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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

To vote in his first United States election, Kayitani Ndutiye put on his Patriots football shirt and a blazer and attached a gold American flag pin to the lapel.“Proud to be an American” it read. Eighteen months ago, he sat in a classroom at...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

There was no question who Chris Shaw would be voting for when he pulled up the leg of his pants. On his left calf, former President Donald Trump’s face is front and center – tattooed in black ink with the Statue of Liberty in the background.The...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Jessica Renda didn’t realize that things were about to get difficult when her eldest daughter was discharged last summer from New Hampshire Hospital, a state-run psychiatric facility.After treatment for her mental health illness, Renda’s daughter, now...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Lying awake in the middle of the night, Chris O’Connor felt physically sick. He had one number he couldn’t get out of his mind: $176 million – the approved cost of a new middle school in Concord.In December, the Concord School Board voted to build a...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Marty Parichand’s vision for a new whitewater park may sound repetitive.For years, he has said that investing in recreation in Franklin will put the state’s smallest city on the map as a New England destination and spur economic growth.It’s a message...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

For weeks, in order to reach her two chicken coops in her backyard, Tessa Dyer put on chest waders. At its worst, the water that had flooded her property surpassed her waist. On a good day, it was still knee-deep.As temperatures dropped, her flooded...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The state’s education funding formula will be the focus of a select group of lawmakers this session hoping to make it more equitable and pass constitutional muster.The bipartisan group, comprised of members of the House committees on education and...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When New Hampshire courts offer translation services for non-native English speakers, there’s often a mismatch between intent and execution.Forget differing sentence structures, tenses and not to mention baseline words – when each word is directly...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

At their first full meeting Monday, Concord city councilors are expected to hold off discussing the future of clubhouse renovations at the Beaver Meadow golf course. Plans for building a new clubhouse have been sent back to the Ad-Hoc Beaver Meadow...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When it was a homeless shelter, the old First Congregational Church site on North Main Street, got busy on winter nights when doors opened each evening and then again first thing in the morning when it closed.When the church was an active parish with...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Several changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid will make more students eligible to receive financial assistance this year. The new FAFSA, which was released on Dec. 31, is a simplified version with 36 questions, instead of 108 which...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Three numbers put daunting benchmarks on New Hampshire’s housing crisis this year – 23,500 units are needed to meet the current demand. By 2030, the state needs to build 60,000 units. And by 2040, that number grows to 90,000.It’s been repeated by...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A house where friends could stay. Or maybe a small condo with a spare bedroom. Fisto Ndayishimiye is open to different options when he envisions owning his own home.But then there’s the price of a mortgage. Or the looming question of how long he will...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Brian Horlick imagined settling down in New Hampshire alongside his wife Diane. But in April, while living out of his car, he had a sudden heart attack.He died with Diane by his side. Now, she remains unhoused in Concord. Horlick, who was 66 years...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The county jail and hospital emergency room have become revolving doors for people experiencing homelessness. The cycle goes as follows: their stay is up, they’re released but then they have nowhere to go. Days later, that same individual ends up...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A multi-use site off Manchester Street and Black Hill Road that’s struggled to gain approval will be the subject of a public hearing before the Concord planning board Wednesday night.Over two years have gone by since the project was first introduced....

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The New Hampshire Homeowner Assistance Fund will transition to a wait list for applications at the end of the week as the program nears the end of its federal funding.The program is a product of the American Rescue Plan Act, where federal dollars were...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

On Father’s Day last June, a drag story hour at Teatotaller Cafe drew families and children inside. It also attracted nearly two dozen members of NSC-131 to stand outside in protest, chanting and performing Nazi salutes through the cafe’s first-floor...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Concord Police headquarters will move to the vacant Concord Group Insurance offices as early as next year, pending a favorable inspection, after the city council voted to approve a $4.1 million purchase and sale agreement. The move will allow the...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

For Alex Streeter, a $10 million price tag for a new golf course clubhouse loomed as an enormous expense presented with little context.In front of Concord City Council Monday night, Steerer crunched a few numbers of his own.With a proposal in front of...