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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

As Scott Royce walked the halls of his apartment, bed bugs crawled up and down the walls, speckled his front door and crept around his to neighbor’s entryway.These days, his grocery bags have been filled with pesticides. He sprayed along his door...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Peterborough’s polling district has just over 5,000 registered voters. Rarely do more than 3,500 of them actually vote.Still, Town Clerk Linda Guyette and Moderator Phil Runyon are focused on making sure polls are staffed and ready to go come election...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Keenan Blum would love to scale up his business. It has ample space to expand at its Peterborough location, and he could push out more products like Banana Bluntz flowers and Blueberry Fruit Chews at lower prices.As one of three companies licensed to...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Roberta Brunelle walked laps around the gym at the Concord Community Center as she weighed who she’ll vote for in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District.Brunelle, who grew up and lives in Concord, plans to support Maggie...

By DAVID BROOKS

There’s a good reason why the federal government is giving $450 million to New England to help get electric heat pumps into homes and businesses: They’re great machines and not just for climate change reasons.“I have been saving about $1,000 a year,”...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Most of the candidates who hope to serve as the Granite State’s next governor said they support renewable forms of energy and environmentally friendly policies. However, plans vary vastly between candidates.Democrats are all in on bringing new...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

At the end of the month, Edmund McGahey plans to load up his U-Haul with the American flag neatly rolled behind his front door, take his wind chimes down from his front porch, pack his eight potted Christmas cacti, and leave for Texas.With an...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Chris Sununu endorsed Republican former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte to succeed him as governor.“Kelly Ayotte understands that with strong fiscal management, limited government, and local control, NH has set the Gold Standard for the country,” Sununu posted...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

At a camp in Greenfield, 5,500 miles from home, 10 girls were given one mission – to become friends.The teenagers hail from Israel – five are Jewish, and five are Arab Israelis. Each came to the United States to live with the others for several weeks,...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Last fall, high school teacher Penny Culliton received a notice from the New Hampshire Department of Education that appeared to expand the scope of a parental notification law passed in 2017. The department’s initial advisory to schools had said that...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The Granite State has a major housing problem.It’s no secret – the supply is low, new developments are slow to evolve and the spots that are available for rent and purchase are too expensive for many to afford. Thirty-five percent of people listed...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Not far from downtown Peterborough is a discreet building, somewhat removed from the main road. No signs are posted, leaving no way for outsiders to learn what the building contains.It’s for good reason – state law dictates that no markers are allowed...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire Democrats are falling in line to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidential nomination following Joe Biden’s unprecedented departure from the race.All 25 pledged state delegates plan to vote for Harris at the Democratic...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Governor Chris Sununu on Friday banned transgender girls in New Hampshire from competing on school-sponsored girls’ sports teams in the state starting in fifth grade.The law – which makes New Hampshire the 26th state to implement transgender sports...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Late last month, Teresa Paradis, the owner of Live and Let Live Farm in Chichester, received a jarring letter from the state Department of Agriculture.Although scant on details, the letter’s effect was clear: the farm – a beloved rescue organization...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

If you generate one ton or more of food waste per week in New Hampshire, starting in February you will no longer be allowed to dump it in landfills or incinerators. This change isn’t likely to affect households, but it will have a significant impact...

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An unvaccinated New Hampshire resident has contracted measles, likely from being exposed to an international traveler with the virus who visited Hanover earlier this month, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.The infected...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The clock kept ticking as Carol Stiasny watched application after application get rejected. Her credit was too low. Most landlords didn’t accept pets. If she didn’t vacate her two-bedroom manufactured home by May 1, she’d be evicted. The date came and...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Patricia Ingemi stood on the front lawn as she watched her house go up in flames. The fire grew fast, and the sound of her nine cats shrieking inside haunts her a decade later. In a matter a minutes, the single-family house she owned since 1981 was...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Days before the City of Concord was set to sell his house, Jeffrey Cyr made a budget to spend his life savings.His son had taken out a loan for $16,800 to save his father’s house from the auction block. In return, Cyr agreed to pay him back in $400...