Steve Ambra earns top spot in NHTI staff photography contest
During February, NHTI held a photo contest among staffers to see who was the best with a camera in their hand. Nine photos were entered and hung on the library wall for visitors to vote on. In case you missed the previous spread in the “Insider” last month (shame on you), there were some pretty great pictures. We had a feeling it would be a hard choice for voters, kind of like which issue of the “Insider” is your favorite. (Hint: It’s...
There’s nothing like a good book
Concord Public Library is one of more than 100 public libraries in New Hampshire that are participating in the “N.H. 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” program, which encourages parents and other caregivers to make sure children are read at least 1,000 stories before they start kindergarten.
Lots of cool, student-created art is on display at Kimball Jenkins
March is Youth Art Month, and the Kimball Jenkins School of Art is displaying the New Hampshire Art Educators Teacher and Student Exhibit to go along with it. All of the art was created by students across the state.
City Briefly
Last week, City Manager Tom Aspell was so excited about the first day of spring that he couldn’t wait to pass along all the upcoming information about spring projects in the city. So like he does each week, he compiled all the big news for Concord in to the City Memo. It’s back South Main to get face-lift On Monday, March 28, the Main Street reconstruction project will resume. Construction will begin on the east side of South Main...
Book of the Week: ‘MARTians’
MARTians Blythe Woolston 2015, 216 pages Fiction In a dystopian near-future, Zoë Zindleman has just been forcibly graduated from her newly privatized high school. Zoë now has the choice of belonging (body and soul) either to AllMART or to QMART, where “your smile is [our] welcome mat.” She also needs to make a choice about where to live: either in the perpetually for-sale house that her mother has abandoned, the sinister MART...
This Week in Concord History
March 22, 1901: The Massachusetts-New Hampshire boundary is finally settled. March 23, 1825: The Rev. Nathaniel Bouton is ordained as minister of the First Congregational Society of Concord. From 1730 until now, the town of Concord, voting as a parish at town meeting, appropriated money to pay the pastor and support the church. The new society will sustain itself without taxpayer support. March 23, 1867: Forty-two years after becoming...
The Bulletin Board
Wine and beer tasting at Old Town Hall in Bow The Falcon Booster Club’s second annual “Taste of Bow Spirit” Wine and Beer Tasting event and silent auction will be held March 30 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Old Town Hall, 91 Bow Center Road. Contact Karen McGee at ishore@comcast.net for tickets. Insider staff NHTI Film Society to show ‘The Winding Stream’ The NHTI Film Society will screen The Winding Stream (not rated) on Friday at 7...
There’s some cool stuff on the horizon in Concord
We know it’s only March, but the reality is that spring is around the corner. And that’s a good thing. Bye-bye winter, better luck next year. Since this is the Insider Guide to Spring and there’s always lots of great stuff going on in Concord once the weather warms up, we figured why not key in on a few important dates that are coming up in the next couple months – before summer gets here. Don’t worry, we won’t expect you to remember...
Get primed for Easter with ConcordTV’s Easter Eggstravaganza
We know how exciting it is to wake up on Easter morning and find a basket filled with that fake green grass, chocolate bunnies, colorful plastic eggs filled with all kinds of assorted candy and other candies wrapped in foil. Now just imagine seeing about 100 baskets, filled with just about anything you could imagine, all around the big open room at the Bektash Shrine Center. Sounds pretty awesome, right? Unfortunately, unlike your...
Attention, kids: There are four Easter egg hunts on the horizon
So Easter is right around the corner already. Where has the time gone? Seems like just yesterday we were chattering our teeth at the Black Ice tournament. But spring is definitely on its way, and that means it’s time to get outside – if you haven’t already been taking advantage of the fine weather. When you think Easter and nice weather, it’s hard not to then think about Easter egg hunts. For many kids (and adults, too), the hunt is...
Adventure Shopping: Easter edition
Since Ocean State Job Lot’s slogan is ‘Adventure Shopping,’ we decided to head down there to see what we could find to fill our Easter baskets.
If you love soup – or just like it – SouperFest is the place for you
Think soup. At least that’s what the powers that be with this year’s SouperFest want you to do. And can you blame them? That’s kind of an important piece of the fundraising puzzle and if you’re a soup connoisseur, enthusiast or just kind of like trying new flavors, this is definitely the event for you. Now in it’s seventh year, SouperFest will be held Saturday at Rundlett Middle School and has turned into a pretty big deal – one that...
Poetry, soup and plenty of Easter fun
Wednesday It’s time. We know you’ve been spending hours in front of the mirror reciting that poem you wrote oh so many months ago and now you’ve got to share it with the world. And it just so happens, the Poetry Society of N.H. is hosting its monthly get-together at Gibson’s Bookstore tonight at 7 p.m. The evening starts with a reading from Midge Goldberg, followed by an open mic session. Newcomers are encouraged – and that’s you. As...
The Capital Area Well Done! Awards are soon
The Capital Area Wellness Coalition is pleased to announce the third annual Capital Area Well Done! Awards. These awards recognize and bring to the forefront wellness activities taking place at worksites, initiatives of community groups and the leadership of unsung wellness heroes within the community who are making a difference. The CAWC’s Capital Area Well Done! Awards shine a light on these efforts because they align with its...
In need of a soup bowl? We’ve got just the collection to choose from
There are certain things you need to enjoy soup. Of course, there’s the soup itself (a spoon is also helpful), but having something to put your soup in is kind of a must. And if you go to SouperFest this Saturday, you can buy yourself a brand-new handmade bowl – as well as enjoy lots of flavors of soup. The whole soup bowls for sale thing is a new addition to the SouperFest lineup and just another way to raise more money for the...
These brave souls took a plunge to raise money for families in need
Womenade of Concord held its second annual fundraiser Sunday, where several dozen brave men, women, snowmen and tooth fairies got cold for a cause. The event raised $8,000 for short-term, emergency financial assistance for Concord area families.
The Concord Library is hosting another Peeps Diorama contest
You can’t think of Easter without Peeps popping into your head. Those marshmallow shaped bunnies and chicks, of all sizes and colors, just scream ‘put me in an Easter basket for young children to devour.’ But the Concord Public Library is hoping you take a different approach with your Peeps purchase this year: like make a diorama out of them. That’s right, the Peeps Diorama contest is back and the library’s staff is looking for...
It’s going to be a delicious weekend in the maple syrup world
Your pancakes, waffles and French toast are going to taste so much better after you read this. So much better. If you haven’t noticed, it’s maple syrup season in these here parts. Well, actually all over the Northeast, but we’re not concerned with all those other places. We care about what’s happening in Concord and Bow – because those are the two places we cover. Anywho, since the sap has been flowing for a couple weeks and syrup...
Easter’s great and all, but don’t forget about St. Patrick’s Day
So although we may be focusing on Easter in this issue, we haven’t forgotten that another big March holiday is right around the corner: St. Patrick’s Day. Yes, it’s that one day a year when “everybody’s Irish.” It’s not really a gift-giving kind of holiday, but it’s certainly a fun one (especially if you’re at least 21 years old). The holiday is Thursday, and a lot of places around town have some special events going on to celebrate....
Instagram photo of the week
Everybody knows that firefighters put out fires, save people’s lives and rescue cats from trees, but did you know that they are also in the business of making rainbows? Those guys really do it all. Actually, this is a Concord Fire Department training exercise caught on camera by Instagram user @revkevnh. That little rainbow there – small as it may be – might be the most well-defined one we’ve ever seen on Instagram. Nice work,...
Book of the Week: ‘No. 4 Imperial Lane’
No. 4 Imperial Lane Jonathan Weisman 2015, 341 pages Fiction American college student David Heller stays after his study abroad classes end, working as an assistant to Hans Bromwell, a quadriplegic. David gets to know Elizabeth, Hans’s sister, and Cristina, his niece. The novel is part eye-opening historical fiction – David observes the social upheavel of 1980s England and Elizabeth talks to him about her marriage to a Portuguese...
Bulletin Board
Final Lenten Luncheon scheduled for Thursday The Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., will be hosting the final speaker in its Lenten Luncheon series sponsored by the Greater Concord Interfaith Council, on Thursday. Joan Gilmore, project coordinator for Welcome Concord, will speak from noon to 1 p.m. Lunch will be provided. Cost is $7 and tickets are available at the door. Joan Day Bereavement program offered by Concord...
This Week in Concord History
March 15, 1855: After the anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant Know-Nothing movement makes major gains in the annual elections, Concord editor George G. Fogg exults over the ousting of entrenched political powers. He writes: “Cowering and quivering before the indignation they have aroused, the panders of Slavery, Intemperance, Catholicism and every manner of evil lie stunned and prostrate at the people’s feet.” March 15, 1914: The Right Rev....
21C is in the business of offering all kinds of great daily programs
The sign hanging outside Sue Farrelly’s office at Concord High School says it all. “21C is for anyone, anytime.” Because that’s the point of the Capital City 21st Century Community Learning Centers, based at four schools in the Concord School District. Any student at any of the schools, can and should be able to take advantage of all the program has to offer – any day they want. 21C is a five-year, federally funded grant program. Each...
Students at Rundlett Middle School make cool underwater robots
If one thing is apparent in today’s world, it’s that technology isn’t going anywhere any time soon. From self-driving cars to proposed drone delivery services, it’s clear that machines are becoming more and more prevalent in daily life. Although we may not have reached Terminator levels of the machine takeover just yet, we’re getting pretty close. But that’s a depressing thought. Let’s not dwell on that. Instead, let’s focus on what’s...
Tim took on the students of Broken Ground in Minute to Win It
It’s never easy to complete a random task you’re just learning about for the first time, especially when you only have 60 seconds to do it. But that’s just how it goes when you play Minute to Win It. No, unfortunately my dreams of being on the short-lived television show were never realized, but I found the next best thing last week. Turns out, as part of the 21C after-school program, students at Broken Ground School get to take part...
21C is hosting a color run, and you’re invited
As the warm weather approaches, it’s hard not to be itching for some outside time. It’s also the perfect opportunity to revisit that exercise routine you swore you’d start when the calendar switched to 2016, but never got around to. Although running for miles on end can be boring sometimes. There’s only so much Katy Perry and Beyonce we can handle before each passing stride becomes more increasingly painful. So anything to break up...
Spoon making and a night of comedy
Tuesday Ah, to be a kid again. Remember when your biggest concern in life was which color Play-doh to play with? Well, you can take a trip down memory lane and re-live those good ol’ days at The Children’s Place and Parent Education Center’s open house. From 4 to 6 p.m., have fun with Play-doh, blocks, painting, dress-up, a sand table, jumping area, kitchen, library and puppet theatre, along with refreshments and a raffle for a free...
There’s a lot of good times happening in the 21C program
If you haven’t noticed yet, this issue is kind of a guide to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers in the Concord School District. For the most part, it’s a collection of after school activities geared toward helping students grow academically, socially and of course, in the fun department. And while we understand the importance of academics and stress the notion of staying in school, kids doing homework, working on computer...
