Instagram photo of the week – Tue, 25 Sep 2012
This photo of a fountain in Eagle Square was taken by Instagram user @kdav1216. Great picture – thanks!
The Insider reaches new heights – Tue, 25 Sep 2012
Reader Carole Palmer Zumbrunnen took the Insider with her on a trip to Italy. Here, she’s pictured in front of the Dolomite Mountains, often called the “Italian Alps. Thanks, Carole!
Concord Babe Ruth All-Stars – Tue, 25 Sep 2012
Check out Concord’s best Babe Ruth baseball players, fresh off their season-ending tournament. Front row, from left: Spenser Ferguson, Ethan Dupre, William Coles, Bradley Murphy, Jack Philbrick, Connor Daniels. Back row, from left: Coach Lee Baker, Jared Grondin, Brendan Winch, Christopher Pinkham-Sawyer, Austin Lavoy, manager Tim Daniels, Matthew York, Elijah Boyle, Noah Wachter and coach Jim York. Good work out there on the diamond,...
Classic (not) Concord photo – Tue, 25 Sep 2012
We warned you that last week’s classic Concord photo was going to be a tough one, but even we didn’t know how tough it would be. Turns out, the photo (which we saw at Depot Antique & Toys) was mislabeled – that building isn’t even in Concord! Eagle-eyed reader (and former Concord resident) Dan Cleveland recognized it right away. Cleveland told us he was on the Concord High School chess team (class of ‘66!) and that, as the best...
You can come home again – Tue, 25 Sep 2012
The Concord High School marching band parades down Pleasant Street during homecoming.
Faces of Concord scavenger hunt
We scoured the city looking for Concord’s most recognizable public faces. Think you know where these pictures were taken? Send your guesses in to <a href="mailto:news@theconcordinsider.com">news@theconcordinsider.com</a> – whoever gets the most right wins a $20 gift certificate to the Concord business of their choice. Happy hunting!
We’re on the hunt for some family fun
The National Hunting and Fishing Day event at New Hampshire Fish and Game drew a big crowd.
Just hanging at St. Paul’s
Ralph Stone Jacobs’s paintings are on display at the Hargate Gallery. The Hargate Gallery at St. Paul’s School is located at 325 Pleasant Street. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday.
Faces of Concord scavenger hunt
We scoured the city looking for Concord’s most recognizable public faces. Think you know where these pictures were taken? Send your guesses in to news@theconcordinsider.com – whoever gets the most right wins a $20 gift certificate to the Concord business of their choice. Happy hunting!
We dive into chicken divan at The Newell Post
Last week, we made our way over to The Newell Post, a relatively new restaurant tucked away on Fisherville Road. So tucked away, in fact, that the Snob didn't even know it was there for months! Turns out, the eatery is the latest dining option created by David and Deborah Newell, former owners of just-down-the-street neighbor Summer Freeze. But the Snob cares little for backstory: Let's pe right into the meal, shall we?The...
NAMIWalks event
This year marks the 10th anniversary of NAMIWalks nationally, and in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire event will be Sept. 30, at the soccer fields on the State Hospital Campus (Fruit Street, across from Memorial Field); registration opens at 9 a.m. More than $9 million was raised over 84 NAMIWalks events nationally in 2011 to support local programs and initiatives.The National Alliance on Mental Illness New Hampshire is a statewide,...
Do bobcats mate with housecats? Paul must know
“Can a wild bobcat mate with a domestic house cat?” she asked, her face reflecting the earnest inquisitiveness of her voice. I was volunteering at the Little Nature Museum in Contoocook when a woman came in with that question.”Why do you ask?” I responded. “Well,” she said, “in our Concord neighborhood, there is a large cat that appears to be half bobcat and half housecat,” her voice...
We get crafty with Donna and Chris Nordlund
Donna Nordlund, owner, and Chris NordlundBead It!How long have you been in the craft business? How did you get started in the field?Donna: It's been almost nine years with the store. This was my first venture into retail, ever. I was getting laid off in the corporate world, so I did some research and decided this could be a successful business. And this is way more fun.Define a bead.Chris: Anything with a hole in it.Donna: And we...
Local minister hopes to make a difference in Burundi
For Michael Leuchtenberger, perception and reality collided somewhere in the Burundi countryside.Leuchtenberger, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Concord, was briefly mesmerized while touring the nation during an August trip to help strengthen a burgeoning congregation. Tiny mud huts with thatched roofs that housed entire families, as well as goats and other livestock. Children running through the streets in tattered...
Donate models
The Concord Boys and Girls Club is collecting model cars and airplanes for a program that will allow middle school children to put them together.There are about 55 students in grades 5-8 that the group hopes to accomodate. Donations of models will furnish the program, which will run for about two months, according to Sonia Wilks, the Boys and Girls Club program director.”We're trying to come up with creative ways to teach...
Two events
The Timothy and Abigail Walker Lecture series invites the public to a pair of upcoming events.Putting' on the Ritz will be held Sept. 28 and 29. Enjoy the talented singers from Manchester's Majestic Theater as we bring this spectacular revue of your favorite Irving Berlin songs to the Concord City Auditorium. Oct. 3, Cosy Sheridan will take the stage. Concord native Sheridan has been called “one of the era's...
Tax-Aide team
The Concord-area AARP Tax-Aide team is looking for new volunteers interested in becoming Tax-Aide counselors. You don't need tax experience – only a desire to help others.We'll train you to become an IRS-certified Tax-Aide volunteer and to experience the satisfaction of providing free tax preparation to low and moderate income taxpayers. We'll teach you how to use your basic computer skills and a few hours of your...
Taste of Concord
The seventh annual Taste of Concord will be held Oct. 11 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Grappone Conference Center. This event usually sells out, so purchase your tickets today!We are delighted with the increase in participation from vendors, so please be sure to enjoy the fare from more than 30 local Concord businesses and restaurants, wine brokers, and the beers from New Hampshire Distributors.Tickets are $30 each/$250 for 10 and 100...
Big Read program
The Concord Public Library is pleased to announce that we will be part of “The Big Read: New Hampshire Reads Edgar Allan Poe.” A statewide project of the Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library, the “Big Read” will include more than 100 events throughout New Hampshire in October and early November.The impact of Edgar Allan Poe's work on two New Hampshire writers will be discussed Oct. 10 at...
Breakfast forum
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce invites the public to an informational breakfast forum, “The Roads to New Hampshire's Future: What's on the Horizon?” featuring guest speaker New Hampshire Department of Transportation commissioner Christopher Clement. The event will be held Oct. 5 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Grappone Conference Center, 70 Commercial St. Cost to attend is $20 for Chamber members and $30 for...
Launch party
The New Hampshire Humanities Council is hosting a launch party for a new Humanities to Go catalog Sept. 28 at noon at the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord.Humanities to Go is a speakers bureau that makes free programs available to a wide array of organizations across New Hampshire. The catalog launch will feature presenters offering samples of their programs. Queen Victoria will be there in full regalia in the person of...
Help us choose Concord's mascot
As you may have read in the Monitor's Downtown column, the Chamber of Commerce is looking to rebrand Concord with a new slogan: “Creative Capital.” That got us thinking: Maybe Concord should have a mascot, too!Whether it's an anthropomorphic stagecoach named Coachy, our own Insider mascots Svetlana and Gomez or just someone in a Tom Aspell costume (that someone: Tom Aspell), we want to hear your mascot ideas. They...
This Week in Concord History
Sept. 25, 2003: In Concord, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announces that New Hampshire will build a new emergency management center, thanks to a $9.1 million grant.Sept. 26, 1845: The New Hampshire Courier of Concord tells readers it's willing to take payment in forms other than cash: Those of our subscribers who are in arrears to us for the Courier and wish to pay in wood are reminded that cold weather is at hand and a...
'The Master' falls just short of perfection
No one can make a shot of expansive desert look as lush as Paul Thomas Anderson. Much like his 2007 opus There Will Be Blood, Anderson's latest, The Master, features some amazing cinematography, none richer than his wide shots of furrowed fields and arid salt flats.But deep into the second hour of the film, as the audience is presented with another beautiful shot of parched dirt with hazy mountains on the horizon, one has to draw...
Go-karts with the Governor
We went down to Route 106 Racepark last week to race go-karts against Governor John Lynch – or so we thought! Lynch pulled out at the last minute (his handlers said “back injury,” we heard “scared of our vehicular prowess”). So, the media members that showed up to race the governor as part of a NASCAR promotion raced each other instead. Check it out!
We’re on the hunt for some family fun
We stopped by National Hunting and Fishing Day at the New Hampshire Fish and Game office on Saturday afternoon. Take a peek at what we found.
Just hanging at St. Paul’s
The Hargate Gallery at St. Paul’s School is located at 325 Pleasant Street. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday.
City Briefly
Each week, many Concordians sit down to a delicious pancake breakfast. As they cut into the fluffy flapjacks, they see that each one has an image of City Manager Tom Aspell emblazoned on it. No wonder they are selling like hotcakes! And here's the best part: the syrup drippings spell out the city memo in maple Braille.sky remains blueAnd work continuesThis week on the Route 3/North State Street corridor, continued replacement of...
