How to look cool on your next trip to New Zealand
A while back, we got an e-mail from Jodi Roos. Her daughter, Alexa, a Concord High alum (class of 2003), was spending the year in New Zealand and she wondered if there was a way for Alexa to write about her adventures. As you know, The Insider is all about making dreams come true. So, we told Jodi we’d love to have Alexa tell us about the fun she’s having. Cassie sent off a list of probing questions last week and Alexa, who doesn’t...
Volunteer corner
Girls Inc. after school program provides a wide range of fun activities including the “homework club.” The club, which runs from 4 to 5 p.m., is time that is set aside specifically for the girls to concentrate on their homework assignments from school. Although staff is available to help out and answer questions, we truly need volunteers to be able to focus their attention on the club and be willing to help out with...
Pick of the week
What is the state of our state? Find out on your community channel this week. Concord TV recently aired the “State of the City” address on the Government Channel 17. Now you can hear what's happening at the state level by tuning in on Friday, Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. to watch the “State of the State” address. For more information on Concord TV, visit yourconcordtv.org. Concord TV
Hang out with the Lincolns on Monday
Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln will visit Boscawen and discuss their lives before and after Lincoln's election to the presidency. Living history scholars Steve and Sharon Wood will portray the Lincolns in “Abraham and Mary Lincoln: The Long and Short of It” on Monday, March 2 at 6 p.m. at the Boscawen Municipal Complex, 116 N. Main St. The Lincolns will tell stories of their early lives and the challenges they faced...
Cure for boredom: A Penacook photo scavenger hunt!
If you're on school vacation or just need an excuse to get outside, why not head over to the lovely village of Penacook for a little scavenger hunt fun? Not only will you get some fresh air, you could also time your visit around lunch and get a sub at Chief's Place. On your way home, stop at McDonald's for a McFlurry to reward yourself for your seek-and-find efforts. Can you think of a better way to spend an hour or...
Kids learn about healthy living the fun way . . . with a fair!
On Friday, Feb. 13, the second annual Kimball/Walker Health Fair was held at the Concord Boys and Girls Club. Stephanie Celestin, RN, BSN, school nurse for the two schools, organized the event to promote increasing activity and healthy living. About 450 children in kindergarten through fifth grade attended the event. The annual health fair is made possible by the generous donations and participation of the Concord Fire and Police...
City Briefly
In parking news . . . Blah blah blah Okay, it might seem like we’re dissing our faithful City Manager Tom Aspell with this headline, but we can assure you that our “I Heart Tom” button is still firmly pinned on. It’s just that we tend to have that reaction when we have to write about parking. Especially parking in winter. Ugh. Here goes, anyway: “On-street parking becomes somewhat challenging at this time of year due to snow banks...
The Concord YMCA's annual meeting update you've been waiting for!
On Feb. 12, the Concord Family YMCA held its 156th annual meeting. These dapper-looking men attended the meeting. Left to right: Jim Doremus, executive director, Bill Morrison and Brad Hosmer, board president. The lifetime achievement award was presented to Bill for his significant contributions to the Concord Family YMCA.
Ask the Tweens: Substitute teachers
Jacob Bemis It’s not that we’re bad to substitutes. It’s just that people think that they can do whatever they want because the sub is not the teacher and they don’t know the rules. Substitutes are fun because some of them do what the other teachers don’t do normally, like tell jokes. They let us play games and don’t give us a lot of homework, and they’re not as uptight. From the J-man Dear Tweens, Why do you act up so much when there...
One dash of cabaret and a generous portion of a love for food
Concord native, Megan Owen, cabaret artist and versatile singer who also trained as a chef at the Culinary Institute of America, will present her cabaret show, “Food of Love & Vice Versa,” on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 8 p.m., at the Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St. Proceeds will benefit The Friendly Kitchen. “Food of Love & Vice Versa” features a variety of songs about food, running the gamut...
For those who just need to know more about our beloved state
The New Hampshire Historical Society will present “Carved in Granite: A History of New Hampshire,” a six-part course about what makes New Hampshire stand out among her sister states. The course runs each Thursday evening, March 5 through April 9, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the New Hampshire Historical Society's library, 30 Park St. R. Stuart Wallace, professor of history at the New Hampshire Technical Institute and the...
Book of the week
You don’t need to go on a scavenger hunt to find this book. It’s at the Concord Public Library! Camel Rider Prue Mason 2007, 204 pages Setting: Middle East A juvenile novel Two boys are thrown together by chance in the desert, encountering only relentless sun and heat, sand and hostile adults. One boy is from a modern English-speaking world; the other is from a nomadic Arabic- speaking world. Two boys, three days = the trials of...
The folks at Horseshoe Pond bust a move
“Move it, or lose it,” is one of many mottos repeated at least three times a week at Horseshoe Pond Place, 26 Commercial St. No, the citizens of Horseshoe Pond aren't being surly – this motto applies to the senior resource center's “stretching and strengthening” class. The hour-long class run by senior services director, Colette Farland-Vogt, offers simple yet effective exercises that help...
Freecycle.org
This week, I discovered Freecycle.org. It is an online clearinghouse for free stuff. Here you can post both offers of items you no longer want and requests for items you currently need. No money exchanges hands. Freecycle was born in 2003, the idea of Deron Beal from Tucson, Ariz. Working with a nonprofit recycling service, he was dismayed to see the number of useable things tossed away. He rescued what he could and used the internet...
Concord Police Log
February 22 Kicked out of bed At about 2:30 a.m., Officer Melissa Pfefferle was sent to an Alice Drive apartment for a domestic assault. When Pfefferle arrived, she wrote, she saw a man and woman standing outside the apartment building, and she talked to the man while another officer talked to the woman. Pfefferle asked Gregory M. Comeau, 36, of Concord, to tell her what happened, she wrote: He said he didn't know, and that he...
