On the Road: Now we know what it’s like to run fast
Warren Bartlett of Loudon, a junior at Plymouth State University, took the Insider with him all the way to Birmingham, Ala., where he competed in the NCAA Division III Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Food Snob: Apple pie ice cream from Granite State Candy Shoppe
One of my favorite things as a kid was apple pie ice cream. Around this time of year, grocery stores would stock tubs upon tubs of the stuff and my mom would get some whenever it was available. The only problem is I never knew the brand, and I haven’t seen it anywhere in years.Until I went into Granite State Candy Shoppe last week.The downtown chocolatier makes its own ice cream right there in the shop, and they have their own apple...
Parks and Rec to host free football clinic Saturday
The New England Patriots Alumni Club, in conjunction with Concord Parks and Rec, will be holding a free non-contact co-ed football clinic for children ages 9 – 14 on Saturday at Memorial Field. This clinic is ideal for all levels of ability and participants will be provided a meal at the end of the clinic. Registration opens at 1 p.m. with the camp running from 1:30 to 4 p.m. For more information and to register in advance, visit...
Entertainment: ‘90s rockers Collective Soul to play Cap Center
Music Tuesday Collective Soul with Brooks Young Band at Capitol Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 to $229.75 plus fees at ccanh.com. Michael Loughlin at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Open mic with Mikey G at Tandy’s at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Krimson Krewe at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. The Arrival of BB King, with author Charles Sawyer and the 2120 South Michgan Avenue Band at Concord City Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Free....
Concord Young Professionals Network: Ines Cabral is enjoying her time in Concord
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) introduces you to our “Young Professional of the Month,” Inês Cabral. Each month the CYPN Steering Committee recommends a young professional in the community it thinks Concord Insider readers would enjoy getting to know better. How old are you? 24 Where do you live? Concord. Where do you currently work? I am an intern at Louis Karno & Company...
Bulletin Board: Free meetings, FAFSA registration and more
VNA offers Walk-In Wednesday Concord Regional VNA offers Walk-In Wednesday on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon at Horseshoe Pond Place Senior Resource Center, 26 Commercial St. Walk-In Wednesday is held on the fourth Wednesday of each month at the same time. Walk-In Wednesday is an opportunity to get your questions answered. A Concord Regional VNA team member is available to meet with people individually regarding their specific...
Opening for new Mill Brook Gallery exhibit
Mill Brook Gallery Spring and Summer Through: Sept. 2 Reception: Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m. Location: 236 Hopkinton Road. Hours: Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. League of N.H. Craftsmen Fairy Tales and Fantasies Through: June 15 The Grodin Collection Through: Ongoing Location: 49 S. Main St., Suite 100 Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kimball Jenkins Robert Dorr Through: May 31 N.H. Weavers Guild Through: May 16...
City Manager’s Newsletter: Construction updates, Stuff A Cruiser 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: Penacook Landing update On Sept. 18, the city and Caleb Development Corporation closed on the sale of a 2.5-acre piece of the former Allied Leather site being sold by the city to Caleb...
Book of the Week: ‘The Library at the Edge of the World’
The Library at the Edge of the WorldFelicity Hayes-McCoy2017, 340 pagesFiction Hanna Casey is the local librarian in Lissberg, a small village on the west coast of Ireland. Hannah drives the bookmobile and often has folks flagging her down on her rounds to exchange a book. The bookmobile is a way to keep the small villages connected along the rural coastline.But the Lissberg Library is in jeopardy of being closed, and Hannah’s...
Capital Arts Fest to bring skilled crafters to Concord’s South Main Street
The League of New Hampshire Craftsmen will once again bring art and fine craft to the streets of Concord with the Capital Arts Fest, running this Friday through Sunday. The weekend-long event will showcase dozens of artisans, craftsmen, musicians and food vendors in front of the League’s headquarters on South Main Street.“After last year’s inaugural Capital Arts Fest, excitement is growing for this year’s event – which will be even...
This Week in Concord History
May 8, 1900: Having made several battery-powered cars at his American Manufacturing Co. in Penacook, Adrian Hoyt secures a 10-year local tax exemption for his auto-making concern. He hopes to employ 150 to 250 men and make three cars a day. A few days later he will drive one of his cars through downtown Concord to show how efficiently a car can deliver the mail. The car business never takes off, but Hoyt Electric does. May 8,...
Instagram: Infinite colors ripple through the morning sky over Allison Street
First of all, let’s address the elephant in the room – Michael Murphy (@michaelpmurphy) and Sheldon McKinley (@sheldonmckinley_) are the best Instagrammers in Concord, hands down. Sorry, it just is what it is. (No offense to all the other Instagrammers out there – you just need to step up your game!) These two are consistently putting their A-game material on Insta for the world to see, and few others can compete with these two. Now,...
We found actual signs of spring last week
If you remember a few weeks back, we put out our annual Spring Guide. It covered all kinds of great events happening not just in Concord, but all around the state. There were also a couple things about gardening, filling potholes and a new springy beer.Then, it snowed – a couple times. It didn’t amount to much, but it sure did put a damper on things and made us wonder if spring was ever going to show up. And we wanted a chance at...
Three author events in three days at Gibson’s Bookstore
On Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. at Gibson’s Bookstore, Kelly Kilcrease and Yvette Lazdowski will share their history of Manchester’s massive shoe industry, and how it shaped the city’s landscape, in Manchester’s Shoe Industry. Famous for its dominance in textile production, Manchester was also affectionately called “Shoe City.” More than 70 different shoe companies once called Manchester home, and thousands of area residents worked...
Farmers Market to begin another season
Folks who are unsure of what to do with their Saturday mornings now that the Winter Farmers Market has closed for the season can breathe a little easier. That’s because the Concord Farmers Market opens for the season on Saturday. The annual opening of the downtown market is a sure sign that spring is finally here and has been for more than three decades. On Saturday, beginning at 8:30 a.m., Capitol Street will be lined with pop tents...
Donations needed for annual Concord Christmas tree lighting celebration
The 34th annual Concord Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration planning is underway. The event will be held on Friday, Nov. 29 by tradition with activities starting at 4 p.m. The committee needs to raise $8,000 to help offset the cost for the horse-drawn wagon rides, petting zoo, music, fireworks and lights. This event has become one of the premier holiday tree lightings in the state, drawing more than several thousand people of all...
Clean up the city by filling some of those blue bags
Now that spring is (finally) here, you’re going to start noticing all the things the large piles of snow kept under wraps for the last few months – mainly trash. We’ve never quite understood why people think it’s okay to basically use the outdoors as their personal trash can, but unfortunately it happens and the rest of us are forced to live with it. While we always want to pick up trash whenever we see it lying in the road, on a...
The Yogi: The intersection of the football season and yoga
For the Insider Football season is upon us. The juggernaut that is the National Football League is on full display, and each week the NFL machine grinds its way toward the new year and the inevitable Super Bowl. Football fever is so intense that I had a student come to Inferno Hot Pilates two weeks ago, phone in hand, and proceed to take the entire class while also engaged in a fantasy football draft. Glute bridges, forearm planks and...
Pierce Manse to host plant sale
In partnership with Canterbury Plantation, the Pierce Manse is hosting a spring plant sale on Saturday and Sunday at the home that was once lived in by the only president from New Hampshire. Since it has been a bit of a wonky spring thus far, and just recently started to warm up for the growing season, Kevin Bragg, owner of Canterbury Plantation, was in a wait and see approach as to what would be available at the sale. The original...
On the Road: The ‘Insider’ goes to Cologne Cathedral in Germany
Matthew Bodwell of Concord and Tim Bradley of Bow brought the Insider along on a recent trip to the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) in Cologne, Germany. Both of them are U.S. Fulbright Scholar awardees, and both will be teaching English at German secondary schools for the 2019-20 academic year as part of their awards. They attended their Fulbright Orientation meeting in Cologne a couple weeks ago, and once they had a break in the...
Entertainment: Three on-stage productions to keep you busy
If you’re into theater then this is the week you’ve been waiting for. There are three main stage shows ranging from the high school ranks to the final installment of the Community Players of Concord’s 90th season. With it being the beginning of the month, many places didn’t have their up to date music information online, so use this lineup as a starting point and if you don’t see your favorite spot here, check in with them as the week...
Book of the Week: ‘Ellie and the Harp Maker’
Ellie and the HarpmakerHazel Prior2019, 327 pagesFiction Ellie Jacobs is feeling unsettled. She takes long walks in the countryside and writes poetry. She misses her father, who died a year ago. On the anniversary of her father’s death she discovers a barn filled with dozens of beautiful handmade Celtic harps. And she meets Dan Hollis, a handsome man with dark eyes, who introduces himself as the “Exmoor Harpmaker.” Ellie says that she...
We figured out how to escape The Enigma
While my first experience at Concord Escape Room was a blast, those 15 final seconds (that we went over) have haunted me ever since. It was actually my first-ever attempt to get out of a room that was designed and built to keep me inside – at least until the digital clock hits all zeroes – and in my eyes I failed. Not just because me and my three partners in mystery solving cracked the final puzzle just after the timer ran out, but I...
This Week in Concord History
Sept. 24, 1816: A few months after the Legislature confirms Concord as the state capital, the cornerstone of the State House is laid. To now, New Hampshire is the only state in the union without a capitol. Sept. 24, 1957: In a referendum, Concord voters decide to abandon manager-council government for a strong elected mayor. The margin is so thin – nine votes – that opponents demand a recount. The margin will shrink to five votes...
On Stage: What if ‘The Odd Couple’ was a pair of women?
Sharing a living space with someone can be challenging. Whether it be a sibling, significant other or a child, there will undoubtedly be things about that person that drives you bonkers.That’s the basic idea behind Neal Simon’s play, The Odd Couple, which features an unlikely pairing. Felix Unger, a neurotic, neat freak newswriter, is thrown out by his wife, and moves in with his friend Oscar Madison, a sportswriter who doesn’t really...
Bring the pup to Pope Memorial SPCA’s Walk for the Animals on Sunday
Based on information from 2016, there are more than 5,000 registered dogs in Concord. That means there’s a community walk/run this weekend that should interest a whole bunch of you out there.Pope Memorial SPCA will host its 24th annual Walk for the Animals this Sunday at Northeast Delta Dental in Concord. The event is a one-day fundraiser for the SPCA, which works to find homes for homeless and abandoned pets.The SPCA is always very...
On Stage: Shakespeare goes Hollywood with Players
It’s been one impressive 90th season for the Community Players of Concord. From classic shows like the Wizard of Oz and The Hunchback of Notre Dame to the lesser known run of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, and the rare beyond the main stage production of Kid Cult Cosmology at Hatbox Theatre, the Players really know how to put on a celebratory season. But it’s not over quite yet, as lovers of Shakespeare, comedies and stories...
Got any pets? Concord has all kinds of businesses that cater to them
Concord is a pretty pet-friendly city. As of 2016, there were more than 5,000 dogs registered in the city, and one can only imagine how many unregistered cats, snakes, birds, sugar gliders, iguanas, hamsters and chinchillas are out there. Needless to say, there are quite a few animals living in human homes around here. Luckily, the city is chock-full of businesses that cater to pets. From food to grooming to training to medical care,...
Bulletin Board: Paper shredding, hand bells and poetry slam
Tickets remaining for documentary Dismas Home of New Hampshire, a residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation and reentry program for formerly incarcerated women, have limited tickets remaining for their first awareness and educational event on Wednesday at the Red River Theatres. The program will run from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and will begin with a pre-screening reception with appetizers prior to the viewing of the New Hampshire premiere of...
These adorable pets are ready for adoption at Pope Memorial SPCA
Pope Memorial SPCA is in the business of saving and caring for pets who have been found or turned over to the organization. Of course, the ultimate goal is to find good homes for all of the pets at the shelter – this is where you come in. There are always so many cute and cuddly pets at the SPCA ready to be adopted. Shannon Camara, director of special events and educational outreach at Pope Memorial, sent over some photos and bios of...
