Concord Monitor
Bow voters pass $40 million school budget, reject last-minute proposal to cut spending
The Bow school board voted to stick with the proposed $40 million budget, which will raise the school district tax rate, despite a motion to cut $500,000 from the budget, and rising health insurance…
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5mAfter new law, Merrimack Valley reluctantly prepares for elementary school consolidation talks
Consolidation talks at Merrimack Valley have resurfaced in light of new state legislation that changes the process for school closures in a cooperative school district. House Bill 1374, which took effect in October, allows a petition with at least 20 signatures to force a district-wide vote on a school closure. Previously, towns voted individually on […]
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7mVeterans consider what a life of service means for their legacies
Even as a teenager, Gerry Jutras knew that serving in WWII almost certainly meant death. Young and self-assured, he believed he could escape the fate that met over 400,000 other American military personnel. Like so many others, he was eager to serve. He was 14 years old on the day Japan struck Pearl Harbor, spending […]
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2mWrong-way driver stopped on I-293 in Hooksett
A 39-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested and charged with several offenses, including aggravated driving while intoxicated, after driving his pickup truck the wrong way on Interstate 293 near Manchester on Sunday night.
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5mGranite Geek: Rain on the ground can be a pain for electricity from the sun
As any builder knows, one of the biggest pains in the neck when putting a large object on a piece of open land is figuring out what it will do to water that falls from the sky. When rain hits a newly built surface that keeps it from soaking into the ground, it moves as […]
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Hillsboro-Deering falls to Newport-Mount Royal in Division IV football semifinals
The top-seeded Newport-Mount Royal Tigers defeated defending champion Hillsboro-Deering 42-7 in the Division IV semifinals and are scheduled to face Newfound for the state championship this Saturday.