Ball & Chain
Dear Casper and Bill,Lately I've been hanging out with a great guy. He's really cool and we have a lot of fun together, but he's in a relationship with a girl who lives on the other side the country. They've been together for a few years, and both have been discussing having an open relationship. He recently asked if I would be willing to do it. I'm not seeing anyone, so the relationship won't really be open...
This Week in Concord History
July 19, 1976: A consultant recommends that the state build a new $20 million prison on Clinton Street and phase out the North State Street facility by 1980. City officials are outraged. City Councilor David Rogers suggests the site is Gov. Mel Thomson's choice because it is “the residential area inhabited by many of his most outspoken critics.” (The plan never comes to fruition.)July 19, 1832: Fearing a cholera...
Timber harvest tour
Join the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests on July 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a guided timber harvest tour at the Donas J. & Margaret Reney Memorial Forest in Grantham. Meet logging contractors and Consulting Forester Jeremy Turner from Meadowsend Timberlands; learn about sustainable forest management in relation to improving timber quality, wildlife habitat, and recreation; and get the latest news about...
Annual triathlon
The 14th annual YMCA Triathlon at Clough State Park takes place on Sept. 10. Registration is now open. Registration details: No race day registration, race field limited to 400 athletes. Adult pision distances: Swim ½ mile, bike 14 miles, run three miles. There will be multiple swim waves, three minutes apart. Register for this event at active.com/triathlon/weare-nh/14th-annual-ymca-triathlon-at-clough-state-park-2011. Youth pision...
Party in the park
National Night Out rolls out each year across the nation with a goal of promoting cooperation between the local police and the community. Concord's free event will be on Aug. 2 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Rollins Park, rain or shine. National Night Out attendees will enjoy a variety of music and food items that cost just $1, with free popcorn available. In addition to a wealth of informational displays, there will be an inflatable slide...
Book of the week
For further information about the library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.The Girl in the Green RaincoatLaura Lippman2011, 158 pagesFiction”I am being held hostage,” Tess Monaghan whispers into the phone at the opening of this slim but powerful mystery. Tess is bedridden during a difficult pregnancy and feels trapped. She is reduced to living in her winterized sun porch, watching people walk their dogs in the nearby park....
The Food Snob goes hog wild on a bacon BLT
The Food Snob is, by definition, a snob. There's nothing that can be done about it. I was born that way, baby. Under normal circumstances, the Snob wouldn't be caught dead or alive at some pedestrian roadside ice cream stand and hot-doggery. It's the Food Snob, not the Food Slob. But when I got wind of Summer Freeze's exotic menu, I simply had to make a trip to the Fisherville Road establishment. Ostrich dogs? Conch...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell throws on a pair of board shorts, lays out the Slip 'n' Slide, turns on the hose and slides face-first all the way to our doorstep to deliver the city memo. This week was no exception.High marks for Parksshow me. . . fun!Concord Parks and Recreation specialty camps received an approval rating of 4.6 out of 5 in a recent survey, Aspell writes. The Week One camps that were surveyed include...
