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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI 

Apryl Blood wants to set the record straight. To start, she has numbers. In May, Warner Connects, the local food pantry, served 969 meals to 124 households.Come June, pantry volunteers distributed 1,400 meals to 167 households. In a place like Warner,...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When Governor Chris Sununu announced he would not seek a fifth term, he told Granite Staters that he left New Hampshire better off than when he was elected. A key piece of that puzzle was cutting more taxes than any administration in state history.But...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Before any charges are filed against a child in New Hampshire in juvenile court, parents and children are asked the same question each time: Would you like to participate in the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths assessment? Most need a little...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In the basement of Warner Town Hall, it was standing room only as the select board convened for their first meeting since two members resigned last month.As residents filled rows of plastic chairs, Harry Seidel, who was the sole board member following...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Traffic was backed up for miles on Sunday afternoon after a truck rolled over on I-93 south in Sanbornton, fatally injuring the passenger of the vehicle.State police responded to the area near exit 19 around 1:30 p.m. after a Chevrolet truck attempted...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

For $1 in North Newark, New Jersey, Jeff Fleischer and the organization La Casa de Don Pedro, bought an old burned furniture warehouse. Three years later, that abandoned space became a youth center – with street outreach, afterschool programs,...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The cost of a two-bedroom apartment in New Hampshire five years ago, including rent and utilities, was just below $1,300 a month. Today, that monthly expense is over $1,700, an unaffordable number for many New Hampshire families.The 36% increase over...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

After rescinding their resignations made the previous week, Warner select board members Jody Sloane and Christine Frost returned to town hall Tuesday with a new motion: to fire Diane Ricciardelli, the town administrator. Ahead of Tuesday’s meeting,...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A court hearing Thursday was intended to fill a vacant seat on Warner's town select board after two members resigned last week. But this appointment might not be necessary, if Judge Brian Tucker accepts that Christine Frost and Jody Sloane were able...

By JASON REMILLARD

LOUDON – For Martin Truex Jr., having a case of the Mondays isn’t that bad.The New Jersey native has won three rescheduled races on a Monday at Dover Motor Speedway, and on Monday he added another one to his total at New Hampshire Motor Speedway....

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

On the football field at Concord High School, Joseph Gimaranzi’s teammates became teachers.It was 2016, and he was a freshman – having just moved to New Hampshire from the Democratic Republic of Congo with his single mother and three older siblings....

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In the downstairs of Warner Town Hall, Christine Frost took her place behind the plastic folding table, with board members Jody Sloane and Harry Seidel on either side, and called the select board meeting to order.With a light agenda for last Tuesday’s...

By JASON REMILLARD

LOUDON – When the NASCAR Cup Series comes to New Hampshire Motor Speedway, there’s one driver who feels he has a home-track advantage based on past experience at the Magic Mile.Ryan Preece, of Berlin, Conn., isn’t just the driver of the No. 41 Ford...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI 

This year, new reports pinned a daunting number on the scope of New Hampshire’s housing crisis: 23,000 units needed today, to meet the current demand. And it only grows – 60,000 units by 2030, up to 90,000 by 2040. These large-scale numbers quantify...

By JASON REMILLARD

LOUDON – It looked as though Mother Nature was not going to cooperate with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Mohegan Sun 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday.With 66 laps complete, the caution flag flew for rain on the track. Three laps...

By JASON REMILLARD

LOUDON – For more than 20 years, Kevin Harvick has been one of the NASCAR Cup Series’ big guns.On Saturday, he received a gift befitting of that status. Harvick will be retiring from full-time competition following this season, becoming a TV analyst...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Debbie Auger owned a home in Tilton well before Walmart or the Tanger Outlets came to town. For years, promises of lower taxes were backed by claims that these commercial businesses would bring more revenue.But for 22 years, Auger saw her tax bill...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When Anthony Poore thinks about ways to retain young people, especially people of color in New Hampshire, he knows no single solution exists. But as he breaks it down into smaller pieces, he considers the lived experiences of his two daughters.His...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When President Joe Biden announced plans to forgive student loan debt last fall, nearly 200,000 New Hampshire borrowers could have been eligible for repayment relief. But the promise was short-lived. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Harrison Burton was so young the first time he went to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, he doesn’t even remember how old he was. “Probably 1 or 2,” he estimated.A native of Huntersville, North Carolina just outside of Charlotte, Burton grew up around...