Northeast Delta Dental CEO and author Tom Raffio to speak at Gibson’s Bookstore
Northeast Delta Dental CEO to speak at Gibson’sFrom the CEO of Concord’s own Northeast Delta Dental comes another title for the business-minded: Mindfulness: A Better Me; A Better You; A Better World. This down-to-earth and highly practical book on mindfulness is a must for every leader or manager. In clear and concise ways, this book explains what mindfulness is, how to begin a mindfulness and meditation practice, and how to build...
Bulletin Board: Free concerts, food map, meetings and more
AARP hosts Coffee & Conversation Get the latest buzz on AARP activities and events happening in Greater Manchester, Greater Concord and the Seacoast at an AARP community engagement program called Coffee & Conversation. Join us at local coffee shops and meet up with friends, neighbors, AARP volunteers and other AARP members. Give us your ideas on future activities and events you’d like to see in your community, and get a free...
Get ready to party it up for Intown Concord’s Annual Celebration
We’re lucky enough to live in a city in which there’s pretty much always some kind of party going on that you can drop into. It’s just that kind of vibe around here, and we’re okay with that.And in that vein, we’re here to report that Intown Concord has a whole lot of fun in store for its 2nd Annual Celebration, which will be held March 29 at Cole Gardens from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Last year was the first year of the now annual celebration....
City Manager’s Newsletter: Parks and Rec Month, National Night Out preview and more
On Friday, Stefanie Breton, the city’s public information officer, sent out the weekly City Manager’s Newsletter. Here are some of the highlights: July is Parks and Rec Month Summer is here, which means it’s time to get out and explore the great things happening at your local parks and recreation department. This July, join in on the fun and games offered by Concord Parks and Rec as they celebrate Park and Recreation Month. A variety...
Entertainment: Student shows and comedy lead the week
On Concord’s entertainment agenda for the following week is your usual plethora of bar bands and movies, as well as a couple student-performed shows at the city’s biggest venue. Cheers! Music Tuesday Kid Pinky at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Concord School District Band Festival at Capitol Center for the Arts at 6:30 p.m. Contact the school for ticketing information. Wednesday Paul Heckel at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m....
CYPN: Emily Marsh of Red River Theatres is the 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,” Emily Marsh. Each month the CYPN Steering Committee recommends a young professional in the community it thinks readers would enjoy getting to know better.How old are you? 27.Where do you currently work? I am the Events and Marketing Manager at Red River Theatres, a nonprofit indie cinema in downtown...
New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival comes to Concord this weekend
It’s no secret that Concord is a pretty movie-friendly community. Between the two actual movie theaters and places like NHTI and Concord Public Library that often host movie nights, there’s never a shortage of options to see a film around here.And now, thanks to the New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival, there’s a whole new slate of flicks coming this way in the week ahead.Now in its 10th year, the festival features a collection of films...
Concord Food Co-op’s Round-it-Up at the Register program sends $6,700 to nonprofits
In February 2019, the Concord Food Co-op launched a new fundraising program that has already raised $6,700 for local nonprofits. The Concord Food Co-op’s Round-It-Up at the Register program is an easy way for Co-op shoppers to donate to local nonprofits that are making the greater Concord area an even better place. The program empowers shoppers to help local community-enrichment organizations by making small-change donations, which...
CASL: These students are on a path to leadership
The Capital Area Student Leadership program encourages students to become active, effective participants and future leaders in their schools and communities through exposure to historical, cultural, environmental and civic aspects of the Greater Concord area.Through an application process, 26 local high school sophomores were selected for the 2018 class.Over the past 24 years, CASL has graduated more than 650 sophomores representing a...
Making Good Health Simple: Pro tips for taking a successful hike this summer
For the Insider “You’re almost there.” “The view is going to be spectacular.” “The summit is just around the corner, I can feel it.” Just a few of the reaffirming statements I tell myself during the million times I want to quit on the trail. Hiking is more than just walking in the woods, it’s more than climbing an incline – it is the definition of mental fortitude. There are multiple times when I contemplate turning around, or laying...
The Knights of Columbus are hosting a 24-hour food drive
The first year the Knights of Columbus held its 24-hour food drive, they actually did it for 24 straight hours – in March. Turns out there aren’t a lot of people donating non-perishable food items at 3 a.m., so they kept the 24-hour format last year, but decided to span it over the course of two 12-hour shifts. “It was my bright idea to have it around the clock,” said Grand Knight Chuck McGee. “Then we moved it to 12-hour days...
The Yogi: Two pools, 20 years and a whole lot of yoga
For the Insider In the spirit of summer, we’ll start this week with the story of a swimming pool. More correctly, this is the story of two swimming pools, and spans nearly 20 years.In 2001, a young couple bought their first house. The house, in Strafford, sat on a lovely pile of rocks, and came with a little piece of forest. At the edge of the forest, near the house, was an above-ground swimming pool. The couple decided that tending a...
Pierce Manse lectures to begin Thursday
The Pierce Manse over on Horseshoe Pond Lane is filled with all kinds of great historical information about the life of Franklin Pierce.Pierce, the only president from New Hampshire, lived in the house from 1842-48, when it stood on Montgomery Street, before it was moved to its current location in 1971. The historical landmark was actually slated for demolition as part of an urban renewal initiative, but thankfully a group of...
Book of the Week: ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’
Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens2018, 370 pagesFiction The title of this book is intriguing – Where the Crawdads Sing. And it’s mentioned in the book: “What d’ya mean, where the crawdads sing? Ma used to say that.” Kya remembered Ma always encouraging her to explore the marsh: “Go as far as you can way out yonder where the crawdads sing.” Tate said, “Just means far in the bush where critters are wild, still behaving like...
Havenwood Bucket Brigade is collecting sap
Over the last month or so, we’ve seen a number of maple trees grow something rather odd – a metal bucket. Well, okay, the buckets don’t actually grow out of the trees, but are rather put their by people to collect sap inorder to make maple syrup.It’s a tried and true practice that gives lovers of pancakes, waffles and French toast a fresh batch of the sweet stuff every spring.And count residents of Havenwood Heritage Heights as...
New England author Spencer Quinn to present ‘Heart of Barkness’ at Gibson’s Bookstore
Spencer Quinn will return to Gibson’s Bookstore on Thursday at 6 p.m. to present the ninth in his Chet & Bernie series, Heart of Barkness, our favorite mystery series told from the perspective of the detective’s dog. Come prepared to meet some adorable adoptable animals from the Pope Memorial SPCA, too!Chet the dog, “the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction,” (Boston Globe) and P.I. Bernie encounter heartache and much...
Saturday demo at McGowan Fine Art
Concord is home to lots of great locations to see some incredible art. That means at any given time, on any given day, there will be a wide range of work on display all over the city. It’s hard keeping track of all the shows, hours you can view them and how long they’ll be around, so we’ve compiled this trusty list for you, so you can concentrate on checking out the art. League of N.H. Craftsmen Black and White Encore Through: March...
This Week in Concord History
July 16, 1821: Mary Baker Eddy is born in Bow. In February 1866, she will write of healing herself from what a doctor diagnosed as a fatal fall on the ice. Out of this experience is born Christian Science. Eddy will found the Church of Christ, Scientist, in 1879. July 16, 1863: Shots are fired and several men wounded in the third and final day of draft riots in Portsmouth. Fear of riots in Concord and elsewhere leads to the return of...
Bulletin Board: Coffee with a Cop, films and a health fair
Meeting to discuss water main project On Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., in the Concord High School cafeteria, the engineering services division will hold a neighborhood public meeting to discuss construction schedules and temporary traffic patterns during construction associated with upcoming water main replacement and street paving projects that will take place in the vicinity of Concord High School. The water main will be replaced on...
Field Trip: For the most fun you can have in Chichester, hit up Chuckster’s
Welcome to the Insider’s Field Trip to Chichester and Epsom. These two towns are nice and close to the capital city, and while neither community would exactly be classified as a hotbed of activity, there’s plenty to do, see and try, if you’re so inclined. For this particular Field Trip issue, we’ve broken it up into three categories – For Fun (the one you’re reading now), To Eat and Shopping & Services. Since these towns don’t...
Book of the Week: ‘What If?’
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Randall Munroe 2014, 303 pages Nonfiction What if?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions is exactly as the title describes: a book that provides carefully considered, researched, scientific answers to questions that are both random and ridiculous. Questions like, “What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed...
There are many options for shopping in Chichester and Epsom
Chichester and Epsom aren’t short on places to go shopping. While there may not be one huge center of town where all the commerce is grouped together, there are many retail outlets sprinkled throughout each of these towns.The Insider has long been a fan of pawn shops, secondhand shops, yard sales and any places that carry cool, weird and unusual stuff. It was, in that case, only a matter of time before we found one of those kinds of...
This Week in Concord History
March 20, 2002: An apartment fire on Maplewood Lane in Penacook leaves dozens of residents homeless. Nobody is hurt. March 21, 1820: An editorial in Concord’s New Hampshire Patriot says the Missouri Compromise, while disappointing on the whole, “succeeded in rescuing from slavery a vast tract of country, which would otherwise have been expos’d to this dreadful curse.” March 21, 1996: Concord City Manger Julia Griffin says she will...
We found plenty of things to eat in Chichester and Epsom
One of the best parts – possibly the best part – of these Field Trip issues is the exploration of the local food. While it’s always fun to travel to another town or city and poke around for the day, everybody’s gotta eat, and it’s a lot more fun when you try something you’ve never had before. On this trip to Chichester and Epsom, we found quite a range of food options. While there are a few popular restaurants in these towns, we...
Get sappy at New Hampshire sugarhouses during N.H. Maple Weekend
As we’re all aware by now, it’s Maple Month, one of the most quintessential pages in the New England calendar. Every March, maple sugaring houses all over the state fire up the evaporators and invite the public in to get a look at – and a taste of – the maple syrup business. It all culminates with Maple Sugaring Weekend at the end of the month, which in this case is Saturday, March 24 and Sunday the 25th. There are two local...
Show your support for the troops with Holiday Cards 4 Our Military NH
The Fourth of July and Memorial Day have come and gone, but the fact is that our armed forces in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard are out on the front lines all over the world every day, putting their lives on the line for the sake of the red, white and blue. This summer, you can do something to help our troops that doesn’t cost a thing – and doesn’t require you to go through boot camp, either. It’s called the...
When your trees give you sap, make syrup
When Andrew Mattiace decided he was going to try making maple syrup this spring, he put in his research. Between YouTube, books and talking to some seasoned maple producers, he got a good idea of what it would take to get his small-scale operation, Beaver Brook Maple, off the ground.He tagged all the maple trees on his Bow property last fall, designed and built an outdoor evaporator over the winter and purchased/ collected all the...
Bottoms up – NH Brewers Festival to return to Concord this weekend
The Insider is an ardent supporter of craft brews, so this Saturday is basically like Christmas, New Year’s and the Fourth of July all in one – it’s the 6th annual New Hampshire Brewers Festival, taking place in the parking lot of Everett Arena. If you’ve never been to this festival before, you’ve been missing out. The one-day-only event will feature more than 40 New Hampshire-based brewers showcasing more than 120 fine libations. The...
Mapletree Farm expanded its sugarhouse
If you make your way to Mapletree Farm this spring to grab some freshly boiled syrup, you might notice something a little different about the sugarhouse. Well, actually, the sugarhouse will look a lot different.That’s because the old 16-foot by 20-foot sugarhouse, which was built soon after the operation opened in 1975 and slightly expanded in 1995, was moved about 100 feet to the right and back and is now attached to a new 22-foot by...
Entertainment: Lots of outdoor concerts, plus several performances of ‘The Little Mermaid’
Music Tuesday Craig Jaster at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Nevers’ Second Regiment Band at the State House at 7 p.m. Fountain Square Ramblers at Presidential Oaks at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Craig Jaster at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Senie Hunt at Courtyard by Marriott at 6 p.m. Open mic at Area 23 at 6 p.m. Alex Cohen at Concord Craft Brewing at 5:30 p.m. Thursday Paul Hubert at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Susie Burke and David Surette...
