Granite Geek: New nuclear tech would be cool, sure, but renewables are ready now

Ticks spreading that meat-allergy disease are also messing with blood donations

The northward spread of Lone Star ticks due to warmer winters has brought to New England a scary disease that, among other things, makes people allergic to meat and dairy. Now some Dartmouth Health researchers have found an unpleasant byproduct of this change: It also limits who can safely get certain blood donations. As reported […]

Granite Geek: A world-shaking press technology reduced to scrap

The Monitor's last Linotype machine was recently dismantled for parts by volunteers from the Museum of Printing in Haverhill, Massachusetts, marking the end of an era for the historic typesetting technology.

Granite Stater leads NASCAR Cup Series team and Dollar Tree 301 recap as Ryan Blaney wins for second year in a row

Ryan Blaney won the NASCAR Cup Series Dollar Tree 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on August 23, 2026, while local crew chief Billy Plourde guided Cody Ware to a 29th-place finish.

With city and firefighters set to resume negotiations, a closer look at Concord's wage study

After a weeks-long campaign by city firefighters, the Concord city government has agreed to reopen talks over their union contracts. “We understand their frustration, thinking that we were not willing to talk,” Mayor Byron Champlin said. “We are willing to talk.” The firefighters have pushed for renegotiation of their pay as the result of a […]

Opinion: Distracting from disasters

Author Jonathan P. Baird argues that President Trump's recent executive order regarding vaccines and the administration's staffing cuts at the CDC represent a dangerous attack on public health during a significant measles outbreak.