Franklin Opera House needed to change. Community group, planning firms came up with a plan.

As Rundlett students return, construction continues at 'To be named middle school'

When sixth, seventh and eighth grade students swarm into Rundlett Middle School on Monday, what used to be their playing fields will be an expanse of gray and construction equipment. By the time they file out in June 2027 for the summer, a new school building will stand. Construction crews broke ground on the new […]

Concord's Maxi Jimenez-Calderon scores hat-trick to secure narrow 3-2 win over Alvirne

Maxi Jimenez-Calderon scored a hat-trick to lead the Concord boys' soccer team to a narrow 3-2 victory over Alvirne.

School’s punishment of parents protesting transgender athletes was discriminatory, court rules

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Bow School District engaged in viewpoint discrimination by banning parents from soccer games for wearing wristbands that opposed a transgender female athlete.

With larger developments slow going, a flush of smaller housing projects newly pitched in Concord

Housing and rental costs have started to level out in some parts of the country, but prices – and demand – remain record-breaking in central New Hampshire. In Concord, city leaders have spent the last few years pointing to development as a top priority to ease prices and expand the tax base, and a master plan overhaul is in its early stages. Housing construction has rolled out in fits and starts. As of April – the most up-to-date count available from Concord City Hall – there were just over 2,000 units in the works citywide: 283 units under construction, 599 units […]

New auction house in Franklin revives in-person bidding

Ryan Piccirillo and his wife Liza Penney hosted a soft launch auction at their new Granite Union Auction Company location in a former 1917 church in Franklin, aiming to revitalize the in-person auction industry following the COVID-19 pandemic.