The fall foliage photo contest is officially in your hands, readers
Foliage is doing little more than burying backyards these days, but remember back in September, when leaves were on the trees and it stayed light until long after you got home from work? We can’t help with the darkness, unless you light the Insider on fire and use it as a torch, but we can help you remember all those beautiful fall scenes, with the conclusion of our Instagram fall foliage contest first pitched in September. We’ve...
The fall foliage photo contest is officially in your hands, readers
Check out the following pictures and select your favorite (by using the name and number from the caption) and email them to us at news@theconcordinsider. The photographer with the people’s champion pic will receive a $20 gift certificate to a Concord business of their choice. Let the voting begin!
All it takes is a few hours to become a budding homebrew champion
Do you love beer, but hate spending exorbitant amounts of money at the store for that delicious creation you crave? If your answer is yes and you’re also in the market for a new hobby, the next logical step should be to connect with the Concord Area Homebrewers. They will put you on a path to not only financial freedom, but a way to make your own beer at home. Started in 2006 by Ed Ramshaw, the club is based off another more prominent...
Getting drafty with Concord’s brew crew
We hopped over to the Concord Area Homebrewers’s sudsy demonstration.
Six-pack of breweries visits Co-op for SNOB kickoff beer tasting
The SNOB Film Festival kicked off Thursday, with a beer tasting at the Co-op featuring six local breweries preceding the first movies.
Six-pack of breweries visits Co-op for SNOB kickoff beer tasting
The SNOB Film Festival kicked off Thursday, with a beer tasting at the Co-op featuring six local breweries preceding the first movies.
The Insider Goes to London to see the Queen – Tue, 12 Nov 2013
Margaret Porter of Concord in Green Park, London, with Buckingham Palace in background. Would've dropped The Insider on Her Majesty's doorstep, but it was soggy from all the rain!
Concord Hospital gets in the holiday spirit with weekend craft fair
Concord Hospital hosted its annual holiday craft fair on Nov. 9 with over 60 tables and crafters.
Concord Christian hosting annual benefit auction
Concord Christian Academy is hosting its annual Benefit Auction on Nov. 15 at the National Guard Armory (1 Minuteman Way, off Regional Drive). The event features a silent auction, live auction and dessert extravaganza. Admission, registration and desserts are free. More than 200 items will be up for bid, many of which have been kindly donated by our local businesses, family and friends of Concord Christian Academy. These include: gift...
Concord Hospital gets in the holiday spirit with weekend craft fair
Concord Hospital hosted its annual holiday craft fair on Nov. 9 with over 60 tables and crafters.
PlaySpace now open at the Concord library
The Concord Public Library launched its new PlaySpace in the Children’s Room on Nov. 1. The PlaySpace is a hands-on area offering activities to develop the skills children need to get ready to read. Based on a program developed by the American Library Association, Every Child Ready to Read, the PlaySpace pinpoints five types of activities to build those skills: talking, singing, reading, writing and playing. Some of the elements of...
Adventure shopping
Since Ocean State Job Lots’ slogan is ‘Adventure Shopping,’ we headed down to find the most adventurous items in the store. It’s like a safari you take right here in Concord!
NH Audubon to host bird identification talk
Don & Lillian Stokes, authors of 34 books on birds including Stokes Field Guide to Birds of North America, will discuss how to improve bird identification skills and take better photos with any camera at the NH Audubon on Nov. 21 at 7 p.m.Stokes’s lively talk will be illustrated with Lillian’s exceptional bird photos. Lillian will give special tips on how to use the new superzoom point-and-shoot cameras like the Canon SX50, the...
The grammar bus is leaving the station
The Grammarnator offers a challenge to our readers. Having left his Kindle on the dining room table when he rushed to the bus station a while ago, he had nothing to read on the trip to Boston except the back of the ticket. He was astonished to find that he would make nine changes in punctuation and usage in the message printed there. He invites readers to see what they can come up with and send their responses to the Insider (mail...
Forum to discuss city’s 250th anniversary
The first in a series of public forums on Concord’s 250th anniversary will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Grappone Conference Center. This session will be for the general public and for city organizations to learn about Concord 250, and to begin exchanging ideas for events planning. Light refreshments will be served, courtesy of True Brew Barista.
Expert Jesse Mertz has rookies and advanced brewmasters covered
Kettle to Keg proprietor Jesse Mertz knows what it’s like to enter into the world of homebrewing. One day – many moons ago – Mertz was also a budding homebrewer in need of guidance. He lived through the early trials and tribulations of brewing and wanted to ensure every beer maker had someone to lean on. That’s why he opened his shop in 2005 and moved to its current and larger location on Main Street in Pembroke two years later. It’s...
Princess Tea at Red River Theatres on Saturday
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs Concord will host its third Princess Tea on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. The event, set at Red River Theatres, is the perfect place for little girls to live out their princess fantasy. There will be live, costumed princesses posing for pictures with children and enjoying a royal tea. Revelers will be able to watch a princess movie on the big screen and make a craft fit for a Queen. Tickets are...
Instagram photo of the week – Tue, 12 Nov 2013
This photo of Kousa dogwood fruit comes to us from Instagram user boudreaujr. Bonus points for the live action dew drop on the top berry. Want your picture here? Tag us in your Instagram pics – we’re @concordinsider.
Free health insurance session at library
The Concord Public Library will be hosting a Health Insurance Marketplace Educational Session on Nov. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the library auditorium. This one-hour educational session will provide an overview of the Health Insurance Marketplace: who is eligible, how to enroll, tax credits, and options for those with limited incomes. The program will last an hour and will include a question and answer session at the end. This event is free...
Want to shave Master Foosh’s beard?
It’s been more than 10 years since Jareb (aka Master) Foosh has seen his face. But come Dec. 1 that will all change. Through Nov. 30 raffle tickets will be sold for the chance to shave Foosh’s big, bushy beard that closely resembles that of Red Sox first baseman Mike Napoli, and it’s all for a good cause. The tickets are $10 apiece or three for $20, and all the money raised will go to St. Jude’s Research Hospital. “It gives people the...
Concord’s New Front Door to be discussed
Last May, the Creative Concord Committee of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce hosted a city-wide brainstorming charrette to help generate fresh ideas about ways to improve Concord’s image, specifically the view that travelers see from I-93. Apart from the capitol dome and a few church steeples, the view they get of the city gives no hint of what a great downtown we have. The questions posed to those who attended included: How do...
This Week In Concord History
Nov. 12, 2003: Concord’s Luke Bonner, a senior and basketball star at Trinity High School in Manchester, signs his national letter of intent to play for West Virginia.Nov. 12, 2000: Concord High routs longtime nemesis Londonderry, 53-8, advancing to the state Division I football championship. The win ends a streak of lopsided defeats the Tide had recently suffered at the hands of Londonderry. Concord will go on to win the state title...
November church supper to be held this Friday
The Grace Episcopal Church at 30 Eastman St. will hold its free monthly supper on Friday at 5 p.m. The November supper features baked ham, candied sweet potatoes, green bean casserole and gingerbread for dessert. There is no charge but donations are welcomed and support the Take-A-Tote Ministry, which helps to feed Concord’s hungry school children. For more information, contact Grace Episcopal Church at 224-2252 or visit...
Classic Concord Photo – Tue, 12 Nov 2013
This week’s classic Concord photo comes to us from faithful reader – and WKXL radio host – Paul Brogan, and features a challenge for all of you local Concord historians. The photo depicts the giant spire that used to stand outside the Unitarian Universalist Church on Pleasant Street, a spire that vanished some time ago. Brogan said he’d heard various tales of its disappearance, including those who claim it blew away in a wind storm,...
Christmas tree lighting scheduled for Nov. 29
The 27th annual Concord Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration will be held Friday, Nov. 29, with activities starting at 3:30 p.m. The traditional lighting of the Nativity Scene and Christmas Tree at the State House Plaza has been the day after Thanksgiving. Coordinator Dick Patten along with volunteers are working hard to raise $8,000 dollars to pay for expenses. The Concord Imaging Center has pledged to be a major corporate sponsor for...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell scribbles out the recipe for Aspell Ale and begins perfecting a batch, but samples too much of it and writes a garbled city memo instead. We cleaned it up here.Got water?You will soon, anywayEarly this week the contractor will finish connecting water services to the new main on Loudon Road, between Woodcrest Heights and Old Loudon Road, Aspell writes. Water services include making things wet and...
Concord Public Library Book of the week
A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My LifeJames Bowen2013, 279 pagesNonfictionJames Bowen was barely making ends meet as a busker in Covent Garden, recovering from years of homelessness and drug addiction, when he came home one evening to find a ginger tom cat in his apartment building in north London. Bowen nursed the injured cat back to health, dubbed him Bob and delighted in their new friendship. One day Bob followed him onto...
Barb’s Beer Emporium hooks us up with what’s hot in hops these days
Insider disclaimer: you must be at least 21 years old to read this.Because if you want to enjoy anything about to be discussed, you must be of legal drinking age. This is about beer, folks, and lots of it.In recent years, the craft beer revolution has changed the way most of us view a frosty beverage. It seems like every time you approach a beer aisle, there is another new flavor changing the adult beverage landscape.So if you’re one...
Insider plays integral role in determining photo champions
Last summer Five Rivers Conservation Trust asked folks who live into the Concord area to share photos of themselves and families enjoying the many miles of trails that interlace the 56 properties that the group has protected. By the time the contest closed, more than 40 images had been submitted. The contest was a way to celebrate the group’s 25th anniversary. Now, the winners have been chosen, and the images are on their way to being...
