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Ali Kalem stands in the kitchen of the future Anatolia Mediterranean Restaurant inside the Centennial Hotel on Aug. 3, 2026. Credit: RACHEL WACHMAN / Monitor Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning ...

Consider this exchange, one that in some form has played out in social media comments, in emails and phone calls between residents and officials and across Concord over the last few weeks. “My home ...

Author Jonathan P. Baird argues the Iran War lacks a clear objective and warns of expanding US expansionist policies under Trump.

An operator sustained minor injuries when a remote-controlled hot air balloon caught fire during the Suncook Valley Rotary Club's annual rally in Pittsfield on Saturday morning.

Concord boys basketball defeated ConVal 46-23 in the Dave Bonner Memorial Summer League playoffs to reach the semifinals.

Despite heavy regional rains, the Pittsfield Hot Air Balloon Rally is scheduled for a sunny Saturday and a dry Sunday.

Detective Steven Carter explains why tap-to-pay is safer and how to spot fraudulent activity to prevent rising local financial losses.

Erin Keville has spent every summer since she was 14 working behind the line of the Dipsy Doodle Dairy Bar. “I wanted to work in the kitchen, so I just started,” she said. Six years later, she is the ...

Franklin City Councilor Thomas Boyce surrendered to authorities Thursday following a May assault at a local pizza restaurant.

Michael Smith likes to keep some of his side lawn natural with flowers and milkweed along Humphrey Street in the South End. GEOFF FORESTER / For the Monitor Credit: GEOFF FORESTER / For the Monit A ...