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Snowman Fair Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, invites you to come to our Snowman Fair on Nov. 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to enjoy the spirit of Christmas shopping. For your shopping pleasure, we will have holiday crafts, beautiful handmade items to wear or to use in your home, themed gift baskets, special gifts for pet owners. Plan to check out our jewelry table and pick up a Take and Make Craft Gift for kids....
This week in Concord history
Nov 4, 1976: Two days after winning a third term, Gov. Mel Thomson sums of the voters’ mood: “They think I’m an SOB, but they still vote for me.” Thomson says he may seek a fourth term or even a stint in the U.S. Senate. (Ultimately, he will lose to Democrat Hugh Gallen.) Nov. 5, 1996: Jeanne Shaheen defeats Ovide Lamontagne to become the state’s first female governor. Voters re-elect U.S. Sen. Bob Smith. Nov. 5, 1996:...
‘Wonders’ to premiere at Hatbox Theatre
Welcome to the Finger & Wood Recovery and Rehabilitation Clinic, dedicated to serving the physical, spiritual, and mental health of those unfortunate individuals who have lost their superpowers. The facility is on high alert. There is a highly reliable threat leveled against the clinic, reducing the staff to a minimum of four highly trained professionals. It is likely that the threat is aimed at one of the residents: Nemi,...
Secret Service welcomes new task force officers
The city manager’s office sent out the City Manager’s Newsletter last Friday. The full newsletter can be found by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the “Newsletter” button. Here are some highlights: U.S. Secret Service welcomes new task force officers in New England The U.S. Secret Service welcomed newly deputized task force officers to the New England Cyber Fraud Task Force (NECFTF). The NECFTF is composed of officials from state...
Book: Tad
Tad By Benji Davies (32 pages, children’s fiction, 2020) “Sometimes the biggest stories have the smallest beginnings.” Tad is a beautifully illustrated and uplifting picture book by Benji Davies about one tiny tadpole’s biggest adventure. Tad is the littlest tadpole in the whole wide pond. She tries very hard to keep up with all of her tadbrothers and tadsisters and doesn’t understand why they are all growing legs and hopping out of...
Halloween events and trick-or-treat times for the Concord area 2021
Allenstown Allenstown is holding the second Annual Halloween Lighting Contest, which will run from Oct. 1 to Oct. 15 to register your home for decorations and vote on the best decorations. The award ceremony will be held Oct. 30 at 4 p.m. at the Blueberry Express Park, this is sponsored by the Allenstown Economic Development Committee. For more information, call (603) 485-4276. Trick-or-treating planned for Oct. 31 from 6 to 8 p.m...
This week in Concord history
Oct. 28, 1906: The New York World reports that Mary Baker Eddy of Concord is mentally and physically unfit to lead the 800,000-member Christian Science church, which she founded. Eddy is 85 years old. “Mrs. Eddy looked more dead than alive,” wrote two reporters who had never seen her. “She was a skeleton, her hollow cheeks thick with red paint.” Mayor Charles Corning visits Eddy after hearing this account and finds her “keen of...
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Chat with Albom Gibson’s Bookstore is pleased to join Books & Books in Florida and indie bookstores across America to virtually present Mitch Albom as he presents his new novel, The Stranger in the Lifeboat, on Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. What would happen if we called on God for help and God actually appeared? In Mitch Albom’s profound new novel of hope and faith, a group of shipwrecked passengers pull a strange man from the sea. He...
Entertainment week of Oct. 28
Live music Oct. 28 Brian Booth at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29 Bad Bad Hats with Kitner at the Bank of N.H. Stage at 8 p.m. $15+ Mac and Kelsie at Area 23 at 9 p.m. Boneshakrz at Area 23 at 8 p.m. Delfeayo Marsalis at the Concord Community Music School at 8 p.m. $20-$35 (livestream available for $20). A workshop for young musicians will precede the concert from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Registration is required. Ryan Williams on at Over the...
City news: Get ready to vote on Nov. 2
The city manager’s office sent out the City Manager’s Newsletter last Friday. The full newsletter can be found by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the “Newsletter” button. Here are some highlights: Election is Tuesday Sample ballots for the Election can be viewed online at: concordnh.gov/1708/Nov-2-2021-Sample-Ballots. Additional information is available at concordnh.gov/elections. For more information about the upcoming election,...
Book: Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic By Silvia Moreno Garcia (320 pages, fiction/gothic horror, 2020) Set in a remote mining town in 1950s Mexico, at first blush, Mexican Gothic doesn’t seem like the ideal setting for a traditional gothic tale. However, Moreno-Garcia expertly creates a cloying, dreary, and ghastly ambiance. The setting itself becomes a primary character, its atmosphere entwined with spine-chilling plot elements and mysterious characters....
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A tour of England The Walker Lecture Series invites you to join them for “Southern England with Marlin Darrah” on Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Concord City Auditorium. Join Marlin Darrah – the world’s most traveled filmmaker – to see Southern England’s diverse cultural, historical, and scenic sites: Southampton, the White Cliffs of Dover, Canterbury Cathedral, the Cotswolds, Stonehenge, Cambridge and Oxford, Big Ben, the Parliament...
Live music Oct. 21 State Street Combo at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Patty Griffin and Gregory Alan Isakov at the Capitol Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. $50+ Oct. 22 Start Making Sense (a Talking Heads Tribute) at the Bank of NH Stage at 8 p.m. $18+ FuzzBoxx at Area 23 at 8 p.m. Andrew North and the Rangers at Penuche’s at 9 p.m. Mikey G. at Over the Moon Farmstead in Pittsfield from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 23 John Franzosa at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m....
Author events at Gibson’s bookstore
Criminal justice Gibson’s Bookstore is pleased to welcome Professor Ravi Shankar for a virtual pre-launch event as he presents his memoir, “Correctional,” on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. “Correctional” recounts Shankar’s experience with the criminal justice system stemming from an incident of racial profiling that took place in New York City during their “stop-and-frisk” years. It would eventually lead to him doing jail time. While in...
Family drama in Hatbox’s play
Hatbox Theatre, in association with Lady Llama Productions, is proud to present American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown, from Oct. 15 to 24, at the Hatbox Theatre. A Florida police station in the middle of the night. Two parents searching for answers. Estranged couple Kendra and Scott must confront their feelings about their disparate histories and backgrounds after their son is detained by the local police following a traffic stop...
This week in Concord history
Oct. 22, 1987: After passing through a small crowd bearing signs reading “Run, Don, Run,” and “New Hampshire Needs Trump,” real estate magnate Donald Trump tells the Portsmouth Rotary: “This country is in trouble. It needs strength, competence and intelligence.” But he adds: “I am not a candidate for president.” Oct. 22, 1770: The trustees of Dartmouth College hold their first meeting in Keene, inaugurating the administration...
City news: Pitco moves forward with Concord facility
The city manager’s office sent out the City Manager’s Newsletter last Friday. The full newsletter can be found by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the “Newsletter” button. Here are some highlights: Pitco facility Pitco Frialator is moving forward with plans to construct a 356,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Concord on Integra Drive after the Concord Planning Board granted major site plan approval during their September...
Making Strides day-of event guide
Parking is available at the Hugh Gallen Parking Lot, on South Fruit Street. Welcome Tent: Volunteers will answer questions. Pink ribbon pins, programs, route maps and “I Am Making Strides For” stickers are available. Survivor sashes available here and at Survivor Place. Survivor Place: Breast cancer survivors, their caregivers, and families are invited to join the survivorship community at Survivor Place. Be among others who have...
Making Strides schedule
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Registration and team photos. Visit the Garden of Hope, Survivor Place, and photos at the Big Chair 12:30 p.m.: Opening Ceremonies Welcome Remarks: Cydney Dodge, Volunteer Event Co-Chair Presenting Sponsor Remarks: Concord Imaging Center Flagship Sponsor Remarks: Dartmouth Hitchcock Health Representative American Flag Presentation, Color Guard by University of NH ROTC National Anthem: Natalie Turgeon of the...
Making Strides 2021 welcome letter
We are pleased to invite you to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of New Hampshire. All Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events in New Hampshire are combined into this one powerful event. We will have people from across the state joining together on Oct. 17 at Memorial Field in Concord. A not to be missed, powerful, Opening Ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Survivors are honored and give a focus to the day with their survivor procession...
CYPN: Ricard restarts professional of the month series
Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) introduces you to the “Young Professional of the Month,” Emily Ricard. Each month the CYPN Steering Committee recommends a young professional in the community it thinks readers would enjoy getting to know better. Emily Ricard How old are you? 25 Where do you live? Concord Where do you currently work? I work at Bangor Savings Bank as a Treasury & Payment Services Officer. My role allows...
This week in Concord history
Oct. 14, 1937: Norm D’Amours is born. A Democrat, he will serve in Congress from 1975 to 1985. In 1992 he will run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for governor. Oct. 14, 1846: A Northfield girl, Susan Maria Hills, is killed when her clothes catch fire from an open fireplace. Oct. 15, 2002: Concord High juniors get the news that their statewide test scores rose significantly in all four subjects on the test,...
Carrying the survivor place experience onward
I am the Director of 2021 Volunteer Director of Survivorship for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of New Hampshire. This is a new role for me this year and I’m truly honored. I began walking over 20 years ago for Team Sarah’s Soldiers in support of a close family friend who lost her battle at a very young age. Later we would lose my father to prostate cancer and Sarah’s mother Donna to breast cancer. My mother is also a breast...
’As a nurse and person who does a great deal of caregiving, now my role was completely reversed’
Prior to receiving a breast cancer diagnosis, I was healthy without any significant medical or surgical history. Receiving a cancer diagnosis just knocks you off your feet and everything you were looking forward to comes to a screeching halt. As a nurse and person who does a great deal of caregiving, now my role was completely reversed. How does one cope with feeling betrayed by a once healthy body that now requires chemotherapy,...
Book: Lost Apothecary
Lost Apothecary By Sarah Penner (301 pages, mystery, 2021) The story starts in London in February 1791. Nella Clavinger learned from her mother to be an apothecary, how to use herbs, plants and other natural ingredients to help women with all kinds of sicknesses and ailments. But her mother dies, and when Nella is horribly betrayed by her lover she turns to also making poisons. Nella will not give out poison to harm another woman,...
City news: Share your thoughts on trails plan
The city manager’s office sent out the City Manager’s Newsletter last Friday. The full newsletter can be found by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the “Newsletter” button. Here are some highlights: City meetings City meetings will be held in person in Council Chambers at 37 Green St. (unless otherwise specified on the city’s calendar). Upcoming meetings include: Planning Board, Oct. 20, 7 p.m. Election info Absentee ballots...
Entertainment for week of Oct. 7
Live music Oct. 7 Craig Fahey at Hermanos from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 8 Dan Bauer, Becca Myari, Gardner Berry, Jack Bopp, and Sam McKenna at Area 23 at 8 p.m. Rap Night at Penuche’s at 9 p.m. Grain Thief with Green Heron at the Bank of NH Stage at 8 p.m. Chris Palermo at the Pittsfield Moonlight Meadery from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 9 Rhythm Upstairs album release at Area 23 at 8 p.m. Trade at Penuche’s at 9 p.m. Andre North at Concord Craft...
Book: Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am By Julia Cooke (266 pages, nonfiction history, 2021) Come Fly the World is a new book about what it was like to work as a stewardess (the bygone term for “flight attendant”) for Pan American Airways in the 1950s, ‘60s, and ‘70s. In ways that feel reminiscent of the TV show Mad Men, this story is at once thought-provoking, aspirational, infuriating, and immensely...
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Mansfield to present book Howard Mansfield returns to Gibson’s Bookstore to present his newest book, Chasing Eden: A Book of Seekers on Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m. Chasing Eden is about the seekers all around us, about Americans seeking their Promised Land, their utopia out on the horizon – which by definition, is ever receding before us. In Chasing Eden we meet a gathering of Americans – the Shakers in the twilight of their utopia; the...
Book: Circe
Circe By Madeline Miller (385 pages, fantasy, 2018) Madeline Miller’s stunning second novel opens with the line “When I was born, the name for what I was did not exist.” So begins the never-ending quest of Circe, the much-beleaguered, secondary antagonist from the famous tale of Odysseus we all remember from literature. Traditionally, Circe is only featured in a few pages in the Greek myth of Odysseus, where she is portrayed as a...
