News
Katy Burns Local Journalism Fund $10,000 Match Starts Today Through April
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Help us remember the fearless, longtime Concord Monitor columnist Katy Burns and support local journalism, which is needed now more than ever.
Feature
Stir Crazy Fly Fishing
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One can only read so many books and magazines. An angler can only play with their rods, reels and fly boxes so many times. I was going stir crazy.
Arts and Entertainment
Proposed House Panel Cuts To State Budget Get a Day of Review, Raise Concern
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Cuts to spending that could lead to layoffs July 1 and include the elimination of all tourism promotion funding by the state as well as money for the Arts Council were explained to the entire House Finance Committee during a meeting Monday.
Business & Economy
Shaheen Visits Chatila’s Bakery, Highlights Harm from Trump’s Tariffs on Canada
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At this time last year, Chatila’s Bakery employed 15 individuals at its wholesale facility to manage order fulfillment, but due to the economic challenges including those posed by tariffs, the bakery has reduced its workforce to just two employees.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Do NH Voters Really Want One-Size-Fits-All Zoning Mandates?
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With multiple polls showing housing as the top issue in New Hampshire by a wide margin, it’s no shock that the current legislative session is awash with proposals ostensibly aimed at addressing the state’s housing crisis.
Arts and Entertainment
Education Funding Warrior Details Battle for Fairness in ‘The Last Bake Sale’
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Andru Volinsky has documented the arguments that have shaped his public life in a new book that will go on sale April 1, “The Last Bake Sale, The Fight for Fair School Funding.”
Business & Economy
Distant Dome: What Has Become of Laissez Faire New Hampshire?
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Before the turn of the Century and even a little into this one New Hampshire’s motto was the same as it is today, Live Free or Die, but a slight tweak would better describe Granite Staters’ prevailing attitude as Live and Let Live.
Courts & Corrections
Body of Newborn Baby Girl Found in Manchester Pond
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Attorney General John M. Formella and Manchester Police Chief Peter A. Marr announce that a suspicious death investigation is underway following the discovery of a deceased newborn in the area of Pine Island Pond on the afternoon of Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Op-Ed
Power to the People: Credibility Crisis at the Public Utilities Commission
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The procedural order issued on March 26 by (and here’s the tipoff that news is involved) just one of the three members of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). Ninety-nine point nine times out of 100, orders of the PUC are signed by all three commissioners.