Gettin’ deep like we were Jacques Cousteau
Ocean State Job Lot just opened a store in Concord. Since it’s slogan is “Adventure Shopping,” we decided to go down and find the five most adventurous items it had. Behold the wonder!
What's up in Wolfeboro
Get out of town and hit up the Lakes Region.
Gettin’ deep like we were Jacques Cousteau
Ocean State Job Lot just opened a store in Concord. Since it’s slogan is “Adventure Shopping,” we decided to go down and find the five most adventurous items it had. Behold the wonder!
The punch buggy game explained
ELLA AND SOPHIA ARE BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER!!!!! That's right! We're back! And more knowledgeable about vehicles than we were two years ago!Well, for one thing, we know that the gas coming out of cars is exhaust, not stuff to encourage people to ride bikes (although it might be that too). We learned that some cars are going to begin running on vegetable oil. And, we learned that there are plenty of ways to get hurt in a car...
Flying squirrels take over a duck box
A big surprise was waiting for me when I started to clean out a wooden duck box on an old maple tree along our frozen pond. As I opened the side door of the box, several flying squirrels were looking back at me from a bed of dry leaves and grass. My sudden intrusion into the privacy of their cozy winter quarters was too much for their comfort, and a few flying squirrels came scampering out from the box’s front entrance – and up the...
What's up in Wolfeboro?
Get out of town and hit up the Lakes Region.
Concord Public Library 'Book of the week'
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.org. Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of BloodstainsCatriona McPherson2011, 291 pagesFiction Set against the background of the general labor strike of 1926 in Great Britain, Dandy Gilver, a wealthy aristocrat and sometimes amateur sleuth, has been hired by Lollie Balfour, an upper-class Scottish woman who thinks her husband will try to kill her. To...
After-school movies
March 14 at 3 p.m.March Madness! He shoots! He slam-dunks! He scores! And he's got four legs and a tail! Watch Buddy and his boy take their school's basketball team to the state finals. 98 minutes, rated PG. Admission is free.March 15 at 6:30 p.m.Following the murder of her father, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross hires a tough U.S. marshal, Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn, to find his killer. She andTexas Ranger...
Annual spring social
Who doesn't like to go to a wine and beer tasting, with a silent and live auction, not to mention great company, good food and entertainment provided by Nazzy, all in support of a great cause: the Concord Family YMCA's Kids Campaign.The Eighth annual Spring Social will be held March 29 at the Grappone Conference Center from 5:30 to 8 p.m. featuring a Beer and Wine Tasting along with our Silent and Live Auction.The Top Chef...
Kick-off event
Best Buddies New Hampshire will hold a kick-off party on March 16 at the Barley House in Concord. This event is part of an effort to bring a chapter of Best Buddies, a global organization that fosters relationships between people with disabilities and their peers, to New Hampshire.The Barley House event, which will feature the Ron Noyes Band, begins at 8 p.m. and will have a $3 cover charge.”Best Buddies is doing tremendous work...
Author Barbara Walsh returns to her Irish roots
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barbara Walsh will be in Concord on March 15 to discuss her latest book, August Gale, with an appearance at Gibson's Bookstore at 7 p.m. The book weaves two tales together – a deadly Newfoundland hurricane that took the lives of hundreds of fishermen and the tale of her father's childhood pain after his father – Walsh's grandfather – abandoned the family.Walsh journeyed...
Neither snow nor biting dogs can slow Julie Richtarik
Name: Julie RichtarikLetter carrier, U.S. Postal ServiceHow long have you been a letter carrier?28 years.How did you decided to get involved in the profession?I took the civil service exam and got a phone call that I had been accepted. The great opportunity in the post office is you can transfer in any of the 50 states and there's no loss of pay. I started out in Massachusetts, then moved to New Hampshire, and have transferred...
Nominations needed
New Hampshire Audubon's board of trustees seeks nominations for several awards to be presented at the annual meeting of the membership. Deadline for nominations is April 1.The Tudor Richards Award is presented annually to the person who best exemplifies Tudor's love and knowledge of the outdoors and who has worked tirelessly and effectively on behalf of conservation in New Hampshire. Past recipients include Geoff Jones (2011),...
Alumni breakfast
Dawnee Broas, chair of the Leadership Steering Committee, invites all alumni of the Leadership Greater Concord program to the annual Richard G. Warner Scholarship Fund Breakfast. The event takes place on March 29 at Concord Hospital, on the 3rd floor in Conference Room A, from 7:45 to 9 a.m. Tickets are $40 each, and include a full breakfast. Gov. John Lynch has been invited as the guest speaker.Leadership Greater Concord is a...
New website
Despite the recent snowstorm, spring is fast approaching, and many have already dusted off their golf clubs. Just in time for spring, the Concord Parks and Recreation Department has launched a new website for the Beaver Meadow Golf Course, New Hampshire's oldest golf course. The new site offers a registration option to receive information on weekly specials.Those who register for the eClub in March will have a chance to win a free...
We can feel it all around
Everyone has their own little trigger that lets them know it's spring. Some people know when they see the first robin light on a tree branch. Others aren't sure it's spring until they dig their hands into that first furrow of aromatic garden soil.Me, I know it's spring when I get that irresistable urge to go to the nearest outdoor basketball court and shovel off the snow. Blame Eric Montross and George Lynch, I...
This Week in Concord History
March 13, 1975: Attorney General Warren Rudman vows to fight for tougher obscenity laws so he can successfully prosecute movie house owners for showing what he describes as hard-core pornography. His comments come after the acquittal of a Bethlehem theater owner who had shown Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones.March 13, 1993: People hunker down for what television has hyped as the “storm of the century.” Concord gets...
Want to drink some Bailey's out of a shoe?
We at the Insider like to scan Craigslist's Missed Connections for the best posts from Concord (that we can print, anyway! Who knew there were so many different words that mean “genitals?”). Then, we print them here, the two people meet and live happily ever after! Wait, that can't be true. Anyway, here they are, presented just as we found them online.Cute guy from AAA – w4m – 35I see you almost every...
Co-ed 20+ soccer
Concord Parks & Recreation will be offering a co-ed adult soccer league that runs from May 6 to June 17. Games are on Sundays between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Weekly games will be played at Keach Park with teams that consist of a minimum of 9 players and a maximum of 14. Players must pre-register. Registration deadline is April 24. For more information, visit ci.concord.nh.us/recreation or call 225-8690.
David Kontak has a new batch of music machines
Remember last year when we ran a story about David Kontak, a local fellow who makes unique music machines in his basement (David Kontak makes crazy music machines, Jan. 18, 2011)? Of course you do! Well, he's got a fresh batch of creations that he will be unveiling soon at the Sharon Arts Gallery in Peterborough. The performance takes place on April 7 at 7:30 p.m.Kontak showed us some of his newest instruments, and as you might...
He's got a sugar mama
Dear Ball and Chain,I have been dating a woman for about a year, and the relationship is going great and entering the serious stage. We are both very happy, but I recently discovered from talking to a mutual friend that my girlfriend makes almost twice as much money as I do.Is she keeping this a secret so as not to hurt my feelings, or does she just assume I am in the same financial ballpark? And will she think less of me if she...
Dog license reminders
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell heads to a mountain, starts an avalanche and ends up buried deep beneath the snow. Once the weather warms up, the snow melts and he tumbles downhill, finally coming to rest on Main Street. Then he hops up, brushes off and reads the city memo.fido's got mailState of New Hampshire RSA 466:1 requires that every owner or keeper of a dog 4 months of age or older license said dog in the municipal...
