Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell grabs a paint-by-numbers workbook in hopes of creating a masterpiece. Just before he finishes, though, he realizes the numbers are actually in ancient Greek, and he hasn’t created a masterpiece at all. What he has created is an indecipherable mess – and a craving for some tzatziki dip. Oh, and a city memo.
Let there be tree light
Time to plug in the pine
The Penacook Village Association is hosting the annual Penacook Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. at the Boudreau Square monument in downtown Penacook, Aspell writes. It’s not a BYOB (bring your own bulb) event. For more information, visit penacook.org.
Thanks for giving
Report: Sanel still swell
The Concord Human Services Department was the grateful recipient of 63 completely stocked Thanksgiving holiday baskets last week from Sanel Auto Parts, Aspell writes. Stocked with food and not spark plugs, we presume.
The department’s deep appreciation goes out to George Segal, president of Sanel, and Steve Seagal, president of kicking butt, as well as all of Segal’s employees who so generously help others during the holidays. The cost for a Thanksgiving dinner at home is out of reach for the families served by the department. Sanel has been providing these baskets for many years, and it is amazing how many families in our community have enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving meal thanks to this thoughtfulness.
The department wants to thank Segal and his family for being so supporting; Peter Glendinning of Sanel’s Human Resources Department, who does an incredible job organizing the company-wide project; the many helpers who delivered the very heavy baskets; and all the employees who so kindly contributed; and the academy, without whom this award wouldn’t be possible.
The department also wants to thank Bill Lynch and Bob Whatmough, who volunteered to help with the distribution.
Leave your Leaves
Or take them to Ft. Eddy
The General Services Department continues to vacuum up leaves placed at the curb, Aspell writes. The original plan to use a Dustbuster has been scrapped in favor of the giant leaf-sucking truck.
Residents are asked to wind row leaves along the edge of the street, as the crews are unable to pick up leaves that are left at the back of the sidewalk. Or under the sidewalk.
This work will continue for the next several weeks, or until snow covers the leaves. Only leaves placed loose at the curb will be picked up – no brush and no bags. And no bags of brush.
Residents may also take their leaves to the Ft. Eddy Road reprocessing center and drop them off at no charge; however, leaves will have to be dumped out of any bags at the site, including Ziploc bags, which seem like kind of a bad idea in this instance anyway. The reprocessing center will be open one more Saturday, Dec. 7, from 8 a.m. to noon, weather permitting.
You conduit
Constructiony thingers
This week, the contractor will continue with underground utility conduit installation in the vicinity of Canal Street, and also the north side of the bridge, Aspell writes. Hopefully close enough in the vicinity to reach the intended target.
The bridge work is almost complete, with some minor punch list items to be addressed next week. The list of people who would like to punch the construction is considerably longer.
