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By RAY DUCKLER

Three weeks ago, nearly 80 years after his cousin stormed a beach in France during an invasion that changed the course of World War II, Ken Georgevits of Concord dusted off a long-forgotten box in his basement and was shocked by what he found.Sure,...

By RAY DUCKLER

Friday is Mike Martioski’s big day.He’ll celebrate a birthday at his home in Manchester. His wife will prepare something special for the occasion. Lobster, steak, veggies and what Martioski called “a super sweet dessert.” There will be a birthday cake...

By RAY DUCKLER

Casey Neal, Alex Stoyle and Jordan Reynolds seek to introduce your palate to new food in Concord.They’re opening the State Street Kitchen on Nov. 17, offering budding restaurateurs the chance to build a business without investing thousands of dollars...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

To witness Democracy in action, Damian and Jennifer Kennedy brought their extended family visiting from Australia to the polls on Tuesday. For the Kennedys, who have lived in Concord for nine years, voting in local elections is tradition. Especially...

By RAY DUCKLER

Before the Penacook Community Center closed last year, Kristen Pinard-Kenney was the intergenerational outreach coordinator, working to bridge the generation gap through activities in an official capacity.She doubled as the senior program director at...

By RAY DUCKLER

Jon Binder learned last week that small deeds, under the right circumstances, go a long way.He’s a mail carrier in Concord, born in Bow and a graduate of Concord High School. His boss asked for volunteers to work in the Lewiston, Maine, area to help...

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 RAY DUCKLER

Franklin police are investigating a shooting Thursday night at a residence on Webster Lake Road that injured a man before another man, who was waiting outside the residence when police arrived, was arrested and charged with two felonies.Police allege...

By RAY DUCKLER

Kirk McNeil hopes his new business in the Thirty Pines plaza, sandwiched between a laundromat and the Post Office, will alter Concord’s nightlife in a big way.Gone is Area 23, a local hotspot that added flair to the entertainment climate in the city,...

By RAY DUCKLER

Rusty Cofrin never demanded anything from his runners at Concord High School that he wouldn’t demand of himself.For 30 years, he told members of his cross country and track teams to reach within, for an element that Cofrin believed many of them didn’t...

By RAY DUCKLER

The question of whose face and legacy should be attached to a recent local fundraiser had an easy answer.When the event is a road race and the town is Hopkinton, there’s Tom Walton and then there’s, well, Tom Walton.“He was always an instrumental...

By RAY DUCKLER

This time, it felt different. It felt closer.This time, the shooting occurred 70 miles from Berlin, Dan Dalphonse’s hometown growing up, and less than 80 miles from his favorite camping spot.The number of dead, killed in the latest mass shooting, this...

By RAY DUCKLER

She sees a narrow area to walk by the side of the road. Too narrow, she believes, and that’s before snowbanks have started to pile up.She sees knee-high grass, adding to the difficulty in maneuvering safely down the street in Epsom. And cars, she...

By RAY DUCKLER

A firearms business in Epsom remains cleared to open after the town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment declined to rehear concerns that the operation was not allowed in a residential area.Robert Topik had asked the board to reconsider its decision that...

By RAY DUCKLER

Her name is Helen St. Pierre and she owns and operates Old Dogs Go To Helen in Epsom. She cares for dogs – 13 at the moment – who are near the end of the line, be it from illness or old age. She spoils them in a separate building, called the...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Forget Mount Rushmore. For Kathy Holmes, former president Donald Trump deserves his own granite glory. Outside the State House on Monday, she waved a homemade sign high over head with Trump’s face as the Old Man on the Mountain.Holmes stood with her...

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...

By RAY DUCKLER

Mark Wunschel was ready to roll.He zipped up his suitcases packed in the back of his hatchback, each storing frozen meals covered with plastic wrap. The trays were sectioned into compartments like a Hungry-Man TV dinner, giving the three food groups...

By RAY DUCKLER

Nick Pagauisan, a sophomore at Bishop Brady High School, is growing in more ways than one.While he’s at the age, 16, in which height and maturity are often on the rise, his vegetable plants are, too, giving him a green thumb that would fill the Jolly...

By RAY DUCKLER

The skills that made Lois Brodsky a great teammate were painful to learn.She turned a lonely, abusive childhood into empathy, learning to care so others would not have to experience what she did during the first eight years of her life. That’s why...