Opinion: People are not garbage

Kenneth Joseph Mooney

<html><head></head><body>Kenneth Joseph Mooney<br /><br />Tilton, NH - Kenneth Joseph Mooney, 93, died Tuesday, September 15th, 2026, at Concord Hospital in Franklin, NH. He was born on February 8, 1933, in Clifton, NJ, the son of John Mooney and Jane ...

Henrietta Kenney

<html><head></head><body>Henrietta Kenney<br /><br />Webster, NH - Henrietta Ina (Phelps) Kenney passed away on September 27, 2026, at the age of 91. Henrietta, or "Hooky" as some called her, was born in Concord, New Hampshire. She was the f ...

New Kearsarge Regional superintendent focuses on preparation and transparency

Hearing that he has grown as a leader, Michael Bessette said, is one of the greatest compliments he’s received since joining the Kearsarge Regional School District. After more than a decade as the school district’s assistant superintendent, Bessette officially stepped into the superintendent role in August. Now, he’s the one who has to make tough decisions while trying to be transparent and caring. “I’ve worn a lot of hats for a lot of different reasons, but nobody, not even myself, knows me as superintendent,” Bessette said. Bessette became interested in the position while working with former superintendent Winfried Feneberg from 2016 [&hellip;]

Concord was disqualified from a state drinking water taste test. Officials say it's 'water under the bridge.'

Concord has been so dominant in the state’s competition for best-tasting drinking water that the city manager has compared its success to the great Boston sports dynasties of his generation. The capital city brought home the title of best-tasting tap water in New Hampshire in six of the last eight annual state competitions. This past [&hellip;]

N.H. authors to get part of A.I. settlement but more problems loom

It’s fair to say that Margaret Porter of Concord, author of 17 published novels, has mixed feelings about her upcoming payment as part of a massive lawsuit over books that were stolen to help develop more powerful artificial intelligence software. On the one hand, it’s nice that the A.I. company Anthropic is being made to cough up $1.5 billion to authors and publishers as penance and that she will get a few thousand of those dollars. On the other hand, the settlement avoids the deeper question of whether A.I. companies can “train” their models on created material without paying for it. [&hellip;]