Did you know that Concord has an airport?
If you’ve noticed small planes and private jets flying just above Concord, it’s probably because they’re coming in for a landing. At the Concord Municipal Airport, of course.For those of you who didn’t know, Concord is home to a two-runway, city owned spot where planes can really come and go as they please. And go figure, it’s actually located along Airport Road.But don’t feel bad, we didn’t know much about it until we took a field...
Learn how to take off in just 8 easy steps
There are many things a pilot needs to do before taking off. There’s an extensive list of parts, gauges, fluids and functions that need to be checked every time a flight is planned, and it can be a fairly time-consuming process. Since we only have a limited amount of space in our paper (and a limited number of hours we’re allowed to work each week), we’ve summed it all up in a handful of easy-to-remember steps.
The airport has a pretty legit flight school
Do you remember driver’s ed? Long days of sitting in a packed classroom full of rambunctious teenagers itching to burn rubber, hours of terribly outdated safety videos, sitting in the back seat of a family hatchback holding on for dear life as another nervous teen takes a routine corner on two wheels. Those were the days. There’s a group of young guys from the Concord area who are going through a slightly different type of vehicle...
What goes into inspecting, repairing a plane?
When your car is making kind of a funny noise or emitting an odd smell, what do you do? If you’re like most of us, you probably just drive off, hoping the noise and smell work themselves out. If they don’t, maybe you try a little dish soap on the belt or just turn the radio up real loud so you can’t hear it anymore. But when your vehicle of choice is a single-engine Cessna and your destination is a couple hundred miles away, you kind...
Go Try It: Take a stroll on the Good Life Walking Trail
You may have heard about a new walking trail down by the Smokestack Center (254 N. State St.) – Monitor photographer Elizabeth Frantz checked it out recently. You also may have encountered the same dilemma we did: You see a bunch of posted, “No Trespassing” signs all over the area that’s supposed to be where the trail is.Don’t worry – you’re in the right place. In fact, that’s how you know you’re there. The signs are meant to deter...
The Concord Fire Department has a new truck to show off
Over the last couple weeks, you may have noticed a brand-new fire engine rolling around town.That’s because the Concord Fire Department unveiled its brand new Engine 5, a Pierce Arrox XT, at the start of this month.Its permanent home is the Manor Fire Station on Village Street, on the Penacook side of town, but since the fire houses all cover for one another and go to calls in other parts of the city depending on severity, you’ll...
Farmers markets to move at end of October
Attention produce fans: Time is running out to hit up Concord’s outdoor farmers markets.As you well know, Capitol Street in downtown Concord turns into one giant farmers market every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon, offering shoppers fresh fruits, veggies, baked goods, dog treats and more from about 40 vendors.What you might not know is that the market is still going, but only for another week or so – the final day of this market will...
Don’t miss the first ever Fall Fiddle Fest
If you’re among the many people out there who think there’s not enough fiddle in this world, we found the solution for you: the first ever Fall Fiddle Festival at Concord Community Music School (23 Wall St.).As its name implies, this festival – to be held Saturday – is a celebration of all things fiddle. There will be a set of workshops running throughout the day for fiddlers of all skill levels and styles, in which participants (it’s...
Concord Community Music School offering new mini courses
With classes in Music as a Healing Art, expanding your vocal horizons, classical and folk string playing and successful music auditioning, musical mini-courses at the Concord Community Music School invite the public to build their toolbox of musical skills. Taught by the music school’s award-winning faculty, these courses will take place Oct. 26 through Dec. 8 at the music school, 23 Wall St. Registration is required for all musical...
Audubon Enchanted Forest a spooky good time for the family
It must be getting close to Halloween because this weekend the N.H. Audubon McLane Center property will transform into an enchanted forest.Follow the glowing jack-o-lantern trail into the nighttime forest where you’ll encounter larger than life creatures and characters as they present skits about mysterious activities in nature. Gather around a campfire for engaging stories, enjoy indoor seasonal games, refreshments and activities for...
Let’s hear it for Making Strides
If you missed last week’s issue, then you might not know that Sunday was kind of a big deal around these parts.It was the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, so if you happened to see lots of people, like 4,500 of them, in the Memorial Field area wearing pink, that was why.The annual walks are held in more than 300 communities nationwide during October (breast cancer awareness month), bring in lots of money for research,...
Taste of Concord to be a mouth-watering affair
We all know that Concord is home to lots of great dining establishments.And while that’s a great thing to have, after all, variety is the spice of life, it can also lead to some big decision-making problems.Let’s face it, going out to eat can get a little spendy, so you can’t do it every day. But we want to eat and try it all, which means choosing the right place to eat can present quite the challenge.Luckily, once a year, you don’t...
CYPN Young Professional of the Month: Seana McDuffie
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) introduces you to another “Young Professional of the Month,” Seana McDuffie. How old are you? 27 Where do you live? Concord. Where do you currently work? I own 8-Bit Retro — soon to be New Hampshire’s first bar and arcade! Where did you go to school? Washington, D.C. and the United States Marine Corps. What do you like to do for fun? Hang at home with...
Bulletin Board
Red carpet gala at Discovery Center Join the Junior Service League of Concord for its Red Carpet Gala on Saturday, from 7 to 11 p.m., at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. The 2016 gala beneficiary, Hope on Haven Hill (hopeonhavenhill.org) is a residential substance use recovery home for pregnant women and their babies up to one year postpartum. Tickets are $85 and include dinner, dancing, a live auction and raffle. Dinner will...
Book of the Week: ‘Before the Fall’
Before the FallNoah Hawley2016, 320 pagesThriller (Fiction) On a foggy but calm night, a plane carrying 11 people takes off from Martha’s Vineyard. When it crashes into the ocean 16 minutes later, Scott Burroughs – a down-on-his-luck painter – and 4-year-old JJ, the son of the plane’s multimillionaire owners, are the only two to survive. As the media gathers to publicize their story, coincidences begin to pile up, and questions start...
This Week in Concord History
Oct. 18, 1963: Trailing Barry Goldwater by a 2-1 margin in a Wall Street Journal poll of New Hampshire voters, New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller comes to Concord with his wife Happy to say he intends to run a vigorous primary campaign. Oct. 18, 1988: Attorney Ray D’Amante announces the name of Concord’s soon-to-be-built mall: Steeplegate. Concord, he says, is a city of steeples and they will be incorporated into the mall as a...
