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Phenix Hotel project asks Concord to relax height rules
03-07-2024 5:19 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A major Main Street project, unsuccessful in getting a variance from the Concord Zoning Board, is asking the city to consider softening its rules on height requirements.Mark Ciborowski owns Phenix Hall and is in the process of restoring the historic...


Letter: Response to ‘climate education’
03-07-2024 5:15 PM

I read Ann Podlipny’s My Turn “Why climate education is necessary for our schools.” She is proposing a resolution for an instructional addition to schools. I have several questions. Is there money attached to HR 30 for teacher training and...


Letter: Concord should join the CPCNH
03-07-2024 5:15 PM

The idea that Concord should launch community power through a for-profit energy broker, instead of joining the non-profit Community Power Coalition (CPCNH) to “preserve local control” has been floated in certain city committee meetings. But what...


Letter: Bow needs follow through, not just promises
03-07-2024 5:15 PM

The February edition of the Bow Times reported on the decades-long attempt for Bow to have Concord’s municipal water connect to Hall Street and south along Route 3-A. It credited Bow Selectmen, Matt Poulin for negotiating a deal to make this project a...


Letter: Fortunate Canterbury
03-07-2024 5:15 PM

When we moved to Canterbury some 45 years ago, we met Cheryl Gordon, who has now served the town in various capacities (town clerk, tax collector, selectman, etc.). We were fortunate to have such a dedicated public servant for all those years, and the...


Hopkinton divided on SB2 form of government
03-07-2024 4:36 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Open discourse at Hopkinton’s traditional town meeting is something Mark Zankel looks forward to every year because it offers him the opportunity to gain insights into diverse perspectives.Stepping into these town meetings, Zankel, who sits on the...


As maple weekend nears, a small Warner sugarhouse does it the same as always (just earlier)
03-07-2024 4:27 PM

By GEOFF FORESTER and DAVID BROOKS

By the standards of modern maple sugaring, the Courser brothers’ operation isn’t exactly high-tech. No vacuum pumps, no reverse osmosis, no digital timers. But their gravity-fed tubes leading into barrels and tanks, with sap boiled down in a sugar...


Harmony Montgomery’s stepmother granted parole for perjury
03-07-2024 3:29 PM

By KATHY McCORMACK

The estranged wife of a New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter and moving the body around for months was granted parole on Thursday, more than a year after she was sentenced to prison for lying about where she was when the...


Evidence of traumatic brain injury in shooter who killed 18 in deadliest shooting in Maine history
03-07-2024 10:20 AM

By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE

AUGUSTA, Maine — An Army reservist who shot and killed 18 people in Maine last year had evidence of traumatic brain injuries, according to a brain tissue analysis by researchers from Boston University. There was degeneration in the nerve fibers that...


Hopkinton to vote on 6.86% school budget increase
03-07-2024 8:00 AM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Hot topic: The school district is proposing a budget increase of 6.86% from the current budget, which would take up a significant portion of taxpayer dollars as every year, leaving the town with limited funds for its expensesBudget: The proposed...


Opinion: The middle school debate is about more than monetary costs
03-07-2024 6:00 AM

By ELLEN KENNY

Ellen Kenny lives in Concord. There have been several letters and articles in these pages recently on the proposed monetary cost of the new middle school, currently slated to be built in the woods in East Concord. I would like to speak here today...


Hockey: Pembroke-Campbell advances to program’s first championship game appearance with 5-0 semifinal win over Kearsarge-Plymouth
03-07-2024 1:34 AM

By DAN ATTORRI

In 25 years the Pembroke ice hockey program has never played in a state championship. That will change on Saturday.No. 2 Pembroke-Campbell (15-4-0) controlled Wednesday night’s semifinal from start to finish, defeating No. 6 Kearsarge-Plymouth...


Girls’ basketball: No. 1 Concord Christian one win away from third straight state championship after defeating No. 4 John Stark
03-07-2024 1:04 AM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

SALEM – After falling behind 13-2 less than three minutes into Wednesday night’s Division II semifinal, No. 4 John Stark (16-5) looked to be in deep trouble against No. 1 Concord Christian (19-1).The Kingsmen came out asserting their game, forcing...


Girls’ basketball: Pembroke withstands late surge from Laconia to punch its ticket to the Division II championship
03-07-2024 1:01 AM

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

SALEM — Beating the No. 3 Pembroke Spartans (18-3) requires more than just slowing down their senior star Annelise Dexter. The Spartans have depth, they have versatility and most importantly, for this time of the season, they have poise. And in...


Nordic skiing: Concord boys win D-I championship, girls finish 2nd; Watt, Lesser and Clarner earn individual crowns
03-07-2024 12:56 AM

By DAN ATTORRI

This year’s winter conditions posed far greater challenges than usual to the state’s high school Nordic ski teams, so much so that even having a championship wasn’t a given. But meet organizers pulled a rabbit out of a hat and Concord High made the...


Committee recommends passage of end-of-life options bill
03-06-2024 5:54 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Dubbed by some as state-sanctioned suicide and by others as a means to alleviate the suffering of those with terminal illnesses, a bill providing end-of-life options heads to the full House of Representatives with a favorable recommendation.After...


Pembroke voters facing nearly 30% tax increase
03-06-2024 5:52 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Amid all the property tax hikes in the Concord area this town meeting season, Pembroke residents are facing the biggest with a whopping 28.1% increase in one year.The combined town and school tax rate is expected to increase from $27.88 to $35.70 –...


Chichester school district seeks small tax increase
03-06-2024 5:49 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Hot topic: While many school districts in the region are facing potential double-digit tax increases to pay for their children’s education, Chichester Central School will seek just a 61-cent hike in the tax rate, from $11.73 to $12.34, or an...


Opinion: Why joining the Community Power Coalition is a smart move for Concord
03-06-2024 5:30 PM

By MEREDITH COOLEY

Meredith Cooley lives in Concord. It is clear to me that Concord stands at a pivotal moment in its energy future. In a time marked by growing environmental and economic concerns, communities across New Hampshire (on the heels of the country and the...


Concord passerby jumps into Merrimack to rescue struggling dog
03-06-2024 4:56 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

They’d seen each other a few times before, a pair of dog lovers walking the trails under the Sewalls Falls Bridge in Concord.They’d smile, nod, say hi – common behavior among dog lovers, who often know a dog’s name before they know the owner’s name....

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