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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
It only took Tonya McMurray’s child a few seconds to realize something that was said in a moment of anger would become words to regret.In a heated conversation, a back-and-forth between teenagers taunting each other, McMurray’s child threatened...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
An affordable, manageable starter home in New Hampshire can come in many different shapes and sizes — a small single-family home, an accessory dwelling unit on an existing lot, a manufactured home or even a tiny house on a small tract of land.However,...
By DAVID BROOKS
Two towns will be testing ballot-counting machines at elections Tuesday, the latest step as the state decides how to replace the aging AccuVote machines.Hanover and Moultonborough, N.H., will use ballot-counting devices produced by Election Systems &...
By DAVID BROOKS
If you’ve been outside in any snow-free location lately, it doesn’t take an analysis of 14,252 ticks collected from all over New Hampshire to tell you that everybody’s least-favorite arachnid is back — in fact, it never left.But if you want...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
For three decades economists have signaled that New Hampshire has a “housing mismatch” — or an Econ 101 issue where demand supersedes supply of available houses. But new numbers released by New Hampshire Housing illustrate what a vast discrepancy this...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
The mix of storefronts, apartment buildings and historic homes just off Main Street is the fabric of the city of Concord’s downtown. There’s a reason there aren’t large homes with front lawns next to the Statehouse or apartment complexes in the...
By DAVID BROOKS
With a stretch of very warm weather approaching, New Hampshire is showing the surest sign that winter is over: High wildfire danger.All portions of the state south of the White Mountains that have lost their snow cover were classified as being in high...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
When Eugene Mutegetsi left Kenya, he thought he’d arrive in New Hampshire and find an apartment. Once he found a place to live, he hoped his wife would be able to move to the United States as well.Instead, he last saw her eight months ago. Since...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
In the days leading up to the double homicide of retired Concord couple Steve and Wendy Reid, several calls were made to the Concord Police Department to report a suspicious male in the area of what would later be identified as the crime scene,...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
SALEM, N.H. — As the crowd applauded former President Donald Trump, who gave the keynote speech Saturday at the annual GOP meeting in Salem, a former state party chairman was not in attendance.Steve Duprey is among a list of prominent New Hampshire...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Just a fraction of the state’s police officers have completed training that is considered the “gold standard” for law enforcement to better respond to mental health emergency calls.About 16% of all 2,900 sworn police officers in New Hampshire have...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
Grace Kindeke wishes she wouldn’t have to watch Sen. Maggie Hassan talk about immigration policy from a video, with the senator standing in front of a steel paneled wall in Nogales, Ariz., over 2,000 miles away. She’d like to have these conversations...
By EILEEN O’GRADY
CONCORD — New Hampshire’s second-largest teacher union is suing Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut over the state’s Education Freedom Account program, saying the voucher system of using public money to fund private schools violates the state’s...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
NEW LONDON — A 78-year-old man shot and killed his domestic partner inside their New London home and then killed himself, state officials announced Wednesday.Douglas Lyon called police to the Shaker Street home at 1:38 p.m. Tuesday. When officers...
By DAVID BROOKS
The price hikes and supply crunches that have clobbered fuel supplies and raised prices throughout the world are starting to affect the one fuel we can call our own: Wood pellets.“There is quite a bit available right now but with the ongoing...
By EILEEN O’GRADY
CONOCRD — A group of educators and business leaders have been working for more than a year to revise the rules and definitions for New Hampshire public schools, and an early draft has drawn concern from public school advocates.The changes could affect...
By DAVID BROOKS
The last couple of years have seen such a parade of problems that it’s hard to be surprised by them any more. Even so, here’s a problem you probably haven’t thought of: New Hampshire is facing a shortage of bassoon players.A combination of factors...
By DAVID BROOKS
CONCORD — Coal, once the dominant fuel for heating buildings while driving industry in New England, has faded almost entirely from view. Julie Kinney can point to one remnant that she wishes would fade with it.“We have an ash pile right now. At some...
By ETHAN DeWITT
CONCORD — The New Hampshire Senate voted Thursday for a bill to require New Hampshire companies to allow new mothers to pump breast milk at work, moving forward a protection that has been years in the works.SB 69, adopted unanimously by the chamber...
By DAVID BROOKS
So many bad things are happening in the environment that the sight of what looks like huge balls of cotton candy all over some trees feels like the latest new disaster.But don’t fret: They’re routine and not as bad as they look.These aren’t gypsy...
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