Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell hops on his tandem bike with his cardboard cutouts of the Insider staff on the back and makes his way toward the community garden. But the bike sinks in the mud from all the melting snow, and though he pedals as hard as he can, all he does is splatter mud all over our beautiful cardboard faces. But wouldn’t you know it, the splotches spell out a city memo!
We’re loaded
With another loader
The Public Properties Division of the General Services Department recently received a new wheel loader to be used exclusively at the Concord Municipal Airport, Aspell writes. Does it have tiny airplane wheels?
Its primary use will be for snow removal operations, which is sometimes necessary in New Hampshire. In April. WHY DOES ANYONE LIVE HERE?
Various attachments (buckets, plows, pallet forks, nose hair trimmer, spare tire, etc.) are included. Grants from the Federal Aviation Administration and the New Hampshire Aeronautics Bureau helped to fund this investment. This new piece of equipment is owned by the city of Concord and will be maintained with the rest of the city’s fleet by the General Services Department’s Equipment Services Division.
Marty the one man party
A party of donations
Concord Human Services wants to express its gratitude for the incredible support given to its food pantry from the congregation of Temple Beth Jacob, Aspell writes.
Not only does the congregation donate canned and boxed items on a regular basis, and sometimes put the canned items in boxes, but its tireless volunteer, Marty Bender, also shops for and delivers meat, poultry and butter to the pantry. He does get tired sometimes, though, just not while shopping.
In the summer months, Marty also provides fresh vegetables from his extensive gardens. And saves puppies from burning buildings. This is a wonderful compliment to the non-perishable food provided to the pantry by the Capital Region Food Program and enables Concord Human Services to meet the emergency need for food for residents in our community. The department would not be able to keep up with this need without the generosity of Temple Beth Jacob, the hard work by Marty and the amazing Capital Region Food Program, an all-volunteer agency that provides food on a monthly basis to local pantries at no cost to the pantries.
