VNA to offer ‘Mindful Grieving’ on Tuesdays
Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association is offering a bereavement program “Mindful Grieving” on Tuesdays, Jan. 13, 20, and 27 at Wesley United Methodist Church, 79 Clinton St. All sessions are from 6 to 7:30 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 required. For more...
Stamp collectors will meet Jan. 20 in Bow
The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors’ regular monthly meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan. 20 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.
Concord Chorale to perform this weekend
The Concord Chorale will perform its midwinter concert, Eventide, on Jan. 16, 17 and 18. The songs of Brahms, Haydn, Lauridsen and Barber plus arranger Craig Hella Johnson follow a journey from the long, dark nights of winter to the awakening of lighter days. It is a lush and lively concert that includes solo performances from several Chorale members, and showcases piano accompanist, Molly Lozeau. The concerts on Jan. 16 and 18 will...
Wheelchair basketball game kickoff at NHTI
There will be a kick-off event for NHTI’s annual wheelchair basketball fundraiser on Tuesday, Jan. 20, from noon to 2 p.m. in the NHTI Library. We’ll be serving refreshments and displaying items for the silent auction along with displaying pictures of previous games. We’ll also showcase previous recipients of the awards from the Zech DeVits Memorial Equipment Fund.
Rhythm of the Night at the Audi Jan. 17
So you think you can dance? Concord knows it can dance. New Hampshire’s “Dancing Town” has been on its toes, and its toe-ball-heels, since Baryshnikov wore booties! Just one night a year, the capital area’s best dancers show us why dance has become the country’s new pick-me-up, all-ages sport, and TV ratings topper. On Saturday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m., the capital area’s Prima Dancers step into the spotlights of the Concord City...
Concord Public Library book of the week
Live Free or DieJessie Crockett2010, 272 pagesFictionWinslow Falls is every small town in New Hampshire, filled with all the characters you could meet on the streets, in the shops, and just passing through. As deputy fire chief, the last thing Gwen expects to be put in charge of is a murder investigation. But, dressed in her sushi pajamas, that’s exactly where she finds herself.As the snow piles up and Christmas speeds along like a...
Monthly supper Friday at Grace Episcopal Church
January’s monthly supper at Grace Episcopal Church/Merrill Park, located at 30 Eastman St., will be held Friday Jan. 16, from 5 to 6 p.m. The supper is a New England Saturday night supper, featuring hot dogs and baked beans, coleslaw, brown bread and blueberry crisp. 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...
Check out the flowers that accent these paintings at Art and Bloom
Look at just about any art exhibit and odds are you’ll find a painting with flowers – either as the star or an accent. Roses, lilies, orchids; if it’s a flower, someone has painted it. But how often do you see flowers that represent works of art? We’re not too sure about around the world, but in Concord, at least, it happens every year with the annual Art and Bloom show at McGowan Fine Art. And you have the Concord Garden Club to...
Want to know how Concord’s snow is removed? Well, here you go
It happens to all of us. You awake from a sound sleep one winter morning to find that it’s snowing. How did you miss the weather report or why didn’t anybody say something during the afternoon chat around the old office water cooler? The fluffy white stuff means trudging out in the dark to clean off the car, shovel your way out of the driveway and leave extra time to get to wherever you might be heading. This also coincides with the...
Suncook Valley Chorale on stage Friday, Saturday
The Suncook Valley Chorale presents ‘A Midwinter’s Night Dream,’ a concert of dreamy and dream-themed music from a variety of genres Friday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m., at the Pembroke Congregational Church at 301 Pembroke St. Our program includes classical pieces, Broadway tunes and some rock and pop. It’s a concert all about dreaming, but we’re not going to put you to sleep – there’s a lot of fun and energy...
We kiss 2014 goodbye with these photos
We spent weeks days some amount of time digging through our archives for our best pictures of 2014. Enjoy!
A Santorini scene-y – Tue, 06 Jan 2015
Nope, that’s not the Merrimack River Linda Kenison and Brad Mark are posing in front of – it’s a scene from the Greek island of Santorini when the duo visited in October with the “Insider.” Uh oh, it looks like a giant has left his blue beanie cap behind just over Brad’s shoulder. Be a dear and swing it by lost and found before you guys head out, will you? To everyone else – send your travel photos with the “Insider” to...
All it took was an autograph request to draw our friendly possum out
Lo and behold, we publish a picture of the possum we found lurking in the Monitor parking lot last spring with mention of his movie deal and sudden shyness around paparazzi, and he appears again, sniffing around some recycling bins and enjoying some discovered french fries.It’s impossible to know if this photo, sent to us from reader Patty Sisk, is of the same possum, but given the tone of the email – which was apparently written by...
Adventure Shopping
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!
Instagram photo of the Week – Tue, 06 Jan 2015
We hope Santa isn’t reading this, because this photo, posted by Instagram user @meganabrabec and taken by Instagram user @dtots89, might be enough to make him turn around and come back. As one friend of @meganabrabec noted, it looks like it should be in “Real Simple”! Well, it’s at least in the real “Insider.”
This Week In Concord History
Jan. 6, 2003: Several Penacook residents ask the city to save their beloved, but most likely doomed, Rolfe barn: They ask the city to seize it through eminent domain. The request is made in a petition filed just minutes before city hall closes. After months of battles between history buffs and property developers, the Penacook Historical Society will own the barn.Jan. 6, 2001: President Clinton will make one more trip to New Hampshire...
Concord’s turning 250, so we checked out some of it’s cool old stuff
Before officially kicking off Concord’s 250th year, a New Year’s Eve pop up history gallery was like a walk down memory lane with some of the city’s old stuff on display at the Grappone Center. Unfortunately it was just a one-day thing, but luckily we went and took pictures. You’re welcome.
Classic Concord Photo – Tue, 06 Jan 2015
Here’s a photo of the 1951 St. John’s High School JV basketball team sent to us by reader Jack Fraser, from an era when haircut persity was apparently not really a thing. Other stuff we dig in this photo: No. 5’s sort of shmedium jersey and the sweet striped shirt No. 8 is rocking under his uniform. The photo may be old, but the means to idenfity everyone were decidedly modern – Fraser, who was the coach of the team, thanked those who...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell salts his steps to make them less slippery in the ice but accidentally uses table salt. So he covers his steps in butter and dough, too, and lets the sun turn them into delicious pretzels that he eats while writing a city memo.Leaf us alonePiles and piles collectedHighway and utility crews are continuing to collect leaves in the rural areas of Concord, Aspell writes. Pretty soon they should have a...
Memory loss discussion at library on Wednesday
Melissa Grenier of the Alzheimer’s Association and Jennifer Brechtel of the Concord Regional VNA will speak, answer your questions, and provide community resources on memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer’s on Wednesday, Jan. 7, at the Concord Public Library, as part of CPL’s Health Topics Series. The discussion will be held in the library auditorium at 7 p.m.
Music school piano trio to hold concert Friday
When Felix Mendelssohn wrote his monumental Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Robert Schumann declared it “the most masterly trio of the present era. . . . It is a beautiful composition that years from now will delight our grandchildren and great-grandchildren.” This piano trio, along with works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Jean Baptiste Loeillet, will be featured in a performance by Concord Community Music School faculty members Bozena...
Parenting workshop at Riverbend Jan. 14
Active Parenting Now, a free six-week workshop series for parents of children ages 5-12, will be held Wednesday evenings, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., beginning Jan. 14, at Riverbend Children’s Intervention Program, 105 Loudon Road, Building 3. The series will help with improving communication with your school-age child, exploring active parenting versus reactive parenting and getting support from other parents. For more information or to...
Six-week sustainability series at Vrinda Center
There will be a six-week series of discussions about sustainability facilitated by Peter Flora at the Vrinda Center, beginning Jan. 7 through Feb. 11. Theme-based discussions will focus on the shortcomings of current global, national and local efforts to achieve sustainability and environmental responsibility as well as the need to address issues related to the CO2 tipping point. The first meeting will offer a general overview of the...
VNA program to help with health conditions
Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association is offering Better Choices, Better Health in Concord, a six-week ongoing health condition self-management program to help adults living with ongoing health conditions feel better, regain control of their health and start doing the things they want to do. The program is on Thursdays beginning Jan. 15 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at Granite Ledges of Concord, 151 Langley Parkway. Ongoing health...
Help pick signage and lighting for downtown
With new designs for lighting and wayfinding signage yet to be decided for Concord’s Main Street project, downtown merchants, the public and other interested parties will receive the opportunity to learn more and ask questions regarding these plans for the upcoming future. During this week, there will be three informational meetings held downtown. The first two, which are being sponsored by the Merchant’s Round Table, will take place...
Concord Public Library Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net and visit us on Tumblr (reading-rumblr.tumblr.com and concordteens.tumblr.com) and Facebook (facebook.com/ConcordPublicLibrary.)Betrayed: A Rosato & Associates novelLisa Scottoline2014, 343 pagesFictionJudy Carrier, associate at Rosato & Associates, a law firm in Philadelphia, is at a crossroads in her personal life and professional life....
Winter open house at NHTI this Wednesday
See yourself on a new pathway at NHTI. Whether it’s directly into a career, or continuing at a four-year college or university, envision the future you want – at NHTI. Explore NHTI at our Winter Open House on Wednesday, Jan. 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Wellness Center Gym. Learn about our 65-plus academic programs, tour our 240-acre campus and find out about campus life at NHTI. Meet current and former students, academic department...
Where are they now? Right here, on this page
Over the last year or so, we’ve told some pretty cool stories.Well, actually, all of them have been cool – we did, after all, write them. And usually we try to tell the whole story because if we don’t, it leads to more questions than answers and we don’t want you to think any more than is required. But sometimes the whole story just hasn’t unfolded yet, which is why we decided to catch up with some of the people, places and things...
This Week In Concord History
Dec. 30: 2000: The season’s first Nor’easter drops more than two feet of snow on central New Jersey before arriving in New Hampshire. Concord’s official total will be only 6 inches, but towns to the south will report much more.Dec. 30, 1869: A Grant Club is organized in Concord. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is “the people’s general, and will be the people’s president,” the Monitor asserts.Dec. 30, 1926: Allen and Amoret Hollis deed Concord...
What do you do when a book is beyond repair? Turn it back into a tree
You know me – I’ll try anything if it either sounds cool or makes a good story, or, if I’m really lucky, both.So when I saw the Concord Public Library had a Christmas tree craft going on two days before Christmas, I had to check it out. The holiday spirit has been running high since the gingerbread house creation and it also gave me a reason to bust out my awesome Christmas sweatshirt. It also sounded quite fun, because this craft was...
