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By RAY DUCKLER

Katy Burns became a staple in the Concord area, served with scrambled eggs and coffee on Sunday mornings for over 20 years.She had an army of passionate fans, some of whom liked her very much. But Burns often addressed political issues during her two...

By RAY DUCKLER

Erica Marino of Fremont rolled the dice five years ago and won big.She adopted a puppy that had been abandoned on the side of a Mississippi road, part of a litter that developed a deadly, infectious disease while being transported to Maine on a rescue...

By DAVID BROOKS

There’s a category of online commentary called TIL, for “today I learned,” that provides a context for the writer to mention some intriguing piece of information they recently encountered. It’s basically a watered-down version of “Ripley’s Believe It...

By RAY DUCKLER

Lynne Sabien of Hopkinton, a grant writer at the Concord Community Music School, began working there less than six months ago.That was enough time, however, to gauge the value Heather Bigelow Hearne brought to the company.“She genuinely makes everyone...

By DAVID BROOKS

As is well known, public school enrollment is slipping throughout New Hampshire and falling sharply in some places.Somebody forgot to tell Bow and Dunbarton.In the decade since much smaller Dunbarton joined Bow in a two-town school district, public...

By DAVID BROOKS

Two-thirds of New Hampshire residents are “active monthly users” of Facebook, helping explain how the company made so much revenue in the state that so far in 2023 it could pay for the city of Concord’s entire annual budget eight times over.That’s one...

By DAVID BROOKS

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has taken into consideration arguments from an Auburn man that ballot-counting machines shouldn’t be used at polling places because the correct legal underpinning does not exist in New Hampshire’s constitution.Daniel...

By DAVID BROOKS

On Nov. 11, the gorgeous ginkgo tree on the Durham campus of UNH dropped all of its bright yellow leaves at once, an eye-popping move that ginkgo trees are famous for doing at the season’s first hard frost.The annual leaf-drop has long been cause for...

By RAY DUCKLER

In a process that began 15 years ago and cost more than $50,000, the eight stained glass windows that first adorned the Epsom Old Meetinghouse 162 years ago are back in place, restored, operational and ready to usher in a new era of color and spirit...

By DAVID BROOKS

Runoff containing heavy metals alleged to have come from metal recycling sites in Concord and Manchester have led to a $600,000 legal settlement that will be used to improve water quality in the Merrimack River.The money is part of a $2 million...

By RAY DUCKLER

His name is Misha, and photographer Patrick Patterson of Newington wants you to meet him.He’s an electrician in Ukraine, in a town called Izyum. He had a wife of 41 years named Valentina and a 3-year-old granddaughter, Iryna. He had two other...

By DAVID BROOKS

Stores without long-term leases at Steeplegate Mall, including Hatbox Theatre, have received notice that they must leave by the end of January, the latest step in a plan to turn the site into a large mixed-use development.“We were hoping to finish the...

By DAVID BROOKS

The Merrimack Station power plant in Bow twice failed to complete tests to renew certification of the scrubber technology on its smokestack this year, but the owners say this won’t get in the way of making electricity during periods of peak demand...

By RAY DUCKLER

Marilia Procopio, the portfolio manager at Elm Grove Companies in Manchester, is flexible like Gumby.How else to explain how she crams three sections of her busy life into one neat little daily package? She’s a single mother raising her 14-year-old...

By RAY DUCKLER

Karen Smith of Bow got stuck in traffic near the entrance to the New Hampshire State Hospital late Friday afternoon.Not stop-and-go traffic. Parking lot traffic. She saw flashing lights in the distance and police cars racing past her, moving at least...

By GEOFF FORESTER andDAVID BROOKS

As you get ready for Thanksgiving, consider this: Some people started preparations in August.“It just keeps getting bigger. We start cooking turkeys three months before this and freezing them – that’s how many we have to cook,” said John Dukette. As...

By RAY DUCKLER

Margie Ackerson’s shopping cart at Family Dollar, filled at least two feet above the top, had enough diapers in it to keep half the babies in Penacook clean and dry.“I was told there would be 50 percent off and that they had great deals,” said...

By RAY DUCKLER

Merrimack County Sheriff David Croft and Bradley Haas were once professional neighbors.Croft was the police chief in Boscawen, while Haas was the chief over in Franklin, the state’s smallest city.They didn’t socialize outside of work, but their jobs...

By RAY DUCKER

Once upon a time, at age 18, Trumin Nguyen came to the States from his native Vietnam and studied engineering in college, first in Washington State and then in Maine.Now 35 and after working for four years in his once-chosen profession, his career has...

By DAVID BROOKS

The iconic green office building facing North State Street that held the Concord Group Insurance for more than half a century may become the location of the city’s next police station.A Dec. 11 public hearing has been set on a proposal for Concord to...