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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Concord city councilors have pages of written letters from residents to consider before they vote on a $10.3 million bond for a new clubhouse at Beaver Meadow Golf Course. The vote on Monday, Dec. 11 is scheduled to take place at the last meeting of...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

“Anger, dismay and humiliation,” are the emotions of Franklin leaders as they face a lawsuit from local restaurant owner Miriam Kovacs, said city attorney Paul Fitzgerald.Kovacs accuses the city of failing to protect her from antisemitic threats and...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The Allenstown school district spends five times more than the amount the state of New Hampshire gives to pay for an adequate education.This lopsided equation relies heavily on local taxpayers to make up the difference to pay for everything from...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A new middle school, a new police station, affordable housing, solving homelessness: When Robert Maccini thinks about spending priorities in Concord, several big-ticket items top his list.Instead, on Dec. 11, the Concord City Council will host a...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The Concord Coalition to End Homelessness winter shelter will open Monday, providing a nighttime reprieve for people experiencing homelessness through March.The shelter will return to the coalition’s site at 238 N. Main Street in the small building...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

April Stoddard knew she’d be trading Florida’s warmth for Concord’s winters when she moved back to Concord. What she didn’t expect was the dramatic increase in her property tax bill for the single-wide, 900-square-foot manufactured home she...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When Judge Andrea Johnston swore in 60 new U.S. citizens this summer, she told the crowd that citizenship was not a passive status. It’s an act of democracy.It’s the ability to serve on a jury. It is the freedom of the press and the right to practice...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In Concord’s Equality Health Center, a historic home converted into a family planning facility, narrow hallways lead to exam rooms and counseling areas featuring old fireplaces. The clinic has its quirks, but one thing in particular is a favorite to...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Friday afternoon was not John Madore’s first visit to the New Hampshire Hospital, the state’s secure psychiatric facility in Concord.He was admitted to the 185-bed hospital on Clinton Street in January 2016 because police and his family believed he...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In the Central Street Laundromat, thirteen turkeys will fill tables alongside washers and driers this Wednesday. Franklin’s mayor-elect Desiree McLaughlin has been making pies and the food pantry is donating squash and green beans.It’s an annual...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The suspect and one victim are dead following a shooting Friday afternoon at New Hampshire Hospital, the state psychiatric facility on Clinton Street in Concord, authorities said.An emergency call about an active shooter came in at 3:38 p.m.,...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The initiative to build permanent housing in the city will get a $100,000 boost from the Merrimack County Savings Bank. The funding, pledged to the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness over two years, will support the construction of eight...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Jean Hakuzimana moved to New Hampshire from Rwanda five years ago with a background in communications and a resume that included working for the United Nations. But, his first job in the United States was working for a company making pre-cast molds...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

For the sixth year in a row, the University System of New Hampshire will freeze undergraduate tuition for in-state students.Since the 2019-2020 school year, tuition rates at the University of New Hampshire, Keene State College and Plymouth State...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A walk down Commercial Street in Boscawen foreshadows the town’s future – or at least that’s what Kellee Easler likes to think.It may not seem like much today. The street is the site of a former leather tannery that left behind such a mess the...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Ali Sekou knows that his two kids won’t remember the day their mom brought them to the polls to cast her first vote in an election in the United States. She bubbled in the spot next to her husband’s name on the ballot in Concord’s city election.His...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

From the parking lot of Betkash Shriners, where Ward 8 voters entered to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s election, green sheathing framed a building over the fence in the lot next door. It’s the first of three structures that will establish 123 new...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Long after the school day ends, class is still in session on Thursday nights in Franklin Middle School as teachers trade their lesson plans for a seat in a graduate course led by Plymouth State University.Last spring, a pilot version of the...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Jacob Drouin, a former Franklin police officer and union president, is an aspiring school resource officer and father of two supporting his family, his lawyer Peter Perroni told the city’s personnel advisory board.He was fired from his job in...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Matt Walsh can draw a timeline of development in Concord of peaks and valleys. In 1986, residential development was at a high, with colored vinyl panels and geometric shapes putting a mark on new construction. The Great Recession of 2008 marked a low...