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By MELANIE MATTS
Eric and Sharon Houle have grown more and more upset since last school year when they were informed of a racist death threat targeting their son written on a bathroom wall of John Stark Regional High School in Weare.Equally disturbing as the threats...
By KELLY SENNOTT
For Melissa McKeagney, there’s nothing like creating art and putting it on repeat.The Wilmot resident has been a textile artist for fifteen years, but until recently, she’d been creating with other people’s prints. Now her company, Studio Buue, sells...
By RAY DUCKLER
Downtown will lose a tasty treat spot early next month, but plans are advancing on a transformational project in the city by the same landlord.Concord’s Orange Leaf, which has sold to-die-for frozen yogurt with to-die-for toppings for the past 10...
The Pittsfield Budget Committee will hold a public hearing for its proposed town and school budgets Thursday.The meeting will be held at the Pittsfield Middle High School Lecture Hall, beginning at 7 p.m.The filing period for both elected town and...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
The blue truck backed up to the trash heap and unceremoniously belched out its contents.Next to its rear tires at the Nashua landfill was a pile of mattresses deposited before this truck arrived. Mattresses are illegal to throw out in Massachusetts,...
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Firefighters quickly put out a fire at a single-family home on East Sutton Road in Warner on Sunday night.Crews were alerted to a structure fire around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. The roof of the blue custom-built, contemporary home was fully engulfed in flames...
By DAVID BROOKS
If you’re looking for an industry that is adapting to the pain that accompanies climate change, take a walk in a hardwood forest until you find plastic tubing stretching off into the distance. That’s the tradition-bound maple syrup industry tossing...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
The Concord Coalition to End Homelessness will continue to add to its housing stock with a new purchase at 6 South State Street. A residential home currently owned by the South Congregational Church will be converted into eight one-bedroom units to...
By BRENDAN WILLIAMS
Brendan Williams is the president and CEO of the New Hampshire Health Care Association. As of December 15 data, 59.2% of New Hampshire nursing homes were experiencing a nursing staff shortage, the nation’ second-worst crisis. Compare that to...
By SCOTT MERRILL and JILL PATEL
Merrimack Station in Bow, built in the 1960s, is the last coal-fired plant in New England. The plant has a long history of serving the energy needs of New Hampshire residents. But, in recent years, the plant has come under fire by anti-coal groups...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
Towns, cities and schools across the state will save a little money next year due to decreasing contribution rates to the state retirement for the first time in 20 years. The rates employers pay into the system on behalf of government workers, which...
By JONATHAN P. BAIRD
Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Most stories about the increase in antisemitism now focus on events like Donald Trump’s infamous Mar-a-Lago dinner with Kanye West and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. I certainly would not underestimate Ye’s influence...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
The town of Alexandria has announced itself as the first “recovery friendly community” in the state dedicated to supporting community members by providing resources, treatment programs and making town government a supportive employer.The commitment...
By BETTY HOADLEY
Betty Hoadley is a member and chairperson of the district’s Charter Commission. When the Concord School Board members voted Monday night to declare a vacant seat on that board, they were paying attention to business and doing their job.The...
By JOHN BUTTRICK
John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. “Trust me!” Two words heard often and guaranteed to raise my suspicions, particularly from a stranger. If a person tells me...
By ROBERT AZZI
Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at theotherazzi.wordpress.com. Only one pro football player has ever died on an NFL field. On Oct. 24, 1971, Chuck Hughes, a 28-year-old wide receiver for the...
By DAVID BROOKS
Artwork often conveys a message but the message from the show on display at the Forest Society headquarters in Concord isn’t one you really want to hear.“They were shocked that they ate plastic, so much plastic,” said Sue Thoresen, whose husband Bob...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
While driving back to the Central Station firehouse in Concord, Michael Kelley propped his feet up on the gurney in the back of the ambulance and closed his eyes. Being a paramedic is physically and emotionally draining, and they’ll get a wink of rest...
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...
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