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By RAY DUCKLER

Gene Connolly, Concord High School’s immensely popular principal who became a symbol of perseverance and courage through his battle with ALS, died Sunday morning, school officials confirmed. He was 62.Connolly was diagnosed in 2014 with amyotrophic...

By LEE REICH

An unsung hero of the late summer garden is rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus). This shrub’s branches are studded with pastel blossoms year after year, despite drought, poor soil or general neglect. Cold winters or sweltering summers similarly leave...

Two recent comments by Geoff Souther were stunning in light of his background.Souther, who spent parts of 45 years working at the New Hampshire State Hospital, only recently learned that the big white cross – the one clearly visible from Clinton...

By ELIZABETH FRANTZ

Towns in central New Hampshire have been turning 250 years old for decades, but few can count their namesake’s great, great, great, great, great, grand daughter as a celebrant.“It’s lovely. I’m thrilled,” the honorable Jane Elizabeth Henniker-Major of...

By RUTH SMITH

At this time of year, I often hear people say, “The goldenrod is in bloom and my allergies are acting up.” Those two things may happen at the same time, but not because goldenrod is the cause of late summer or fall allergies.Goldenrod grows in a wide...

By DAVID BROOKS

Almost two years after being purchased by a Quebec firm, Concord’s iconic Swenson Granite Quarry has expanded operations slightly on Rattlesnake Hill, even as it starts reconfiguring its approach to tackle one of the paradoxes of mining.“The deeper we...

By DAVID BROOKS

We’re all familiar with crime-scene forensics, or at least the TV version that is the central plot point for every single cop show, but I must admit the concept of cellphone forensics is new to me.Fortunately for a hiker who was lost for two days in...

By SARA MOULTON

The Southern staple known as spoonbread – a particular specialty of Kentucky and Virginia – is a Native American dish adopted early on by America’s earliest European settlers. George Washington happened to be a big fan and often served it up at Mount...

By DAVID BROOKS

Another day – or, rather, night – another rescue on the “hardest trail in the White Mountains.” Five hikers were rescued late Thursday after getting stranded in Huntington Ravine on the side of Mt. Washington, without lights or gear to stay overnight...

By HOLLY RAMER

A school superintendent in Bedfore resigned Friday over his decision to allow employees to publicly support a guidance counselor who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old student.Bedford Superintendent Chip McGee said in a statement that he decided to step...

By RAY DUCKLER

At the Pumpkin Seed Bridge – a relic with a rich history and an uncertain future that spans the Pemigewasset River – a few seconds can seem like a long time.Jump from the bridge itself, a 103-foot drop, and three seconds take on a new meaning. Videos...

The goofy-looking red plastic feeder with fake yellow flowers hangs beyond the screen just a few feet from the porch chair. For years, it has been visited by at least one pair of hummingbirds, perhaps more. They are evening regulars, tanking up on the...

By MARK FERNALD

New Hampshire has the second-highest property taxes per capita in the nation (behind New Jersey). The citizens of New Hampshire pay a higher percentage of income in property tax (5.6 percent) than any other state.The myth in New Hampshire is that we...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

Chris Audet was drawn to thewater.Whether he was fishingfor hornpout or bringing his kids to Horace Lake or Tucker Pond to swim – the water was the place to which the Loudon native always returned.“I think he just felt free being in the water,” said...

By HOLLY RAMER

This mine is your land?      A 215-year-old mineral mine –       site of an enormous pit with tunnels and caverns that make up the oldest and largest mine of its kind in the United States – could someday belong to you and me. State officials are in...

Two sets of hikers setting off during hot weather in the valley were stymied by falling temperatures and the difficulty of trails, and had to be rescued Friday while trying to hike up Mount Washington.Both sets of hikers had to be helped off the...

By TIM O’SULLIVAN

Paul Landau has taken a winding road through the sports world. He’s gone from player, to journalist, to coach and now, in his latest step, to athletic director at Belmont High.Landau, 33, spent the last five years teaching and coaching at ConVal...

By JACOB DAWSON

Police Chief Andy Shagoury’s town of Tuftonboro is nestled on Lake Winnipesaukee and sits about 20 miles from New Hampshire’s border with Maine. Marijuana is legal in Maine, and the reality of people bringing the dried plant into the Granite State...

A little primer on fascism:1. Create a sense of victimization.2. Blame “them” using words like vermin, infestation, those people.3. Declare only strength can save the nation.4. Demonize established law, the courts and democratic institutions as weak...

By JACOB DAWSON

With Fourth of July just around the corner, New Hampshire residents have every possible pyrotechnic option to choose from for entertainment, which has fire safety officials warning that it just means more ways to get hurt.This year it’s legal to buy...