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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan predicting a statewide voter turnout of 873,357 for Tuesday’s presidential primary, former Bow select board member Eric Anderson is nervous the number of ballots provided to the town may be...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Donald Trump, Nikki Haley frequently says, was the right person at the right time. Now, it’s time for a change.“Rightly or wrongly, chaos follows him,” she said of Trump during a CNN town hall at New England College in Henniker Thursday night ahead of...

By RAY DUCKLER

At the corner of Murray Hill Road and Route 3A in the town of Hill, a campaign sign for Nikki Haley now stands for Donald Trump.In the Merrimack County town of about 1,000 residents, someone stopped at a sign that read “Independents for Nikki,” and...

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BOSTON — One of two Rhode Island men charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct in connection with the death of a fan at a New England Patriots game pleaded not guilty Friday.In a brief appearance at Wrentham District Court, John Vieira,...

By JEFF FRENKIEWICH

Jeff Frenkiewich teaches social studies at Milford Middle School. He is an adjunct professor of education at the University of New Hampshire. The views expressed here represent those of the author, not Milford School District or UNH. On Sept. 19,...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

PENACOOK – As the John Stark Generals swarmed senior Elliot Belliveau on the court after his game-winning, buzzer-beating 3-pointer in overtime to pull off the upset Thursday night at Merrimack Valley, 67-64, there was more jubilation in that brief...

Boys’ BasketballBow 72, Souhegan 64Key players: Bow – Jake Reardon (29 points), Brendan O’Keeffe (21 points, 7 rebounds), Sean Guerrette (offense and defense off the bench)Coach’s quote:  “Started out quick with some easy baskets, then it seemed we...

By DAVID BROOKS

If you’re going to hold a love-fest for the New Hampshire presidential primary, you couldn’t do much better than Wednesday night’s session at St. Anselm College.For 90 minutes John Lynch, a Democrat, and John Sununu Sr., a Republican, who between them...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Work to bring a Friendly Toast restaurant to the city’s main drag will get cooking this spring after the Concord Planning Board renewed approvals for a major downtown development.The regional retro brunch favorite is the flagship of Arts Alley, the...

By DAVID BROOKS

A man described as an experienced New Hampshire hiker died this week near Mount Bond, apparently the victim of brutal winter weather that delayed efforts to retrieve his body.According to New Hampshire Fish and Game, the deceased was Christopher Roma,...

By JIM TANNER

Jim Tanner is a retired IBM manager who lives in Concord. In 2019 I ran a total tax burden comparison between Concord and my previous residence in Cambridge, Mass. I ran the comparison again in 2023. The results are surprising. The tax burden in New...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

CONTOOCOOK – There was a point on Wednesday night where it looked like Hopkinton boys’ basketball was in deep trouble. Then it looked like the Hawks were in cruise control. And then they nearly blew it.Hopkinton trailed defending champions Gilford,...

Boys’ Nordic SkiingHopkinton at Gunstock BiathlonKey players: Hopkinton – Matt Clarner (1st), Harrison Wilson (15th), Cam Bassett (16th)Highlights:  The Hawks opened their season in a paintball biathlon race at Gunstock on Wednesday. Hopkinton...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Excavators have started preparing the former Department of Justice building in downtown Concord to be demolished to make way for a four-story legislative parking garage at the site. Plans detail a 409-space garage filling an entire city block. The...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Jessica Renda didn’t realize that things were about to get difficult when her eldest daughter was discharged last summer from New Hampshire Hospital, a state-run psychiatric facility.After treatment for her mental health illness, Renda’s daughter, now...

This week, Eric Rynston-Lobel and Dan Attorri recap Concord boys’ hockey’s 2-1 win over Bow, a big win for Bow boys’ basketball over Milford, Concord Christian’s continued dominance in D-II girls’ hoops and some local wrestling results from last...

By DAVID BROOKS

About one-fifth of potential voters in next week’s presidential primary weren’t here in 2020 or couldn’t vote in the last primary, according to a UNH study, reflecting the fact that while New Hampshire’s population isn’t growing very fast, it is...

By FRANCES MIZE

NEW LONDON — The New London Fire Department was on thin ice Sunday morning when it rescued a partially submerged deer from Pleasant Lake.Just before 7:30 a.m., with temperatures around freezing, the Fire Department received an emergency call from a...

By HANAN BABIKIR BEDRI

Hanan Babikir Bedri, MS, MA, is executive director of New Hampshire Public Health Association. There is one essential thing everyone in the Granite State can do to protect their health and the health of their loved ones. This measure is easy to...

State and local authorities continue to investigate the shooting death of a 19-year-old Concord resident.Investigators said Zackary Sullivan, died of a gunshot wound to the neck. “The investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Sullivan’s death...