Classic Concord photo – Tue, 29 Jul 2014
This is the home of Mary Baker Eddy, circa sepia tones. Legend has it that the phrase “baker’s dozen” was created to officially count the number of porches on the house. Thanks to reader Earl Burroughs for sending the picture along.
Nazzy and AJ get snazzy for CCCNH
The Crisis Center of Central New Hampshire is over the moon because 105.5 WJYY’s very own Nazzy and A.J. Dukette are on board to Walk a Mile In Her Shoes as the official emcees of Concord’s first WAM event Oct. 1. Yes, we know, it is a little early, but when you’re walking to raise awareness of domestic and sexual assault, you can never start too early or talk about the problem too much. Plus this will be fun, as you can see in the...
This Week In Concord History
July 29, 2001: The New York Post runs a first-person essay by Concord’s Adam Young about the experience of trying to make the New York Giants’ roster. “I think I have a different perspective than a lot of guys,” Young writes. “You appreciate the things that come to you after having to battle your way through the ranks.”July 29, 1988: Developers announce plans for an eight-story office and retail building at the corner of Main and...
Concord teachers bring science learning to the summer months
Unlike most of us at the Insider, Frank and Wendy Harrison had a plan for their retirement.The Concord school teachers wanted to open a science center at their home in Chichester, but like most plans, things changed. Instead of waiting for their careers as science educators to come to an end, the Harrisons decided to get things going a little earlier. Maybe we could buy that island and just start weekending there until our writing...
Fantasy becomes reality at Kimball-Jenkins
When it comes to Fantasy Week at Kimball-Jenkins art camp, you never know what you’re going to find. And that’s the whole point.This year, some of the costume projects included LEGO men, warriors and unicorns. There was also a phoenix, Ariel (from the Little Mermaid) and a completely made up alien king. You name it and it has probably been done. A few years ago, one camper was even the Blob. No eye or arm holes, just a piece of green...
Was this entire column just an excuse to use the word pluperfect?
To continue with verbs, we all know that they come in different tenses – present and past and future – and people once upon a time used to know about principal parts and participles and go even further and understand the subjunctive, which still bedevils those learning Spanish, and the pluperfect – which is actually the same as the past perfect, but I’ll take any opportunity to write pluperfect. But let’s simply call my subject for...
Our Matt Bonner trophy tour story made it all the way to Deadspin
Things were moving along like any typical Monday morning – Tim and I were outside working on our tans while our unpaid army of Oompa Loompas put the finishing touches on last week’s issue – until Luke Bonner tweeted out a link to our story about the tour of Concord he and his NBA champion brother, Matt, led with the Larry O’Brien Trophy a few weeks back.Luke – who is much more popular on Twitter than we are – got the ball rolling, and...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell grabs his head lamp and notebook and sets out for the woods behind his house to document the insect life. But he dozes off in his chair and wakes up to find hundreds of bites on his arms and legs. And wouldn’t you know it – if you connect the dots you spell out a city memo!We are the championsReport reign hits 18 yearsFor the 18th consecutive year, the city of Concord was awarded a certificate of...
81st annual Craftsmen’s Fair set for Aug. 2-10
The 81st Annual League of N.H. Craftsmen’s Fair is the place to see and shop for fine handmade crafts – and learn how craft is made. The Fair takes place at the scenic Mount Sunapee Resort in Newbury from Saturday, Aug. 2, to Sunday, Aug. 10. The longest running annual crafts fair in the nation – drawing some 30,000 people each year – will feature the contemporary and traditional work of 350 craftsmen, along with daily craft...
‘Pitch In’ to help the Audi prepare for season
“We Do Windows,” say The Friends of the Concord City Auditorium. “Windows and orchestra seats and dressing rooms and stage floors. We sew curtains, polish chandeliers, and send event calendars to thousands of area households.” And all in three days! The 24th annual “Pitch In” on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Aug. 18-20, will get the historic municipal theatre ready for its 110th year as the home of Concord’s community-based arts and...
Resources librarian given 2014 Impact Award
Bobbi Slossar, technology resources librarian at the N.H. State Library, has been named 2014 Impact Award winner by the N.H. School Library Media Association. The Impact Award is given to a non-NHSLMA member who has made a significant contribution to the promotion of school librarianship in the state of New Hampshire. The recipient fosters the use and importance of the school library media center and advocates for school librarianship...
New exhibition at N.H. Historical Society
A new exhibition at the New Hampshire Historical Society, “New Hampshire Then & Now,” features 40 pairs of photographs of places, people and events that reflect the character and culture of New Hampshire, past and present. Based on the book of the same title by photographer, author and publisher Peter E. Randall, the exhibition is a visual overview of New Hampshire and of changes that have taken place in the state from the late...
Men’s grief discussion groups offered by CRVNA
Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association is offering men’s grief discussion groups on Thursday, Aug. 14, and Thursday, Aug. 28, from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Concord Regional VNA Hospice House. The ongoing drop-in grief discussion groups are designed to help men who are adjusting after the loss of a spouse or significant other. There is no registration or fee to attend. For additional information, please call 224-4093, ext. 2828 or...
Concord Contemporary Club to meet Aug. 14
The Concord Contemporary Club is hosting a meet and greet Aug. 14 at the NEC Concord campus (62 N. Main St.) from 6 to 8 p.m. It is an opportunity to find out a little more about our club and learn about volunteer opportunities for women in the greater Concord area. Meet some of our members, hear from local organizations who need your help and find others who share your love of volunteering. There will be representatives from our club...
Check out Lucy Audubon performance Aug. 7
History will come alive at the McLane Audubon Center on Thursday, Aug. 7, at 7 p.m. when the public will be invited to travel back to 1830 and meet Lucy Bakewell Audubon, wife of the famed naturalist, artist and author of Birds of America.Mrs. Audubon will be portrayed by actress Kelly Brengelman, a special guest presenter from the Kentucky Humanities Council. Brengelman will wear period costume and tell stories of the struggles and...
Concord Public Library Book of the Week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Blood RedMercedes Lackey 2014, 312 pagesFictionBlood Red is the latest book in Lackey’s “Elemental Masters” – an engaging series set mostly in a slightly alternate turn-of-the-century England, where masters of elemental magic hide amongst society. Each book is a self-contained story, based loosely on a fairy tale. I found Blood Red to be as fun to...
Things are really shaping up at the League of N.H. Craftsmen
The League of N.H. Craftsmen is currently hosting its Circles, Squares and Triangles: The Shape of Things to Come exhibit at its headquarters on South Main Street through Sept. 26.
Capital Area Wellness Coalition highlights healthy summer fun
The Capital Area Wellness Coalition is all about healthy and active choices, so in lieu of its standard monthly column the group opted to send us some sweet photos of people being active and summertimey. Hard to argue with that!
Audubon campers immerse themselves in mud and education
It’s Wednesday afternoon and the N.H. Audubon Discovery Group campers are filthy. And we’re talking spray-down-with-a-garden-hose-and-a-bar-of-soap kind of filthy. With Wilderness Ways week in full swing and Turkey Pond the location for the final festivities of the day, the mud and muck has taken over. But that’s the point of it all. This camp isn’t for the clean and neat. It’s about nature and all it has to offer. So the quest to...
Quickwater will send you and the family dog down the Merrimack
When you look up quickwater in the dictionary, the first definition that pops up is “the part of a stream that has a strong current.” And for those canoers and kayakers out there, that’s music to their ears when it comes to navigating a river. It requires a lot less energy in the paddling department and can make for one crazy ride. It’s also kind of like when we bust out our rendition of Aretha Franklin’s “Respect.” So when Aaron and...
Tim takes to the paddle board like a fish to water, and doesn’t fall in
For most of my 33 years, I’ve been able to stand. At first I was a little wobbly, and there were likely plenty of falls along the way. I say that because there aren’t a whole lot of memories from that early part of my life. As I grew up, my ability to be on two feet came more naturally, and the same can be said about my experience last Thursday. No, I didn’t go back in time to my first years of life – that would require a time...
The bathroom at Meineke is flush with beautiful decor and cleanliness
We like our stories kind of like Humpty likes his beats – funky (for the record, we also like our oatmeal lumpy). The quirkier, the better. That unique flavor has led to some rather curious pitches from readers in our inbox over the years. Like this email we received from Jim Taber a few weeks back. “I think you should document the best garage restroom in Concord – framed art, flowers, it’s magnificent,” Taber said. “At the Meineke...
Monahan golf tournament brings in $35,000 for local projects
In just its second year, the Frank Monahan Foundation Fore the Kids Golf Classic raised close to $35,000 last Monday at the Concord Country Club. The money will benefit a number of projects through the Concord Parks and Recreation Department, as well as local schools. The foundation, created in memory of the longtime Bishop Brady basketball coach, has raised around $56,000 over the first two years of the golf tournament. Out of...
How do you get marshmallows to fly? Build a sweet launching pad
It was a launching good time at the Concord library last week as Marshmallow Madness took over for an afternoon.
Instagram photo of the week – Tue, 22 Jul 2014
Frankly, this is just sound advice. But what does that picture of a frog have to do with anything? Thanks to Instagram user @matty_lee87 for the photo.
Imagine if we would have learned about this earlier
The Grammarnator has been thinking about verbs recently, two uses of them, to be exact, one in the Monitor and one in the New York Times.The Monitor’s was a comment by an ordinary American about what seemed to be the widespread practice of taking time off from work to watch the United States in the World Cup: “If we would have lost and gotten knocked out, I would have second-guessed missing out on work.” Now “missing out on work” and...
This Week In Concord History
July 22, 2003: Manuel Gehring, the Concord man accused of murdering his children, Sarah, 14, and Philip, 11, returns to Concord on a small jet after spending a week somewhere in the Midwest.July 22, 2002: New Hampshire International Speedway takes heat from journalists who focused as much on track conditions as the results from Sunday’s Winston Cup race. But owner Bob Bahre dismisses the critiques as predictable sour grapes...
Concord Crew wants to make a rower out of you – so sign up today
Are you in high school or middle school? Do you enjoy spending time on the water in a long, skinny boat with others? And finally, can you use both arms in a rhythmic pattern to row that boat? If you answered yes to one or all three of the above questions then the people at Concord Crew would like to meet you. That’s because the group of rowing enthusiasts is gearing up for its fall season and it’s about that time to sign up. Concord...
