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John Harrigan, the preeminent voice of the outdoors, saw it all
01-06-2023 9:46 AM

By RAY DUCKLER

She went around to the side of the building, bypassing the media and chaos out front.She knocked on her father’s window at the News and Sentinel office in the North Country. John Harrigan opened the door to let Karen Doolan in, then quickly moved back...

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Monitor bids farewell to Ray Duckler
05-20-2024 10:02 AM

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET and STEVE LEONE

Ray Duckler, the Concord Monitor’s undisputed leader in bylines published at the paper, is calling it a career.Duckler’s service to Concord area readers and New Hampshire journalism has spanned almost four decades and has included an impressive list...


Sunset Baseball League president Steve DeStefano is looked upon as the league’s savior. These days, though, he’s grown weary. 
06-12-2023 7:18 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Steve DeStefano looked terrific. He wore a blue button-down shirt in his real estate office on Pleasant Street, highlighting his deep blue eyes. His hair was silver, but his hairline remained at the front line like a good soldier, unwilling to...


Before living a quiet life in NH, Vivian Trimble was co-founder of the band Luscious Jackson
05-24-2023 6:43 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

The staff meeting began as a mere formality, a chance to meet the newest hire at the Capitol Center for the Arts.The staff wanted to know more about Vivian Trimble, where her skills lay, where she grew up, how much experience had she had in the...


Sanbornton fire chief on firecrackers in his mailbox: ‘Very disrespectful to me and my family’
05-22-2023 4:48 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Sanbornton Fire Chief Paul Dexter was proud that he had built a strong mailbox to replace the weather-beaten one that his children had given him eight years ago on Father’s Day.But he’s certainly not happy that someone placed firecrackers in his...


An octogenarian from East Concord remains on the go, for the sake of others.
05-21-2023 3:43 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

At 84 years old, Fran Philippe earned the right to change the name of the hiking groups she’s been leading for years.After all, Philippe runs three to four miles each Monday through Friday. She was instrumental in saving 272 acres at Broken Ground,...


Tragedy decades ago in Boscawen serves as a reminder to students: don't drink and drive
05-21-2023 2:00 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Lynn Colby wants high school students to remember that it’s not too late to avoid a catastrophe that will forever alter the course of many lives.It altered Colby’s. Her brother, Skipper Kingsbury, got drunk and drove into a tree three days before...


She lost her son 150 years ago in the Civil War, and told a story of grief and sacrifice
05-15-2023 7:30 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Betsy Phelps had the eyes of a grieving mother this week.Sometimes, she gave a warm and understanding gaze. Other times she just looked plain sad.Never happy, though.Phelps lost her son, Charles, at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. She spoke to a...


Granite State Roller Derby – where showtime meets intense competitionBones sometimes break, but that does little to deter the women on the local roller derby team 
05-15-2023 7:24 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Spitfire crouched low behind a wall of women, her eyes scanning the rugby-like traffic jam on the oval’s narrow straightaway at Everett Arena.She waited for her teammates – in this case blockers with names like Peppermint Catty, Enis Fly Trap,...


Bouncing around like a pinball describes this Hometown Hero’s life
05-15-2023 7:20 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Mother’s Day was meant to honor people like Cyndi Magee.Magee has navigated through life juggling responsibilities like a circus performer. She’s a registered respiratory therapist who works through the night, treated patients with COVID at the height...


Pembroke boy’s rare condition puts family on a winding health journey
05-11-2023 6:40 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Ignore, for a moment, his endless rocking, minus the rocking chair.And forget about his white, outsized long-sleeved shirt, which he uses to hide the damage caused by his obsessive urge to scrub his hands to kill germs and calm his fears.Instead, just...


Karen Steele returns to the Special Olympics, this time as a coach
05-10-2023 6:24 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Special Olympics bocci ball coach Karen Steele didn’t know much about bocci ball, but she wasn’t going to let that stop her.She’s learning on the fly, adapting, and figuring out the best way to proceed, no matter the obstacles. It’s something she’s...


Fear and uncertainty have altered Noah Cummings’s life. He’ll explain Thursday on the big screen 
05-10-2023 6:20 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

After years of searching for some clarity, former Pembroke Academy basketball star Noah Cummings of Epsom knows his anxiety attacks will return.And that took a while to accept.Cummings doesn’t know when it will strike again, nor can he possibly...


The post office puts its stamp of approval on a children’s writer
05-06-2023 3:08 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Tomie dePaola – the affable local author and illustrator whose children’s books have sold 25 million copies worldwide, but whose book about a benevolent witch was banned in several U.S. school libraries for its positive views on witchcraft – will...


Concord’s  Brooke Mills kept on fighting after a nasty concussion to win Miss New Hampshire crown
05-03-2023 7:40 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Brooke Mills paid her dues on the way to this year’s Miss New Hampshire crown.In fact, she’s suffered greatly over the past decade, after an accidental kick to her face during gym class left Mills with a concussion that continues to affect her life to...


For Alex Ray, altruisim is a common theme
05-01-2023 5:53 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Alex Ray feeds lots of people, both in the Granite State and a war zone thousands of miles away.He’s the founder and owner of a restaurant juggernaut in New Hampshire, building a chain of establishments that’s most commonly referred to as the Common...


Calle Walton to be grand marshal of Future in Sight’s fundraising walk
05-01-2023 5:51 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

When Calle Walton lost her sight for good 10 years ago, she began to change her dreams of acting, and focus on teaching instead.Typically positive and optimistic, Walton felt beaten, fearing that her blindness had ended her hopes of acting...


There’s a new restaurant coming to Concord, with a familiar name and location
04-28-2023 5:06 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

His eating establishment is different from the family’s typical modus operandi, but Andreas Georgopoulos made sure to keep an old name intact.His new restaurant, housed in the former cozy home of the Yellow Submarine sandwich shop at 192 North State...


Peggo steps aside from her all-inclusive women’s chorus 
04-26-2023 5:03 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Peggo Horstmann Hodes wants the world to sing, no experience necessary.That’s been one of her jobs at the Concord Community Music School. She’s conducted the all-female Songweavers Chorus the past 12 years and at one time had about 100 singers, before...


Common Man to open new drive-through location in Epsom
04-25-2023 4:48 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Alex Ray, who prides himself on being a common man, has shown uncommon skills while building an empire within the state’s always-challenging restaurant business.His Common Man logo – a farmer working in his field, pushing and leaning hard on a tiller...


Hometown Heroes: Ruthie Nichols donates much of her time helping students
04-24-2023 5:23 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Some people like their job. And then there’s Ruthie Nichols of Penacook.“I can’t wait until the alarm goes off in the morning,” Nichols said, “so I can get ready for school.” She’s worked in the Merrimack Valley School District for 33 years, both as a...

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