Check out more than 1,000 Concord student art projects in one place
Annual gallery opens March 6 at the mall
While the staff slaved away back home, the ‘Insider’ went to Disney
With more snow in the forecast last week, the ‘Insider’ hopped a plane for Disney with plans to leave Keith and Tim behind, until Tim was ultimately taken along as a chauffeur.
Meow that’s what we’re talking about
The 7th annual Himalayan Cat Fanciers’ All Breed Cat Show took over the Grappone Conference Center Feb. 15 and 16. It was a cat lovers’ paradise with close to 60 cats on display. From Maine Coons to Scottish Folds, and Persians to Ragdolls, it was hard to pick a favorite. There was even a Norwegian Forest Cat, and of course, Himalayans. Kittens even had their own pision.
This 100th birthday celebration at the Audubon really takes the cake
The N.H. Audubon celebrated its 100th birthday on Feb. 15, marking the occasion with a bash at the McLane Center. There was a sing-a-long, live bird presentations, arts and crafts and a cake decorating contest.
The ‘Insider’ takes you to church
It’s time for the latest wildly-enthralling ‘Insider’ scavenger hunt! We snapped pictures of a handful of our city’s churches, and now it’s on you to find them all. Email your answers to <a href="mailto:news@theconcordinsider.com">news@theconcordinsider.com</a> and we’ll reward the person who gets the most correct with a $20 gift certificate to the Concord business of their choice. Time’s a-wastin,’ so get...
Meet the Concord High Granite State Challenge team
This brainy group made it all the way to the round of 16, but are they smarter than Keith and Tim? (hint: yup!)
Concord 2014
Sochi's got nothing on Concord, except maybe weird toilets. In the spirit of the Winter games, we thought we'd hold the first Concord Insider Olympiad. Cue the trumpety music and somebody find me Bob Costas.
Rhythm is a dancer, but so are these familiar Concord personalities
NHTI hosted Dancing with the Concord Stars, the best reality dancing show the networks haven’t caught onto yet, as part of its annual Winter Fling last weekend. Thirteen dance teachers from four local dance academies – Concord Dance Academy, Let’s Dance Studio, Miss Gen’s Dance Studio, and Creative Dance Workshop of Bow – coached up the squads. The event, which was presented by Lincoln Financial Group, helped NHTI raise more than...
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Granite State Dairy Promotion put on the annual New Hampshire’s Own Macaroni & Cheese Bake-Off at the Grappone Center on Saturday. Did we eat some? You betcha! Also, we took pictures.
Merrimack Valley students show off their photo chops
Miss Fitzgerald’s class captured Manor Fire Station in photos, and we got our hands on the results.
Proof that we did stuff during 2013
Everyone else is doing year-end, best-of photo galleries, so why can’t we? Boom – it looks like we just did.
We bid Concord’s closing Blockbuster adieu
Look at all these classic movie titles we found at Concord's Blockbuster, which will be closing its doors this month.
Evolution Rock + Fitness birthday bash highlighted by chili cookoff
As part of its first birthday bask, Evolution Rock + Fitness held a chili cookoff.
Don't sweat the technique
For those who didn’t get invited to an ugly Christmas sweater party, we decided to throw one! So grab some eggnog and check out the best Feliz Navi-don’ts we could unearth in Concord
The hottest new properties in gingerbread real estate
Pack your tiny candy furniture and move on in to these masterpieces created at Chandler’s Cake and Candy Supplies. Chandler’s held gingerbread workshops for adults and children over the last two weekends, and we unearthed some of the best! So we present in the captions our favorite elements from each house.
We’ve seen the light, and it’s rather festive
Sure, you’ve got tinsel hanging from the Christmas tree again this year. But that’s nothing compared to the all-out holiday light displays in a couple of Concord yards.
Co-op’s Jingle Bell Bash rings in the holidays in style
How much fun can you have inside a tent in a parking lot? Plenty, it turns out, when good food and drink abound.
‘Creations in Winter’ at Furniture Masters gallery
‘Creations in Winter’ is on display in the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Gallery at 49 S. Main St. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.
Something different for dessert
Pumpkin and apple pie again? Borrrrrrrrrrring. We asked some local bakeries to suggest a few unique sweet treats to jazz up your after-dinner Thanksgiving festivities.
Be thankful your kitchen isn’t this busy
The Co-op was neck deep in Thanksgiving meal prep Monday morning, getting ready for the big holiday.
None of these critters wound up on the naughty list
CAVES hosted a Santa Paws photo event Saturday to benefit the Concord-Merrimack County SPCA, with Mr. Claus stopping by to snap some pictures with some cute and cuddly buddies.
Time for good ole’ Yankee (swap) ingenuity
That dreaded office holiday party is no doubt right around the corner, so we took it upon ourselves to visit Ocean State Job Lots to pick out the perfect Yankee swap gifts under $10 for you
The fall foliage photo contest is officially in your hands, readers
Check out the following pictures and select your favorite (by using the name and number from the caption) and email them to us at news@theconcordinsider. The photographer with the people’s champion pic will receive a $20 gift certificate to a Concord business of their choice. Let the voting begin!
Getting drafty with Concord’s brew crew
We hopped over to the Concord Area Homebrewers’s sudsy demonstration.
Six-pack of breweries visits Co-op for SNOB kickoff beer tasting
The SNOB Film Festival kicked off Thursday, with a beer tasting at the Co-op featuring six local breweries preceding the first movies.
Concord Hospital gets in the holiday spirit with weekend craft fair
Concord Hospital hosted its annual holiday craft fair on Nov. 9 with over 60 tables and crafters.
In search of the Halloween hotness
We visited with store manager Lisa Demers and district sales manager Michael Cutting of Spirit Halloween at the Steeplegate Mall to get a handle on what’s happenin’ this Halloween.
