Important trash and recycling news!!!
Christmas, if nothing else, generates tons of trash and excellent opportunities to recycle. Please note that during Christmas week, the trash and recycling schedule has changed. Monday’s, Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s routes will be collected as usual, however, there will be no collection on Thursday. (Hey, trash collectors deserve a day off, too!) No need to fret though, Thursday’s route will be picked up on Friday and Friday’s route...
Solemn High Mass on Christmas Eve
If you miss the beauty of the Christmas of your youth – candles, beautiful music with traditional hymns, elegant liturgy – join the parish of All Saints Anglican Church in celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ at the Solemn High Mass on Christmas Eve at 10 p.m., or the simpler mass on Christmas day, 8 a.m., at the church. The musical offering will be enhanced by Jane Cormier of The Lakes Region Opera Company. Jane is an...
Extended hours at the food pantry
The food pantry ministry at St. Peter’s Church, 135 N. State St., has decided to have our food pantry open on Wednesday evenings, from 6:30-8 p.m., in addition to our openings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. We began the Wednesday-evening sessions in December and will continue to offer this session in 2009. George Weber Director, St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry
The Unbidden Truth
Santa doesn’t want cookies this year. He would rather have you head over to the Concord Public Library and check out a book or two for yourself. The Unbidden Truth Kate Wilhelm 2004, 366 pages Setting: Oregon and California Barbara Holloway is a Eugene, Ore., attorney known for taking on difficult cases. In “The Unbidden Truth,” she is offered a large retainer to defend a young pianist, Carol Fredericks, charged with murdering the...
A free Christmas meal for all!
The Concord Community Outreach holiday meal is scheduled for Christmas Day. We are excited about the support received by local organizations and want to thank all who made it possible through their collective feedback and suggestions to provide meals to those in need this holiday season! The meal will be held at the Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Ave., on Christmas Day. Dinner will be served between 1:30-3:30 p.m. Leaflet...
A special friend stopped by to wish you a happy holiday!
Last month, Jim Taber of Granite State Independent Living and past Bulletin Board fame, snapped this photo of a male hooded merganser, whom we took the liberty of naming “Ducky.” Ducky may have stopped by last month, but he requested we save him for our Christmas issue. (Or we just didn’t have space for Ducky in weeks past.) Either way, if Ducky were here right now, this is what he would say: “Happy holidays to all. Hope your days are...
The Snowflake Ball update you all have been waiting for
The greater Concord community had a unique opportunity to “Return to the roaring '20s” at the Concord Family YMCA's largest and most celebrated fundraiser – the 20th annual Snowflake Ball, which was held on Saturday, Dec. 6. This was the 2008-2009 kick- off fundraiser for the Kids Campaign fund. It raised approximately $30,000. All proceeds from the ball will directly enable the Concord Family YMCA to...
Hooray for people like Bob and Sharon Cholette!
Bob and Sharon Cholette of Laconia were recently recognized for their volunteer service supporting the New Hampshire Association for the Blind. The Cholettes received the “Doug and Stella Scamman Award” prior to the Sunday evening performance of “José Feliciano” at the Palace Theatre in Manchester. Joyce Meisel, board chair of the New Hampshire Association for the Blind, praised the couple for their service and presented them with an...
Do-gooders donate food
On Dec. 15, employees of Granite State Independent Living donated 2,581 pounds of food to the N.H. Food Bank. This donation was the result of an employee food drive and the equivalent of 1,985 meals for inpiduals across the state. Not only do we give GSIL kudos for being a bunch of do-gooders, but we’re also digging the Rudolph nose, Santa hat, holiday sweaters and reindeer antlers. Lookin’ good, folks!
Calendar of events: Dec. 23-Jan. 9
Tuesday, Dec. 23 Paul Silverman, Hermanos Cocina Mexicana, 11 Hills Ave. 224-5669, hermanosmexican.com. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Service, United Church of Penacook, 21 Merrimack St. Penacook, A family service of candles is held at 7 p.m., and a service of candles and communion begins at 11:30 p.m. All are welcome. 753-4072. 7 p.m and 11:30 p.m. Solemn High Mass, All Saints Anglican Church, 211 N. Main St. Take part...
We got mail!!!!
re signs: you came to Concord too late for the big sign on the St. Paul's School property which read (more or less) “No trespassing without permission.” It's been changed. P. Gow, Concord What's with the Recyclinator? She doesn't reuse Xmas wrapping paper? Roll or fold it up and wrap with it next year! Worn sections can be covered with tags or that paper can be downsized. There is some wrapping paper I...
Holiday vacation guide
Your kids are home during winter break, and you have no clue how to keep them busy. No worries. The Insider is here to save the day (or week), once again. We've got the scoop on what local businesses and organizations are offering to take your kids off your hands during their time off. Perhaps next year we will create an Insider vacation-camp, where your kids can do the Insiders' jobs for a week, and in turn, the Insiders...
Ask the Elders: The dating scene
Dear Elders, I lost my spouse a couple of years ago. I am entertaining the idea of dating. As it has been many years since I last went on a date, I'd like some advice on how to approach the dating scene of today. Signed, Cautious Casper Kranenburg Dear Cautious, Did I read “a couple of years ago”? Get on with your life and start dating immediately, you deserve it! Pick yourself up and sign up with a speed dating...
Update on the Tuttle House
Tom Arnold gave us a ring last week to see if we would do an update on the Tuttle House, a home that was relocated last year from its Pleasant Street address to Gabby Lane in the South End. Tom said the house had been empty for quite some time and wondered what was going on with it. Tom, The Revelator is on it. Soon we will enlighten you with our research. But first, we have to look back – back to 1935, when Donald Tuttle...
Concord Police Log
December 15 The pillow toss Officers Christopher Gallagher and Scott Fanjoy were sent to a Bluffs Drive residence for a report of a 911 call that sounded “really heated,” according to Fanjoy's report. When the officers arrived, a woman was standing at the front door, Fanjoy wrote. She said that Terri L. Gazaway Bernart, 50, of Concord, had her massage table and would not give it back. “At this time,”...
City Briefly
Love your generator? Listen up! Each week, we bring you the finest in wisdom from our saintly city manager, Tom Aspell. This week is no exception. Aspell doesn't waste time making nice in his latest column, but that's because, like any superhero, he's got lives to save. In a serious tone, he tell us that due to the loss of power suffered by many in our community recently, generator use has been at an all-time high....
Pesos in your pocket
We're all a little bit strapped for cash these days, so we decided to cobble together a new column, “Pesos in Your Pocket.” (We love alliteration.) In this space, readers, you can share your own money-saving tips with others. Together, we'll get out of this financial rut and start spending money like there's no tomorrow, because apparently that's how you save the economy. Three cheers for fiscal...
A place where candy lands in your smelly shoes
The holiday season in Germany is rather different from the one I’ve experienced for the past 18 years. There are definitely a few things I miss about Concord this time of year, but a lot of stuff here is new and intriguing, and I’m having a total blast during German Christmastime. That’s probably one of the biggest differences, that December is Christmastime and not much else. Almost all of Germany is either some type of Christian or...
