CONCORD ROCKS!
The Capital Mineral Club’s annual Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Festival took place at Everett Arena last weekend, and the Insider, always in search of Concord’s hidden gems and buried treasures, paid it a visit. We can dig it!
CONCORD ROCKS!
The Capital Mineral Club’s annual Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Festival took place at Everett Arena last weekend, and the Insider, always in search of Concord’s hidden gems and buried treasures, paid it a visit. We can dig it!
Return of the hunks
Some of the hottest hunks Concord has to offer.
Big bad Brady, baby daddy
Your Awesomenator has spent the last few months becoming the Concord area's most enthusiastic new father! Folks who know me say I glow with pride when I talk about baby Owen, and it's true – though, technically, the glowing is a side effect from the time in high school I was bitten by a radioactive spider. I plan on training with the X-Men so I can focus my glowing pride into some kind of laser weapon I can use to fight...
Letter to the editor
It was delightful to see the outstanding photo story about Grace Church's Pork Fest in the Aug. 16 Insider. This was a free feast for attendees. Any monetary contributions went directly to our “Take a Tote” program for feeding hungry school children. We would like to add one important acknowledgement to the story, namely our gratitude to Tony and Deb Heath, proprietors of neighboring Quality Cash Market, who...
Pick of the week
Here's what's happening this week on ConcordTV. Crossing Cultures in Early Support Services panel discussion at Moore Center Services, organized by the New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition. A group of cultural advisers from various cultures speak to service providers about cultural norms and expectations. Check it out on Channel 22 Thursday at 10:30 p.m., Friday at 2 p.m. and Saturday at 9 p.m.
New fall hours
Concord Public Library's hours will change after Labor Day. Here's the new schedule for the main library, effective Sept. 6: Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
New Hampshire birds
New Hampshire Audubon is pleased to announce the publication of “The State of New Hampshire's Birds – A Conservation Guide.” This document is a follow up to the technical report, “The State of New Hampshire's Birds,” released last spring. The Conservation Guide takes the information from the original report and presents it in a non-technical form that is colorful and easy to understand. It...
This Week in Concord History
Aug. 30, 1970 – At the Highway Hotel in Concord, the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge, Pa., honors 10 New Hampshire people for efforts to maintain “the American way.” Among the honorees are Publisher William Loeb and gubernatorial candidate Meldrim Thomson Jr.•Aug. 30, 1862 – After a federal draft call for nine-month volunteers, the city of Concord offers a bounty of $100 to any resident who will sign up by...
The young and the trestles
Eternity hangs for a moment over the water before being released. The rope swings back before a 12-year-old young girl in an orange bikini grasps the rough coil between her hands, hoists it up the hill and plunges out – the moment stretching for what seems like forever – and for a second.”You can see it in your periphery and when you're out there, just for a second you see it and it's gone,” says Chris...
Whitetail strategies
Increase your odds of harvesting a whitetail this fall by attending a free talk that can help you improve your deer-hunting strategies. The talk will be held on Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. at the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, 11 Hazen Drive. No pre-registration is required. Whitetail deer hunting in New Hampshire is challenging. This talk can help you better understand deer sign and come up with a deer hunting plan that will increases...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell goes to the grocery store, stocks up on 18 gallons of water, flashlights, Ramen noodles and “US Weekly” magazines and prepares for doomsday, or whatever deadly meteorological event the experts are predicting that week.Take cover! The city memo is heading straight for you!Tannery gets new lifeWork continues on the new Concord Hospital Penacook Family Physicians practice. The developer is...
