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By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PEMBROKE – The No. 3 Spartans (18-2) had ample reason to feel concern, trailing No. 11 Merrimack Valley (9-11), 23-22, at halftime of Friday night’s Division II boys’ basketball quarterfinal.With the Pride having just come off an upset overtime win...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

After Hopkinton’s school district had a public hearing to gauge whether residents want to transition away from traditional meetings, the town will hold a hearing for the same next week.On Monday, the select board will hold a public hearing to gather...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Epsom police are asking for assistance from the public in locating 76-year-old John “Jay” Hickey. A member of Hickey’s family raised police concern earlier this week, according to Lt. James Kear.Hickey has dementia, according to his family, and was...

By JONATHAN HOPKINS

Rev. Jonathan Hopkins lives in Concord. I hear people say all the time, “Charity begins at home.” The idea is that we have enough people struggling with poverty right here in the United States why should we be giving money to people around the world?...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Nikki Haley returns to New England this weekend, in a very different situation than when she left New Hampshire five and a half weeks ago.Haley, the last remaining challenger to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination, campaigns...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

It’s not too common to see Concord boys’ hockey lose back-to-back games. When it happened last week in losses to Keene (2-1) and Hanover (3-2), it was the first time the Crimson Tide program had dropped consecutive contests in seven...

By NICK PERRY

Two young children who were the subject of an extensive search by New Hampshire police were found safe at a restaurant parking lot Friday with their father, who is accused of killing their mother, authorities said.Police had earlier issued an Amber...

By ALLAN MACDONALD

Allan MacDonald is a retired public school teacher and small businessman from New London. The Apollo 8 astronauts were the first humans to see Earth-rise from a lunar orbit. Viewing this blue ball rising above the desolate lunar surface, astronauts...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

An ampitheater, a boathouse, botanical gardens, a sauna, or, perhaps, just a footbridge — about two dozen members of the public joined civil engineers to explore what a public bridge and park over the highway, connecting downtown and the riverfront,...

By DAVID BROOKS

Carlson’s Motors, a family firm that in 1937 became one of the first car dealerships in Concord, has been bought by Nucar, a regional company with deep roots in New Hampshire, as part of a continuing trend of consolidation in the industry of auto...

A heavy sustained wind of 20-25 miles per hour knocked out power to thousands and almost got in the way of customers getting their morning Dunkin Donuts in Concord’s south end.With gusts of up to 45 miles per hour, Thursday’s wind proved problematic...

By DAVID BROOKS

Hoping to turn the total solar eclipse on April 8 into a tourism bonanza, New Hampshire state government has created an online portal touting seasonal trips, places to stay and other things to do as preparations ramp up around the area.One event will...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

When No. 11 Merrimack Valley (9-10) shows up to play No. 3 Pembroke Academy (17-2) on Friday night in the Division II quarterfinals, there won’t be much the two teams don’t already know about each other. They squared off twice during the regular...

By MICHAELA TWOFIGHI and CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord Police are investigating the death of a homeless man who was found dead at a campsite off Black Hill Road Wednesday afternoon. Police were first made aware of the death from a friend who found the individual who everybody knew as “Mountain...

By ELIZABETH HODGES

Elizabeth L. Hodges lives in Concord. I have been in a Russian prison. I have had the prison head guard unlock the door to the cells and, before he could stop me, stepped in and peered through a tiny square in a locked door to see a human form curled...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

BOW – The No. 6 Bow Falcons (14-5) had really only played man-to-man defense all season. But entering their Division II first round meeting with No. 11 Merrimack Valley (9-10), head coach Cassidy Emerson decided to employ a zone. The gamble worked in...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

The 2023-24 season for Concord boys’ basketball was supposed to be one of promise. In head coach Tim LaTorra’s first season last year, he’d taken a team that finished 2-16 the year before to 6-12, a tiebreaker away from reaching the playoffs.But the...

D-II Girls’ BasketballNo. 4 John Stark 61, No. 13 Milford 46Key players: John Stark – Eleanor Girardet (26 points, 14 rebounds), Avery Geaumont (13 points), Abby Duclos (12 points)Highlights: The Generals consistently put up points throughout the game...

By RAY DUCKLER

Melissa Reep’s father thought he was funny each time he showed his daughter the calendar and asked her to point to her birthday.She’d flip to February and move her finger down to the last day of the month and find that it was missing more often than...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

During this year’s town meeting in Bow, residents will have a break from the almost annual push to split its form of self-government to include a separate deliberative session and voting day, which has been consistently on the ballot in recent...