insider_estelle: Why does the city smell like broccoli? What is the Monitor doing about this? Uncover the truth!
insider_estelle: Why does the city smell like broccoli? What is the Monitor doing about this? Uncover the truth!
This Week in Concord History
•March 8, 1968: In a press release on the Vietnam War, U.S. Sen. Norris Cotton of New Hampshire says: “No longer can honeyed words and cheering predictions conceal the stunning truth – we are taking a beating and can't win, or at least can't win under present strategy.”March 8, 1987: Ray Barham's first column appears in the Concord Monitor. Barham is serving life without parole at New Hampshire State...
Hurling with wolves
In 2004, New Hampshire National Guard C Company, Third Battalion of the 172nd Infantry was deployed to Iraq. The entire unit survived its tour of duty, and in 2005 it returned home. During a brief stopover in Ireland, the unit caught a few minutes of a strange sport that happened to be on television. Men with masks and clubs played a sort of hockey/lacrosse hybrid on a grass field. It was certainly nothing you'd see on ESPN back...
Undead nouns return to haunt
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” Although a Google search will provide numerous links for this line to an album by an Oregon bank named Hellshock, its origin is older, but probably not as old as Plato, to whom it is attributed as the epigraph in the film Black Hawk Down, where I first encountered it. No one has been able to locate it in Plato, who seems to have erroneously gotten the credit in General Douglas...
See some live music
Rama Inacio: Sacred Sounds from The Melody of the Heart will perform on March 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Rasa's Vegan Kitchen, 55 S. Main St.For more information visit rasasvegankitchen.com or call 715-1785.
Monthly meeting
Merrimack County Stamp Collectors regular monthly meeting will be held at Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, on March 15 at 1:30 p.m. All people interested in stamp collecting are invited to attend. For further information, contact Dan Day at 228-1154.
Scholarship fund
Concord Hospital Trust is now accepting applications for the Concord Hospital Trust Scholarship Fund, which supports nursing and allied health students. Students who live within Concord Hospital's primary service area, have graduated from a high school within the service area, or who have lived within the service area for one year are eligible to apply. The application is available at ch-trust.org. All applications must be...
City briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell digs in the crates and hand-selects some old-school beats for us to groove on. This week was no exception. So zip up your Adidas tracksuit, adjust your Kangol and strike your best b-boy pose and let DJ Tom Aspell spin some hot records in this week's city memo.is it the shoes? Boom-shakalakaDue to overwhelming success, the recreation department has increased the number of classes for its new...
A & E Scene
Looking for a fun way to spend your lunch hour? The Bach's Lunch series at Concord Community Music School is an interesting, educational and entertaining way to enjoy your midday meal. The school presents a lecture on the first Thursday of every month, and follows it up the next Thursday with a related concert.Last week's lecture, “The Romantic Zeitgeist: Odysseys of Mind and Soul,” was presented by faculty...
Spring into health
Check out the Spring into Healthy Living Fair on April 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Concord Cooperative Market, 24 S. Main St. Celebrate spring with samples of local, natural foods and products, wine and other great treats. Listen to live music, pet barnyard animals, and bring the kids for fun activities. Tree saplings and numerous giveaways will be available throughout the day. This FREE event is open to the public! Visit...
Free sneak preview
Those who want to get a FREE sneak preview of the Petit Papillon's Nightingale, a new original ballet of an old Chinese folk tale, should stop by the Children's room of the Concord Public Library on March 19 at 11 a.m. A few dances from the ballet, and a reading from the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale of the same name, will be sure to delight aspiring young dancers, as well as adults who still dance in their heart. The...
It's a wrap
On Feb. 26, Concord Community TV unveiled a brand new design wrap of its production vehicle. It all happened at a local community event, the Concord Winter Farmers Market at Cole Gardens, which draws more than 1,000 people from the community and surrounding towns. The station staff also taped the first episode of ConcordTV On The Go at the Farmers Market immediately after the unveiling. It's all part of ConcordTV's efforts...
