Concord CAP bus system gets unexpected funding boost
At one point in their budget deliberations, the Concord City Council seemed on the verge of deflating the funding it grants the free bus system in town.
Author: Catherine McLaughlin/Concord Monitor
Concord City Council sets its priorities
Responsible monetary decisions. Clear and widely disseminated communication with the public, especially on the city’s finances and taxes. Helping people keep their homes and find new ones. Regulatory and cultural changes to make it easier for businesses and development, and investments in the roads, sewers and other infrastructure to support them.
Concord Hospital nurses in Franklin, Laconia vote to unionize
The vote is a culmination of months of organizing by nurses, fueled by concerns about chronic staffing shortages, burnout and corresponding worries about nurse and patient safety as a result.
Rail-biking business at risk by Greenway Trail expansion
Concord considers $535K rail purchase to extend Greenway Trail, raising questions for Scenic Railriders
12 acres near Walmart cleared for future retail development
A Hopkinton-based logger cleared 12 acres of trees on land near Sam’s Club and Walmart in Concord to ready it for development.
Updated Concord middle school design to cost another $3 million
For a school district trying to realize a near-decade-long plan to replace its middle school, the trifecta of tariffs, no state building aid and rising inflation cast long shadows.
Neighboring Fisherville condo projects break ground, up for sale
A steady drip of new housing will land on Fisherville Road in the next few years, as construction formally begins on one condo development and another begins to put listings on the market
‘That wasn’t the charge we were given’ – New city councilors question golf clubhouse options
More than a year after the Concord City Council put off a vote on the Beaver Meadow clubhouse to develop more options, city proposals and flaring tensions have boxed the debate back into a starkly similar binary: all or nothing.
Developer challenges zoning board denial of affordable housing proposal
City staff were firmly against the proposal, arguing that Concord’s relatively low amount of industrially designated land should be preserved for future economic growth
City and developer at odds over industrial versus residential use of Penacook land
Proposal to build nearly 200 housing units along the Merrimack River in Penacook is not in the 'public interest,' according to Concord’s city planner
Seven-figure buyout ends Steeplegate neighbor dispute
The developers looking to convert the former Steeplegate Mall into 600 housing units mixed with large-scale retail bought out a nearby property owner who had stalled the project.
City designing safer crosswalks, bus stops on North Main Street
With upcoming city projects on Storrs Street and Loudon Road as well as the state’s major interstate widening project, Concord is designing key safety improvements to crosswalks and bus stops until the future of traffic flow is better understood
Here’s what’s in the state’s decade long interstate project
Current design calls for a three-lane highway going through the city that will widen to four lanes in certain higher traffic areas where vehicles are getting on and off exits
Phenix Hall redevelopment clears major hurdle as City Council eases height restrictions
Council agreed to circumvent height rules on case-by-case basis for redevelopment that plans to add housing, restaurants and retail to historic Phenix Hall site
Who’ll foot bill for Concord water projects?
With the largest increases in proposed city spending next year tied to major water and sewer projects on the Heights of Concord, some Concord city councilors appear open to leaning harder on developers to pay for infrastructure improvements.
Concord fighting to stem employee outflow
In another move to stem the flow of city employee turnover, Concord city councilors recently approved a package of increased leave and other perks.
After years of abuse, former Boys and Girls Club member sues organization
Suit claims the nonprofit organization failed to prevent or stop the abuse despite 'widely known' red flags
Logan Clegg appeals conviction in Reid murders
Logan Clegg, convicted last fall of murdering Steve and Wendy Reid when they went for a walk near their Concord home, has appealed his case. He received two 50-year to life sentences, which he is currently serving at the state prison.
Concord South Main Street plans, sans housing, back before planning board
Proposal for property reduced to two stories and dropped 16 units of market-rate housing from its previous plans
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Peterborough sells contaminated South Municipal Well to NH Ball Bearings for $110,000
The Peterborough Select Board unanimously approved the $110,000 sale and the company’s conditions to shut down the site on Tuesday
$300,000 Catholic Medical Center investment expands dental and health care access for Manchester’s most vulnerable residents
The investment is the second installment of CMC’s $2 million, three-year commitment to the programs, bringing its total support to date to $600,000
Workforce is both an opportunity and challenge for NH manufacturers
Annual summit scheduled as NH welcomes company from Massachusetts
Study upends claim that affordable housing depresses NH property values
Data from a NH Housing report focused entirely on New Hampshire dispels the notion that affordable housing development in a community depresses the property values of nearby residences
The drive no one should have to make — and the effort underway to end it
If you live in Manchester or Concord, you probably don’t think twice about finding a doctor. There is a specialist within a few miles for almost anything you need. But if you live in Colebrook, or Lancaster, or any one of dozens of small communities spread across New Hampshire’s North Country, the picture looks very different, and the gap between those two realities is wider than most people realize.
Laser eye surgery and cataract surgery return to Berlin after years without local access
Androscoggin Valley Hospital (AVH), a member of North Country Healthcare in Berlin, performed its first cataract surgery in recent memory on August 20, 2026, a milestone made possible through the hospital’s partnership with North Country Ophthalmology, a physician-led alliance of board-certified MD ophthalmologists that began seeing patients at AVH in January.
Jaffrey couple cut energy costs with NHSaves
Evan Clements and Precia Harthcock of Jaffrey love their 1926 home, but they acknowledge the drawbacks of houses built in that era. The room that is now their sitting room, for example, was once a porch that had been enclosed and is noticeably colder than other parts of the house. The second floor was much hotter than the first floor, and their kitchen was drafty.
Applications open for NH Tech Alliance’s 20th Product of the Year
The NH Tech Alliance is seeking applications from New Hampshire technology and life sciences companies for its 20th annual Product of the Year competition, which will showcase some of the state’s most innovative new products and significant product advancements.
F.L. Putnam acquisition of Seascape Capital shows confidence in NH market
F.L. Putnam (FLP), a growing financial services company based in Lynnfield, Mass., is bullish on New Hampshire.
