Cruisin' – Tue, 22 May 2012
Our ad wizard, Sherri Cote, went on a Carnival cruise to Honduras, and she brought the Insider along with her! Here she is with family and friends. Back row: (from left) Michelle Caron, Daryl Caron, Dot Desrosiers, Front row: (from left) Olivia Caron, Devan Bickford, Madison Cote, Sherri Cote, Jerry Cote. Send your travel pictures to news@theconcordinsider.com.
A time to reflect
Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney, who was killed in the line of duty in April, was honored at a New Hampshire Law Enforcement memorial ceremony on Friday. Maloney’s name was added to a memorial containing the names of all the officers killed in the line of duty since 1889.
Leaders of the new school
We asked these Conant fourth-graders what features they hope to find in the newly-constructed Abbot-Downing Elementary School, which replaces Conant next year.
Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.The Cuckoo's ChildMarjorie Eccles2011, 232 pagesFictionIn 1909, young Laura Harcourt accepts a job to organize the library at the estate of Ainsley Beaumont, a wealthy mill owner in Yorkshire. As Laura begins to put the library in order, she learns that the Beaumont family has some secrets. For instance, there is the mystery of the tragic fire...
Book of the week
Oink: My Life with Mini-PigsMatt Whyman2011, 312 pagesNonfictionMatt Whyman's wife, Emma, always wanted a large family. To this end, she chose to add two mini-pigs to their household of four children, one energetic dog, a vicious feline, and a frightened chicken. Mini-pigs are, after all, incredibly smart, trainable, and small enough to fit in a handbag. Or so Emma thought.Oink is the hilarious story of a work-at-home author's...
Paul takes flight in the body of a mother goose
In early spring, when I was in a large flock of Canada geese getting ready to leave our winter playground on the Chesapeake Bay of Maryland, I noticed the handsome gander that soon became my mate. We stayed together all during our journey north as our flock traveled in the famous V-shaped formation, honking all the way. I am sure we must have sounded like a pack of baying hounds. We stopped in fields and ponds to rest. My gander and I...
Immunization clinics
The Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association is holding the following affordable monthly walk-in immunization clinics for all ages: June 4 from 1-3 p.m. and June 19 from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.Immunization clinics are at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Outreach Center, 21 Centre St. A fee of $10 is requested per person. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Please bring an immunization record with you. For more...
Trail building heralded
The New Hampshire Bureau of Trails, a pision of the state Division of Parks and Recreation, recently honored the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests as its Landowner of the Year.”The Forest Society has been a supporting and willing landowner for snowmobile trails in the state for many decades,” said New Hampshire Bureau of Trails Chief Chris Gamache. “The organization has enhanced that relationship in...
Restaurant week kicks off
George Bald, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development, officially cut the pasta ribbon at the State Library in Concord on Friday to signify the start of Restaurant Week in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Lodging & Restaurant Association is hosting the eight-day Restaurant Week. A complete list of more than 150 participating restaurants and lodging properties and their Restaurant Week...
Cappies 2012 results
It's time for our most eagerly anticipated issue of each year – the Cappies! We asked you, our readers, to vote for the best of the Concord's businesses, from restaurants to roofers, doctors to dog groomers and almost everything else our fair city has to offer. Now, we've the results compiled, tabulated and ready to serve to you on a piping hot platter of Insider-y goodness!So what's different about this...
Volunteer opportunity
The Greater Concord Community Emergency Response Team is about readiness, people helping people, rescuer safety and doing the greatest good for the greatest number. CERT is a positive and realistic approach to emergency and disaster situations where citizens will be initially on their own and their actions can make a difference.Through training, citizens can manage utilities and put out small fires; treat the three killers by opening...
City briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell hacks into the Cappies' mainframe, adds a category for “Awesomest City Manager,” and votes for himself like a million times. Then, he shows up at the Insider pod, demands we fashion him a trophy, and lords it over us. Then he gives us the city memo!act naturallyVans run on new fuelThe General Services Department recently had two Ford Transit Connect cargo vans converted to run...
This Week in Concord History
May 22, 1879: The Monitor editorializes against a fountain in the State House plaza: “The fountain continues to squirt water all over those who have the temerity to walk in its vicinity, as in the days of yore. Its location ought to be changed.” In 1914, it is discarded to make room for the statue of Franklin Pierce.May 22, 2001: Concord Litho Group, one of the world's largest printers of greeting cards, has laid off...
Leaders of the new school
We asked these Conant fourth-graders what features they hope to find in the newly-constructed Abbot-Downing Elementary School, which replaces Conant next year.
A time to reflect
Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney, who was killed in the line of duty in April, was honored at a New Hampshire Law Enforcement memorial ceremony on Friday. Maloney’s name was added to a memorial containing the names of all the officers killed in the line of duty since 1889.
