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By EILEEN O’GRADY

CONOCRD — A group of educators and business leaders have been working for more than a year to revise the rules and definitions for New Hampshire public schools, and an early draft has drawn concern from public school advocates.The changes could affect...

By DAVID BROOKS

The last couple of years have seen such a parade of problems that it’s hard to be surprised by them any more. Even so, here’s a problem you probably haven’t thought of: New Hampshire is facing a shortage of bassoon players.A combination of factors...

By DAVID BROOKS

CONCORD — Coal, once the dominant fuel for heating buildings while driving industry in New England, has faded almost entirely from view. Julie Kinney can point to one remnant that she wishes would fade with it.“We have an ash pile right now. At some...

By ETHAN DeWITT

CONCORD — The New Hampshire Senate voted Thursday for a bill to require New Hampshire companies to allow new mothers to pump breast milk at work, moving forward a protection that has been years in the works.SB 69, adopted unanimously by the chamber...

By DAVID BROOKS

So many bad things are happening in the environment that the sight of what looks like huge balls of cotton candy all over some trees feels like the latest new disaster.But don’t fret: They’re routine and not as bad as they look.These aren’t gypsy...

By DAVID BROOKS

CONCORD — Rymes Propane and Oil, founded a half-century ago and long based in New Hampshire, is being bought by a Canadian energy firm for $159 million.The purchase by Superior Plus needs regulatory approval and is scheduled to wind up Sept....

By MARY STEURER

BOSCAWEN, N.H. — As a national conversation erupts over how our country honors historic figures, the Hannah Duston Memorial in Boscawen will remain standing — albeit with a few changes.State officials are in discussion with Abenaki leaders and...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

MANCHESTER — Manchester police have issued an arrest warrant for the man convicted as an accomplice in the 1997 murder of an Epsom, N.H., police officer after he absconded from parole.Kevin Paul, 40, walked away from his sober living house in...

By ETHAN DeWITT

CONCORD — The New Hampshire House passed two bills to regulate single-use plastics Thursday, furthering an effort by Democrats to crack down on waste from plastic bags and straws.Members of the House voted largely along party lines to impose a...

By DAVID BROOKS

Are the days of heading to downtown Lebanon on Exit 18 numbered? Maybe so.The state Department of Transportation has endorsed the idea of changing exit numbers on interstates and turnpikes so that they reflect mileage rather than sequence.New...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Victim advocacy organizations in New Hampshire and nationally are calling for ABC’s Good Morning America to cancel its interview with convicted sex offender Owen Labrie, less than a month after his release from jail.The New Hampshire Coalition Against...

By Nick Stoico

Winter may be here by Friday with a few inches of snow in the forecast, and families struggling to keep up with their utility bills have options to avoid a shutoff.The rules surrounding utility disconnections change slightly in the winter months to...

By Alyssa Dandrea

Handcuffed with a jacket over her head, Abigail “Abby” Hernandez could hear the squeezing and popping of her cellphone as her captor attempted to break it into pieces. The man who had taken her at gunpoint and threatened to slit her throat in Conway...

By Allie Morris

Concord — A quick kiss between an inmate and his girlfriend in the prison visiting room is all it takes to slip a small amount of illegal drugs, concealed within a deflated balloon, from one mouth to the other.Just like that, officials say, contraband...