You put the 'U' in 'Qatar' – Tue, 03 Sep 2013
Reader Tom Gilson took the Insider with him on a business trip – all the way to Qatar! Check out all the high-rises going up behind him. Qatar, country of industry! If you take the Insider with you on a trip to an exotic locale, please send us a picture at news@theconcordinsider.com and we’ll print it here. Thanks!
Classic Concord photo – Tue, 03 Sep 2013
School’s back in session in Concord, readers. With that in mind, we’ve got a classic Concord photo of the old Franklin Street School. Do you have a memory of this school? Did you or a family member attend it back in the day? Share your memories with us at news@theconcordinsider.com. Class dismissed!
Instagram photo of the week – Tue, 03 Sep 2013
Here’s a cool Instagram pic from @corinnejanelle. It’s a silhouetted steeple with beaming sun rays – can anyone guess the location?
A real gem of an event here in Concord
We checked out the annual mineral show at Everett Arena – and we really dug it!
A real gem of an event here in Concord
We checked out the annual mineral show at Everett Arena – and we really dug it!
Weekend on the Water set for Sept. 7-8, so get your ducks and dragons in a row!
Weekend on the Water is coming to Kiwanis Riverfront Park on Sept. 7-8. This is your chance to get involved with the first-ever dragon boat races in New Hampshire! A dragon boat team consists of 22 people – 20 paddlers, a drummer and a helmsman. Races will be held on Sept. 7 from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. Come spend a fun day on the Merrimack!The Mad Dog Fitness Challenge, a 5K urban obstacle course race, tests your physical and mental strength...
It’s not our first rodeo, but it is our first taste of El Rodeo
The Food Snob treats every new Concord restaurant’s opening like a holiday. This week, it was Cinco De Mayo, as El Rodeo opened in the former Outback Steakhouse location on Loudon Road. We’d heard rumblings of the new eatery from the team behind La Caretta, the popular Mexican restaurant with four locations across New Hampshire, for a while; those bean-based rumblings have finally come to (musical?) fruition.Before we left, we tried...
Puppies with a political pedigree
Avid readers and political junkies alike will remember Nelson, the Great Dane who rose to the position of canine mayor of Concord on a platform of skunk eradication. Well, Nelson’s handler/owner/dog mom Lindsay Hanson has quite the stable of canine candidates at her house; Olive, a dog Hanson has been fostering, recently gave birth to a litter of eight puppies – making a grand total of 12 dogs in Hanson’s 900-square-foot abode!Even a...
This week in Concord history
Sept. 3, 1861: Thirty-one train cars carry the Third New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment out of the Concord station. Sept. 3, 1991: Speaking to the Concord Rotary, Democratic presidential candidate Paul Tsongas remembers the real Concord rotary – the one on his way from home in Massachusetts to Dartmouth College when he was a student 30 years before. He used to hitchhike to school and back, he said, and “I spent a lot of...
Missed Connections: Ticket-kissers and girls behind forts
We at the Insider like to scour the pages of Craigslist’s Missed Connections section to see if anyone in Concord thinks we are as cute as a lil’ kitty cat in a bear costume is finding true love online. Here, presented unedited as always, are some of the best entries.Storrs St. Mkt. Basket – m4w – 50 (Concord)I happened to be right behind you at the check–out………Tuesday around 2:20. I had just finished mowing lawns and...
Nancy Bean can see the forest for the trees
Nancy Bean of Centre Street isn’t a dendrologist, or any other kind of -ologist, as far as we know. But she is an observer of nature, and – as it turns out – things masquerading as nature.Bean was at a stop sign at the corner of Thorndike and South Spring streets one day when she spotted what looked like a tree with an unusual trunk. Upon further inspection, she discovered it was no tree at all, but a telephone pole that seemed to...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell dresses up each and every one of his cats (he’s got hundreds!) in little bear outfits and parades them downtown. At the stroke of noon, the cats assemble in a choreographed formation. When viewed from above, they spell out the city memo.make a run for it!Municipal election nearThe city’s next municipal election will be held on Nov. 5, Aspell writes. Parties wishing to file for municipal office may do...
Centerpoint Church gets Main Street makeover
From the outside, Centerpoint Church looks like any other 200-year-old New England church: ornate carvings, big ol’ swinging doors and lots of stone. In just a few short weeks, though, you’ll be transported into a whole new world when you step inside.The church is undergoing renovations to expand its children’s area in a unique and interesting way. It’s being decked out as an indoor Main Street, complete with a cinema, a candy shoppe...
Book of the Week: A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home: Lessons In the Good Life From an Unlikely Teacher
A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home: Lessons In the Good Life From an Unlikely TeacherSue Halpern2013, 312 pagesNonfiction Don’t judge this book by its cover. It has a goofy picture of a dog with a nurse’s cap perched on her head. But this book is more serious than it appears. Writer Sue Halpern and her dog, Pransky, complete therapy-dog training and start visiting the county nursing home. Sue recounts how she and Pransky interact with...
Bulletin Board: Audi season-opening gala set for Sept. 15 at 6 p.m.
With a season-opening gala celebrating our lively arts community, the Friends of the Concord City Auditorium proclaim “We Love the Nightlife – the Concord Nightlife” and present a preview of the performances scheduled in 2013-2014.The nightlife begins Sept. 15 at 6 p.m., as “Grace,” the new pride and joy of the Abbot-Downing Historical Society, rolls up Prince Street. It’s the grand introduction of the Society’s second Concord Coach....
Bulletin Board: Eat breakfast with the Greater Concord Chamber
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce invites members and the public to an informational breakfast forum with guest speaker, Roger Sevigny, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Insurance. The breakfast will be held on Sept. 11 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Grappone Conference Center. Cost to attend is $20 for Chamber members and $30 for non-members, and includes a full breakfast.What are the deadlines? How will this affect...
Bulletin Board: Does your back-to-school list include a library card?
As students flock to stores for back-to-school supplies, they should remember to stop by their local library for the versatile item that can help them with all of their subjects: a library card.The American Library Association has named September “Library Card Sign-up Month” and is encouraging students of all ages to make sure they are able to take advantage of the many resources libraries offer.Having a library card from a New...
Bulletin Board: Sept. 28 concert to benefit Wounded Warriors
Rock The Regiment, a non-profit rock music concert to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, is scheduled for Sept. 28 at Tandy’s Top Shelf. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. Rock the Regiment will feature area bands Hanging Scarlet, A Simple Complex and featured special guest Charlie Farren in a joint effort to raise funds to support the Wounded Warrior Project, which provides vital services to returning service members...
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