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Can you imagine any NH state department, agency or commission using $45 million of our tax dollars but putting roadblocks in the way of a performance audit of the program? The commissioner of education is hoping you don’t care enough to know. Our...

The commissioner of education is anxious about pronouns hurting kids in New Hampshire schools. Maybe it’s the active shooter drills they’ve been put through since they were five, but my kids themselves are unperturbed by that stuff. Get a grip and...

Most Americans regardless of which network to gather your news from are left scratching their collective heads wondering what happened to the current generation and what holds true for the future of our country. Then I read the thoughts of Hopkinton...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Christa McAuliffe boarded the Challenger space shuttle on Jan. 28, 1986, she planned to broadcast two lessons from space into thousands of American classrooms.The first – called "The Ultimate Field Trip" – would have involved a tour of the space...

By DAVID BROOKS

With Concord reduced to a single movie theater for the first time in living memory and New Hampshire chain Chunky’s Cinema Pub closing two of its three locations, going out to the flicks in the Granite State just keeps getting harder.Don’t expect that...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The director of the Police Standards and Training Council said it couldn’t take action in the 2006 case involving Jonathan Stone, a full-time officer who reportedly made violent threats against colleagues, due to the lack of authority granted by...

By MAUREEN MILLIKEN

The median sales price for an existing single-family home in New Hampshire hit the $500,000 mark in March, with condo/townhouse properties following close behind at $409,950.Despite the record-high prices, sales edged up slightly in the state,...

By ADAM DRAPCHO

Saturday night was playing out like a nightmare for Steve Southworth, general manager of the Flying Monkey theater. He had a nearly full house, and the headliner’s second set was just starting, when an employee reported smelling something...

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

On a chilly Wednesday night in early spring, a group of students from across New Hampshire gathered in a small classroom at the MAXT Makerspace in Peterborough to learn about energy efficiency. They passed around bags full of insulation, learned how...

By ETHAN DeWITT

Sue Nastasi lost her birth certificate years ago. “Beats me where it is,” she said. But getting it back is not a simple matter. Nastasi was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in a hospital that doesn’t exist any more, under a different name, she said. She...

Girls’ LacrosseConcord 20, Nashua North 7Key players: Concord – Emma Pelletier (8 goals, 5 draw controls), Sofia Payne (6 goals, 2 assist), Sarah Leuci (3 goals, 10 draw controls), Sydney Brown (goal, assist), Ava Philbrook (goal, assist), Malie...

By PAT WILCZYNSKI

Pat Wilczynski is a retired psychotherapist living in Concord. The NH End of Life Options Act, HB 1283, would have saved my father. Not from dying, but from the miserable and heartbreaking way he died.His name was Ed Wilczynski. He was over six feet...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord School Board will get the first updated cost estimate in two years for its proposed new middle school in June and will ink a final “not to exceed budget” for the project on July 1, according to a new meeting schedule released by the...

By ELISABETH BIALOSKY and WENDY THOMAS

Elisabeth Bialosky, Youth Campaign Organizer/350NH. Rep. Wendy Thomas, Town of Merrimack. The kids are angry. And they have every right to be.Last summer students and youth advocates concerned about climate change had an idea: “Could we work on a...

As HB 1283 heads to the Senate, some argue that end-of-life decisions based on terminal diagnoses aren’t suicide, but a choice to end suffering. It is important to call it what it is: suicide. Regardless of assistance, it’s a decision to end life...

Regarding Sununu’s comments on supporting Trump during the Stephanopoulos interview, are you kidding me? This is clearly the quintessential example for “there are no words!” Does he raise his kids to believe government insurrections are okay? Lying is...

Earth Day USA, a moment to contemplate our relationship with nature. A pause, for memories, of my stint as (national) Earth Day USA’s corporate liaison to the “Fortune 100.” How would this business world relate to the special event? Might they be...

I have been a registered Republican since I first voted. I’ve never voted straight party line but tended to agree with many Republican values. After the 2016 election I am unable to see evidence of any Republican values. Dysfunction is the way things...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Phillip Kaneb, sporting a vibrant blue shirt with a sticker boldly stating “no suicide,” strolled around the State House’s hallways on Wednesday, pausing intermittently to admire the paintings hanging on the walls, his infectious smile bringing joy to...

By ARIANNA MACNEILL

A Manchester police officer has been charged on multiple domestic violence-related charges.Michael MacNeilly, 28, is being charged with six counts of simple assault, and one count each of obstructing the report of a crime/injury and criminal mischief,...