Paralegals and laundry butts
We at the Insider like to scour Craigslist’s Missed Connections to see if anyone in Concord noticed that our body is a carefully constructed temple is finding true love online. As always, the results both grossed us out and intrigued us. Here, presented unedited, are some of the finest posts (that we can print, anyway). See them all at craigslist.org.boston paralegal – m4w (concord)You’re enchanting and I get the privilege to stare...
Bear witness to irony and apostrophes
The Grammarnatrix takes her column to the front page of the Feb. 16 Concord Monitor where the irony was not lost in the headline, “Witnesses: We didn’t see anything.” The Grammarnatrix chuckled, as the very definition of witness is anyone who has seen or heard anything! Did other Insider readers chuckle, titter or nod at the amusement of the word choice?Of course, another definition of witness is one who is called on to testify in...
This week in Concord History
Feb. 26, 1942: The H.J. Heinz Co. runs a large ad in the Monitor telling readers: “Blame Hitler, Hirohito, and Benito! . . . Don’t Blame Your Grocer.” The problem? Because of the shortage of sugar and other commodities, many of Heinz’s 57 varieties may be missing from the shelves.Feb. 26, 1973: The Concord city manager proposes increasing downtown parking fines from $1 to $2.Feb. 28, 1894: At Sewalls Falls, George and Charles Page of...
Jonathan Halle is going to design us a sweet downtown office space
Name: Jonathan HalleWarrenstreet ArchitectsWhat made you decide to become an architect?I got kind of an awkward start. I went to UNH for a semester, I went to the Tech for a year. I was actually an electrical engineering major, and then I took some time off and worked construction. I had a friend that was in the architecture program, the two-year program, at the Tech. I enrolled there for one semester, and then I stopped and said,...
Andre Bertalino’s singular focus guides him through his lifelong passion for art
Andre Bertalino’s professional art career got off to a precocious start. As an elementary school student, he sold a picture of a dragon for 10 cents to a classmate. While in high school, he would often pick the lock to the art room to get in some extra, unsanctioned hours of artwork. A couple decades later, he’s still doing the same thing – on a grander scale, of course. After breaking into the New York City art scene during the...
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Taken during the weekend's snow storm in my backyard in downtown Concord.
Golden ticket – Tue, 26 Feb 2013
Ray and Nancy Lucier (pictured) and Bob and Sherrie Berube took the Insider with them on a co-golden anniversary trip to several western national parks. Here they are at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. Between both couples, that’s 200 years of marriage experience! We bet they still can’t decide who gets the television remote, though. If you take the Insider with you on a trip, golden or otherwise, send us pictures at...
Tracking the Insider’s Valentine’s Day cards
We’re still checking the mailbox every day for the Valentine’s Day cards you sent to us. We do know, however, that at least three of the six cards we bought, put our personal flair on and placed back on store shelves were located by eager readers. Here’s who located our love this year!
Tracking the Insider’s Valentine’s Day cards
We’re still checking the mailbox every day for the Valentine’s Day cards you sent to us. We do know, however, that at least three of the six cards we bought, put our personal flair on and placed back on store shelves were located by eager readers. Here’s who located our love this year!
Thomas Wright’s photography chronicles the Concord City Auditorium
We could argue all day about whether it was Plato or Socrates who first coined the phrase “Go big or go home.” What’s not up for debate is that photographer Thomas Wright’s project at the Concord City Auditorium has certainly gone big. And he hasn’t really gone home yet.What began as a modest undertaking to shoot some panoramas in Concord’s fabled theater has turned into a three-year labor of love for Wright, who is still sifting...
Dance classes at the Howard Rec Center
Don’t miss West Coast Swing dance classes with Anne Fleming, Wednesdays at the Howard Rec Center, 99 Pleasant St., across from the Centennial Inn. Fleming, an award-winning dancer, has been teaching West Coast swing, hustle, and country and nightclub two-step for more than 17 years. Her classes are well-known for their relaxed sense of fun, and as she competes at the highest levels herself, she knows how to teach her students to both...
Poetry Out Loud semifinals coming up
High school champions from across New Hampshire will compete at four semifinal competitions in March for the opportunity to represent their school at the 2013 New Hampshire Poetry Out Loud Championship, at the State House on March 15 at 7 p.m. Virginia Prescott, host of New Hampshire Public Radio’s Word of Mouth program, will serve as master of ceremonies. The statewide competition leads up to the Poetry Out Loud National Finals,...
New Hampshire Audubon award presentation
New Hampshire Audubon’s board of trustees seeks nominations for the following awards to be presented at the annual meeting of the membership. Deadline for nominations is April 1. The Tudor Richards Award is presented annually to the person who best exemplifies Tudor’s love and knowledge of the outdoors and who has worked tirelessly and effectively on behalf of conservation in New Hampshire. Past recipients include Art Mudge (2012),...
Concord Regional VNA offers variety of clinics
The Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association offers monthly walk-in immunization clinics for children and adults who are uninsured, underserved, and who have no access to these needed services in order to lead a healthy lifestyle. Clinics will be March 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. and March 19 from 2:30 to 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....
Tim Sink to join jazz band at True Brew Barista
The Tall Granite Jazz Band, a 7-member swing band, will be performing Feb. 27, 8-10 p.m., at the True Brew Barista. Our special guest will be the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s Tim Sink on tenor sax. No cover, but donations will benefit Concord’s emergency winter homeless shelters. Info: 225-2776.
Authors to speak at Girls Inc.
Girls Inc. Concord invites you to attend a presentation by the authors and stars of the upcoming book The Adventures of Buffalo and Tough Cookie, a peak-by-peak trail guide to help hikers learn about and explore one of New Hampshire’s least-known mountain summit lists, the “52 with a view.” The book is also a personal memoir and travelogue of two friends, Dan Szczesny – a seasoned middle-aged climber, and Janelle Mylott – an energetic...
The most misunderstood building in Concord faces an uncertain future
Things were different after World War II. Super Glue was invented, Mr. Potato Head was patented, and, fusing the two together perfectly, Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald’s. Aren’t potato heads and super glue the first two ingredients in McDonald’s french fries?Things were changing rapidly on the architecture front, as well. Gone were the days of ornate buildings and monstrous brick mills, eschewed in favor of structures relying on...
City briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell slips on his Beats By Bouley headphones, puts on his favorite Jay-Z album (The Blueprint, of course) and freestyles a city memo. DJ Insider has got the exclusive mixtape! Give it a spin right here.Painting The TownOr at least the old schoolThings are moving along at the former Dame School building, Aspell writes. And, update complete.Painting is under way in four of the meeting rooms and two offices,...
Don’t get fresh!
The Concord Police Department gave us access to some recently unearthed police logbooks, some dating back all the way to the turn of the century (the 1900s one, not the most recent one). We think it’s a fascinating glimpse into the way things used to be in Concord, so we’ve compiled some of the most interesting entries here. Take a gander, you rapscallions!Feb. 25, 1940: Mrs. Piper reports losing a pocket book from her house on Elm...
