'Tis the season for autumnal beers
We stopped by Barb's Beer Emporium to see fall's finest frosty brews
Have a seat and watch the masters
We checked out the furniture exhibit at the New Hampshire Historical Society. Look at that detail!
Plymouth rocks!
Munch, mush, hike and spelunk your way through our neighbor to the north.
Put down your iPhones and go pick a real apple!
Chuck and Diane SoutherOwners, Apple Hill FarmHow long have you operated the orchard? How did you get involved in the business?Chuck: We started the business in 1978 as a wholesale deal, and it kind of morphed into retail starting about 1990, and we built the farm stand in 1994. And I'd worked in orchards in high school in the Concord area.Diane: And we fell in love with the lifestyle, decided it was something we could do for...
Local group celebrates heritage with Highland Games
You won't find any cabers being tossed around the NH Scot office on Green Street. Nobody serenades you on the bagpipes as you march through the door, and the yard is curiously devoid of sheep or other livestock.Loon Mountain is where you'll find all of that from Sept. 21 to 23 during the annual New Hampshire Highland Games Festival, which is celebrating its 37th year this fall. And though none of the artifacts spend any time...
Ron Knee's done a little bit of everything
Perhaps it was a telling sign when Ron Knee found steady work during the Depression.He held a job essentially every day thereafter until he retired. And he tried just about all of them.Knee spent the Depression helping to repair train tracks, a job he secured through a friend, and performing various other odd jobs, before also taking a job with the Works Progress Administration. After that he worked for the railway mail service,...
Rwanda project
The Clinton Foundation was asked by the government of Rwanda to assist in building a world class sustainable health care educational system. Our own Dr. Nick Perencevich was selected to participate as faculty and to train medical staff where he is now, in Kigali, Rwanda. He will be back in New Hampshire for a week and will be speaking Sept. 18 at the Concord Woman's Club.The program is the first of its kind in the world and is...
Two programs ahead
The Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association and its community partners are celebrating National Falls Prevention Awareness Day on Sept. 21 at Horseshoe Pond Place Senior Resource Center at 26 Commercial St. The program is from 10 a.m. to noon.Falls are among the most frequent and preventable causes of injury. Join the group to learn what causes falls and discover resources available to help prevent them.Participating exhibitors...
Meeting Sept. 18
The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors' regular monthly meeting will be held Sept. 18 at 1:30 p.m. at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow. Anyone interested in stamp collecting is invited to attend. For more information, call Dan Day at 228-1154.
Member plant sale
The Hopkinton-Contoocook Gardeners will meet at 10 a.m. Sept 17 at the home of Sue Drescher for the member plant sale. Please label and price all plants and bring any books, pots or tools to sell. New members are welcome. Call 746-5119 for info.
This Week in Concord History
Sept. 11, 1866: Kearsarge beats Portsmouth 32-19 in one of the first reported games of “base ball” in Concord. Judge Ira Eastman, however, remembers seeing the game (or its forerunner, rounders) played in the city 50 years before.Sept. 11, 2002: Hundreds of people stand silent under umbrellas at the State House Plaza during a Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony.Sept. 12, 1841: In an unscheduled lecture, Stephen S. Foster, a...
SNOB returns in November
The 2012 SNOB (Somewhat North Of Boston) Film Festival will return to Red River Theatres for four days of independent films, beginning in the evening Nov. 8 with an opening reception, a special tie-in film, and a sneak peak at the weekend films. Friday will be a full day of greatfilms on two screens. In the evening, we will bring back SNOB's Twisted Tales and SNOB's Xtreme films. Saturday will again be a full day of...
City Briefly
Each week, Tom Aspell searches the state for the biggest pumpkin he can find. Once he's got a 10-foot-tall prizewinner, he carves it, puts it out on the front porch and waits. Once some young ragamuffins happen by with the intention of smashing the gourd, the real fun begins. Tom bursts out of the pumpkin – where he was hiding all along – and stops the vandals in their tracks. As punishment for their thought-crime, Tom...
Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Catch MeLisa Gardner2012, 385 pagesFictionCharlie Grant believes she will be murdered on Jan. 21, but she isn't going downwithout a fight. She has trained hard to make sure of that. Her two best friends were murdered on that date a year apart and no suspect was found. When she was 8 years old, she was taken to live with her aunt in New Hampshire....
Upcoming events
The following are some of the upcoming children's events at the Concord Public Library.Sept. 27 at 3:30 p.m. – Celebrate Library Card Month by sewing your own library card holder. Learn some basic sewing skills. Recommended for children 7 and older.Oct. 25 at 3:30 p.m. Get ready for Trick-or-Treat by making a Halloween decoration.Nov. 29 at 3:30 p.m. Ladies and Gentlemen! Start your engines! Join us to build a...
Missed Connections
We here at the Insider often scour Craigslist's Missed Connections for any mention of hunky reporters on the beat the most interesting posts from Concord. Here, we present to you a few of them in all their unedited glory.i beeped u beeped i beeped u beeped – m4w – 32Last night you were driving the honda accord, i just wanted to say you are very pritty and i wish i had the chance to introduce myself to you,, hopefully...
Goldenrod and the golden rule of nature
Goldenrod wildflowers take center stage in late summer and early autumn after many other flowers have folded for the season. Their profusion of golden color in open fields and along roadsides gives a radiant charm to autumn landscapes. The goldenrod is the state flower for Kentucky and Nebraska.The goldenrod's generic name, solidage, comes from two Greek words meaning “to make whole,” with reference to the plant's...
