By AMY ANTONUCCI and SANDRA YARNE
What makes a nation great? A strong economy, a high standard of living, the well-being of all its citizens, its military might, its ability to support other nations? Or is it something more ephemeral, such as trustworthiness, integrity, demonstrating leadership on critical issues facing the world?
By JANE MILLER
Sarah Guinther stood behind a tray of freshly baked red velvet cookies with a bowl of cream cheese icing and slathered a dollop of white fluff onto each cookie. She slid each finished treat into a small plastic bag, and her nine-year-old daughter, Maddy, helped label and seal the packaged cookies with pink stickers.
By DAVID BROOKS
Pembroke has grown the most of all towns around Concord since the 2020 Census, while the area has seen its population rise in line with the state of New Hampshire as a whole, according to data compiled by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
The Concord Police Department closed off several blocks of South State Street on Wednesday afternoon after a motorcycle and a U.S. Postal Service vehicle collided near the intersection with Concord Street.
Michael Heine was a standout football and lacrosse player for Merrimack Valley High School, with his biggest impact coming on the gridiron as a tight end and defensive end.
By ALEXANDER RAPP
In the senior room of the City Wide Community Center, Nancy Guilbault listened to city and school representatives discuss the timeline and costs of renovating Concord’s atheltic facilities at Memorial Field.
By KIERA McLAUGHLIN
Are you an extrovert painter looking to make more friends or an introvert reader bookworm looking for an outdoorsy activity? Look no further! Here’s a list of five fantastic events taking place for you and your friends or family to join.
Green flags won’t wave at the “Magic Mile” until September, but three NASCAR Cup Series teams made a mid-summer stop in Loudon this week to run through over a dozen sets of rubber, collecting data and biometrics for engineering teams at Goodyear.
By ABBY DISALVO
Joseph ‘Joe’ Mack sported a new hat on his 101st birthday: “Vintage 1924: Aged to Perfection.”
By JEAN SERINO
Let’s talk about Harvard.
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Earlier this month, New Hampshire federal judge Joseph Laplante passed along a last-minute message to administrators of a high school program at Concord’s St. Paul’s School: His courtroom was about to become the national epicenter of the fallout from President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, and Laplante, an alumnus of the program, thought this year’s students ought to be there.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
In Pittsburg, New Hampshire’s northernmost and largest town by land area, the police department consists of one chief and one full-time officer, unable to conduct 24/7 coverage of its 282 square miles.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
John Broderick, the former chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court who has overseen the state’s settlement fund for abuse victims of the Youth Development Center since his retirement, will depart from his role at the end of July.
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Charred remnants of vinyl cladding still hang from the second-story windows of a Concord apartment building, the aftermath of last week’s destructive fire that tore through the 10-unit complex at 151 Manchester St.
By TOM IRWIN
Years ago, I enjoyed the opportunity to live on Pleasant Lake in New London, a beautiful hidden gem with clear water and views of Mount Kearsarge. I was sad to learn recently it had to be temporarily closed to swimming because of bacteria.
By DAN ATTORRI and ALEXANDER RAPP
Last year, Concord National Youth Softball made New Hampshire’s inaugural appearance in the Little League Softball New England Region Tournament with modest goals, simply making it through one game and one inning at a time.
By BRENDILOU ARMSTRONG
An acrid smell of smoke hung thick in the air surrounding the former Boston & Maine Signal Tower on Monday morning.
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
At the start of the legislative session, lawmakers and advocates were hopeful that this would finally be the year New Hampshire hit pause on new landfill approvals, especially with vocal support from Gov. Kelly Ayotte.
By ABBY DISALVO
Don Brueggemann is leaving bagels, smoothies and grain bowls behind after more than 30 years owning and managing The Works Café.
By BRENDILOU ARMSTRONG
A 64-year-old Canadian man was found dead at Lake Winnipesaukee in Moultonborough on Sunday afternoon, according to New Hampshire State Police Marine Patrol.
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