After new law, Merrimack Valley reluctantly prepares for elementary school consolidation talks

Veterans 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 […]

Wrong-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.

Granite 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 […]

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.

Fragile Futures: Navigating the Crisis of Care for Medically Complex Children

A Concord Monitor investigation, conducted in partnership with the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, examines how federal Medicaid cuts and insurer cost controls created financial instability and threatened the ability of New Hampshire families to provide home care for children with complex medical needs. The project also looks at young adults aging out of home care for children and the mental health impacts on parent-caregivers.