This week in Concord history
April 15, 2003: The state approves plans for a new children’s center, a parking lot and 10 acres of new ski trails at the Mount Sunapee Ski Resort. April 15, 2000: The upcoming hearings into allegations of misconduct by the state’s top jurist will be one of the first major tests for many of the members of the House Judiciary Committee, the Monitor reports. Nine of the 22 members who will be investigating state Supreme Court...
Photographing an adaptive downtown
As industry-specific and then stay-at-home executive orders closed and restricted stores, Janelle Sprague felt bad for the small businesses feeling the pinch. Especially those downtown, walking distance from where she lives. One night, the freelance photographer was thinking about those businesses while pondering a #frontporchproject request, where photographers take photos of families in front of their house with a social distancing...
City newsletter: Road work around the city
The city manager’s office sent out the City Manager’s Newsletter last Friday. The full newsletter can be found by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the “Newsletter” button. Here are some highlights: City information during COVID-19 We are continuously updating our coronavirus web page with information and resources. You can access it here: concordnh.gov/coronavirus. Downloadable PDFs with information for residents and businesses are...
Plant a pizza tree! Well, sorta
Running out of ideas to keep your youngsters occupied in these trying times? How about actually planting your family’s own “Pizza Garden?” Getting your kids interested in gardening is important for a variety of reasons: it pulls them away from the TV and video games and it gets them outdoors! And it has been proven that when children are exposed first-hand to gardening they are more likely to develop a better appreciation of nature...
YP Voices: Business leaders adapt during crisis
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s Concord Young Professionals Network brings you our “Young Professional Voices of the Month,” Hardy Hardy, Ryan Hvizda and Angie Lane. These capital region CEOs are responding to the COVID-19 crisis with innovative ideas and great advice. Josh Hardy is executive director of ConcordTV, Concord’s nonprofit community television center and education, government and public access channels. Ryan...
The Yogi: Getting to know grocery store heroes
‘Okay, who’s next? Aisle number two is open for business. Come on down!” I felt like I was on The Price is Right. I felt like I had just gained access to an exclusive club. It was exciting. It was up lifting. It was fun. It was the checkout line at my local Hannaford Supermarket. The local grocery store has taken on a new significance in our daily lives. About a month ago, it was about what wasn’t available. There were empty shelves....
Book a guide for partners
Things I Wish I’d Known Before We Got Married By Gary Chapman (nonfiction/173 pages/2010) Are you compatible? That’s like asking a couple the meaning of life. However, it is possible to know if you’re mostly compatible before things get too deep. Couples have a tendency to focus on the small talk and not hit on the deeper questions in a relationship. Not only should you be asking these questions before you get...
Book of the Week: YA dystopian novel is timely
The Girl With All the Gifts By M. R. Carey (science fiction/416 pages, 2014) The Girl With All the Gifts is set in a dystopian future in which most of humanity has been wiped out by a mysterious fungal infection, and is now populated by flesh-eating zombies. However, this is not your typical “zombie” story with humans trying to escape from the walking dead. The Girl With All the Gifts has a complex plot and well-developed...
Poem: Not so long ago
Once I knew peace, not so long ago, routine was comfort, life was slow. Fear of the unknown, especially for those alone, a simple walk in the park, no longer well known. Life can change, but we knew that, right, so pretentious and fast paced, wanting everything in sight. Perhaps this is just nature’s way, a new beginning across the land, or could it be more complex, we just don’t understand. The days will pass, comfort we will...
Poem: Pleasant and Main
The trolley did travel, on Pleasant and Main, to destinations unknown, they traveled the same. Generations now past, the trolley travels no more, our ancestors now gone, memories committed to old lore. Years have seen many, on Pleasant and Main, nostalgia for yesteryear, does still remain, for the trolley did travel on Pleasant and Main James W....
