Pick of the week
Poetry Out Loud, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Poetry Foundation, held its annual New Hampshire State Championship on March 20 at Keene State College. ConcordTV volunteer, Bernadette Meunier, captured the event on video for Channel 22. It will be aired on May 8 at 3:30 p.m. Tune in and enjoy the amazing recitations by 12 champions representing high schools throughout the state, and see...
More love for ma
The kindergarteners at Beaver Meadow School love their moms – and we mean really, REALLY love their moms. So much, in fact, that the little muffins are hosting a “Women We Love” tea party for their moms at the school on Mothers Day to share notes they wrote about how great they are. Here’s a sneak peek of what they’ll share (we dare you not to smile while reading this): From Anders: “My mom can rock my new baby brother Benjamin...
Insider readers pay tribute to their favorite ladies
Inge Jones Bow Mom came to this country from Berlin, Germany, right after the occupation as a young bride, married to an MP who did duty at Checkpoint Charlie. She spoke very little English and was seven months pregnant when the Army gave her permission to enter the country. She immediately set to work as a military wife, following Dad as he bounced around the country. Life was hard for her (her relatives were all still in Germany,...
Alice Maltais
This month I had a conversation with Alice Maltais, who raised eight children while working full time as a nurse. Today, her family has grown to 17 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. As a member of our community, Alice is there to help a sick friend by volunteering at her church or caring for someone that needs a friend. You have lived in Concord for 63 years. Tell us about your life before Concord: I was born in Connecticut....
City briefly
Slow on North State City Manager Tom Aspell, without your weekly memo where would we get all our traffic news? This week Tom writes: “With the completion of the new storm sewer trunk line the contractor will focus on installation of new catch basins and replacement of deficient sanitary sewer services in the section of North State Street between Knight and Lake Streets.” Storm sewer trunk line? New catch basins? What does this all...
All about retirement
Meyers Financial will offer a free financial workshop and dinner at The Common Man, 25 Water St., hosted by Bill Meyers. “All About Retirement” will be held on May 11 and 13 at 4:15 p.m. Learn how to protect your life savings in this economy and how to guarantee an income that will last as long as you do. Registration is required by calling 225-6235.
Give FIT a hand
Merrimack County Savings Bank will be holding a clothing drive to benefit Families in Transition. FIT is a nonprofit agency with locations in Manchester and Concord that provides safe affordable housing to the homeless. We would like to encourage area businesses, schools, families and inpiduals to do their spring cleaning and drop off their clean, reusable clothes during business hours May 10 to 15 at one of the following branch...
An auction and a dinner for the ladies
The Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, will host the second annual Service-Gift auction on May 16 starting at noon. Join us for a potluck lunch and then browse the services and gifts that will be up for auction. The proceeds will benefit the church. For more information, call 224-0884. The women of the church will hold their annual “Mother, Daughter, Friend Banquet” on May 18 at 6 p.m. A roast turkey dinner will be...
Look kids, it’s Concord-opoly!
It’s hard for us to imagine what Loudon Road might have looked like in the ’70s, but the fact that there was an eatery called Dan’s Mile-Long Hot Dog Stand speaks volumes. That was just one of the weird thing we learned from All About Town, a board game all about Concord businesses created back in 1976 by Canterbury entrepreneur Albert Aldo. The game is structured like a confusing version of Monopoly: Using faux money printed from the...
Farewell to Vinnie, our avian friend
This week, we pay our respects to Vinnie, a 4-year-old African Grey parrot and Concord celebrity who recently passed away. Vinnie, whose full was was Vinchenzo Capuchelli, was no stranger to The Insider, gracing its pages a handful of times – most recently on the cover of our April 6 pet-stravaganza issue. He died last week after a long illness, his owner Jill Drago told us. On warm spring and summer days, Vinnie and Jill could be...
Trip to Walmart
On April 24 in the evening, Officer Scott Fanjoy responded to Walmart for a report of a shoplifter. According to Fanjoy's report, he met up with Steve Farrar, the store's assistant manager. Farrar told him that he suspected a man and woman were in question. The store's loss prevention associate, Eric McGrath, was following the man, who was later identified as Jeffrey Schrempf, 30, of Nottingham, Fanjoy wrote. Through...
Golly gee, we get it! You love your moms!
If there's one thing we learned from putting together this Mothers Day issue, it's that you, readers, think your moms are pretty awesome. We were bombarded last week with notes from adoring children and grandchildren who wanted to brag about how great their moms are. We got so many submissions, in fact, that a few stragglers didn't make it in. Our apologies to those moms. We did select a few highlights to put online, so...
The National Guard LEEDs the way
The New Hampshire National Guard held an event at the State Military Reservation on April 22 to celebrate Earth Day. The event featured Lieutenant Colonel David Mikolaities (as a guest speaker. Lt. Col. Mikolaities spoke about the future construction of the Guard's LEED-certified Regional Training Institute in Pembroke. Exhibits highlighted design plans such as solar hot water heating, rain water collection, porous concrete and...
WISEn up
Seniors, gear up for a week chock-full of free activities. WISE, which stands for “week of interactive senior experiences” will take place May10-14. We pulled together some highlights, but there's a ton more we couldn't fit here. For a complete listing visit concordnh.gov/recreation. -May 10: Kick-off the week at Horseshoe Pond Place Senior Resource Center, 26 Commercial St., with a welcome message at 10:30 a.m....
