Concord News

Just three weeks before its deadline to submit Main Street redesign plans, the Concord City Council heard both praise and criticism about the plans last night from a variety of residents and business owners.

The Concord man charged this month with breaking into a home on North State Street and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl waived yesterday's scheduled probable cause hearing.

The U.S. Marshals are looking for a man wanted on arrest warrants concerning assaults in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Quickwater Canoe & Kayak is a family owned rental company and dealer of quality canoes, kayaks, paddle boards and accessories located along the Merrimack River in Concord, NH.

CONCORD, NH The 2012-13 Bach's Lunch Series comes to a close for the season with a lecture by Peggy Senter entitled "Music of Night and Nature in the Romantic Era" on Thursday, June 6. Join us the following week, on June 13, when pianist Catharine Dornin offers the Bach's Lunch concert: "Moonlight and Mystery: Music of Chopin, Debussy, Mendelssohn ... (more)

In this image taken on May 20, 2013, snickerdoodle red velvet cake ice cream, left, quadruple chocolate eclair ice cream, right, and Rice Krispie treat ice cream are shown in Concord, N.H. Sometimes it takes the mind of an 8-year-old boy to come up with a brilliant idea.

New Hampshire forest officials say an invasive beetle that destroys ash trees has been found in about 5 percent of trees surveyed in central Concord.

Blake's All Natural Foods, a 4th generation family company based in Concord, N.H., recently added an online ordering system to its website, enabling customers to purchase meals online and have them delivered right to their homes.

Holocaust survivor Irene Butter poses for a portrait in The Centennial Hotel in Concord on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

From left: Hopkinton High School students Kaitlin Dougherty, Alexandra Flood, Megan Allen, Brian Morgan, Emily Bogart and Thelian Czora applaud during the New Hampshire Scholars program graduation at the State House Plaza in downtown Concord on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

The question that has been hanging over the Legislature all session will be decided this week: Will the state take the tentative step of legalizing one casino? The House will decide the fate of Senate Bill 152 Wednesday.

Concord - New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairman Jennifer Horn released the following statement on the Democrat-controlled New Hampshire House rejecting Governor Hassan's irresponsible casino revenue scheme: "Governor Hassan has suffered an embarrassing and politically damaging defeat at the hands of her own party.

Primary defenders and front-line participants, politicians, elected leaders and descendents of those involved 100 years ago gathered Tuesday in the Executive Council Chambers to tell stories and reminisce as they celebrated the anniversary of the passage of House Bill 430, which established the primary.

An aggregation of NH information by the staff and audience of the New Hampshire Union Leader, The Goffstown News, The Bedford Bulletin, The Hooksett Banner and The Salem Observer.

The speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives said Tuesday she is keeping her cards close to her chest when it comes to a controversial bill that would allow casino gambling in the Granite State.

Sybil Dupuis, left, the great granddaughter of Stephen Bullock, the father of the New Hampshire primary, gets ready to cut the 100th anniversary cake with, from left, Secretary of State Bill Gardner, Speaker of the House Terie Norelli, Gov.

He was a graduate of Susquehanna High School class of 1954 and was a Navy Veteran.

CONCORD, N.H. - The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen.

Rebecca MacKenzie said she chose to plant marigolds over vegetables because she is afraid to harvest food from a patch of earth so close to the waste-burning incinerators of Wheelabrator Claremont Company, about a mile away.

In this image taken on April 29, 2013, ingredients for making toasted mocha s'more, salted oatmeal s'more, sesame caramel s'more, and double chocolate grasshopper s'more are shown on a tray in Concord, N.H. / AP Three simple ingredients - a marshmallow, a piece of chocolate and two graham crackers.