What Were The Most Popular New Hampshire Patch Stories Of 2019?

CONCORD, NH — The year and the decade, too, are about to come to an end which gives us the chance to look back on 2019 – while also preparing for the fresh start that a new year always brings. There were a lot of big stories on New Hampshire Patch's 12 news and community websites (covering 13 communities). Some offered tragic headlines like fatal crashes, drug busts, the continuing issue of bullying, and an abnormally high number of shootings in the state while other stories were a tad silly. Thousands and thousands of posts and articles were published on Patch in New Hampshire in 2019 deriving close to 14 million page views from all of that shared information (which is pretty cool).

In past years, it's been kinda fun to see if readers could guess what the most read story of 2019 is so we're doing it again this year. Leave your guess in the comment section below.

• The story about the noodle restaurant which was deemed to have a profane name (but later, was approved) in January: NH Restaurant Pho Keene Great's Name Ruled Profane
• A shooting incident, determined to be a murder-suicide, at the Steeplegate Mall in Concord in last September: 2 Dead After Shooting At The Steeplegate Mall In Concord
• The first storm alert of the 2019 late fall-early winter season in late November: Up To 14 Inches Of Snow Coming To New Hampshire: Weather Alert
• A trucker sneezing which caused a tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 93 in early July: Tractor-Trailer Crash Closes Parts Of I-93
• New Hampshire's deadliest motorcycle crash in late June involving a Massachusetts trucker accused of driving into and killing seven JarHeads motorcycle club bikers while also injuring many others: 7 Killed In 'Devastating' NH Motorcycle Crash
• The discovery of missing woman found dead in a Concord park in early August: Missing Boscawen Woman Found In Concord's Marjory Swope Park
• A couple charged with indecent exposure and lewdness after reportedly being caught by a police officer in Manchester enjoying themselves on the hood of a car: Couple Going At It On The Hood Of A Parked Car Arrested: Cops

As we head toward New Year's Eve, New Hampshire Patch will be posting year-end roundups including the most read story of the year, big political stories, each site's most popular read, and some of our favorite posts, too. Check out all the great stories one last time before we head to 2020.

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