Classic Concord Photo – Tue, 16 Jun 2015
We thought this might have been a prototype for the original game of Clue (“Rev. J.E. Barry did it, in the gymnasium, with the Samurai sword. That was a Clue weapon, right?) But it turns out it’s something even weirder than that, a postcard of St. Paul’s School buildings! That way you could send your classmate in the lower school a special note from the upper school so you wouldn’t have to miss each other between breakfast and dinner....
Concord wins award for recycling website
The City of Concord has received an award for “2015 Outstanding Recycling Facility Website,” presented by the Northeast Resource Recovery Association (NRRA). The city’s solid waste webpage (concordnh.gov/solidwaste) is the most frequently visited page of all of Concord General Services’ webpages, averaging over 1,000 views each month. The city of Concord’s Solid Waste Manager, Adam Clark, and Communications Coordinator, Angelina...
There’s a celebration next Sunday and all of you are invited
When you drive by Pecker Memorial Park on Mountain Road, doesn’t it just look beautiful? There are garden beds filled with lilacs, daffodils and tulips, along with luscious bushes and a couple trees; it’s a nice scenic area to drive by on your way to work. Well, you can thank the East Concord Garden Club for the visual pleasure. Every spring for quite a while, and we mean quite a while, the ladies of the club have been weeding and...
‘Difficult Decisions’ presentation July 16
Concord Regional VNA is offering a free presentation “Difficult Decisions – Working Through Conflict on Caring for a Loved One” on July 16 from 5 to 6 p.m. at TLC Medical Day Care for Adults, 211 Loudon Road. Caring for a loved one can be difficult. When more than one person is involved there is an increased chance of communication snafus and disagreements in decision-making. Learn tips on identifying different wants, needs, and...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell eats a snack and takes a nap. Sounds great to us! Read this city memo while we snooze.Going swimminglyYou can take a dip soonThe city’s seven neighborhood swimming pools will open for the season June 20 at 12:30 p.m., Aspell writes. Note for new residents: the pools are not the size of actual neighborhoods.The pools are free to use for Concord and Penacook residents with a valid form of ID....
Made in New England Expo set for October
The first ever Made in New England Expo is now taking registrations from businesses all over New England to demonstrate, sample and sell their products and services at what will be N.H.’s premier Made in New England Expo.The expo will be held Oct. 10-11 at the Radisson Hotel/Center of New Hampshire Expo Center in Manchester. Exhibitors are encouraged to introduce their New England products and services to thousands of “gift buying”...
The Capital Area Wellness Coalition wants you to get the heck outside
It’s New Hampshire, so by the time you read this article, spring is over and the leaves are just about ready to turn color again! While that might be a bit of an exaggeration, there is no doubt that the summers fly by, so we need to get off the couch and take advantage of every beautiful day. I am not much of a “winter sports” guy, although my friends Frank and Kate are always trying to get me out on my cross country skis a little...
South Church to host annual garden tour
South Congregational Church is holding its 6th annual Garden Tour, entitled “Beyond the Garden Gate, Tour of Special Gardens” on June 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (rain or shine!) Gardens in Concord and Bow will participate in the tour. Proceeds will support local Concord community organizations, particularly those that deal with the issues of hunger and homelessness, as well as maintenance of the church’s own gardens. Tickets are...
Chamber announce golf tourney sponsorship
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the Corporate Sponsor of the 2015 Funds for Education Golf Tournament is Merrimack County Savings Bank, with the tournament luncheon generously provided by the Concord Food Co-op. The tournament will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Beaver Meadow Golf Course. Other major sponsors include NHHEAF Network Organizations, Luncheon Sponsor; Nathan Wechsler & Co., PA, Golf...
Concord Public Library Book of the Week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of CuteZac Bissonnette2015, 260 pagesNonfictionDo you remember Beanie Babies? If you grew up in the 1990s you probably had one or two at some point. The cute beanbag toys, which came out in 1993, were originally for kids; and then, as buyers began to see the toys as collectibles, the...
Annual strawberry festival in Bow June 27
Bow Mills United Methodist Church will hold its 7th annual Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be delicious food, animals, great vendors with activities, demos, a balloon artist, kids craft castle for fun creation of tiaras and crowns, Angry Birds game, an agility course for dogs, therapy dogs, Tucker the Therapy Rabbit, puppy kissing booth, massage therapy, musical entertainment by Cat Tierney...
Rock your face off at the Granite State Music Festival this weekend
Summer is time for music festivals, and the Granite State Music Festival is a time to carry a lawn chair to Kiwanis Riverfront Park, plunk your butt in it and listen to two days of tremendous funky tunes. It’s also this weekend, FYI. The fourth annual festival is set for June 20 and 21, and the lineup is tremendous as always, including some national headliners – like Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers, and New Hampshire’s own Alex...
Become a river runner with N.H. Rivers Council
Since 2009, the New Hampshire Rivers Council river runners have been the early detection network for Didymo, Eurasian Milfoil and other invasive species in our rivers and streams. Training is fun and free and monitoring is easy – just be observant when paddling, swimming and fishing in your favorite rivers and then report what you find. You’ll meet new friends and learn valuable identification skills. There will be a training session...
Merrimack Valley b-ball is about to look real good on the court
As you all can appreciate, it’s important to look good. Fashion is a big thing nowadays, but it can be downright exhausting trying to pick out the perfect outfit. And we’re just talking about for ourselves when we hit the town, which is nowhere close to the kind of pressure members of the Merrimack Valley basketball teams recently had to deal with. How do you decide not only what you’re going to wear on the court next season, but what...
Piccola Opera to perform at Market Days
Piccola Opera recently located its office and studios on North Main Street in downtown Concord. As they prepare for their summer festival production of The Magic Flute, things are getting very busy at their new studio.“We are amazed at how well we have been received here in Concord. We are booked three out of five afternoons with voice lessons and are accepting more students as we speak,” says Carlos Martinez, musical director of...
Lucas Gallo pretty much wrote the book on booking live musicians
Lucas Gallo won’t take the bait. Feed him a couple loaded questions about ego and taste and precedence within the Concord music community and he won’t simply deflect his answers, he’ll defend his fellow musicians and the club owners for their earnestness and ego-free sensibilities. No wonder Lucas Gallo is one of the most sought after booking/promotion guys in the area. He isn’t just good at what he does. He’s also got your...
Allant Trio concert at United Chirch of Penacook
The United Church of Penacook is hosting the highly acclaimed Allant Trio for a concert on Tuesday, June 23 at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public. Allant is a classical music trio, comprised of a pianist, violinist and cellist, who have won numerous awards both inpidually and as a group. You can learn more about them and sample their music on their website, allanttrio.com. Directions to United Church and additional information...
Ulbrich family thankful for kind messages about their beloved Lily
I write this with a heavy heart yet a glad heart. We lost our beloved chocolate Labrador, Lily, on May 23. Lil touched the lives of so many people – young and old. When we acquired Lily back in 2007 from our son, I knew I wanted to do something special with her. Along with my then 10-year-old grand daughter, Amelia, we took Lily to therapy dog training classes with Mary Finlayson. Lily passed with flying colors! We joined a therapy...
Merrimack County stamp club to meet June 16
The Merrimack County Stamp Club will hold its monthly meeting at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, on June 16, at 1 p.m. All who are interested in stamp collecting are welcome to attend. Meet other collectors and learn more about their hobby and varied interests in philatelic resources and issues. For more information, call Dan Day at 228-1154.
The Kimby-Jenks student show is impressive to say the least
At Kimball-Jenkins, the month of June, at least for the last 12 years, has meant one thing – the spring student art show. Over 100 pieces grace the Carolyn Jenkins Gallery walls and will until July 3. So if you like art and lots of it, you should go check it out. Just make sure you’ve got some time ’cause there’s lots to look at.
Memory cafe Wednesday at Granite Ledges
The Capital Area Memory Cafe for memory-impaired inpiduals and their family members is Wednesday, June 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Granite Ledges of Concord, 151 Langley Parkway in Concord. The Memory Cafe is held on the third Wednesday of every month at the same time. The Capital Area Memory Cafe is a collaboration of Concord Hospital, Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Concord and Granite Ledges of Concord....
Learn how to use the arts to cope with cancer
Concord Hospital Therapeutic Arts and Activity Services is pleased to present Creatively Coping With Cancer: Using the Arts to Support Families in the Healing Journey on Wednesday, June 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Practitioners of varied therapeutic arts disciplines will describe and demonstrate how music and art may help patients and their families during cancer treatment. In addition, learn about the role of creativity in coping,...
Friday night supper at Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Episcopal Church/Merrill Park, located at 30 Eastman St. in East Concord, will hold its monthly supper on Friday, June 19, from 5 to 6 p.m. The June Friday supper features pot roast with mashed potatoes, carrots, rolls and blueberry sundaes for dessert. So come, bring your family and friends and take the night off from cooking. There is no charge, but donations are welcomed and support our Take-A-Tote Ministry, which helps to...
Concord Public Library Book of the Week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net. We’re also on Tumblr (reading-rumblr.tumblr.com and concordteens.tumblr.com) and Facebook (facebook.com/ConcordPublicLibrary).The MartianAndy Weir2014, 387 pages(or 9 audio CDs)FictionListening to an audiobook versus reading the book (whether in e- or paper format) can be hard. The reader’s accent, intonations, pacing and expression have to be just...
Local Harvest CSA is a good way to meet all your vegetable needs
Eating your veggies is an important part of being a healthy human being. At least that’s what we’ve been told since we were old enough to know it was the only way we’d get to leave the dinner table and play with our toys. Maybe that’s why we bring carrots for lunch every day, because if not, there’s no way we could go outside for recess. But in all seriousness, vegetables are actually quite tasty, whether they’re raw or cooked in...
Instagram photo of the week – Tue, 09 Jun 2015
Um, construction guys, we hate to break it to you, but it looks like when you were putting in the gymnastics rings for when Concord hosts the 20-whatever summer Olympics thanks to its revitalized downtown, you put them in upside down. Also, nobody has three arms. Signed, management. That’s a joke, of course (complete list of things that would be worse than having the Olympics in Concord: full-body poison ivy). These are actually the...
Grab a blanket and pull up some lawn for the library’s music series
So we just want to paint a little picture for you – using words, of course. It’s a weekday night and you’re down by the library. All of a sudden you hear music around the corner and catch the sweet smell of hot dogs and pizza. Of course, you have to check it out. And what you’ll see is not only a band set up in the middle of Prince Street (the one that stretches from Green Street to North Spring Street between the library and the...
These dogs are really good at sitting still for Gloria to paint them
We introduced you to Gloria Najecki in the winter of 2014. She’s the one who does all the really cool paintings of dogs, but you probably could have guessed that by looking around these pages. Well, now it’s time to revisit Najecki cause her work is currently hanging in the Works Bakery Cafe on North Main Street and will be through the end of June. So next time you’re getting a bagel or coffee, check it out.
These St. Paul’s alumni and students made summer’s dog days bearable
It can get hot out there this time of year, especially if you happen to be under a thick, luxurious coat of fur. And dogs can’t do any manscaping, so they’re pretty much just stuck with what they got. Not anymore, though – at least not outside at the Pope Memorial SPCA, where a group of St. Paul’s alumni and students stopped by last Friday to help clean up the dog yard and build a shady area for the pooches to hang out in. The...
