The Concord Monitor

29/04/2025

Justin Federico and his family left Manchester five years ago for the quieter small-town charm of Allenstown, attracted by the promise of a community offering all the essential services they needed, including curbside trash pickup.

But now, he’s wondering whether Allenstown was the right place to settle down.

Earlier this month, the town’s board of selectmen voted to end curbside trash collection and stop accepting solid waste at the town’s transfer station. The decision wasn’t unanimous—three of the five board members voted in favor, sparking backlash across town.

Read the full story: https://www.concordmonitor.com/Allenstown-NH-Transfer-Station-trash-cuts-60796299

29/04/2025

With creativity abounding in the community around us, The Concord Insider, in collaboration with Concord Arts Market, will begin highlighting local artists on a regular basis. The first artist spotlight focuses on Elizabeth MacBride, who lives in Contoocook.

29/04/2025

Calling all movie-goers! NHTI invites you to its next Night at the Movies for a screening of “The Conversation” on Friday, May 2 at 7 p.m. The film, released in 1974, is rated PG.

29/04/2025

Kayla Smith recently led the Merrimack Valley Pride girls’ basketball team to great heights and was named the Concord Monitor’s Player of the Season.

29/04/2025

Bedford 7, Concord 0

28/04/2025

It’s not just food waste from homes and businesses overwhelming landfills in New Hampshire.

28/04/2025

The music boomed, the metal fences rattled, spectators cheered and the most skilled soccer players in Concord rose to the top. On Friday night at Keach Park, dozens of kids, teenagers, and young adults flooded the court to play a futsal tournament organized by Samba X Player Development.

28/04/2025

Concord may finally be joining the list of places putting solar farms atop their closed landfills.

28/04/2025

WinnAero, the STEM-education non-profit group using hands-on aviation examples as the focus of STEM activities, announces only 8 seats remaining in its Girls Only summer camp week. The day camp session limited to middle school girls will run from July 14 through 18 at the Laconia Airport. More than half the ACE Academy certified NH teachers are female and will teach the Girls Only session.

WinnAero, the STEM-education non-profit group using hands-on aviation examples as the focus of STEM activities, announces only 8 seats remaining in its Girls Only summer camp week. The day camp session limited to middle school girls will run from July 14 through 18 at the Laconia Airport. More than....

28/04/2025

Best Buddies will hold ​its Friendship Walk in Concord on Saturday, May 10. Over 1,000 people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities are expected to gather to walk for inclusion and celebrate the international nonprofit organization’s mission of establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, inclusive living, and family support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Best Buddies will hold ​its Friendship Walk in Concord on Saturday, May 10. Over 1,000 people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities are expected to gather to walk for inclusion and celebrate the international nonprofit organization’s mission of establishing a global volunt...

28/04/2025

Justin Federico and his family left Manchester five years ago for the quieter small-town charm of Allenstown, attracted by the promise of a community offering all the essential services they needed, including curbside trash pickup.

28/04/2025

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sharply criticized fellow Democrats on Sunday for not doing enough to oppose President Donald Trump, drawing a clear divide between himself and other high-profile Democrats seen as future presidential contenders.

28/04/2025

A dump truck driver suffered severe, life-threatening injuries Sunday evening after veering off the road and crashing into a tree on I-93 South.

28/04/2025

When Andy Lane received the quilt, he felt moved beyond words.

The quilt, which was made from scratch by fellow Concord resident Kathy Bacon, who leads the group Patriot Piecemakers, honors his service in the U.S. Army and Marines in Afghanistan, Iraq and Operation Desert Storm

“They refer to it as draping the quilt over you, over your shoulders,” Lane said. “Pick up one of these quilts. These are not featherweight quilts. There’s some weight to it. So when they put that over and drape it on you, it’s comforting because you feel all of a sudden like I’m being hugged by a quilt. That’s unexplainable. That feeling is unbelievable.”

Read more about the quilting group, Patriot Piecemakers: https://www.concordmonitor.com/Patriot-Piecemakers-quilts-veterans-Concord-NH-60286646