City Briefly
Last week, City Manager Tom Aspell came to the sad realization that it was too cold outside for the daily lunch game of capture the flag among city workers, so he made the executive decision to move it indoors and informed everyone by sending out a city memo that also included the following information that’s more useful to city residents. Raking the day away The city wants your leaves The city’s annual Fall Leaf Collection Program...
This Week in Concord History
Oct. 27, 1908: A throng fills Concord’s Phenix Hall with hundreds standing as the state’s two U.S. senators campaign for the November election. “What a whirlwind (Sen. Joseph) Gallinger is for incessant work, work, work,” Charles Corning, the city’s mayor and the emcee for the night, writes in his diary. Oct. 27, 2003: In a coffee shop on Main Street in Concord, the New Hampshire Green Party throws its support behind presidential...
Book of the Week: ‘Halloween Through Twenty Centuries’
Halloween Through Twenty Centuries Ralph and Adelin Linton 1950, 108 pages Nonfiction Published in 1950 as a part of the Great Religious Festivals Series, this slim volume offers a brief overview of the origins and history of Halloween. True to its title, it covers druidic festivals, Puritanical severity, Catholic adoption of pagan festival dates and the introduction of Halloween (as we know it) to the United States by Gaelic...
Bulletin Board
Halloween party at Bow High School on Friday Bow Parks & Recreation and the Bow Police Department will hos a Halloween party on Friday at Bow High School, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Witches, ghosts and goblins, calling each and every one! Wear your favorite costume and join us for some fun. Activities include: trick-or-treating, from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m., a haunted house, Halloween games, a costume parade at 5:45 p.m. and a magic show at 6...
This Week in Concord History
Oct. 20, 1897: Hundreds of people gather in Concord for the 90th birthday party of Moses Humphrey, Civil War era mayor and prime mover of two huge civic projects: the new state prison on its current site and Concord’s trolley lines. He carried out the latter project in 1880, at age 73, “against violent opposition and almost insurmountable obstacles,” the Monitor reports. Oct. 20, 1908: Forest fires all around Concord fill the streets...
Get a little Spirituality and Obsession in your life at McGowan
If spirituality and obsession are your cup of tea, then you’ve got to make your way to McGowan Fine Art. Why? Because that’s the name of the gallery’s latest show featuring the work of Youdhi Maharajan, James Palmigiano and John LaPrade. It’s got paintings, water bottle art, transformed books and what people in the business call mixed media. And it will all be on display through Nov. 13.
The Taste of Concord is the perfect place to go if you’re hungry
We drew the difficult assignment of attending the 10th annual Taste of Concord last week and let’s just say it’s not a place you’re going to leave hungry. So enjoy all the good looking food and we’re sorry you can’t actually eat any of it.
Bringing in the big bucks
Lots of people, wearing lots of pink, took part in the annual Making Strides walk in Concord on Sunday.
Hey, guess what? There’s tons of fun stuff going on again this week
Another week, another full slate of cool things to do around the city. It really never ends here at the Insider. Telling people about cool stuff is kind of what we do. So without further ado, ahem: Wednesday ∎ Are you into poetry? If so, then you’ll want to head over to Gibson’s Bookstore at 7 p.m. for the Poetry Society of New Hampshire’s monthly meeting. This month’s headliners are A.M. Juster and Gary Margolis. An open mic follows...
Book of the Week: ‘Death at Dovecote Hatch: A Florence Norris Mystery’
Death at Dovecote Hatch: A Florence Norris Mystery Dorothy Cannell 2015, 251 pages Fiction Housekeeper Florence Norris notices mysterious things. Florence sees a woman standing near the edge of the track at a train station and wonders if she is thinking of suicide. She is also concerned about Kenneth Tenneson’s fatal fall at his country estate. Was it really an accident? Is this linked somehow to Kenneth Tenneson’s young ward, Mercy?...
Bulletin board
Candidate forum at Newell Post Oct. 27 There will be a Ward 2 City Council Candidate Forum at Newell Post Restaurant, Fisherville Road on Oct. 27 at 5;30 p.m. Jim Bouley and Paul Brogan, who are candidates for mayor, and Jim Baer, Mark Coen, Shawn Riley, Steve Shurtleff and Dave Tuene, who are running for the two at large seats, have all been invited. All the candidates will be provided an opportunity to give an opening and closing...
Missed Connections: A ride to the Heights and Marky Mark
We at the Insider like to scour Craigslist’s Missed Connections to see if anyone in Concord is talking about our amazing performance in the Taco Gigante challenge is finding true love online. Here, presented unedited as always, are some of the best recent entries: Brunette in Walmart Halloween aisle – m4w (Concord) I was shopping with my daughters and couldn’t help but notice how pretty your smile was….hoping maybe your...
City Briefly
Last week, City Manager Tom Aspell put on his hard hat, grabbed his drill and attempted to build a sawhorse for his office. But when it ended up a little wobbly, he decided to cut up his instructions and use the letters to spell out his weekly city memo. More construction Downtown work continues Work will continue this week in the area between Capital Plaza and Pleasant Street. The goal is to have the new concrete sidewalks poured,...
Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes raises more than $31,000
The second annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes was held last week as a fundraiser for the Crisis Center of Central New Hampshire at White Park, with 296 walkers raising a lot of money.
Details for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk
Sunday, October 18, 2015 Memorial Field, 70 S. Fruit St., Concord PARKING: The entire Governor Hugh Gallen State Office Park is available for your parking needs. Please enter the parkway off Pleasant Street or Clinton Street. Please avoid using Fruit Street. There will be parking signs and attendants available to assist you. Shuttle buses will be available from 11 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. to shuttle participants from the parking area to...
Paving program is back
Concord General Services has developed a Neighborhood Street Paving Program to refocus road paving efforts to local Concord streets. Due to the recent recession, the city of Concord previously was only able to make significant investments in Concord’s major arterial roads, but now is able to move forward to invest in local neighborhood streets. The city has made significant investments over the last 10 years into the community’s major...
Monikers are as diverse as their members
Teams are the heart of Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Each year, Concord’s Making Strides teams raise over 85 percent of the total money raised for the event. Teams are made up of a minimum of 10 people each committed to raising at least $100. This year’s largest team is Walkers for Healthy Knockers with 71 team members, following behind them are The Warriors, The Toothfairies, Heidi’s Fight for a Cure and Breastway Disposers...
Adventure Shopping at Ocean State Job Lot
Since Ocean State Job Lots’s slogan is ‘Adventure Shopping,’ we headed down to find the most adventurous items in the store. It’s like a safari you take right here in Concord!
Caregivers are often overlooked
When someone is diagnosed with cancer, that diagnosis has an effect on everyone that cares about the person. The role of caregiver typically is filled by a loved one, who provides physical and emotional care. They may be spouses, partners, family members, or close friends. Most often, they are not trained for the caregiver job. Many times, they may be the lifeline of the person with cancer. It’s hard to plan for a major health problem...
Eat lots of food with a trip to the 10th annual Taste of Concord
If Concord was a food, we’d definitely take a couple nibbles. Sadly, it’s not so we’re forced to enjoy it many other ways typical of a city that’s not made out of gingerbread. But the good news is that, as you probably well know, Concord is filled with some great places that serve some pretty tasty food. And Thursday, quite a few of them will fill the Grappone Conference Center for a night of, well, eating. This is the 10th year of...
We checked out the hottest and oddest things for Halloween
We stopped by the Halloween Annex Discount Superstore on Loudon Road to see what’s happening in the world of ghosts and ghouls this year. The temporary spot is operated by J & J Party Supplies and Janitorial Services in Amherst and moves to a different location each year – Concord just happened to be the lucky winner for 2015. And what we found is that Jon can really rock a Halloween costume and a bunch of other stuff that will...
Ambassadors call their work a privilege
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Concord is a volunteer run event. The volunteer planning committee recognizes that each participant stepping onto Memorial Field on Oct. 18 brings with them their own reason for participating. Some may have been recently diagnosed or in the midst of their treatment, others may be celebrating years of survivorship, many are there to show their support and others may be there to honor the memory...
What happens when craftsmen collaborate? This League exhibit
Fall means colorful leaves, shorter days and colder temperatures, as well as the final exhibit of the year for the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen. Yours, Mine, And Ours features multi-media collaborations by juried members, along with individual pieces. It includes combinations of mediums you may have never thought of. But don’t take our word for it – you’ve got plenty of time to check it out as the show runs through Dec....
We’ve got lots of more great things for you to check out this week
Now if you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you did the same last week. And for that we thank you. We sure do hope you found our list of things to do around these parts useful and worthwhile. It’s kinda gonna be one of our weekly things moving forward so get used to being inundated with all kinds of stuff to do that will either motivate you to get off the couch and do something or feel an incredible sense of laziness. Either...
This Week in Concord History
Oct. 13, 2000: Concord developer Steve Duprey announces the new conference center at Horseshoe Pond will be named for the Grappone family, who “stood out among all our wonderful donors.” The Grappones donated more than $700,000 to the project. Oct. 13, 1987: The temperature in Concord falls to 22 degrees, a record low. Oct. 15, 2002: Concord High juniors get the news that their statewide test scores rose significantly in all four...
Bulletin Board
Walker Lecture continues with The Jolly Rogues The Walker Lecture series continues Oct. 21 at the Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., with The Jolly Rogues – America’s Historic Music at 7:30 p.m. This talented band of musicians will entertain you with a rollicking repertoire of 18th & 19th century music. Ballads, shanties and songs of revolt heard through our nation’s history will have the audience clapping and foot-stomping....
Instagram photo of the week
Check out this Instagram photo of the week. It’s very Halloweeny.
