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Child care providers: We like the $25K grant, love the free business coaching
Opinion: Gender clinics save lives
Opinion: Never again to anyone
Forecasting the future is hard – and it’s harder in the energy transition
Environmental advocates wary of state’s industry-friendly solid waste rules
High schools: Baseball, softball, lacrosse and tennis results from this weekend
Who’ll foot bill for water projects?
Opinion: While sometimes boring, parenthood is no snoozefest
Opinion: What it means to be an American
Hometown Hero: Hopkinton PE teacher Jordan Whitaker ran the Boston Marathon as support runner for para-athlete
Hopkinton physical education teacher Jordan Whitaker ran her third Boston Marathon last month – but her first as a support runner to a para-athlete. “It’s awesome to be able to be a part of that,” said Whitaker. “It’s nice to feel like you’re proud...
Despite using federally funded math coaches, Concord math scores show little improvement
It was supposed to be a yearlong effort to help blunt and ultimately reverse pandemic-related learning loss in math.Using relief funding from the federal government, the Concord School District pulled six expert math teachers from their classrooms in...
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Concord solidifies plan to respond to homelessness
Lawyers and lawmakers assert the Department of Education is on the verge of violating the law
A May tradition, the Kiwanis Fair comes to Concord this weekend
Despite using federally funded math coaches, Concord math scores show little improvement
Concord planning board approves new casino zoning
On the trail: Biden back to N.H. next week
Editors Picks
For some older Jewish professors at Dartmouth and UNH, opposition to campus arrests feels personal
Hopkinton tries to nab out-of-town trash bandits
New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition provides kits for safer drug use
Driven by capital projects, city budget proposal would boost spending by $40 million
Sports
Concord softball’s senior class reflects on a dominant four-year run
CONCORD — The Concord softball class of 2024 has basically known nothing but winning. They won the NHIAA Division I state championship last spring after finishing as runners-up the previous two seasons. Now 14-2 this year after a 1-0 walkoff win over...
Softball: An eight-inning no-hitter for Maddy Wachter and a walk-off RBI from Sarah Taylor highlight Tide’s Senior Night
In the face of tragedy, Franklin softball seeks togetherness
High schools: Thursday’s results
High schools: Wednesday’s baseball, softball, lacrosse and tennis results
Opinion
Opinion: Looking forward to resting in motion
Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. Not too long ago, Nancy Jo and I finally buttoned up our estate planning documents. Ours is...
Opinion: Technology and the human brain
Opinion: Show support for transgender girls
Opinion: Brown v. Board of Education and the Claremont Lawsuit
Opinion: Our responsibility to care for the most vulnerable among us
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
On the trail: Biden back to N.H. next week
President Joe Biden returns to New Hampshire next week for his second visit in two months to the only general election battleground state in New England.The president will hold an official White House event in Merrimack.Afterward, Democratic sources...
Transgender sports ban heads to Sununu
Landfill legislation buried in Senate citing concerns from DES
State senate approves constitutional amendment banning involuntary servitude – except for prisonerse-Edition
Arts & Life
From the farm: More cow psychology
Cattle, unlike dogs, horses, and donkeys, have their own unique language. They are not people, and as much as we might wish otherwise, they communicate in their distinct ways. To truly connect with them, you need to learn their intriguing lingo.Have...
Vintage Views: Our old neighborhood schools
A May tradition, the Kiwanis Fair comes to Concord this weekend
Author Erik Larson to host literary discussion at Chubb Theatre
Vintage Views: The Concord Tree Planting Day of 1924
Obituaries
Tracey T. Sweeney
Pembroke, NH - Tracey T. Sweeney, Sr., 90, of Pembroke, NH passed Monday, May 13, 2024, at Concord Hospital. Born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts, Tracey was the son of the late Joseph K. Sweeney and Ruby (Smith) Sweeney. He had b... remainder of obit for Tracey T. Sweeney
Crystal J. Cascadden
Meredith, NH - Crystal J Cascadden of Meredith NH passed away Monday, May 13th 2024 after being unable to recover from mitral valve heart surgery. Crystal was born December 24th, 1961 in Wiesbaden, Germany to Elmer Eugene (Gene) and Jea... remainder of obit for Crystal J. Cascadden
Doris Jesseman
Hopkinton, NH - Doris Shover Jesseman, 93, formally a resident of Piermont NH and Hopkinton NH, passed away on May 13, 2024 at the Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen NH surrounded by her family. She was born on November 6, 1930 t... remainder of obit for Doris Jesseman
Mary Bradbury
Contoocook, NH - Mary Bradbury died peacefully on March 18, 2024 at the age of 95. Mary was born on July 16, 1928 in Greenwich Connecticut, daughter of Helen Beales (Cornelius) and James A.G. Beales. A long-time resident of Contoocook, ... remainder of obit for Mary Bradbury
