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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Gov. Kelly Ayotte called on the state legislature to pass a school phone ban in January, the pivotal question wasn’t whether the widely popular policy would pass but how far it would go.

By ROBERT C. WASHBURN

Robert C. Washburn lives in Concord.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

When Mason DeFrancesco initially returned home to Concord from four years of service in the Marines, he spent his first few Memorial Days going to the New Hampshire State Cemetery in Boscawen and thinking of those he knew who didn’t return home.

By YAA BAME

At Sweet Dreamz in Penacook, hardware, animals and ice cream mix every day.

By DAVID BROOKS

Rhododendrons aren’t looking their best this year and it’s not certain how well lilacs will do following last year’s long dry spell as gardeners gear up for the start of seasonal planting. 

Memorial Day provides a time for solemn remembrance of those who died serving their country. Many local towns hold ceremonies or events to commemorate these lives lost in service. Here is a list of local Memorial Day events.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Snowboarding, skateboarding and surfing are great ways to stay active, but once a board gets scraped and beat up, most people move on from their well-loved piece of equipment and store it in the garage or toss it away. Back Alley Boards, the brainchild of three New Hampshire artists, gives these boards new life by upcycling and turning them into art.

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com and jstim.substack.com.

By AMY O’DELL WILSON

Amy O’Dell Wilson is the vice president of the New Hampshire Acupuncture & Asian Medicine Association and an acupuncturist member of the New Hampshire Integrative Pain Care Committee. She lives in Harrisville and practices in Peterborough.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Emerging plans to renovate Concord’s athletic complex at Memorial Field include four new fields, bleachers, parking and a field house, all of which are expected to cost $27 million over two main phases.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In December, Concord’s work to clear the path for more housing hit a new level.

By DAVID BROOKS

The National Weather Service has made it official: The last vestige of drought in our soggy state is gone.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Four Concord businesses have been selected to receive grants aimed at building financial resilience and self-sufficiency.

With creativity abounding in the community around us, The Concord Insider, in collaboration with Concord Arts Market, highlights local artists on a regular basis.

By YAA BAME

Jennifer Deware smiled as she carefully threw the first pitch from the pitcher’s mound. The Belmont High School baseball team watched from the sidelines as five more educators did the same.

By DAVID BROOKS

Demand for electricity in New England is about to start rising for the first time in two decades, causing potential problems in winter when solar power is weak, but for the time being we’re in good shape.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Republicans’ push to allow businesses and government entities to classify people by biological sex instead of gender identity has landed on the governor’s desk once again.

Our soggy spring hasn’t let up this week, and we’ll likely get more rain on Friday and possibly this weekend. Memorial Day showers remain a possibility as of midday Thursday, but by all accounts, next week is shaping up to be a nice one with temperatures in the high 60s and low-70s and dry skies through Thursday. Weather, Page A8