Gardening greatness is within your reach with Home Gardening 101
My gardening experience has been spending time outside enjoying nature learning from my parents (Bob and Cheryl Rossman), local farmers and myself. Each year we learn something new, and as a gardening family we adjust our techniques to improve our harvest. My parents and I spend our time together planting and harvesting in the garden, making healthy meals and storing healthy food to last throughout the year. Gardening is truly...
This Week In Concord History
April 21, 1861: Capt. Edward E. Sturtevant, Concord’s night constable and now the state’s first volunteer for service in the Union army, marches a squad of volunteers into South Congregational Church for Sunday services.April 21, 1881: At 6 p.m., a small closed car drawn by a horse leaves Abbot & Downing shops for Fosterville. The ride ushers in the era of trolleys in Concord. The cars, made by Abbot & Downing, will carry...
NHTI’s Stage Lynx to perform Wilder comedy
NHTI’s “Stage Lynx” drama club will present Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, the Pulitzer-prize-winning, three-part comic allegory about the history of mankind and its constant struggle to overcome adversity. The show, which will run April 24-26, chronicles the lives of the mythical Antrobus family, whose inpidual members somehow persist throughout the ages of man – from a prehistoric Ice Age, through a quasi-Biblical flood...
Transformational breath workshop this Sunday
Learn how to breathe more deeply and more fully for optimal health at an Introductory Transformational Breath Workshop with Lorna Tobin on Sunday, April 26. Release stress and quiet your mind. As we breathe so shall we live. Come learn how breathing effects your health and well being and what you can do to breathe more deeply and more fully. The workshop is from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and is presented by Living Yoga, 120A N. Main...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell heads to the SPCA to find a guard dog to keep the riff raff out of his office, but he comes back with a ferret instead. But when the ferret sees Aspell wearing his standard issue city manager fur coat, he rips it to shreds – shreds that spell out a city memo!Our sediments exactlySpring hydrant cleaning The General Services Department’s Highway and Utilities Division began flushing hydrants throughout...
Swim classes at YMCA during vacation week
April Vacation week swim classes are now being offered from April 27-30 (for a total of four lessons) at the Concord Family YMCA. Your kids can get ready for summer by registering now. Members and nonmembers (ages 3-13) are welcome to join us in the pool. Each class is grouped by age and skill. Just stop by the Y’s Welcome Center or sign up online at concordymca.org. You can also call 228-9622 for more details.
Where’s Wonka?
A top chef competition in which every dish had to be prepared with chocolate? Um, yup, that’s the greatest thing ever. Concord’s first Iron Chef Competition, sponsored by GoodLife Programs & Activities, was held April 1.
City hydrant flushing begins this week
The Highway and Utilities Division of Concord General Services began flushing hydrants throughout Concord this week. For the next few weeks, there will be three crews going out to scheduled areas to flush hydrants to remove any sediment from water distribution pipes. This process will help to maintain Concord’s water quality and also check water pressure. Residents should avoid doing laundry when hydrant flushing is occurring in their...
Shred-a-thon at Bank of New Hampshire Saturday
Every day, millions of Americans lose their hard-earned money to identity theft and other types of scams. Last year alone, 12.6 million Americans were struck by identity theft. Protecting your personal information can help reduce your risk of identity theft. That is why AARP New Hampshire and Bank of New Hampshire have teamed up to offer “shred-a-thons” at four locations in the Granite State – including one right here in Concord! On...
Wings of Knowledge welcomes Kevin Gardner
On Tuesday, April 28, at 6 p.m. in the Library Living Room, NHTI will present the final event in its series of free public Wings of Knowledge lectures for the 2014-15 season: “Discovering Stone Walls,” with Kevin Gardner. Gardner will speak on a few of the main topics of his book about New England stone walls, The Granite Kiss (Countryman Press), touching on history, technique, stylistic development and aesthetics. He explains how...
Join the YMCA for April school vacation camp
Join us this April vacation (April 27-May 1) at the Concord Family YMCA’s camp. Come for the whole week or pick your days – your schedule is up to you. Open to all children in grades K-6. Each day will include activities such as archery, rock wall climbing, swimming, field trips and so much more. Camp is held at the Concord Family YMCA. For more information, contact Sonia Wilks at 228-9622 or go online at concordymca.org.
Celebrate 25 years of the Hubble Space Telescope
On Saturday, April 25, from 8 to 10 p.m., St. Paul’s School will host a celebration, marking 25 years of the Hubble Space Telescope. The event at the Hawley Observatory on the grounds of St. Paul’s School is free and open to the public. The evening will feature fun for all ages, including crafts, games, videos and the opportunity to view the stars and planets through the largest telescope in New England.
Concord Chorale to perform spring concert
The Concord Chorale performs their spring concert, “Expecting the Main Things From You,” on Friday, May 1, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 3, at 3 p.m., both at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 21 Centre St., Concord. The Chorale also performs Saturday, May 2, at 2 p.m., at Christ Church, 43 Pine St., Exeter. The program includes a musical ensemble of organ, strings, percussion and harpsichord, focusing on new music of Nico Muhly (2005), plus...
Celebrate Arbor Day by planting some trees
On Friday, April 24, the city of Concord together with Modern Woodmen of America will officially recognize Arbor Day by planting two trees at Thompson Play Lot, 37 N. Spring St. at 10 a.m. Please join us to celebrate this annual event.
Bishop Brady helps prove that dodgeball in schools is a thing again
Somehow dodgeball got a pretty bad rap in schools for a few years, and not just for playing a role in jokes about fat kids. It was part of what we like to call the everyone-gets-a-trophy movement among the over-sensitive adults out there. Well, Families in Transition and the New Hampshire Coalition to End Homelessness changed all that, and Bishop Brady took part. FIT and the NHCEH recently hosted the 2nd Annual Dodging Homelessness...
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).Mr. Mac and MeEsther Freud2015, 296 pagesFictionIn 1914 in the small village of Dunwich on the Suffolk coast of England, 12-year-old Thomas Maggs is intrigued by two new arrivals, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife....
Bark in the Park makes a triumphant return
So just between us, it was a little disappointing Keith wasn’t wrestled to the ground by a police dog last April.Don’t judge; you were probably thinking the same thing. Now we’re not saying Keith did anything illegal (at least that we know of) that would have warranted being tracked down by a four-legged member of a local police department. He didn’t have to. Keith actually agreed to put on one of those heavily padded, and from what...
New England School of Barbering keeping old-school tradition alive
Forget the cliché “this ain’t your grandfather’s barber shop,” because the New England School of Barbering in Penacook is exactly where gramps would go for a cut and shave. Barbering students, both young and old, learn to keep one of the oldest practices in the world alive, in the way it should be taught: without changing the original techniques. Instructed by David and Cynthia Caron, who have been barbering for 18 and eight years,...
We destroyed the gingerbread house again – this time as Peeps
You know us, we never pass up the opportunity to try something new. So when we heard the library was hosting a Peeps diorama contest, we had to be a part of it. Well, we at least had to build a diorama for ourselves to help decorate the office, especially after blowing up the gingerbread house with a cannon. And since the library wanted to see a recreated scene from your favorite movie or book, we had to use the cannon shoot. It is,...
Concord sure is doing the whole green thing
Efficiency abounds in our fair city, and we learned about some of the coolest components of local buildings
Kari Moe Zwick is pretty crafty – just look at her work for proof
If you’ve ever gone into Dos Amigos for a burrito, a taco or to get the autograph of Will Richmond, who was once dubbed our Amigo of the Week, then you’ve probably seen some funky collections of art hanging on the Main Street restaurant’s walls. Well, this Kari Moe Zwick exhibit definitely falls into that category. Zwick’s mission (found clearly printed on her business card) is to help convert folks to leading a crafty life and help...
These St. Paul’s students are about to bike across the entire country
When the calendar hits June, most high school students can’t wait for a break. You know the whole “no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks” kind of thing. Summer vacations are supposed to mean trips to the beach, sleeping late and maybe, if necessary, working a part-time job to make just enough money so you don’t have to hit up mom and dad for spending cash. Oh, the good old days. But apparently somebody forgot...
A teacher and a teen are tearing up the blues scene
Not exactly sure where or when Erik “Fingers” Ray (also known as Mr. Gustafson to his students at Bishop Brady) and Concord High School senior, Delanie Pickering, met. May have been at an open mic night in Bow or Boscawen. Probably Concord. But when they met, well, something was immediate. The connection was undeniable. Couple years back, the quiet kid had been dipping into a bunch of old blues records left around the house by someone...
It’s spring in N.H. and that means one thing – pothole season
There are just certain things that make you think of spring around these parts. Warmer temperatures, the disappearance of snow piles and brown lawns. But we can’t forget about the constant reminder every time we drive down the road. Yes, we’re talking about potholes, and it seems like every year there’s more and more of those shock killing, alignment changing buggers popping up – or technically down, now that we think of it. With 220...
Every woman’s dream prom – one without men – returns to Concord
Ladies! Here’s your chance to get all glammed up and dance the night away – all for a great cause. After an online vote, Friends Youth Mentoring was named the beneficiary of the 3rd Annual Concord Mom Prom, which will take place May 15 at the Holiday Inn. Tickets are $40 and available at OutFITters on South Main Street or online at concordmomprom.com. What’s quickly becoming the Capital Region’s premiere girls’ night out, the Concord...
Meet a few of the Concord groups at the head of the efficiency pack
You don’t even have to set foot inside the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests building on Portsmouth Street to come face to face with the organization’s approach to efficiency and environmental awareness. There’s a bike rack hanging on the exterior wall of one building wing, and even though the day we visited featured measurable snow in April (we’re collecting money to relocate everyone in Concord to Key West, if you...
This Week In Concord History
April 14, 2003: Concord High School’s boys’ and girls’ tennis teams both win their season openers. The girls easily down Spaulding, 8-1. The boys have just as easy a time, beating the Red Raiders, 9-0.April 14, 1865: At 5 p.m., Congressman Edward H. Rollins, a Concord Republican, stops by the White House to seek a pass for a constituent to visit his wounded son in an army hospital. President Lincoln comes downstairs to oblige Rollins,...
Allow us to introduce you to Digger, the Main Street Project mascot
In case you’ve heard reports of a tiger on the loose downtown, it’s just Digger, the official mascot of the Concord Main Street Project. He’s also the first tiger we’ve ever interviewed in print! Read on to get acquainted.What kind of formal construction training did you have prior to coming to Concord?The Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium are all great examples of projects I had no hand in....
VNA to hold ‘Remembering Our Mothers’ on May 7
Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association is offering “Remembering Our Mothers” on Thursday, May 7, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Concord Regional VNA Hospice House, 240 Pleasant St. in Concord. As Mothers Day approaches, join us to support and encourage one another. Connect with others who are facing Mothers Day without their mothers and learn ways of coping with your loss. We encourage you to bring along a photo of your mother, as we set...
Concord’s spring leaf collection to be delayed
Spring leaf collection for the city of Concord was originally scheduled to begin Monday, April 20, however, the start date for the program has been delayed due to weather conditions. A new date has not yet been determined, but residents with curbside trash and recycling collection that participate in the spring leaf collection are encouraged to sign up on the city’s website for Notify Me at concordnh.gov/notifyme to be alerted of the...
