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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When Paula Gallion first saw the $3.24 tax impact for the operating and capital budget, she feared taxes on her home in Salisbury would increase by over a thousand dollars annually. She was in for a surprise.While other towns dealt with double-digit...

Towns throughout the area settled local business and elected new representatives Tuesday. Only SB2 towns will have full results from Tuesday's voting. Traditional towns will only have elected positions and zoning amendments settled on Tuesday.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Led by former mayoral candidate Kate West, a motivated group of activists attended the Concord City Council meeting Monday night seeking a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East. Since this issue wasn’t scheduled for discussion – a...

By ARIANNA MACNEILL

Madie Saltsburg, the 20-year-old skier who died after a 600-foot fall at Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington Saturday, was a student at University of Vermont and “a star” of the university’s Army ROTC.Saltsburg, a junior, was an agroecology and...

When the AT&T mobile network went down nationally last month, taking some other networks down with it, folks in Dunbarton were able to shrug things off.“Oftentimes folks say, ‘I haven’t had a landline in years. I always rely on my cell phone.’ ... We...

By DAN ATTORRI

The New Hampshire Basketball Coaches Organization released its award and All-State selections for the 2023-24 season following the conclusion of the Division I and Division II championship games on Sunday, and Capital area programs were...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Area girls’ basketball teams made up three of the four semifinalists in Division II this season, with No. 1 Concord Christian ultimately taking down No. 3 Pembroke for the state championship. Sunday was the Kingsmen’s third straight state title,...

By OGE YOUNG

Oge Young, MD, is past president of NHMS and member of the general council representing New Hampshire obstetricians for 20 years. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled in February that embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) are children. The...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Concord and the town of Bow are both eyeing a potential expansion of the public water supply outside the city, but the progress on an agreement between the two communities depends on the vantage point.In December, the city council approved spending...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

After Bow settled a tax dispute with a public utility over the assessed property value of Merrimack Station power station, this year the town’s operating budget is down 5.2%. Budget: The proposed operating budget for the town is $11.4 million, down...

By RAY DUCKLER

Emily Ricard makes wishes, big wishes, come true.Last spring, for example, a little boy with a rare form of cancer got his wish, a trip to Disney World. He had fun and is now feeling better.“The update is that he is doing well,” said Ricard, who works...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Sticking to the message that has sustained his presidency, Joe Biden made the case that working and middle-class Americans shouldn’t be forced to pay high costs for prescription drugs and healthcare while corporations and the wealthiest Americans use...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

It was a strong winter season for area Division II boys’ basketball teams. Four of the six reached the playoffs; all four won at least one game, and two advanced to the semifinals. No. 3 Pembroke saw its championship hopes dashed after losing to No. 2...

By DAVID BROOKS

An electric-car-charging station has just been installed at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.Actually, that isn’t quite accurate. It’s really an electric-car-and-electric-plane-charging station. That might surprise you because there aren’t any...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com The Monitor has reported, “defense contractors are struggling to fill skilled positions that still exist in Maine and...

By NICK PERRY

The steep bowl at Tuckerman Ravine on New Hampshire's Mount Washington has long made it a favorite spot for expert skiers and snowboarders who are seeking adventure beyond the comparative safety of the state's ski areas.But hard and icy conditions on...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

DURHAM – The No. 3 Pembroke Spartans (18-4) don’t get rattled. That’s been their calling card all season.But in the third quarter of Sunday’s Division II championship game against No. 1 Concord Christian (20-1), that demeanor was tested more heavily...

By DAN ATTORRI

DURHAM – The Concord Christian Academy girls’ basketball team seemingly always plays with the highest level of intensity. In the second half of the championship game, the Kingsmen found an even higher gear.The No. 3 Pembroke Academy Spartans (18-4)...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

MANCHESTER – No. 1 Berlin-Gorham (20-0-0) doesn’t allow many goals. Entering Saturday’s Division III boys’ hockey championship game, it had allowed more than one goal in just four of its first 19 games this season. So when Jamison Walsh scored for the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

All warrant articles passed at Hopkinton’s annual school district meeting on Saturday, except for one — the highly debated transition to the split form of self-government known as SB2.“I think that our school district budget meeting is one of the best...