Concord City Auditorium hosts 'Jimmy Tingle'
The Concord City Auditorium will host “Jimmy Tingle's American Dream Live on Stage and Screen” on Jan. 8 from 4-6 p.m. A reception will follow.The unique theatrical event will feature a screening of the award-winning “Jimmy Tingle's American Dream,” with a question-and-answer and live performance of “Jimmy Tingle for President: The Funniest Campaign in History.”The film features interviews...
A home for your stuff, not you
Name: Jamie BreenTitle: Owner, The Storage StationHow long have you been in the storage business?Twenty-five years, at this location on Loudon Road.What are some of the most common items people store?Generally household goods, the summer or winter stuff you swap out.What are some of the benefits for someone looking to rent a self-storage unit?It keeps the clutter away from the house. The stuff you're not using on a daily basis,...
Yips, wails and whines: voices of the night
Last summer when I was volunteering at the Little Nature Museum in Hopkinton, a woman came in and talked with me about a sound she had heard at night coming from the woods behind her house. She then imitated the noise and asked, “Who made that sound?”I said, “You just did.” Then I explained there were any number of night creatures that could have made a sound similar to the one she had just given.We can quickly...
The poemarnator? Absolutely
An item in “This Week in Concord History” in the Hunkette issue causes me to abandon my usual grammarnating and offer a poem that I wrote some years ago. On Dec. 27, 1985, ChristaMcAuliffe gave “her last press conference before setting out for Florida and final preparations for the launch of the Challenger.”My poem, you see, was about another press conference, an imaginary one that she was giving at the end of...
Offers up thank-yous
On behalf of the Holiday Food Basket Project I would like to thank the many businesses and restaurants for their donations of bagels, coffee, donuts, paper goods, pizzas and other lunches to feed the volunteers during our special project in December.Thanks go to: Constantly Pizza, Panera, Friehofner Bakery Outlet, Red Blazer Restaurant, Alan's Restaurant, Quality Cash Market, Subway on Main Street, Uno's Chicago Grill,...
This Week in Concord History
Jan. 3, 1852: Visiting Concord, Henry Hubbard slips on the icy walkway on his way to the Eagle Hotel. The fall breaks his left arm. Hubbard will sue the town and win a judgment of $800.Jan. 3, 1985: Bernhard Goetz, the so-called “subway vigilante” who fled New York after shooting four teens and landed in Concord, is to be returned to Manhattan today. Merrimack County jail guard Thomas Barton says Goetz told him:...
Winter wonders
The Winter Farmers Market at Cole Gardens on Loudon Road began in a trial period as a once-a-month venture three years ago.Last year, the market was held every other Saturday.So what's in store for year three?How about a market every Saturday from Jan. 7 through March 31?”This will be the third year the market has been here, and it's been awesome. The response has been very positive,” Charlie Cole of Cole Gardens...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell purchases dozens of cases of champagne and spells out a city memo using only the corks. This week was no exception.'twas the seasonGenerous gifts givenThe Human Services Department received an incredibly generous outpouring of donations so that the families it serves could have a wonderful Christmas, Aspell writes.Thanks go to Sanel Auto Parts, which provided toys and gift cards that will help 20...
‘The Insider’ has some homework for you
The New Year has arrived and school vacation is over – time for you to get back to work.With that in mind, The Insider cooked up another of our ingenious and wildly enthralling scavenger hunts. The theme? You have to hunt that down, too.Kidding! We first thought it would be fun to do a brick scavenger hunt, but realized the chances of someone correctly identifying 10 specific bricks in downtown Concord were pretty slim....
