NHTI stepped up to the plate with its charity Wiffle Ball tournament
NHTI held a charity Wiffle Ball tournament Saturday to raise money for a 13-year-old boy named Spencer who has been battling Muscular Dystrophy since the age of four.
More than 100 flock to first annual Mayor’s Walk, which totally rhymes
The Capital Area Wellness Coalition spearheaded the first annual Mayor’s Walk, a one-mile walk through downtown to encourage healthy living and promote the walk-ability of Main Street, Wednesday morning.
Meet the newest member of the ‘Insider’ family, Sophie Goodwin
You may have noticed that Tim hasn’t been around much these last few weeks. Well, that’s because he’s a little busy adjusting to fatherhood! Tim and his wife, Mary, welcomed their first child, Sophie Tomma Goodwin, at 2 p.m. on Sept. 8 at Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough. She was happy and healthy at 8 pounds, 8 ounces and 20 inches long. Tim says she “loves her kitties, Fig and Miss Boo, stroller rides around the...
We checked in with S&W Sports to find the funkiest rides around
We already knew that S&W Sports on South Main Street is the place to go for your standard biking and skiing needs. But we’re not doing standard here – we’re looking for the knowledge on some funkier stuff. Turns out, S&W is the place to go for that, too. Want to keep biking through the winter, across frozen ponds and other arctic obstacles? Sure. Feel like sharing a chair lift to the top of an old ski mountain with your bike...
Spirit doubled in work zones – Tue, 23 Sep 2014
What has three hammers, two drills and only one visible foot? An industrious monopod? Actually, no, it’s these people! This is Linda Bliss, Steve Christensen and Jennifer Stacy, all from Rotary Club of Concord, along with Art Michaud and Pete Crateau from Granite State Glass. The Rotary Club continues to invest time, talent and treasure in Child and Family Services’ transitional living home on Perley Street. Over the years, the Rotary...
Check it out, Ms. America 2014 is none other than Dr. Stephanie Mills
Dr. Stephanie Mills of Crossroads Chiropractic, better known to her loyal patients and radio listeners everywhere as Dr. Stephanie, was named Ms. America 2014 on Aug. 9 after a pageant in Brea, Calif. We figured that seemed like a pretty great reason to catch up with her.How did you get involved in the Ms. America 2014 Pageant?Well, I was looking for a pageant that adult women could compete in, and actually, I found it online and read...
Instagram photo of the week – Tue, 23 Sep 2014
This picture of downtown Concord is awesome because of the impossibly painted-on clouds and because Instagram user @ksotr snapped it while making a cross-country journey from Phoenix. Welcome to Concord, @ksotr. Just make sure to wear a helmet if you are going to take photos in the middle of the street.
Keith tries to master the sport of FlingGolf
In my continued quest to be bad at all possible varieties of golf, I visited Beaver Meadow to play a few holes of FlingGolf this week. Having already experienced mega-fails playing regular golf, mini golf and disc golf – all shared in great detail on the pages of the Insider, by the way – it just seemed like the inevitable next step. My introduction to FlingGolf came last weekend, with everyone else’s, when the inventor of the game,...
Busted-up hands and Gummy Bears
We at the Insider like to scour Craigslist’s Missed Connections to see if anyone in Concord likes our new hot pink jeggings is finding true love online. Here, presented unedited as always, are some of the best recent entries.Concord Orthopaedics – m4w – 39 (concord nh)I’m looking for that beautiful young woman I crossed paths with at Dr. Mollano’s office in Concord this afternoon. You and I were both there for our post op...
Classic Concord photo – Tue, 23 Sep 2014
We think the 1937 Concord High School hockey team would have had better success if it had only made the numbers on the front of the jerseys big enough to read. We applaud the squad on its choice of Wizard of Oz-inspired socks, though. It was a good idea until a house landed on the goalie, anyway. Thanks to reader Earl Burroughs for sending us the photo. If you have classic Concord photos we ought to see, just email them to us at...
City briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell pedals his monster truck Hot Wheels to the top of Concord’s tallest hill and heads down the other side trying to establish new city manager land-speed records. And he does! Unfortunately he goes so fast his eyebrows blow away, but they spell out a city memo on the way down.Fresh AerationWorky stuff is doneStaff at the Hall Street Wastewater Treatment Plant have been preparing for the replacement of...
Concord Public Library book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Pluto: Urasawa X TezukaNaoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka2008-2010FictionThis eight-volume graphic novel set, new at Concord Public Library, is a masterpiece of fiction and visual storytelling. Written and drawn by Naoki Urasawa (of Monster fame), this sci-fi tale is in turn loosely based on an Astro Boy story penned by Osamu Tezuka, widely known as the...
Manufacturing open house coming to NHTI
Life-saving devices, the world’s most advanced cars, the coolest video games and the shuttles we launch into space are made in part or full right here in New Hampshire. NHTI offers of the technology needed, including 3-D printers, robotic arms, computer-assisted design and manufacturing software, coordinate measuring machines, precision machine tools and more. Clearly, today’s manufacturing is leaps and bounds from the factory our...
Bring old prescription drugs to the police dept.
On Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Drug Enforcement Administration, in partnership with local law enforcement agencies and the Capital Area Public Health Network, will give the public its ninth opportunity in four years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs as part of the Prescription Drug Takeback program. Please visit dea.gov to find a...
Want to go to China? Go to this meeting first
Because of the overwhelming response to our recent visits to China, the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce will offer another trip to the Far East next spring. We invite Chamber members and the public to take advantage of the outstanding rates for the China adventure, departing March 23, 2015. The Chamber will hold a brief, no-obligation information meeting at the Chamber conference room Sept. 30 at 5:30 p.m. for all who are...
Sign up for Girls Rock the Capitol by Oct. 31
erest in government service and advocacy are invited to apply for Girls Rock the Capitol, a legislative internship led by Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains. No Girl Scout experience is needed. This intensive program links girls to female legislators who act as mentors, while girls learn about and work on issues affecting the future of New Hampshire from inside the State House. Through GRTC girls become critical thinkers,...
YMCA to host annual family fun block party
Join us at the Concord Family YMCA on Sept. 26 for our Family Fun Friday Block Party. This will be an outdoor event in the front of the YMCA. (If it rains we will move indoors.) We will have food and fun for the whole family. We are expecting a big crowd, so please sign up early. Deadline for family registration is Sept. 25. Call the Y at 228-9622 or stop by the Welcome Center. You do not need to be a member of the YMCA to take part...
Abraham Lincoln stops off at the annual City Auditorium kickoff gala
The Friends of the Concord City Auditorium presented the 24th Season Opening Gala on Sept. 14 with a theme of “The Magic of Theatre.”
WOW gives locals a chance to test the waters
The second annual Weekend on the Water festival was held Sept. 6 and 7 at Riverfront Park and featured all sorts of different aqua-themed activities. And there was a giant inflatable rubber duck!
Everyone walks for the animals with the SPCA – including the animals
The Pope Memorial SPCA held its annual Walk for the Animals on Sunday at Northeast Delta Dental, with two different walking courses and a host of vendors and other entertainment. We’d make a dog pun here, but we’d rather just tell you how much of a treat it was to be there.The Pope Memorial SPCA held its annual Walk for the Animals on Sunday at Northeast Delta Dental, with two different walking courses and a host of vendors and other...
Concord’s Rachel Vogelzang can’t wait to share her first CD with you
You can keep sharing sepia-toned photos of your tacos with hundreds of your closest Facebook followers if you want to. But Concord musician Rachel Vogelzang is waiting for the moment she gets to share the culmination of years of hard work. Vogelzang’s first studio CD, Blocks, is set for a Nov. 1 release, with a Sept. 30 digital prelease to people who have pledged through her PledgeMusic campaign (more on that later). How long it has...
Get Your Rear In Gear is the perfect excuse to write ‘inflatable colon’
Some things are just bound to catch the Insider’s attention. Like the words “inflatable colon.” We can’t really imagine a scenario in which that wouldn’t immediately perk our ears up, but it’s especially effective when connected to a charitable event built on collaboration with tons of Concord people and organizations. That’s how the first Get Your Rear in Gear 5K Run/Walk, put on by the New Hampshire Public Health Association, wound...
It's on, Hooksett – Tue, 16 Sep 2014
September is Library Card Sign Up Month, which is much more fun with a little friendly rivarly. That’s why the Concord Public Library is challenging its Hooksett brethren to see who can generate the most sign-ups before the month is out. (Hooksett purges its cards that haven’t been used for three years and Concord doesn’t, so anyone in Concord with a card that hasn’t been used in three years will count as a new sign-up.) The above...
Instagram photo of the week – Tue, 16 Sep 2014
In this week’s episode of Behind the Scenes at the Concord Insider, we show you the place where all letters to the editor wind up. We’re kidding: PLEASE SEND US LETTERS. Actually, we can thank Instagram user @miamarsh73 for this super cool basement shot.
This week in Concord history
Sept. 16, 2003: The Bishop Brady girls’ soccer team earns its first victory of the season with a 3-1 decision against Kearsarge.September 16, 1820: John George of Concord has raised a radish weighing 3 pounds ½ ounce and measuring 13¾ inches in diameter.Sept. 16, 1975: Democrat John Durkin beats Republican Louis Wyman in a special election for a U.S. Senate seat. The seat has been in dispute since the November 1974 election. Wyman’s...
Walking a mile in the governor’s shoes?
Not only is New Hampshire’s First Gentleman, Tom Hassan, suiting up for the Walk A Mile In Her Shoes event, but so are at least 100 others – and that number will expand by Oct. 1 when the walk kicks off. If that is not enough, some great local entrepreneurs challenge you to step in and step out with these generous motivators. Three Main Street shoe stores and a hair salon want you to Walk A Mile In Her Shoes. We all need to band...
We checked out a different kind of fall fling at Beaver Meadow
The sport of FlingGolf came to Beaver Meadow Golf Course for a demonstration Sunday morning. The game, in which players fling a golf ball using a stick similar in design to a lacrosse stick, is played on traditional golf courses. Alex Van Alen conceived the sport in Massachusetts and is showcasing it across the country. Spoiler alert: we dug it! Stay tuned next week for a first-hand account of our first official round.
We discovered this information about the Discover Downtown debut
Intown Concord, in partnership the Merchants Roundtable, will host the first Discover Downtown event Sept. 19. Discover Downtown is a new event series and campaign designed to bring people to the heart of Concord for shopping, dining, enjoying, and building community. During Discover Downtown, more than 45 downtown stores and businesses will extend their hours until 8 p.m. or later, and will feature special promotions, discounts,...
Classic Concord photo – Tue, 16 Sep 2014
Pop quiz, everyone: This is a picture of A) the foyer in Tom Aspell’s City Manager lair; B) The hallowed house of Concord marble busts or C) the main entrance to the New Hampshire Historical Society Building. Trick question: it’s all of the above! Thanks to reader Earl Burroughs for the photo.
