insider_estelle: My appearance in the @ConMonitorNews “Tweets of the Week” has totally gone to my head. Well, that and the sour milk I drank this morning.
insider_estelle: My appearance in the @ConMonitorNews “Tweets of the Week” has totally gone to my head. Well, that and the sour milk I drank this morning.
Your handy guide to year-round state parks
Woo-hoo! It's almost spring, and that means it's time to go to the park. Here's a list of year-round state parks in the Granite State. Ahern State Park: 128 acres with 3,500 feet of shoreline on Lake Winnisquam. Fishing, biking and hiking. Easy water access for car-top boating. Route 106, Laconia Androscoggin Wayside Park: Part of the Thirteen Mile Woods. Scenic spot for picnicking, fishing, and canoeing. Route 16,...
tanzania – Mon, 14 Mar 2011
Concord natives Nick Potter, Matt Flanders and Garrett Young at Kibo Hut after summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. They couldn’t have done it without the Insider! If you climb the highest freestanding mountain in the world and bring us along, send the photographic evidence at news@theconcordinsider.com. Okay, fine, you don’t have to climb a giant mountain.
Welcome to Littleton
Each spring, the Insider ventures to a new part of the state and brings back a profile of a nice place to visit. This year, we chose Littleton. Here are some fun things to do while you visit: Littleton Diner Roll into Littleton early in the day and grab some delicious pancakes from the Littleton Diner. It’s the quintessential all-American diner; shaped like a railroad car, right on Main Street, and serving up classic diner fare all...
Spring calendar
MARCH March 19 Moonlit Snowhoe Tours Experience the wonder of a winter walk on the moonlit snow. Join an AMC naturalist guide on a guided full moon snowshoe walk. We will use our senses (and no flashlights) to navigate the trails. We will listen for owls calling and explore out senses as we explore the winter landscape by light of the full moon, 7 p.m., Route 16, Pinkham Notch, Gorham. Cost is $8 per person over 12, or $25 per family,...
What a word stickler is comprised of
“At that time,” wrote the Insider on hurling (in the “Hurling with Wolves,” March 8 issue), “the Wolves were the only team comprised of born-and-bred Americans in the league.” Here's an opportunity for the Grammarnator to be a stickler.Language purists, you see, would insist that comprise is the wrong word here. As the once-revered Strunk & White advised in The Elements of Style back in...
This Week in Concord History
• March 15, 1878: After two trials, Joseph Lapage is executed for the ghastly murder of Josie Langmaid. Miss Langmaid, a student at Pembroke Academy, was dragged into the woods, raped and decapitated the morning of Oct. 14, 1875. A prison historian remarks: “The evidence against him at the best was scant, but his guilt was black as night.” In his last hours, Lapage reportedly says: “Me kill girl.”March 16,...
Year-round state parks
Ahern State Park: 128 acres with 3,500 feet of shoreline on Lake Winnisquam. Fishing, biking and hiking. Easy water access for car-top boating. Route 106, LaconiaAndroscoggin Wayside Park: Part of the Thirteen Mile Woods. Scenic spot for picnicking, fishing, and canoeing. Route 16, ErrolAnnett Wayside Park: Part of the Annett State Forest, near the Cathedral of the Pines National Shrine. Short hiking trail. Cathedral Road,...
Maple sugar weekend events across the state
Each spring in New Hampshire, the snow melts, the ground thaws and the birds start chirping. Most important for the state's many maple syrup producers, the sap starts running in all those maple trees. To celebrate that start to the syrup season, New Hampshire Maple Producers presents New Hampshire Maple Weekend. This year, the event is March 19-20. You can visit New Hampshire Maple Producers online at nhmapleproducers.com to view...
Public supper
The public is invited to a corned beef and cabbage supper at Grace Church, 30 Eastman St. on March 18 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Admission is free with a donation. This is the second community-wide supper the East Concord church plans to host throughout the year.
Youth art grants
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts is reminding arts organizations, schools, school districts and school administrative units that the deadline to apply for Youth Arts Project Grants is April 1.Youth Arts Project Grants fund arts and cultural education programs that encourage creativity and foster academic success in grades K-12. The goal of this grant category is to provide young people opportunities to engage in the arts...
Music as a bridge
Concord Hospital Therapeutic Arts and Activities Services has been awarded a grant of $4,500 for an innovative program entitled “Music as a Bridge: Connecting People when Communication is Impaired.” The grant was awarded by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, and is made possible by appropriations from the Governor and State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts. For the past three years, TAAS has...
Staycation Week at Gibson's
Check out these upcoming events at Gibson’s Bookstore: q April 26, 5:30 p.m.: Mary Azarian and Willem Lange, A Dream of Dragons. Long ago the ancient Norsemen perfected their swift-sailing, dragonheaded longships. They left rugged fiords in search of open land, trade, treasure,or fame. They landed in North America over four hundred years before Columbus. Their exploits are recounted in the ancient Norse sagas. A Dream of Dragons is a...
Local hero
The Concord Family YMCA would like to thank Michael Simchik for his extraordinary act of generosity. Michael pledged $25,000 over a period of five years in support of our mission of strengthening community through our focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Michael is a member of a select group of philanthropists who demonstrate a distinctive leadership role in supporting the Concord Family YMCA.
Spring is nearly here!
Hello there, and thanks for picking up the Insider's Guide to Spring in New Hampshire. We want to provide a little respite from that severe case of cabin fever you've likely been nursing for the past four dreary months, and we're here to get you excited for all the fun that spring in the Granite State has to offer.In this guide, you'll find a grab bag of activities, events and suggestions to make the most out of the...
The Thing in the Spring rocks Peterborough
The Thing in the Spring is a one-of-a-kind music, arts and entertainment festival that takes place every year in Peterborough. Combining live performances, film screenings and art shows, it's an experience more likely found in a big city than in sleepy southern New Hampshire. Yet as May approaches, so too does the fourth annual installment of the multimedia extravaganza.”We liked the idea of bringing folks here, rather than...
The thing in the spring lineup
MUSIC:Thurston MooreByron ColeyJ Mascis, Dredd FooleGiraffes? Giraffes!MmossCokeweedOut Like Lambs…More acts to be announced.Thurston Moore and J. Mascis will be performing at the Peterborough Historical Society on the night of May 13.Mmoss and Cokeweed will be performing at Harlow's Pub on May 14 at 10 p.m.Out Like Lambs… will be playing in Putnam Park May 15 at noon as part of Lunch with the Lambs, sponsored and...
On the tracks of the elusive snowshoe hare
While snowshoeing in the afternoon following a morning snowstorm, I knew if I came across any animal tracks, they would be fresh. And sure enough, I soon came to the tracks of a snowshoe hare. The tracks started from a cozy spot where the hare had undoubtedly hunkered down during the storm.I began to follow the tracks as they zigzagged through a dense growth of conifers. As I pushed my way through low-hanging, snow-covered branches,...
