Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell tries to tweak his grandmother’s famous pumpkin pie recipe by putting more city memo in it. It just ends up tasting papery, though, so he has to throw the whole thing away. We transcribed the memo before he did.
Square repair
Eagle Square gets facelift
Beginning this week, test digging and some brick removal will occur in Eagle Square in anticipation of the upcoming surface makeover, which will begin the week of Oct. 13, Aspell writes. Eagle Square is already beautiful beneath the surface. Pedestrian traffic will be maintained through the square throughout the renovation. So good luck avoiding those rush hour backups.
Utility work on Main Street will continue this week, as well, with some test digging occurring in sporadic areas. Traffic patterns may change slightly and a few parking spaces may be coned off, but traffic should be largely unaffected. In fact, if you love parking next to cones, you’ll be downright delighted!
The Storrs Street parking lot under the Loudon Road bridge will be used as a construction staging area. As such, it will no longer be open to public parking. We apologize for the inconvenience and encourage the public to look for free parking on the south end of Storrs Street.
Boys will be boys
These boys went to camp
Thanks to the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation’s Everett Weir Abbott Fund, 40 boys received scholarships to attend summer camp this past summer, Aspell writes. Sadly, our application was denied because we were “woefully beyond the age limit” or some kind of cop-out excuse like that.
The boys ranged in age from 2 to 14 and went to 18 different summer camps through the Concord Parks & Recreation Department. These boys would not have the opportunity to attend summer camp without the generosity of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. Or if it wasn’t summer.
Summer camp creates a positive impact on these boys’ lives and is such a benefit to their growth and development. The NHCF has supported this camp scholarship program for many years through the Concord Human Services Department.
