Concord Monitor
Concord City Council puts $1m in rainy day funds into 2027 budget, avoiding staff layoffs
For Concord City Councilors, making layoffs to reduce next year’s budget jump proved to be a line they would not cross. Seeking to avoid layoffs, the council moved to dip farther into its rainy day…
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4mOpinion: Think Medicaid doesn't affect you? You're probably wrong.
Medicaid is deeply woven into the fabric of rural communities, and changes to the program can have far-reaching consequences for everyone, not just those who receive benefits.
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7mOpinion: Save what makes our state great
The federal government is reorganizing the U.S. Forest Service, threatening the irreplaceable value of forests across the country, and the northern hardwood forests of the White Mountains in New Hampshire, as well as the closure of experimental forests that have provided decades of invaluable research data.
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3mFrom the Farm: Bovines who like working with people
Scottish Highland steers can be trained to cooperate with humans through praise, breaking complex goals into simple steps, and never punishing them for getting it wrong.
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7mVintage Views: Our very first prisoner
John Earl Davis was the first prisoner to be incarcerated at the Merrimack County House of Correction in Boscawen and was briefly known as a celebrity for his status.
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6mOpinion: The march of Christian nationalists
The Rededicate 250 rally on the National Mall in Washington on May 17 featured a who's who of Republican politicians and Trump administration officials, propagating the false notion that the United States was founded as a Christian nation, which is demonstrably false as the First Amendment and the founders' wisdom dictate that church and state should be discrete entities.