A wicked sweet photo
“This is my son, Jack, at the Conservation Center on a wicked sweet fall morning,” Corey Garland wrote. Send your Concord photos to news@theconcordinsider.com. You may see your photography in the Insider or on our wicked sweet Facebook page! Just be sure to include the first and last names of anyone in the shots, plus a brief description of what we’re looking at.
An argument for chain stores
Katy Brown Solsky’s piece for the Insider (“A campaign to support local stores,” Oct. 26) extolling the virtues of buying at locally owned stores rather than chain stores is highly misleading. If the comparison is adjusted for the lower prices at the chain stores, the locally retained amount will be about the same. The Andersonville study Solsky cites was done by civic economics a group, which is in the business of conducting studies...
An old-school White Park
This postcard, sent to us by reader Loretta Poulin, shows White Park at the turn of the 19th century. For more reader-submitted photos, see the Bulletin Board.
Meet Debbie LaValley, the reader-submitted photo queen
Let’s play a word association game. When we say “reader-submitted photos” what name comes to mind? Many of our most dedicated Insider readers probably thought “Debbie LaValley.” The rest of you should start reading the Insider more religiously. LaValley has been submitting photos for much of the Insider’s existence – nature shots being her forte. “I just love wildlife,” LaValley said. A vegetarian for the past 23 years, she said she...
Police log
Smoking marijuana in the cemetery Sarina Whittier, 44, of Allenstown was arrested Oct. 13 on charges of possession of controlled drugs. According to a police report by Office Richard Tellifson, a witness called the police about 11:30 p.m. to report suspicious people in the Blossom Hill Cemetery. The caller said the people had been there about 30 minutes without leaving their vehicles. Officers went to the cemetery and found a Dodge...
‘Smart Girls’ class tackles body image, bullying
What do bullying, body image and self-esteem have in common? Well, for starters, they’re all issues facing youth today. They’re also topics of discussion for Smart Girls, an educational program for young ladies at the Concord Boys and Girls Club. The Smart Girls meet once a week at the club’s after-school program. The eight-week class, facilitated by NHTI student and club intern Amanda Hale, is broken up into two age groups; one for 6...
Meet Roger Brooks, former educator and winemaker
This month, Meet a Senior’s Anita Hickey has a conversation with Roger Brooks, retired principal of Beaver Meadow School. Dr Brooks spent 35 years as an educator in the Concord School District. How did you select Concord as a community to reside in and begin your career in education? After receiving my college degree I joined the U.S. Peace Corps as a volunteer in Borneo, Malaysia, where I met my wife Carol. After the Peace Corps,...
The golf course that wasn’t; a new bridge for P-cook
– Nov. 2, 1920: Albert O. Brown is elected governor. He gets the largest number of votes in state history (93,273) because it is the first general election in which women voters participate. – Nov. 2, 1986: Vermonter Barry Stem makes public his plan to develop a world-class golf course, 246 single-family homes and 164 duplex condominiums on 840 acres of Concord’s Broken Ground. It won’t happen. – Nov. 3, 1947: John...
The hidden gems of Concord
The Suite Cafe Drive down busy Loudon Road and you may almost miss The Office Suite, 211 Loudon Road, Suite D. Brand-spankin’ new as of Sept. 1, The Office Suite is a place for professionals to meet, network, work in a quiet space and/or drink smoothies. While getting her master’s at Plymouth State University during 2009-2010, Kim Lyden-Ricker devised a business plan for a place where business folks could rent out meeting and office...
Missed Connections
We left these Craigslist Missed Connections from Concord’s finest in all their unedited glory. you gave me a ride this morning – m4m – 38 (Concord) You gave me a shuttle ride this mornign. I have to say that you were one hell of a handsome young man that I would be happy to service when ever you wanted. Not sure if the connection I felt was one sided or not, but sure have to try as you were definately a bright spot to my...
Old Europe Restaurant offers new taste downtown
I’ve given up on expecting proper glassware when ordering a drink. I’ve accepted that when I ask for a red wine, I may get stumpy stemware as opposed to a taller glass with a nice, large bowl. Or, instead of having my Bloody Mary in a highball glass, I could be handed a cup that reads “Coca-Cola” and was just holding a Sprite moments before. But what’s a Food Snob to do? Not order drinks? That’s crazy talk. I recently visited the...
Imagining a cooler Concord, with your help
I want you to help me reinvent Concord. Yes, you. YOU. I spend a lot of time envisioning a Concord in my head that’s a little different from the Concord we live in now. I have big ideas about what that means to me, but it may mean something completely different to you and I want you engaged, too. Communities thrive on connection. That doesn’t mean I don’t love Concord now – let’s shoot that notion right through the heart. I wouldn’t...
Local group not as secretive as you may think
Ever wonder what the deal is with the Freemasons? Since the group’s founding over 600 years ago, Freemasons have gained the reputation of a society shrouded in secrecy and subject to speculation. Do they really pick U.S. presidents? Are they in charge of the world’s governments and banks as some sort of New World Order? What really goes on in their ritualistic, super-secret meetings? If you ask the local Masons at Concord’s Blazing...
City briefly
The results are in! In this week’s Insider, we discovered some of Concord’s hiddens gems. City Manager Tom Aspell’s weekly memo is does not fall into that category. Why, you ask? Because everyone already knows how great it is, duh! Here are the highlights, you’ve been waiting for: This week yields some rather important results. Yes, we’re talking about the outcome of the city’s household hazardous waste day held at the Everett Arena...
Book of the week
One Year to an Organized Financial Life Regina Leeds 2010, 271 pages Nonfiction Well-known for her 2008 book “One Year to an Organized Life,” Leeds teams up with certified financial adviser Russell Wild to tackle all possible aspects of your financial life in “One Year to an Organized Financial Life.” Has the down economy got you looking at your financial situation and wondering if there’s something you should be doing or could be...
The Insider goes Midwest
Dan Courtney and Sarah Henry also didn’t leave home without the Insider. “This is a picture of me and my fiance at an alpaca farm in Terre Haute, Ind.,” Sarah wrote. “We went to the Midwest to visit family. My great-great aunt turned 100!” Sarah, tell your aunt we said happy birthday and that we’re embarrassed we forgot her gift.
Our readers did some traveling
Audrey Wilson of Belmont poses with the Insider at the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland. This was during her trip to County Clare.
Students in grades 4 through 12: Want cash and a Target gift card?
New Hampshire students have the opportunity to participate in Letters about Literature, a reading promotion grant program that awards cash prizes and Target gift cards, and may also bring as much as $10,000 to their school or community library. A national writing contest for readers 9 yearsold or older in grades 4 through 12, Letters About Literature is sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, in partnership...
The Bulletin Board
Mmm . . . cookie walk The annual Snowman Craft Fair will be held on Nov. 6 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow. Stop by to get a free holiday gift. Satisfy your sweet tooth with our cookie walk and bakery shop featuring homemade pies, candies, baked goods and more. Bid on our silent auction items and shop for crafts, gift baskets and jewelry. For more information, call 228-1154. – JOAN...
