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By RICHARD BIRCHER

Richard Bircher lives in Lebanon. The markers used to distinguish traditionalists from cosmopolitans, shall now become easier to detect with the detailed characterizations offered by pronouning. Those persons most inclined to promote this entry of...

By RICK GREEN 

Marijuana legalization, favored by many New Hampshire residents, was not on the legislative agenda state Senate Republicans rolled out in a news conference Wednesday after lawmakers began their annual session.A bipartisan bill being drafted in the...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

The popular chain restaurant Texas Roadhouse is coming to Concord this year to replace what was the family-owned Newick’s Lobster House on Loudon Road. Planning Board members granted conditional approval for the restaurant’s site plan during their...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Mischa Fay got his boating license when he was 15 and would often take solo sailing trips around Lake Winnipesaukee. He was a “Star Wars” fanatic who was an encyclopedia of trivia. Like a lot of 17-year-olds, he loved pizza and hot sauce.More than...

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...

By ALLEN J. DAVIS

Allen J. Davis of Dublin is an educator and racial justice activist. Barack Obama shattered a glass ceiling and was, arguably, a very effective president. Joe Biden has done more in his first two White House years than Obama did in eight. Biden’s...

By HOLLY RAMER

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu was sworn in for a fourth term Thursday, exuding confidence and calling for increased cooperation, civic engagement and local control.Sununu defeated Democrat Tom Sherman in November, becoming only the second governor in...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A dog was rescued Thursday morning after falling through the ice of a small pond in Canterbury.The owner of the dog phoned the Canterbury Fire Department from their Baptist Hill Road home around 11 a.m. after the dog broke through the ice and they...

By DAVID BROOKS

Robert Holt’s reaction after his neighborhood lost power in the recent storm was different than mine.“This is, like, perfect! This is how it’s supposed to go!” he said, looking back at how his home performed.Holt was happy because his home is one of...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

For Alyssa McKeon and her husband, Luke Simon, their eco-friendly and sustainable store is one small way of contributing to the fight against climate change.Witching Hour Provisions in Hopkinton opened its doors to the community in December 2021. The...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

FieldHouse Sports in Bow announced that it will conclude operations as an indoor sports complex at the end of the month when its current winter session concludes.“In recent days, an agreement has been finalized which will result in the transfer of the...

By KELLY SENNOTT

When Warner bladesmith Zack Jonas joined the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen in 2012, he was the only person selling knives at the Sunapee fair.Bladesmithing hadn’t yet hit mainstream pop culture due to shows like Forged in Fire, and most people...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Concord School Board members will be voting to fill a vacancy within their ranks as former member Kate West will not be returning to serve on the nine-member body.At the first meeting of the year Monday, School Board President Jim Richards said West...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

More than half of New Hampshire mayors have called for additional state funding and support to deal with the “immediate” homelessness crisis following the death of a woman and the birth of a baby in a freezing tent in Manchester last month.The letter...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A 31-year-old Concord man was transported to the hospital Tuesday morning with minor injuries after losing control of his vehicle and crashing into the back of a state police cruiser on I-93 North in Bow.Police said Michael Dimattia was operating his...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

When Heshima Mulinde immigrated to the United States from Namibia in 2014, he spoke six languages. Now, he speaks only English. At 15 years old, he focused so much of his effort on learning English in order to blend into the Concord culture that the...

By DAVID BROOKS

A years-in-the-making conservation easement has settled the immediate future of a family vegetable farm in Warner but that doesn’t mean it faces no more problems. Consider porcupines.“They were all over the place this year. We didn’t do a good job...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A Washingtonian. An estranged son. A drifter and a loner.Those are a few of the attributes that describe accused double murderer Logan Clegg, 26, who was arrested in October to face homicide charges for the fatal shooting of Concord couple Steve and...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A investigator designated to assist towns in Merrimack County with animal cruelty cases recently left the Pope Memorial SPCA, leaving area towns and the city of Concord without an animal control specialist. The city has been without an animal control...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. As a court watcher, I have long thought the U.S. Supreme Court has escaped the type of critical scrutiny it deserves. Most media coverage focuses on wins and losses without going too under the surface. But maybe that...