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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

After approving $15.6 million for the Concord Police Department this year, the city will send an additional half-million dollars directly to officers in an attempt to address recruitment and retention issues.The money, which was approved unanimously...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The completion of the first phase of the Railyard apartment complex in Concord’s South End will mean that 10 people currently experiencing homelessness in the community will have an apartment.Dakota Partners, the developers of the nearly 100-unit...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Under Gabriel Reynolds’ bed in his dorm at New England College, three white signs with black Sharpie letters are tucked away.One reads, “to take away our 26th amendment, you’ll have to take away our 2nd.” Another says, “no forever war in Mexico.” And...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Barbed wire disguised in the dirt. Beer cans, wrappers and syringes litter the trail.This is what residents in the South End of Concord said they found at a homeless encampment in the woods next to Martin Park off Iron Works Road in early...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The former director of Warner Connects, Lori Garrett, has been indicted for theft and fraudulent credit card charges from the local food pantry. Over the course of almost two years, Garrett is accused of using a Warner Connects credit card to charge...

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 MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Four hours in four years.That’s the amount of time nursing students at the University of New Hampshire spend learning about care specific to the LGBTQ community. And that’s a statistic Michael Newell wanted to change.For his senior honors thesis 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 MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Karen Jantzen has been busy lately.She’s been to the Concord Planning Board to defend her project to build low-barrier apartments on Pleasant Street.She’s been worried about the number 40, which is the maximum capacity of the Concord Coalition to End...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

It’s hard for Claire Nepa to explain how long it took her to find peas in the grocery store without laughing. It sounds ridiculous now – it’s just a can or frozen bag of vegetables.But when peas sound like “piece” which also sounds like “peace,”...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

After upheaval on the Warner select board and an unsuccessful move to fire town administrator Diane Riccciardelli in July, she will be resigning from the job to take a similar position in the town of Newbury.At a meeting Monday night, the Newbury...

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 MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Adam Hassan tucked a small American flag into the front pocket of his button down shirt and smiled for a photo. On Friday he became a U.S. citizen.It was a day he’s worked toward for nearly a decade and one that’s hard to comprehend.After leaving his...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Ashley Cheney knows the state’s child welfare system through and through – for better or for worse.A few years ago, her three young children got on the bus to school. At the end of the day, they never came back.Instead, they were sent off to foster...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

On a rainy day in Warner, the rivers roar around Loud Lane, in conversation with the birds, bugs and other critters on the dead-end dirt road. It’s such a symphony of sound, that when Nico Kimberly moved into a restored farmhouse on the street, he...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Line up 10 New Hampshire residents and eight of them can come to a consensus on their community: more affordable housing is a must. If these 10 people are under the age of 35, it’s a unanimous consensus. The message is clear: In the midst of a housing...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Arthur Pappas has told the story dozens of times before.Almost 50 years ago when the Puritan Backroom opened at its current location in Manchester, his father Charlie and some cousins decided to add a restaurant to the back of the building to...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Typically, on Town Meeting ballots, four candidates will vie for three positions, or select board races will go uncontested. These volunteer positions are subject to public scrutiny and the will of residents.But with a vacant seat on Warner’s...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In a lime green jumpsuit, a child cleaned glass windows, mopped the floor and took the trash out from an area that served as the main entrance to the Bledsoe Youth Academy in Gallatin Tennessee. It’s a youth residential placement program for boys...