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Concord Monitor · Penacook, NH
Nearby: Penacook, NHOne person was hospitalized after being pulled from a burning house in Penacook on Thursday afternoon. Concord Fire crews responded to a two-story house at 20 Penacook Street, a little after 1 p.m. on Thursday. John Chisholm, the fire chief, said the call came from the person trapped inside the house. When firefighters arrived, there was smoke pouring from the building. “Our crews went inside the building, found near-zero visibility due to the smoke and fire up on the second floor,” he said. “We wanted to rescue them because we had very good information.” Firefighters located the person and brought them out of the house, and they were transported to Concord Hospital with life-threatening injuries. The fire was brought under control by 2 p.m. But the exterior of the home shows signs of fire damage, with soot visible on the window glass where smoke had escaped. There were also two dogs in a separate part of the building. The animals were not harmed by the blaze.
Concord Monitor · Pittsfield, NH
Nearby: Pittsfield, NHAn afternoon fire believed to have begun in the basement of a Pittsfield home displaced six people on Wednesday. One resident sustained minor injuries and a cat died in the blaze, according to Pittsfield Fire. The two-alarm fire broke out around 2:15 p.m. First responders rescued one resident who was inside the home, and transported her to Concord Hospital, according to Pittsfield Fire Chief Peter Pszonowsky. She was medically evaluated and cleared for release shortly after. The building’s other five residents were not home at the time. Firefighters also saved several cats and dogs from the building, but one cat did not make it out. About 10 municipalities dispatched emergency staff to the fire and knocked it down shortly after arrival, Pszonowsky said. The cause is still under investigation, Pszonowsky said, but it is currently believed to be related to the building’s basement wood stove.
Concord Monitor · Henniker, NH
Nearby: Henniker, NHKay and David Reynolds carried meatballs, spinach dip and crackers on small paper plates to the spacious active living space in Henniker’s Cornerstone Building. The pair sat in the same space where Kay’s mother, grandmother and great-grandmother grew up. Several generations of Kay’s family lived in the Hazen Homestead off Main Street until the 1950s; it was eventually sold and developed. Kay walked around the perimeter of the space the old house occupied, and gazed at all the additions: a kitchen, a foyer and a space where her mother now does crafts in a group called the Knit Wits. “It’s kind of fun for her to come here and reminisce,” said Kay, who’s the eighth generation in her family to live in Henniker. The Cornerstone building on Main Street in Henniker. Credit: GEOFF FORESTER / For the Monitor The old house had many lives, including being home to a quilt shop that closed in 2024.
Londonderry Times · Manchester, NH
Nearby: Manchester, NHThe Londonderry High School cross country teams turned in strong performances at the 2026 NHIAA Division I Championship Meet at Derryfield Park in Manchester on Saturday, Oct. 31, with the boys finishing seventh and the girls placing 11th. The boys’ seventh-place finish among 21 teams continued a remarkable tradition for the Lancers. The team has now qualified for the Meet of Champions for the 39th time in the past 40 years. Junior Patrick Ramsey led the Londonderry boys, turning in an outstanding fifth-place finish among 133 competitors with a time of 16:50.7. Ramsey was followed by junior Alec Lemeris, who placed 32nd in 17:47.9, and junior Aaron Modini, who crossed the line 38th in 18:05.7. Senior Joey Gainey finished 51st in 18:31.5, while sophomore Silas Robles took 94th in 19:52.2. Junior Jamie Godbout placed 105th in 20:14.2, and freshman Carson Presher finished 108th in 20:21.1. The boys’ team earned seventh place out of 21 competing schools.
Toor News · Manchester, NH
Nearby: Manchester, NHCoastal rental markets run on two clocks. One is the twelve-month lease calendar that most renters live by. The other is the tourism season, which compresses demand into a few warm months and pushes short-stay prices up while longer leases sit still. Any "what your budget gets by the water" guide has to separate the two, because a summer nightly rate and an annual rent are different markets wearing the same postcode. A note on the evidence first. The source material for this piece covers Plymouth, England — the port city on Devon's south coast — not Plymouth, Massachusetts. No rental price data for the Massachusetts city appears in the supplied sources, so no such figure is printed here. What the sources do support is a clear picture of a working coastal city whose waterfront draws visitors, and that picture is the honest way to explain how seasonality and proximity to the water shape what a budget buys. What kind of coastal market is Plymouth?
New Hampshire Bulletin · Franklin, NH
Nearby: Franklin, NHThe foundation for a child’s lifetime of learning is built from birth to age 5. By the time they reach kindergarten, there are certain expectations about the skills they should possess. But what happens when they come in not knowing what they are supposed to know? Early education and kindergarten teachers say the gaps among students entering kindergarten are often wide and can be wider if it is a child’s first time in a classroom setting. They say while everyone starts at a different point, it is becoming harder to get them all across the finish line at the same time. Day one looks different for every student Caitlyn Greene is a kindergarten teacher in Franklin and has spent all of her teaching career in the city. She understands the array of circumstances from which students arrive in her classroom. The rural city has a high percentage of students from low-income backgrounds, and the school also operates under a tax cap, which limits the available resources.
Concord Monitor · Hillsborough, NH
Nearby: Hillsborough, NHPeterborough, NH – Gilman Conant Shattuck, 99, passed away peacefully on October 15, 2026. Born on December 19, 1926, he was the son of the late Roger Conant and Ruth (Sykes) Shattuck. A proud longtime resident of Hillsborough Center and Peterborough, New Hampshire, Gilman lived a vibrant life defined by service, intellect, and adventure.Gilman is survived by his beloved wife, Sieglinde “Sissi” Shattuck; his children, Franz (Jo-Ann) Shattuck, Helen (Daniel) Gillis, Erika (Stephen) Parton, and Roger (Gretchen) Shattuck; numerous nieces and nephews; and a loving extended family.A celebration of Gilman’s life will be held in the summer of 2027 in Hillsborough, NH. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Gilman’s honor may be made to the Manahan-Phelps-McCulloch Photographic Collection and DAV.org supporting Disabled American Veterans.
Derry News / Weekender · Hillsborough, NH
Nearby: Hillsborough, NHCONCORD, N.H. — A Pelham man was sentenced in Hillsborough County Superior Court Southern District for financially exploiting family members through a scheme that caused more than $260,000 in losses.
