Catherine McLaughlin

For the last 20 years, New Hampshire firefighters, their loved ones and supporters have a designated place to honor those who died in service to others. The New Hampshire Firefighters Memorial, located at the state’s fire academy in Concord, was dedicated in 2006 as a central place for the state as a whole to memorialize […]

For years, a Concord resident has complained to the city that a section of a wooded city trail is a blight on his property. The conservation commission is expected to weigh in Wednesday night on René Marro’s request to close down the portion of the West End Farm Trail nearest his property. “Not only can […]

Tim LaTorra’s athletes practice and play on the hardwood floors of the Concord High School gym. A multimillion-dollar investment in Memorial Field won’t change that. But the condition of the field still affects the basketball team and the future of his players, he said. “We actually lost our point guard to a knee injury on […]

Concord Board of Education candidates in contested races will field questions from Monitor reporters at a forum on Tuesday, October 20. There are two contested races for school board this year, one in Zone B – which includes the western and southern parts of Concord – and one in Zone C – encompassing most of […]

In the school board race to represent Concord’s West and South Ends, a challenger’s bid is catalyzed by the dispute over new bus routes for the middle school. The incumbent points to her long track record of involvement as a core tenant of her campaign. Liz Boucher is a dietitian at the New Hampshire State […]

For more than a century, one Loudon neighborhood has been looped into the Concord School District, and its residents have paid Concord School taxes. That could soon change. Beth and Paul Morrissette, along with their neighbors, have long chafed at their inclusion in the city, rather than their own town. They set in motion a […]

As city assessors forecasted, commercial property values aren’t keeping pace with the rapid increases on homes and apartments, leaving homeowners and renters to bear a greater burden of city taxes. Overall commercial property value rose by about 42 percent as a result of Concord’s citywide property revaluation, compared to a roughly 62 percent increase for […]

State Sen. Tara Reardon, a Concord Democrat, is sailing toward reelection to the New Hampshire Senate. She was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and her Republican opponent is not mounting a campaign. Reardon is a well-known Concord figure who has represented Concord, Bow and Hopkinton in the Senate since 2024. She’s a real estate attorney […]

On their school ballots in November, Concord voters will be asked to approve putting the former Dewey School up for sale. Here’s what voters will see on the ballot: Shall the Concord School District authorize the Concord School Board to market and sell the former Dewey School property, currently serving as the Concord School District’s […]

Barrett Moulton, a 20-year member of the Concord Police Department, was named chief on a permanent basis on Monday. Moulton had been serving as interim chief since the retirement of former Chief Bradley Osgood in January. “The Concord Police Department has some of the most dedicated and talented officers andcivilian staff in the state, who […]