Put on your running shoes – and costumes – for the Wicked FIT Run
How often do you get to see Captain America, a skeleton, multiple princesses, Abe Lincoln and three blind mice race each other through city parks and streets? Well, once a year, actually, and this year that opportunity will come Saturday. It’s not a joke – we’re talking about Families in Transition’s 8th annual Wicked FIT Run. The Wicked FIT Run is one of the greatest spectacles to behold in the city each year, when hundreds of...
Entertainment: Concerts and Halloween events abound in Concord this week
Music Tuesday Mike Walsh at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Open mic with Mikey G at Tandy’s at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Gerry Beaudoin at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Kimayo at Concord Craft Brewing Co. at 5:30 p.m. The Song of the Earth live opera at Concord City Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Free. Open mic at Area 23 at 7 p.m. Thursday Richard Gardzina at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Dan Walker at Cheers at 5 p.m. Trade and Lamont Smooth at Bank of...
Discovery Center to host late-night, 21-plus Halloween event
Have you ever gotten the urge to learn about space and aeronautics while wearing a Dracula costume and sipping on a craft brew? I know – who hasn’t? Well, you can finally scratch that itch next week when the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center hosts its first “Spooky Space Night” on Oct. 30, during which the museum will be open late for Halloween activities for young adults. While the Discovery Center is always a popular destination...
Blast From the Past: Back in the autumn of ‘67, at a house in Concord, a memory was born
When Bill Hardiman contacted me regarding the old house that was located on the corner of Rumford and Penacook streets many years ago, some fond old memories returned to me. Those memories date back over 50 years to a cold autumn afternoon in Concord – October 1967, to be exact. I was still quite young, enjoying the day with friends at White Park. My brother Richard asked me if I wanted to go see a fire – of course, what 8-year-old...
Claudia Walker named Chamber’s 2019 Citizen of the Year
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce announces Claudia Walker as its 2019 Citizen of the Year. The Chamber will honor the Concord businesswoman and civic leader with an award ceremony at its 100th Annual Meeting and Citizen of the Year award celebration presented by Merrimack County Savings Bank on Nov. 6 at the Grappone Conference Center. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. “This award represents the highest honor...
This Week in Concord History
Oct. 22, 1938: Martin Gross is born. He will become a popular Concord mayor (1976-82) and serve as legal counsel to Gov. Walter Peterson and as special counsel to Gov. Hugh Gallen. Oct. 22, 1965: J. Herbert Quinn, candidate for mayor of Concord, insists that he is a man of the people. “Contrary to the many rumors which have been circulating throughout the city, I have no millionaires or near-millionaires, either in or out of the city,...
Book of the Week: ‘My Italian Bulldozer’
My Italian Bulldozer Alexander McCall Smith 2016, 232 pages Fiction Paul Stuart is a well-known food writer, living in Scotland. He is stunned when his girlfriend of four years, Becky, leaves him for a personal trainer. His editor Gloria realizes that he needs a change. She tells him that he should go to Tuscany and get material for a new book. Paul agrees, but when he arrives there has been a mistake and there isn’t a rental car...
City Manager’s Newsletter: Fall leaf collection, election reminders and more
On Friday, Stefanie Breton, the city’s public information officer, sent out the weekly City Manager’s Newsletter. You can read the full newsletter by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the Newsletter button on the home page. Here are some highlights from last week’s letter: Fall leaf collection Concord Fall Leaf Collection is returning with bulk collection starting on Monday and continuing as weather permits through Dec. 6. Bulk leaf...
Have some free family fun at Intown Concord’s Halloween Howl
Are you a hardcore Halloween fan but just can’t wait until Oct. 31 to get into your costume? Fear not, because Intown Concord’s Halloween Howl will give you exactly that opportunity. On Friday, downtown Concord will come alive with ghosts, ghouls and goblins for the annual Halloween Howl celebration. Think of it as a big outdoor Halloween party, and everything is free. During Halloween Howl, downtown merchants stay open late and hand...
Bulletin Board: Free concerts, kudos to Concord Hospital, etc.
Imagine a Day Without Water Wednesday, Oct. 23 is “Imagine a Day Without Water.” This annual campaign is hosted by the Value of Water Campaign to raise awareness about the importance of water in our daily lives and imagining what even a single day without access to water would mean for a community. The public is invited to participate in this campaign by joining Concord General Services for an open house of their water facilities....
Concord filmmaker’s documentary ‘Intelligent Lives’ set for national debut next week
Concord filmmaker Dan Habib’s film, Intelligent Lives, will be making its national television debut this Tuesday. The film, which follows three young Americans working to change misconceptions about people living with intellectual disabilities, will be screened on New Hampshire PBS and WGBH on Oct. 22 at 8 p.m as part of the America ReFramed series. Narrated and executive produced by Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper, the...
Ahead of Making Strides walk, American Cancer Society thanks Concord community
As we welcome another Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a heartfelt thank-you resounds through our community. Thank you for your support, your compassion and generosity. My name is Michelle Audet, and this will be my 10th year at Making Strides, however this year I will be joining all of you as Community Development Manager and American Cancer Staff Member for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer this October. I joined the American...
American Cancer Society celebrates more than 25 years of saving lives nationwide
The American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks unite communities to honor those touched by the disease and raise awareness and funds for a world without breast cancer. Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is the largest network of breast cancer events in the nation, uniting more than 1.2 million passionate participants supporting the noncompetitive 3- to 5-mile walks each year. Dollars raised help the American...
Everything you need to know for the 2019 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk
Concord’s 2019 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk is upon us, and the Insider is here to help you navigate the big day. This guide provides all the information you need to get the most out of the event.11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Registration: Everyone on the field, regardless of whether they are fundraising or not, is required to register, either online or with a paper registration form, available at the registration tent....
Survivor Place a very special part of Making Strides Concord walk
The American Cancer Society’s Making Strides against Breast Cancer event is about awareness and fundraising to both provide support services and to fund important research to find the cure to put an end to all cancers. At the Concord Making Strides event on Sunday at Memorial Field, we have a special place for survivors, their caregivers and family to visit called Survivor Place. Survivor Place is a calming, quiet environment; a place...
Survivor Stories: Candace Schaefer shares details of her journey
Hello, my name is Candace Schaefer. I am a mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend and I’m also a breast cancer survivor. I tell you this in that order to show that breast cancer hasn’t defined me and will not define me moving forward. While I love the color pink (and probably have more of it than I’d like to admit in my closet), I’ve chosen to wear yellow today – to show that my future is bright, OUR future as survivors is bright....
Stories of Hope: Survivors explain what Making Strides means to them
Jo Bunten Team Brave Hearts Brave Hearts team will be participating on Oct. 20 to honor and remember those we have lost, support those currently in treatment and those who have survived. This year we walk in honor of Deanne Murphy, Jackie Collier, Danielle Smith, Ruthanne Switzer, Shannon Wheeler, Mrs. Ron Jobel, Kathy Dykeman, Karen Carlson, Michelle Moller, Patty Holler, Fredda Osman, Chrisine Spaulding, Sue Auerbach, Dottie Bozek,...
Garden of Hope an important part of Making Strides in Concord
The Garden of Hope is located in Concord adjacent to the lower athletic fields at Memorial Field on South Fruit Street. It was designed and built in 2003 by Making Strides Against Breast Cancer volunteers with the support of the Greater Concord community and consists of an approximately 20-by-10-foot granite-edged cancer ribbon-shaped garden and accessory plantings dedicated to all who have been touched by breast cancer. The garden...
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network looking for volunteers, donations
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is the leading cancer advocacy organization in New Hampshire. That means we work with state and federal lawmakers to make sure all cancer patients have access to treatment, researchers have funding to find cancer cures, kids are protected from Big Tobacco and cancer prevention is a top priority. And we need your help! We’ll be at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Concord...
What’s with all the pink ribbons within the ads?
You might notice some ads in this paper that feature big pink ribbons somewhere within the ad. That’s not a mistake, and it’s not just something cute to throw in to a special Making Strides Against Breast Cancer issue. The ribbons are a way for advertisers to show their support for those battling cancer and those who are working in fields dedicated to finding a cure. Advertisers may request to add a ribbon to any of their ads for $20,...
Entertainment: Disney’s ‘Frozen Jr.’ one of many highlights in an entertaining week
Music Tuesday Kid Pinky at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Open mic with Mikey G at Tandy’s at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Kid Pinky at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Alex Cohen at Concord Craft Brewing at 5:30 p.m. San Fermin with Lisel at Bank of NH Stage at 8 p.m. Tickets are $19-$29 plus fees at ccanh.com. Open mic at Area 23 at 7 p.m. Thursday Mike Morris at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. April Cushman at Cheers at 5 p.m. Raid the Larder with Will...
Bulletin Board: Free concerts, food drive updates and more
Stamp collectors to hold meeting The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors will hold its monthly meeting at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, on Tuesday, Oct. 15 beginning at 1 p.m. We invite all who are interested in stamp collecting to attend, share their interest, buy, sell and trade. Meet other collectors and learn more about their hobby and enjoy the fellowship of others with varied interests in Philatelic...
Marianne O’Connor to visit Gibson’s to share ‘Haunted Hikes of New Hampshire’
Marianne O’Connor will visit Gibson’s Bookstore on Thursday at 6 p.m. to share the new edition of Haunted Hikes of New Hampshire, the hiker’s guide to things that go BUMP in the woods and on the trails! Explore the haunts of hikers gone by and see for yourself whether these ghost tales are fact or fiction; this new edition has been updated to include seven new hikes.Take only memories, leave only – screams?The rich history of New...
CYPN: Tina Marchand is the Concord Young Professionals Network’s Young Professional of the Month
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s Concord Young Professionals Network introduces you to our “Young Professional of the Month,” Tina Marchand. Each month the CYPN Steering Committee recommends a young professional in the community it thinks readers would enjoy getting to know better.Where do you live? Goffstown.Where do you currently work? I am the founder of Ellie and Piper Party Boutique, an e-commerce business selling modern...
City Manager’s Newsletter: Election notices, Beaver Meadow winter sign-ups and more
On Friday, Stefanie Breton, the city’s public information officer, sent out the weekly City Manager’s Newsletter. You can read the full newsletter by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the Newsletter button on the home page. Here are some highlights from last week’s letter: Election news, reminders The City Clerk’s Office wants residents to know that Thursday, Oct. 24 is the last day to preregister to vote prior to Municipal Election...
The Yogi: ‘Caddyshack,’ baseball and yoga – what it all means
For the Insider “Be the ball, Danny.” Remember that line? It’s from Caddyshack, the 1980 movie starring Chevy Chase as Ty Webb, the golf pro and yoga master. In the scene, Ty is mentoring his young protege, Danny, on the “force in the universe that makes things happen.” It’s fiction, of course, a movie intended to make us laugh. It’s also a 3,000-year-old yoga lesson: see where you’re going, narrow the focus and take action. Then...
Rock ’N Race has been making a huge difference
Rock ’N Race began all the way back in 2003 – making this the 16th annual event – as a fundraiser for the soon-to-be-opened Payson Center for Cancer Care. If you remember last year, we told you about how Steve Duprey came up with the “hair-brain idea” (his words not ours) after being asked to assist in the creation of an event to raise money for the hospital’s new center to help those battling cancer. After witnessing the Rock ‘n’...
Book of the Week: ‘The Poison Thread’
The Poison ThreadLaura Purcell2019, 368 pagesFiction Dorothea Truelove is a believer in phrenology, the study of human skulls and how they determine personality. She theorizes that the shape of a person’s skull can explain the darkest of crimes. When she gets the chance to examine Ruth Butterham, accused murderess, she is ecstatic. But Ruth’s story proves stranger and darker than Dorothea can comprehend. Ruth is sure she has sewn...
The lowdown on the rockin’ part of the race
While it’s important not to lose sight of the real purpose of Rock ’N Race – to raise important and much-needed money to help the Payson Center – it’s also never a bad idea to point out the fun and novel elements that help make Rock ’N Race what it is, specifically, the music. The capital city plays host to a slew of community events, including many road races, but none involve quite as much live music as this one. While the total...
Flannel up for the 72nd annual Warner Fall Foliage Festival this weekend
Leaves are changing color and falling off the trees. Frost covers your car in the morning. The sun goes down earlier by the day. The air has a crisp bite to it at night. Everywhere you turn, the signs are right in your face – it’s fall in New England. Which, of course, means it’s just about time for the Warner Fall Foliage Festival. The celebration of the most colorful season will once again take over the center of Warner for three...
