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By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Unveiling a $1.4 million program to increase police presence at the northern border last year, state officials asserted that rising illegal crossings from Canada into New Hampshire posed a crisis.New data obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Newport School Board member who co-hosts a podcast that espouses conservative values is facing criminal charges of having engaged in sex with a minor teenager more than six years ago in Vermont.Tim Beard, who was appointed to...

By RAY DUCKLER

The costs of two vital programs in Allenstown – solid waste disposal and recycling, and fire and ambulance services – are contributing to a proposed 17% budget increase that will be discussed at the town’s deliberative session on Saturday.Town...

By DAVID BROOKS

Financial problems that left it $100,000 in the hole and disagreements about future direction have led the Kimball Jenkins center in Concord to replace the executive director and get rid of two other staffers, but for the moment at least programming...

By DAVID BROOKS

Small companies are encouraged to start up near potential customers. So why is Rotor, which hopes to turn small helicopters into autonomous crop-dusting machines for big farms out west, based at Nashua Airport and testing prototypes from a private...

By JILL HARMACINSKI

ATKINSON — Colleen Ann Murphy, the doctor who runs the Diaper Spa in a quiet neighborhood, said she has an extremely small business with the majority of her work with clients conducted remotely.Her business helps clients deal with current and past...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. In my last My Turn, I wrote about happy accidents my family has experienced while...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PEMBROKE – The Pembroke Academy boys’ basketball team led Manchester West 50-40 with 4:37 left in the fourth quarter on Tuesday night. With two minutes left, their lead was just 52-49. With 30 seconds left, it was tied, 56-56.Pembroke nearly suffered...

By SUSANNE SMITH MEYER

Susanne Smith Meyer lives in Concord. In his Monday, Jan. 22, My Turn, Roy Schweiker made a number of valid arguments related to the Monitor Way and Steeplegate Mall mixed use development proposals. The zoning board and planning board will have to...

Girls’ BasketballCoe-Brown 51, Bishop Brady 45Key players: Coe-Brown – Kalina Kasprzak (21 points, 8 rebounds), Hannah Meehan (12 points), Emma Lapierre (10 points); Bishop Brady – Claire Jackson (15 points), Peyton Bryson (12 points)Highlights: Brady...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Building a home or starting renovations may become more expensive in Bow as the town considers a hike in fees for building permits.The existing fees for various permits, including plumbing, electrical work, construction permits and solar installation,...

On this week’s podcast, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri discuss John Stark girls’ basketball’s big win over Bow, Concord Christian’s big game coming up this week against Pembroke girls’ basketball, the success of area D-II boys’ basketball teams,...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A Concord man was sentenced to twenty years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a minor and possessing child sexual abuse images.Scott Wilkinson, 39, pleaded guilty in October to charges after an investigation revealed that in April 2022 he...

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire lawmakers considering whether to ban transgender athletes from competing in school sports that align with their gender identities heard from two former athletes Tuesday who took opposite positions on the bill.At least 20...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Before this past snowstorm, Sam Evans-Brown wasn’t sure the local non-profit Ski the Beav would be able to hold its Learn-to-Ski clinics and 5K race at Beaver Meadow Golf Course this weekend.He woke up Monday morning to a pleasant surprise.“We were...

Freezing overnight temperatures led to slick roads and several crashes during the Tuesday morning community. New Hampshire State Police said troopers were on the scene of accidents on Interstate 93 in Tilton and Manchester.“Please drive with caution...

By DAVID PAIGE, ANGELA BRENNAN and NICHOLAS GERMANA

David Paige (Conway), Angela Brennan (Bow/Hopkinton), and Nicholas Germana (Keene) are NH State Representatives. Here in the “Live Free or Die” state, we prize our freedoms. But in New Hampshire, as elsewhere in the United States, we are seeing an...

By DAN ATTORRI

Scott Zipke likes that the Capital Cup has a “competitive midseason feel” to it. For the second year in a row, that competition has gone Hopkinton’s way.Junior Merrick Chapin led the Hopkinton boys to a 1-2-4 finish in the boys’ slalom to lead the...

Girls’ BasketballBishop Brady 66, Plymouth 47Key players: Bishop Brady – Payton Bryson (24 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals), Morgan Casey (13 points, 8 rebounds), Mia Wagner (10 points, 4 steals), Maia Dow (8 points), Claire Jackson (8 points,...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

For the second time in two weeks, the date for the annual Black Ice Pond Hockey championship has been pushed back. The annual event will now be headed indoors at Tri-Town Arena in Hooksett from March 22 through the 24.Initially scheduled to be held...