Concord school district faces $5 million budget shortfall, considers tax hike

Gaps in amenities at White and Keach parks spark push to address accessibility and waste management

Community advocate Charm Emiko raised concerns about inequitable park amenities and sanitation services. City officials have explored budget estimates for installing trash bins across all 18 city parks.

After fire, Smoke Shack pivots outdoors for the summer

After a late June fire destroyed the kitchen of Boscawen's Smoke Shack Southern Barbecue, owner Josh Davis is operating out of trailers before beginning renovations for a potential reopening in November or next spring.

Beaver Meadow's Andrew Surprenant wins NH Stroke Play Championship by four shots

Beaver Meadow's Andrew Surprenant won his first non-junior New Hampshire golf championship at the NH Stroke Play Championship, finishing 13-under-par to secure a four-shot victory.

Red River Theatres unites popcorn, pacifiers and 'relief' for parents of infants

A mother strode into Red River Theatres in Concord in early July and did what daunts so many parents: She sat down for a public movie screening, four-month-old baby at her hip, Cheerios clinging to her clothes. The theater’s new weekly Popcorn & Pacifiers event hasn’t brought “a crush of 50 parents,” said Executive Director […]

Study: New 1,500-bed men's prison in Concord will cost at least $750 million

If Bill Hart knows one thing about construction, it’s that prices keep going up. “If it costs a dollar today,” he said, “it costs a dollar and one cent tomorrow.” The longer New Hampshire waits to replace its men’s prison in Concord, then, the pricier it’s going to get, said Hart, commissioner of the state’s […]