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High schools: Concord Nordic skiing opens season; Wednesday’s basketball, hockey and wrestling results
Basketball: MV sweeps Brady in doubleheader
On the trail: Ayotte spells out day one priorities
‘We deserve more’: City and fire officers union take steps towards contract agreement
‘What happens if Joe Six Pack?’: With a spirited debate, Franklin City Council approves liquor license at recreation lodge
Survey: Nearly 50% of NH residents fear being priced out of their homes
Thousands flee as wildfires burn out of control across LA area
New pod design could be temporary shelter solution
No answers from NH Democrats on education funding
Full-circle moment: A 19-year-old freshman state rep navigates his first day of the 2025 legislative session
James Thibault spent his final hours before the start of the 2025 legislative session on a tour of the New Hampshire State House.
‘I thought he was going to kill him’: Trial for Concord cop accused of assaulting homeless man in 2023 begins
A former employee of Sal’s Pizza said she thought an on-duty Concord police officer was going to kill a homeless man when she witnessed him push the man to the ground outside the Storrs Street restaurant in April 2023.
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‘The public interest’: City and developer at odds over industrial versus residential use of Penacook land
‘I thought he was going to kill him’: Trial for Concord cop accused of assaulting homeless man in 2023 begins
UNH police chief criticized for protest response to take job in Ayotte administration
Merrimack Valley High trumpeter wins statewide music competition for second year in a row
High schools: Tuesday night’s basketball results
‘Let’s just get it over with and move on’: With incoming cost comparisons, school board leans toward Rundlett
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Continuing the beloved name: Bow resident buys Arnie’s Place
Inside Concord’s prominent role in Jimmy Carter’s unlikely rise to the presidency
Advocates and developers hope for progress on housing crisis in 2025
Inside the magic and challenges of creating Ice Castles
Sports
High schools: Tuesday night’s basketball results
Boys’ BasketballJohn Stark 47, Plymouth 40Key players: John Stark – Cedar Beaupre (21 points), Joey Dykstra (8 points), Hayden Pond (8 points, 4 assists), Aiden Harris (6 points, 8 rebounds, 5 steals)Highlights: A Beaupre 3 with less than a minute to...
Crimson Tide track and field athletes broke eight records last spring, now, their records are up on the walls for all to see
High schools: Brady-Trinity-Bow girls’ hockey scores late to top BG, Concord puck and Belmont boys’ hoop pick up victories
High schools: Bow girls take 4th at Oyster River Invite, Sunday’s swimming and indoor track results
High schools: Hockey, basketball, indoor track, Alpine skiing and wrestling results from the first weekend of 2025Opinion
Opinion: Same old problem, only worse
Charles Martone lives in Concord.
Opinion: No war with Iran
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Opinion: Canary in the coal mine
Opinion: The annihilation factor: The culture of contemporary America
Your Daily Puzzles
An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Politics
Republicans return to Concord in firm control — and facing steep budget challenges
When Gov.-elect Kelly Ayotte is sworn into office Thursday, she and her fellow Republicans who gained ground in Concord on Election Day will have the power to implement many of the policies they ran on — from housing, to immigration, to taxes.But the...
As a new session begins, with 1,155 bills, here’s how to find, track, and testify on legislation
Budget top of mind for New Hampshire legislators
‘Dead before it even hits the floor’: Some NH bills could soon be passed over for public hearings
Shaheen lands $11M from Congress for N.H. law enforcement; Concord PD to upgrade forensic teche-Edition
Arts & Life
Library
There are so many words unspoken,volumes just waiting to be read,but the hour is very late,so very quiet instead.There is darkness in the great room,a scent of pages so old,wisdom has a way of doing that,perhaps something I have been told.I enjoy my...
Magnify Voices Art Contest open for youth submissions in New Hampshire
Leslie Scott-Lysan’s solo art exhibit celebrates New Hampshire’s natural beauty
Janelle Drake spreads inclusivity across New England
First Act of War
Obituaries
Ann Marvin
Wolfeboro, NH - Ann Peters Marvin Ann Peters Marvin, born Ann Peters Crowley on February 11, 1926, in Danvers, Massachusetts, died in her sleep on January 3, 2025, on her farm in Denton, Maryland. The daughter of Daniel Napoleon Cr... remainder of obit for Ann Marvin
Lisa Suzanne Beelle
Concord, NH - Lisa Suzanne Beelle, 58, of Concord, NH, passed unexpectedly following complications from Congestive Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on Sunday, January 5, 2024, at Catholic Medical Center in Manches... remainder of obit for Lisa Suzanne Beelle
Leona Ruth Davis
Leona Ruth (Haines) Davis Concord, NH - Concord NH It is with great sadness that we announce that Leona Ruth Davis, 95, passed away early in the morning of December 21, 2024 at Concord Hospital due to complications of Pneumonia. She wa... remainder of obit for Leona Ruth Davis
John Wescott
Center Barnstead, NH - John Wescott, 69, of Barnstead, N.H., passed away following a short illness on Dec. 31, 2024. He is survived by his beloved wife of 35 years, Mary Johnson Wescott; his sister, E. Mary Carroll of Pembroke, NH; his... remainder of obit for John Wescott
