Ask the Tweens: Texting
Dear Tweens, Do kids ever talk face-to-face or does everyone just text all the time? Emily Hewey I think that some kids talk face-to-face more and some text more. In my opinion, people talk in person more because most humans have a social life, and by having a social life, you talk face-to-face. They might talk face-to-face more because when a child is at school, they talk with their friends a lot. When kids get home, they also talk...
Follow-up on battery disposal
My thanks to Dean Robinson Jr. and Nancy Kyle for their comments on my recent article about battery disposal. I am in the process of researching Best Buy and Staples. Both advertise recycling of rechargeable batteries. However, my article dealt with common household batteries (i.e. your garden variety AAs and AAAs, etc.). I need to determine who these companies contract with for recycling and how they process nonrechargeable...
A delicate matter involving dogs and lawns
This letter wasn't directed to The Revelator per se, but it seemed like the appropriate place for such a query: Is there any way that someone from the Insider could write an article on people picking up after their dogs, in a nice way, because I get so angry when I find dog doo in our yard. I have to walk out there carefully at all times, as I have stepped in the darn stuff and that makes me very angry. I don't like picking...
Not your average beach party
Find yourself a drink with an umbrella in it and pull out your bathing suit, because it’s time for a beach party! This weekend, “Psycho Beach Party,” presented by Ghostlight Theater Co., is coming to the Spotlight Café at the Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St. “Psycho Beach Party” is a spoof on 1960s beach party/Gidget flicks with a campy-horror movie twist. In it you’ll meet Chicklet – an aspiring surfer with multiple...
City Briefly
City takes a break Offices closed on Veterans Day While we’re slaving away on making this great publication, city employees will be living it up on their day off. Or maybe they’ll just sleep in or something, but the important thing to note here is that the Insiders do not have the day off. Wait, that wasn’t it . . . Oh, right! City offices and the library will be closed on Wednesday. Enjoy the day off, guys! We’re not bitter. Welcome!...
Alpaca-palooza!
Equinox Farms, 791 Jewett Road, Hopkinton, is hosting the “2009 Holiday Alpaca Showcase” in partnership with Someday Farm Alpacas. This is our first open farm event, and we are really trying to make it special. We will be providing general farm tours and sharing information about alpacas, the business of raising alpacas and the advantages of alpaca fiber. Our new farm store will be fully stocked with alpaca fiber, yarn and...
Pick of the week
Who cares if Halloween was two weeks ago, with Concord TV's “Saturday Fright Special,” you can pretend it happens every weekend! Saturday Fright Special promises monsters, movies and mayhem galore. Each week a classic B-grade horror film is featured, with amusing interludes from host Scarewolf, along with retro commercials and public service announcements. This weekend we're featuring the 1973 film...
It's stamp time!
Merrimack County Stamp Collectors monthly meeting will be held at Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, on Nov. 17 at 1:30 p.m. All people interested in stamp collecting are invited to attend. For further information, call Dan Day at 228-1154.
South Congregational Church transforms into Italy for one night
South Congregational Church, 27 Pleasant St., will hold an auction on Nov. 14 at 5:30 p.m. The purpose of the auction is to help support the church ministries, including the homeless shelter and assistance program. Admission is free. Do you recall the delicious ethnic foods at the 2007 auction? Well, this year’s theme, “That’s Amoré,” will feature an Italian piazza where locals are hawking goods and crafts, a Fountain of Trevi where...
The Rotary Club's FunFest was a great big success – hooray!
A big thank you goes out to Concord Rotarians Betsy Baron and Paul and Diane Cantin along with Rotary Club of Concord's two Interact Clubs for their participation in this year's FunFest at the Merrimack County Nursing Home on Oct. 31. For 15 years in a row, the nine Rotary Clubs of Merrimack County have come together with the recreation staff of the county home to produce FunFest – a day of fun and entertainment for...
Knitters wanted
Now that the weather has gotten cooler we are again looking for knitters. Knits for Kids provides handknit sweaters to needy children in our country and all over the world. This is a very easy pattern done in only two T-shape pieces. I will gladly send you a copy of the easy directions or you can find them at knitforkids.org. Although you can knit from home, we meet once a month and welcome all levels. If you prefer you can use any...
Food, entertainment and fun for just $10
The Bow Rotary Club Auction Gala will be held on Nov. 14 at 5:30 p.m. at the Bow Community Center, 1 Bow Center Road, Bow. A $10 admission charge will be applied toward each auction participant's first winning bid. Entertainment will include the Jazz Dogs combo band and attendees will be treated to specialty foods provided by The Barley House, Constantly Pizza, Hermanos Cocina Mexicana, Ichiban and The Red Blazer. The Nov. 14...
Baseball clinic for kids to benefit CHAD
Fred's Fund a nonprofit organization for CHAD (Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock) is hosting a youth baseball pitching and hitting clinic on Nov. 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The clinic will be held at the Concord Sports Center, 2 Whitney Road. Special guest instructors will include Ken Joyce, hitting coach and instructor for the Toronto Blue Jays; Mike MacDonald, pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels and Simon Williams,...
Learn to save lives
The Center For Health Promotion at Concord Hospital is offering a CPR course on Nov. 19 at 5:45 p.m. This program will teach you how to give CPR to an adult, child or infant and first aid basics for children. This program is designed for those who do not need a certification card. The cost is $35. To register, call 230-7300.
Book of the week
In between trying the recipes from our pie contest, stop by the Concord Public Library to pick up a book. For more information about the library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net. Strategies for Successful Career Change Martha E. Mangelsdorf 2009, 213 pages Nonfiction Are you between jobs? Or is your current career getting stale? If you’re entertaining the idea of making a change, this book provides a good outline of things to consider...
Coats for the needy
The Edward Jones Concord branch, 95 N. State St., is collecting new and clean coats for the needy during regular business hours through Dec. 2. For more information, call Lauren Flieder at 223-3012.
New Hampshire's turnpike
New Hampshire's first turnpike was not Interstate 93 or I-95; it was the Concord to Portsmouth Turnpike. In 1791 the Legislature authorized a committee to survey and layout a road from Concord to Durham Falls with a branch to Newmarket. Henry Gerrish, a committee member, was also a surveyor. His notes and route survey are in a file at the University of New Hampshire library, together with a sketch drawn to a scale of 200 rods to...
Thanksgiving baking inspiration
You've outdone yourselves this year, readers! When we asked for submissions of fresh-baked pies, you delivered – 16 of them, to be exact! This is the Insider's second pie bake-off, where we invite readers to submit their favorite pie to be sampled by a panel of judges. The pie bakers get a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to any business in Concord, and the rest of us get to clip out the delicious recipes for...
