Chris Graham, Jenita Graham and Cheryl Bourassa took the Insider along to Bucarias, Mexico. – Tue, 26 Apr 2011
Chris Graham, Jenita Graham and Cheryl Bourassa took the Insider along to Bucarias, Mexico. Ola! Como te llamas? (Literally: How are your llamas?) Oh, you know I don’t speak Spanish.
The Great Story Experiment, part 2
When we last left the Great Story Experiment, the Easter Bunny was in a terrible pickle. It was the day before Easter, he had 200 more eggs to paint, and he woke up to find that the eggs were missing. Whatever would he do?We got lots of great submissions for Part Two, but we narrowed it down to this one, from 9-year-old John Elsnau. Check it out!The Easter Bunny thought and thought, then came up with a plan. He will. . . go ask his...
Older Americans Month
Did you know that May is Older Americans Month? The folks over at Concord WISE (Wonderful Interactive Senior Experiences), the senior citizens branch of the Concord Recreation Dept. sure do, and they've got a whole month of events for seniors planned. Check out what they've got going on!You Can Be an Artist at Any Age, West Street Ward House.Coping With Vision Loss, Horseshoe Pond Place. Presented by Rose Prescott from Sight...
Yard sale
The Child and Family Development Center, a nonprofit child care center located at NHTI, will hold its third annual yard sale on May 21 from 8 a.m. to noon in its parking lot at 21 College Drive. Proceeds will benefit classroom materials. For more information, including table rentals, contact Cameron at 271-8910 or cahamel@ccsnh.edu.
Book of the week
For further information about the Concord Public Library, please visit concordpubliclibrary.net.A Lonely DeathCharles Todd 2011, 343 pagesFictionScotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge is sent to the village of Eastfield, near Hastings, on the east coast of England. Three men who had survived the Great War and returned home have been murdered with soldier's identification disks left in their mouths. Rutledge must discover the link...
Celebrating Audubon's 226th birthday
John James Audubon's 226th birthday celebration was held at the New Hampshire Audubon's McLane Center in Concord on April 17. Tom Burack, the commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services played the role of Audubon for the day.Dressed in the style of clothes Audubon might have worn and wearing a wig of long flowing hair, Burack did a masterful job of portraying the life and legacy of Audubon....
Art show, music
St. Paul's School students will exhibit their artwork and offer musical entertainment during Rasa's April 30 dinner buffet. Advance Portfolio students will open their exhibition of drawings, paintings and photography while other students offer computer generated music to enhance the dining experience. Adults: $15. Students: $10. Seatin is limited, so please RSVP to rasasvegankitchen@gmail.com or call...
Meet Gopi Sharma, a refugee from Bhutan
By BEN CONANTInsider staffThe Insider recently caught up with Gopi Sharma, a 24-year-old refugee from Bhutan. Sharma came to Concord in January and is taking classes at Second Start School. He explained that hundreds of years ago, his ancestors were forcibly moved from Nepal to Bhutan. Nepalese people like Sharma were considered second-class citizens in Bhutan.”There was a racial discrimination between the Nepalese and the...
Time for trout
It's spring, so now is the time to plan on stocking your pond with New Hampshire-raised, disease-free rainbow or brook trout. The Merrimack County Conservation District is offering trout for pond stocking in lengths of 6 to 8 inches and 10 to 12 inches as part of its spring fundraiser to support local conservation. Orders are due May 2. The 6 to 8-inch trout are available in oxygenated bags of 25, ready for pickup on May 15...
Timber tour
Join the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests on May 15 from 9 a.m. to noon for a guided timber harvest tour.Explore the Forest Society's Woodman Forest in Boscawen, learn about forest management in relation to improving timber quality, wildlife habitat, and recreation, and get the latest news about logging practices, equipment, wood products, and the timber markets where products are shipped and sold. Forest...
Missed Connections
The Insider loves to scour Craigslist for awesome personal ads. Where else can you find a gently worn sleep sofa, a used car and a potential mate all in the same place? Here are the best of Missed connections.verizon store ft eddy rd concord today – m4m – 28I know this is a crrrazy shot in the dark. I was in the verizon store today sigining up for internet you were a manager there i think and we chatted about a funny story...
Scavenger Hunt II: Back With a Sca-Vengeance
Avid Insider readers will remember that last year we sent you on a scavenger hunt through Concord's city parks, spotting various items of interest and reporting back to us. Well, we're doing it again.This time, we took a walk down Loudon Road. Sure, we've been there before. Usually, we're in heavy traffic, staring at the bumper stickers on the car in front of us. “Envision Whirled Peas,” indeed. But when...
Ball & Chain
Dear Casper and Bill,I am a 22-year-old virgin. My mom says I'm good looking and I have a lot of female friends, but I've had no luck in the ladies department.I'm thinking about using an escort service to meet my needs, but I don't want to feel dirty about it in the morning. What should I do?Dear Pure-As-the-Driven-Snow,Yeah, sure you're a virgin. Just like Richard Burton and Liz Taylor, Larry King, Salome, JLo,...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell comes out from his groundhog den and looks around. If he sees his shadow, it means he'll write a city memo that week. If he doesn't, that means he's a vampire. Fortunately, he saw his shadow this week.split and swapPerennial exchangeThe 11th annual Perennial Exchange will be held, rain or shine, behind the City Auditorium on May 7 from 8 a.m. to noon. This is an opportunity for gardeners...
Sounds of summer
The Suncook Valley Chorale presents its spring concert “Sounds of Summer,” directed by Scott Lounsbury and accompanied by Connie LaRosa. The program will explore a variety of ways to musically express summer fun and joy. Please visit our website for a sampling of the songs that will be performed.The concerts will be held at: First Congregational Church, 177 N. Main St. on May 20 and 21. Both performances start at 7 p.m....
Preserving local history
Hey there, history buffs! You already know that we at the Insider love our history, what with our “This Week in Concord History” and “Concord Fables” features. We get the stories for those features from dusty old history books, some of which are hundreds of years old. So we were understandably excited to get our hands on the new offering from the Concord Historical Society, “Crosscurrents of Change:...
This Week in Concord History
April 26, 1948: On the first day of spring vacation, Concord students take to the streets of downtown brandishing placards. Their cause: a new swimming pool in West Concord. Some of the signs read “Swimming Will Make Us Strong” and “Oh Give Us Water!” The state Board of Health closed the old one as unsanitary in 1945, and a committee of the city's alderman has recommended against spending $110,000 to build...
Pick of the week
Here's what's happening this week on ConcordTV.The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation has partnered with state arts agencies of the United States to support Poetry Out Loud, which encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. This program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary...
The Grammarnator
By ROBERT PINGREEFor the InsiderThe Insider provided nothing to comment on last week, but not so the Monitor, and since Mother's Day is impending and the error involves my mother-in-law's pet grammatical peeve, I must call your attention to a photo caption about avalanche scouts in Tuckerman Ravine: “Depending on the amount of visitors, Lane will visit with skiers and riders to inform them of conditions and answer...
