philadelphia-based free speech group and two more residents have filed a legal brief in support of parents challenging a court ruling that sided with the Bow School District after it barred parents from wearing pink wristbands to protest transgender athletes in girls’ sports.

By BRENDILOU ARMSTRONG

A Loudon man died after a two-vehicle crash in Concord on Sunday, closing a portion off the highway for three hours while rescuers tended to the wounded and cleared the wreckage from the road.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The design for Concord’s new police headquarters would more than triple the size of the current police station on Green Street and carry a construction price tag of $41.3 million, about $3.5 million more than previously estimated.

By DAVID BROOKS

The long-simmering effort to create a walking/biking path the length of Concord may take another step forward when the city council meets on Monday to consider buying 5.7 miles of rail line from Horsehoe Pond to the city’s northern border.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Greg Tandy started asking around when he became the new owner of Cheers.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord City Councilors will try to walk back the appointment of a woman to the city’s zoning board that they made last month.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN and MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Skeletal remains were discovered in a shed near the state prison in late April. Just a day later, another man’s long-deceased body was found near the highway bridge beside the Friendly Kitchen. In early May, a 25-year-old living in an RV parked at the former Steeplegate Mall died in a fire. A local adult softball team, on a muggy June evening, found the body of a man in his campsite in the city-owned woods near Memorial Field.

By KIERA McLAUGHLIN

With a 1940s barber pole marking the outside and the fresh smell of a clean shave wafting from the window, the new single-chair barbershop is impossible to miss from downtown Pittsfield.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Merle DeWitt spends an extra 30-40 minutes in the car each day, toting his 16-year-old son, Gavin, to Prospect Mountain High School in Alton. The school is several towns away from their home in Epsom but it’s worth it to DeWitt .

By RACHEL WACHMAN

In another turn of events for Chichester, town administrator Jodi Pinard has resigned from her position for the second time in the span of a year.

New Hampshire State Police say they are investigating a shooting at a home in Sanbornton that left one person injured.

By YAA BAME

The lavender fields at Pumpkin Blossom Farm in Warner are open for Harvest Days.

By DAVID BROOKS

Your old window air conditioner that sounds like a jet taking off, uses a ton of electricity and can barely cool a broom closet could be worth $30 under a program operated by the state’s utilities.

The makeover of the former Holiday Inn continues to bring a new facade to downtown Concord. Developer Steve Duprey bought the hotel last year for $16.8 million and will open a Hilton Double Tree at the location. Workers are painting the exterior in a blue, gray and white pattern. The renovation is expected to be complete by the end of summer.

By ABBY DISALVO

A Concord man was arraigned in court on Tuesday on charges of felonious sexual assault, computer uses prohibited and breach of bail.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Under the “one big beautiful bill,” passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump, the typical Concord resident is expected to pay roughly $1,000 less in federal taxes next year, according to an analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The impact of the plan’s cuts to federal assistance, along with a ballooning federal debt and the rising cost of tariffs, however, is expected to far outweigh those savings.