Be the first to find out about school closing and parking bans!
This winter you can receive up-to-date information about school closings and winter weather parking bans from Concord TV Channel 22. You can even receive this information through e-mail or text message. To sign up, go to yourconcordtv.org and click on the button that says “Sign up now: school closing and parking ban text message and e-mail alerts.” Concord TV will receive information from the Concord school district and...
City Briefly 12/16/08
Some good advice Stay off the ice! It's that time again, everyone. Gather 'round and listen up: City Manager Tom Aspell, fearless city memo writer and occasional pirate, has a few things to tell you this week. Starting with this: “Though the ice on the ponds at White Park and Merrill Park may look safe, the public is advised to keep off the ice until the signs are removed,” Aspell writes. “There is only a...
Calendar of events: Dec. 16-Dec. 23
Tuesday, Dec. 16 Toddler Tales, Concord Public Library, 45 Green St. Program is designed for 2- to 3½-year-olds and their caregivers. 225-8670, onconcord.com/library. 10 a.m. Downtown Parking Committee, 41 Green St. A meeting is held in the second-floor conference room. 4:30 p.m. “Pay as you Throw” Informational Meeting, West Street Ward House, 41 West St. City councilor Keith Nyhan is holding an informational evening to...
Another reason why the library is so cool
The Concord Public Library now subscribes to World Book Online, an enhanced suite of reference resources composed of specific databases for all ages. These databases are continually updated so they reflect current news as well as historical information. World Book Advanced is a reference tool that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, periodical, e-book and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search. This resource is...
You got mail!
We recently printed the names and addresses of soldiers serving overseas so that those of us in the Concord community could drop them a line, letting them know we're thinking of them. One of those people was Sara Rosemeyer (formerly Sara Reid). While she's not in the military herself, her husband is serving in Quatar while she lives on a base in Germany. Sara received several notes from readers, and wanted to reply to...
Free classes!
The Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, 749 East Industrial Park Drive, Manchester, is proud to announce a new class for its winter semester. The school is adding a multimedia class to the six-week session that includes team coverage from WMUR-TV for the popular broadcasting class and lively discussions in the First Amendment class. For details on the class, visit the school's website. The Wednesday evening classes run Jan....
Children are in need
Is Santa coming to your house? Stockings at the ready? Tree set up? Wouldn't you like to share the festivities with a child in need? Foster families are needed all across the state. Foster families need to be willing to help DCYF in its efforts to reunify the family, if possible. If that is not possible, foster/adoption may be the option. Foster children, who have experienced abuse and or neglect in their families, need a foster...
A place to drop the kids off this Saturday
The South Congregational Church's senior high youth group will be hosting a “Christmas for Kids” event on Saturday, Dec. 20, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 27 Pleasant St. in Concord. This will be an event that allows busy parents a chance to get their Christmas shopping done and allows their children the opportunity to celebrate the season. Children will be able to create gifts for their family members, bake cookies...
Do you hear what I hear?
One year, my brother, sister and I were driving to my mom's house for Christmas. My sister, Jessie, and I insisted on listening to Christmas songs the whole ride over – much to my brother Matt's dismay. To display his intense displeasure with Christmas songs, he would yell the lyrics loudly over each song, making it less enjoyable for the others in the car to listen to. When an instrumental version of “Sleigh...
The tumultuous history of Christmas caroling
You may or may not know this yet, depending on whether you pay attention to our covers, but this issue is all about Christmas carols and the lost lyrics no one remembers. As an additional value-added resource, we decided to do a little history review on the topic. Researching the history of caroling turned out to be a little more difficult than I anticipated. For one thing, there are quite a few websites devoted to the topic, most of...
Sophia and Ella's celebrity interview series continues
You know you're in trouble when third-graders manage to interview local celebrities like the mayor and, now, NHPR “Exchange” host Laura Knoy.We're seriously starting to worry about our job security. Our third-grade correspondents, Sophia Johnson and Ella Fabozzi, took time out of their busy day a couple of weeks ago to sit down and chat with Laura. We feel confident in saying that this was probably Laura's...
Middle school students do the mayor’s work and think of ways to make Concord safer for pedestrians and cyclists
How would you answer this essay question – “If I were mayor of Concord, I would make Concord safer for pedestrians and cyclists by . . .”? We at The Insider weren't sure how we would answer it. However, it would probably involve hovercrafts or winged horses. Luckily, Rundlett Middle School had some students with good heads on their shoulders who were able to answer that question in an essay. Six winners were...
Making other law centers jealous
Franklin Pierce Law Center, 2 White St., introduced its new courtroom to the legal and technical communities at an open house on Dec. 9. Designed to seat a panel of appellate judges, the courtroom will be used to train law students with some of the most up-to-date courtroom technology and is expected to be used by the larger law community as well. A simulation by third-year students, Amy Christiansen, Tyler Obenauf and criminal clinic...
Cookie goes home!
The call came over the intercom – “Cookie is going home, if you want to say goodbye before she leaves.” We all went running to give her one last pat. You see, the troubled economy had brought Cookie and her buddy Pumpkin to us, and we had grown very fond of them. Staff at the Concord-Merrimack County SPCA see the effects of the troubled economy on a daily basis. We've taken in a lot of pets that loving owners...
Recycling the wrappings of Christmas
Growing up, my husband's family and mine had one holiday tradition in common. When it came time to open gifts, our dads made sure there was a large trash bag nearby. Nothing was safe. Boxes, wrapping paper, tissue paper, ribbon, bows and tags were all swept up and tossed away. So, when the next wrapping season came around, we had to start over, acquiring everything new. We were trapped in a repetitive, wasteful cycle. Times have...
Ask the Tweens: Cold weather gear
Dear Tweens, Why do middle school students walk to school without proper gear for the cold weather? I have seen kids walking without hats or mittens, coats not zipped, very short skirts and even flip flops! Elizabeth Donlon I think that people don't wear their coats and stuff because of what looks nice or not. For example, girls probably wear skirts and flip-flops to school in the winter because it looks nice. I personally...
Concord police log 12/16/08
December 5 The sweatpants At about 7 p.m., Officers Russell and Thomas Yerkes were sent to a Holly Street residence to investigate a domestic disturbance. According to Yerkes's report, dispatch told him a woman said she had been assaulted. When Yerkes arrived, he wrote, he saw Russell outside on the sidewalk with a woman. Yerkes didn't see any marks on her, he wrote, and asked her what happened. She said she'd come home...
The message is in the signs
What's “The Kevinator,” you ask? Well, if The Revelator, The Foodinator and The Opinionator go on vacation, and Kevin happens to send in an article that coincides with said vacation, voila! The Kevinator! Anywho, we'll stop interrupting this intriguing article so you can continue reading about Kevin's literal interpretation of everyday signs. “Signs, signs, everywhere there are signs. Blocking up the...
