Concord Monitor
NH fire deaths fall, officials say more could have been saved
New Hampshire saw 18 fire-related deaths last year, fewer than in the previous year but still a sobering toll for state officials, who believe many of those fatalities could have been avoided. Only…
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3mAnn Storrs Kellogg
<html><head></head><body>Ann Storrs Kellogg<br /><br />Durango, CO - Ann Storrs Kellogg, 95, passed away peacefully on August 1, 2026 in Durango, Colorado.<br /><br />Born on May 7, 1931 in West Hartford, Connecticut, Ann was the eldest child and only ...
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3mMartha A. Holden
<html><head></head><body>Martha A Holden<br /><br />Bow, NH - Martha Ann Holden (Martin) passed away on June 26, 2026 at the age of 91 from newly diagnosed cancer. Born in Beverly, Massachusetts and growing up in Amherst, Massachusetts with her sister ...
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2mGene L. Hilliard
<html><head></head><body>Gene L. Hilliard<br /><br />Franklin, NH - Gene L. Hilliard, 86, of Franklin, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at The Golden Crest Assisted Living Facility. He was born on August 9, 1940, in Concord, NH, the son of Beu ...
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5mDolly Parton gave the gift of reading to Canterbury's children — and to hundreds of thousands more across the world
Dolly Parton has been paraded through aisles of voters at Canterbury’s town meeting, hoisted like a saint in a processional. She has graced the town’s farmers markets, and for the last year and a half, she’s guarded the children’s room at the Elkins Public Library. This rendering of Parton, who passed away on Tuesday, may be two-dimensional and made of cardboard, but it embodies the queen of country music’s special significance in town. Canterbury is the only community in Merrimack County enrolled in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, the childhood literacy initiative Parton founded in 1995 in her own rural home county […]
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4mRevised Allenstown teacher contracts fail again in town vote
Allenstown voters overwhelmingly rejected a revised contract proposal on Tuesday that would have provided a 3.5% salary increase for teachers and paraprofessionals.