Instagram photo of the week – Tue, 29 Jul 2014
With a name like Harley, it’s no wonder this guy likes to cruise with the air hitting his face. This rear-view mirror photo of Harley’s ride home from Market Days comes from Instagram user @nhnolagirl. Be careful, though, flapping dog jowls are closer than they appear. Also, is Harley rocking a shower cap made of clouds?
Classic Concord photo – Tue, 29 Jul 2014
This is the home of Mary Baker Eddy, circa sepia tones. Legend has it that the phrase “baker’s dozen” was created to officially count the number of porches on the house. Thanks to reader Earl Burroughs for sending the picture along.
The official evolution of Insider Man, a photo essay from art camp
We weren’t just bystanders during Kimball-Jenkins Fantasy Week – we created our very own superhero costume
Nazzy and AJ get snazzy for CCCNH
The Crisis Center of Central New Hampshire is over the moon because 105.5 WJYY’s very own Nazzy and A.J. Dukette are on board to Walk a Mile In Her Shoes as the official emcees of Concord’s first WAM event Oct. 1. Yes, we know, it is a little early, but when you’re walking to raise awareness of domestic and sexual assault, you can never start too early or talk about the problem too much. Plus this will be fun, as you can see in the...
This Week In Concord History
July 29, 2001: The New York Post runs a first-person essay by Concord’s Adam Young about the experience of trying to make the New York Giants’ roster. “I think I have a different perspective than a lot of guys,” Young writes. “You appreciate the things that come to you after having to battle your way through the ranks.”July 29, 1988: Developers announce plans for an eight-story office and retail building at the corner of Main and...
Concord teachers bring science learning to the summer months
Unlike most of us at the Insider, Frank and Wendy Harrison had a plan for their retirement.The Concord school teachers wanted to open a science center at their home in Chichester, but like most plans, things changed. Instead of waiting for their careers as science educators to come to an end, the Harrisons decided to get things going a little earlier. Maybe we could buy that island and just start weekending there until our writing...
Fantasy becomes reality at Kimball-Jenkins
When it comes to Fantasy Week at Kimball-Jenkins art camp, you never know what you’re going to find. And that’s the whole point.This year, some of the costume projects included LEGO men, warriors and unicorns. There was also a phoenix, Ariel (from the Little Mermaid) and a completely made up alien king. You name it and it has probably been done. A few years ago, one camper was even the Blob. No eye or arm holes, just a piece of green...
Was this entire column just an excuse to use the word pluperfect?
To continue with verbs, we all know that they come in different tenses – present and past and future – and people once upon a time used to know about principal parts and participles and go even further and understand the subjunctive, which still bedevils those learning Spanish, and the pluperfect – which is actually the same as the past perfect, but I’ll take any opportunity to write pluperfect. But let’s simply call my subject for...
Our Matt Bonner trophy tour story made it all the way to Deadspin
Things were moving along like any typical Monday morning – Tim and I were outside working on our tans while our unpaid army of Oompa Loompas put the finishing touches on last week’s issue – until Luke Bonner tweeted out a link to our story about the tour of Concord he and his NBA champion brother, Matt, led with the Larry O’Brien Trophy a few weeks back.Luke – who is much more popular on Twitter than we are – got the ball rolling, and...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell grabs his head lamp and notebook and sets out for the woods behind his house to document the insect life. But he dozes off in his chair and wakes up to find hundreds of bites on his arms and legs. And wouldn’t you know it – if you connect the dots you spell out a city memo!We are the championsReport reign hits 18 yearsFor the 18th consecutive year, the city of Concord was awarded a certificate of...
81st annual Craftsmen’s Fair set for Aug. 2-10
The 81st Annual League of N.H. Craftsmen’s Fair is the place to see and shop for fine handmade crafts – and learn how craft is made. The Fair takes place at the scenic Mount Sunapee Resort in Newbury from Saturday, Aug. 2, to Sunday, Aug. 10. The longest running annual crafts fair in the nation – drawing some 30,000 people each year – will feature the contemporary and traditional work of 350 craftsmen, along with daily craft...
‘Pitch In’ to help the Audi prepare for season
“We Do Windows,” say The Friends of the Concord City Auditorium. “Windows and orchestra seats and dressing rooms and stage floors. We sew curtains, polish chandeliers, and send event calendars to thousands of area households.” And all in three days! The 24th annual “Pitch In” on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Aug. 18-20, will get the historic municipal theatre ready for its 110th year as the home of Concord’s community-based arts and...
Resources librarian given 2014 Impact Award
Bobbi Slossar, technology resources librarian at the N.H. State Library, has been named 2014 Impact Award winner by the N.H. School Library Media Association. The Impact Award is given to a non-NHSLMA member who has made a significant contribution to the promotion of school librarianship in the state of New Hampshire. The recipient fosters the use and importance of the school library media center and advocates for school librarianship...
New exhibition at N.H. Historical Society
A new exhibition at the New Hampshire Historical Society, “New Hampshire Then & Now,” features 40 pairs of photographs of places, people and events that reflect the character and culture of New Hampshire, past and present. Based on the book of the same title by photographer, author and publisher Peter E. Randall, the exhibition is a visual overview of New Hampshire and of changes that have taken place in the state from the late...
Men’s grief discussion groups offered by CRVNA
Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association is offering men’s grief discussion groups on Thursday, Aug. 14, and Thursday, Aug. 28, from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Concord Regional VNA Hospice House. The ongoing drop-in grief discussion groups are designed to help men who are adjusting after the loss of a spouse or significant other. There is no registration or fee to attend. For additional information, please call 224-4093, ext. 2828 or...
Concord Contemporary Club to meet Aug. 14
The Concord Contemporary Club is hosting a meet and greet Aug. 14 at the NEC Concord campus (62 N. Main St.) from 6 to 8 p.m. It is an opportunity to find out a little more about our club and learn about volunteer opportunities for women in the greater Concord area. Meet some of our members, hear from local organizations who need your help and find others who share your love of volunteering. There will be representatives from our club...
Check out Lucy Audubon performance Aug. 7
History will come alive at the McLane Audubon Center on Thursday, Aug. 7, at 7 p.m. when the public will be invited to travel back to 1830 and meet Lucy Bakewell Audubon, wife of the famed naturalist, artist and author of Birds of America.Mrs. Audubon will be portrayed by actress Kelly Brengelman, a special guest presenter from the Kentucky Humanities Council. Brengelman will wear period costume and tell stories of the struggles and...
Concord Public Library Book of the Week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Blood RedMercedes Lackey 2014, 312 pagesFictionBlood Red is the latest book in Lackey’s “Elemental Masters” – an engaging series set mostly in a slightly alternate turn-of-the-century England, where masters of elemental magic hide amongst society. Each book is a self-contained story, based loosely on a fairy tale. I found Blood Red to be as fun to...
Things are really shaping up at the League of N.H. Craftsmen
The League of N.H. Craftsmen is currently hosting its Circles, Squares and Triangles: The Shape of Things to Come exhibit at its headquarters on South Main Street through Sept. 26.
Things are really shaping up at the League of N.H. Craftsmen
The League of N.H. Craftsmen is currently hosting its Circles, Squares and Triangles: The Shape of Things to Come exhibit at its headquarters on South Main Street through Sept. 26.
Capital Area Wellness Coalition highlights healthy summer fun
The Capital Area Wellness Coalition is all about healthy and active choices, so in lieu of its standard monthly column the group opted to send us some sweet photos of people being active and summertimey. Hard to argue with that!
Capital Area Wellness Coalition highlights healthy summer fun
The Capital Area Wellness Coalition is all about healthy and active choices, so in lieu of its standard monthly column the group opted to send us some sweet photos of people being active and summertimey. Hard to argue with that!
Audubon campers immerse themselves in mud and education
It’s Wednesday afternoon and the N.H. Audubon Discovery Group campers are filthy. And we’re talking spray-down-with-a-garden-hose-and-a-bar-of-soap kind of filthy. With Wilderness Ways week in full swing and Turkey Pond the location for the final festivities of the day, the mud and muck has taken over. But that’s the point of it all. This camp isn’t for the clean and neat. It’s about nature and all it has to offer. So the quest to...
Audubon campers immerse themselves in mud and education
Youngsters get a real hands-on experience
