Volunteers sought for library projects
Concord Public Library is accepting applications for volunteers interested in hosting and videoing programs and hanging publicity posters for library events in area businesses. Applications are available at the library or on our website, onconcord.com/library. The deadline to apply is May 21 at noon.
Spring Fling at United Church of Penacook
United Church of Penacook will hold their indoor/outdoor Spring Fling on May 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Twenty-three crafters and vendors will offer handmade crafts, attic treasures and gently used items, and baked goods. Lunch will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds support the food pantry and the Open Door Community Kitchen. Visit ucpnh.org for directions.
‘It’ screening at Red River with live music
A film that helped define an era returns to the big screen in May at Red River Theatres.It (1927), a romantic comedy that came to epitomize the jazz age of the 1920s, will be screened with live music Friday, May 15, at 7 p.m. at Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main St.It tells the story of a shop girl who sets her sights on the handsome and wealthy boss of the department store where she works. The two are from completely different parts of...
Stamp collectors to meet May 19 in Bow
The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors’ regular monthly meeting will be held Tuesday, May 19, at 1:30 p.m. at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow. Anyone interested in stamp collecting is invited to attend. For more information, call Dan Day at 228-1154.
This Week In Concord History
May 12, 2003: The Concord City Council continues its green-tinged track record when it approves a plan to conserve 28 acres of land near Walker State Forest. The decision comes two weeks after a lengthy debate over whether the city should encourage housing developments or preservation projects deadlocked the council and left a group of tree-loving neighbors wondering what to do next.May 12, 2002: Democratic gubernatorial candidates...
Open house for Camp Mowkawogan May 23
The Concord Family YMCA is hosting an open house for prospective campers to Camp Mowkawogan, the Y’s day camp in its new location at Camp Spaulding in Penacook. Parents and campers can come to the open house Saturday, May 23, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Camp Spaulding, located at 210 Bog Road in Penacook. Register by emailing Sonia Wilks at swilks@concordymca.org or visit the Y’s website, concordymca.org, to downlaod a full brochure and...
Bach’s Lunch to feature music school faculty
On May 14, three Concord Community Music School faculty members will present a concert of music by 20th-century composers whose work showcased the beauty of reed instruments in the latest Bach’s Lunch Series. Stefani Burk, Stephanie Ratté Jenkins and Maria Isaak will collaborate to perform music for oboe, clarinet and bassoon. The program will include the by turns contemplative and playful Suite pour Trio d’Anches by Polish-born...
Stuffed peppers, apple crisp highlight dinner
Grace Episcopal Church/Merrill Park, located at 30 Eastman St., is hosting its monthly supper Friday, May 15, from 5 to 6 p.m. Our May Friday supper features stuffed peppers, corn, rolls and apple crisp 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 feed Concord’s hungry school children. Contact...
Mother, Daughter and Friends banquet May 19
The Bow Mills United Methodist Women, 505 South St., Bow, will hold its annual Mother, Daughter and Friends banquet on May 19. Beginning at 6 p.m., the entertainment will feature The Electric Praise Band from Wesley UMC, followed by a tribute to Mothers, Daughters, Friends. Following the evening’s program, everyone will have the opportunity to enjoy a scrumptious dinner and dessert hosted by the United Methodist Men. Cost is $8, $4...
Wisdom potluck at Mill Brook Gallery Wednesday
Wednesday’s Wisdom Pot Luck will be held May 13 at 6 p.m. at Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden at 236 Hopkinton Road. All are welcome to listen to speakers Lisa Gray, Sarah Heimann and Ann Saunderson. The three artists from the North Country Studio Workshops will give a short talk and demonstration about their artwork. Wednesday’s Wisdom Pot Luck is sponsored by Kimball Jenkins Community Art School and Mill Brook Gallery...
Celebrate Preservation Month by sharing images
To help celebrate May as Preservation Month, the N.H. Division of Historical Resources is asking Granite Staters to share images of their favorite New Hampshire historical places online. “My New Hampshire” will include images of historic buildings and structures, residential neighborhoods, downtowns, historic or rural landscapes and archaeological sites. In addition to the images, photographers are asked to provide the photo’s...
Applications open for teacher business grants
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce announces that applications for this year’s Chamber Business Grants for Teachers are now being accepted. Through the Business Grants for Teachers program, the chamber gives grants to teachers who have developed innovative teaching programs in capital-area schools. Recipients must demonstrate to the committee that their projects fit a specific educational need, are unique to their respective...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell puts on his red, white and blue headband and ’80s basketball shorts and blares the Rocky theme before sitting down to write the city memo as fast as he possibly can. We could barey keep up!Santa is totally real!And he won a thingMichael Santa, code administrator for the city of Concord, was named the Conference Honoree at the Eastern States Building Officials Federation’s annual educational...
‘Mindful Grieving’ to be offered by Concord VNA
Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association is offering a bereavement program “Mindful Grieving” Wednesdays, May 27, June 3 and June 10 at the Heights Community Center, 14 Canterbury Road in Concord. All sessions are from 5:30 to 7 p.m. These sessions teach mindfulness as a path that honors, transforms and helps to heal grief. They are open to anyone who is living with grief following the loss of a loved one. Pre-registration is...
And fish go blub – Mon, 11 May 2015
Stephen Johnson officially had more success as a fisherman Tuesday than we’ve had in our entire lives! Here he is at right, with his catch o’ the day, with pals Tristan Mathews, Trinity Mathews and Charles Lee there to celebrate. Johnson is a mentee in the Friends Youth Mentoring Program and went fishing with mentor Paul Kigawa at St. Paul’s. Tristan and Trinity were there with their mentor in Lee.
Get to know your friendly Parks and Recreation staff
Time to learn about the fun-loving people behind the scenes of the Concord outdoors, um, scene
Classic Concord Photo – Mon, 11 May 2015
We thought this photo was from the days when child laborers were sent to airports with printed signs to pick up arriving dignitaries, but it turns out that was never a thing that happened. This photo is actually from June 21, 1938, during Concord’s Sesquicentennial celebration of New Hampshire and the Federal Constitution. That’s Gov. Francis Murphy at the right planting a tree at the Walker school as part of the opening ceremony, and...
SPS fine arts faculty show off their talents with latest exhibit
Apparently the St. Paul’s School’s fine arts department does more than just teach art – they also create it. Want proof? Stop by the school’s Hargate Gallery before May 30 and see for yourself. Just make sure you do it when the gallery is actually open, ’cause if not, you won’t be able to see very much. Filling the gallery are paintings, ceramics, photography and drawings created by faculty members Colin Callahan, Brian Schroyer,...
Let us take you on a tour of Concord parks
Want to know what amenities you can find at some of the city’s biggest parks? We did too, so we found out
Ever wonder what parks and rec really does? Well, here’s the answer
Not every parks and recreation department is like the one in the recently ended show, Parks and Recreation. It sure would be nice, especially for our story-writing purposes, but it just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense for a city to have a group of employees who don’t really put an emphasis on their jobs – nor really do them all that well. So if you walk into the Concord Parks and Recreation Department offices in the Heights...
Thanks to donation, kids can learn to swim for free
Let’s be honest here, the summer would be a little boring and really hot without taking a nice refreshing dip in one of the city’s pools. Could you imagine a life without making a giant splash courtesy of a classic cannonball or jumping off the ping board into the deep end to look for lost money? But before you can pe right in, you’ve got to know what you’re doing in the water. You can only wear those arm floaties for so long. You...
Parks and rec wants you to try something new, so you should do it
When you think of programs offered by a parks and recreation department, the more traditional ones like soccer, basketball and summer camps usually come to mind. The ones that get you outside and active. But we guess you can say Concord Parks and Recreation isn’t your typical department. Yes, it offers those things we mentioned above, because those bring in a lot of participants, but it also has a variety of programs that for one, you...
Our intrepid music man meets the Audi, and it’s love at first sight
A few weeks back, on a sunny but ice-cold Sunday afternoon, my son and I decided to take in a concert at the City Auditorium in Concord. Pat and the Hats and Dusty Gray were playing (for free!) and raising money for a local kitchen. Good guys. Having never heard of the venue (sad, since the Audi has been around since 1904) I figured on taking the ride north from Manchester and living it up a little on a Sunday instead of pacing the...
Havenwood residents made maple syrup, then poured it on pancakes
For the second consecutive year, residents at Havenwood Heritage Heights teamed up with Dean and Meg Wilber of Mapletree Farm to tap trees on campus and make their own maple syrup. And for the second consecutive year, yum. This year’s yield was almost twice as much sap – 68 gallons compared to 40 last year – which led to almost two gallons of syrup, most of which was poured on delicious pancakes at a breakfast celebrating the haul...
Instagram photo of the Week – Tue, 05 May 2015
Here at the ‘Insider,’ we like relics from Concord’s past. That’s why we stop by the downtown Franklin Pierce statue every Thursday to share a sandwich with him. And it’s also why we love this, a picture of a Concord library card from 1865. Who knew they even had books back then? Thanks to the fine folks at @concordnhlibrary for sharing the picture, and thanks to this reader from the past for checking out so many books back in the...
This Week In Concord History
May 5, 1944: An epidemic of German measles in Concord has driven the absentee list at city schools above 100.May 6, 2003: An elderly man whom California authorities called the Love Bandit is arrested in Concord after being on the run for four years. Officials says Richard Garcia, 71, preyed on widows over the age of 65, using his dancing skills to woo his way into their bank accounts. His preferred venues, officials said, were senior...
Kids took the ball and ran with it during flag football opening day
The NFL held its draft last weekend (maybe you noticed one of the 327 hours of coverage on ESPN), but that was only the second most exciting NFL-related event going on – behind the kickoff of the Concord Parks and Recreation Department’s brand new NFL Flag Football program! The kiddos got started at Merrill Park on Sunday morning and had a great time, with two age groups getting their first taste of springtime football. Who knows,...
We saw a snake, skunk and bat at the library and it wasn’t in a book
Usually living animals inside a library would be a cause for concern, but not when they’re supposed to be there like last Thursday when Critters ‘N Creatures made a school vacation appearance.
Classic Concord Photo – Tue, 05 May 2015
We got this photo of a parade down North Main Street from reader Earl Burroughs, but we’re all uncertain of the year. What we are certain of is the fact that we’d go to more parades circa 2015 if they had sweet steam engines pulled by horses. Take notes, parade planners. We want to see your classic Concord photos, too – dig ’em up and email them to us at news@theconcordinsider.com and we’ll take it from...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell enrolls his city memo in swimming lessons so it can work on its beach body for the upcoming summer. It must be working, too, because check out the bod on this thing! When roads collideIntersection gets faceliftWork began yesterday on the new configuration of the Washington Street/Borough Road/River Road intersection, Aspell writes. If they followed our proposal, all three streets will now intersect...
