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
More news from NHBR:
Elements of ownership
Employee co-op takes over Wilton publisher Earth Sky + Water as founder retires
Pease Tradeport continues as NH economic engine
New report cites Tradeport’s ‘uniquely important role in New Hampshire’s economic architecture’ as executive director looks toward ‘retooling’ for life science users
Granite Staters wary about the high cost of living
Because of tariffs, the war with Iran, and other White House policies, New Hampshire families have had to spend an additional $4,800 or more on goods and services, according to U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH.
Market shift or seasonal shift?
Summer selling season ends with better news for buyers in NH’s residential real estate market
Durham technology park in line for major expansion
R.J. Kelly’s proposed enhancements to its Technology Drive campus in Durham could increase the overall total space to about 850,000 square feet and provide up to 1,500 jobs
NH’s rankings reflect the good and the bad
There are any number of reports, surveys, and rankings that show how well — or how poorly — New Hampshire is doing on a range of issues. Everything from education funding to safety to having a baby to business opportunities to student loan delinquency — it seems everything can be measured in one form or another, often as a yardstick against other states.
MIT partners with Lakes Region Community College for pilot math and AI education program
The two educational institutions launched a new pilot partnership this summer, bringing 16 high school students from towns across New Hampshire together to learn the math behind AI and how to use it to tackle real problems.
Hometown Financial Group to acquire Primary Bank
Bedford-based Primary Bank is merging with Easthampton, Mass.-based Hometown Financial Group in a transaction valued at $160 million in cash and stock.
Manufactured homes in single-family neighborhoods?
Webinar panel discusses far-reaching consequences of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, the bipartisan legislation that seeks to address the lack of supply in the Granite State and across the country
