The Grammarnator
For Christmas this year, my mother-in-law gave me a sweatshirt with the words, “I am the grammarian about whom your mother warned you.” Emboldened by this slogan, I have decided to address a festering issue. Ever since September, I have been puzzled by an editorial stance taken by the Insiders, and reading the gift wrap issue (and I did use it!) last week and the Monitor this Boxing Day morning, I see the need to revisit the problem...
Ask the Tweens: New Year's resolutions
Dear Tweens, What are your resolutions for 2009? Your friends, The Insiders Abby Painchaud Happy New Year! My New Year resolution is to keep my room clean. My room is not that messy in the beginning of the week, but at the end of the week my Dad calls it a pigsty. I clean it every Friday, but I am going to try keeping it clean every day (or every other). Some changes I hope to see is the global warming problem getting fixed....
A New Year's resolution for your kids
A common topic of conversation in January is New Year’s resolutions. Now, before you turn the page for fear of reading something you should be doing, rest assured this article is not about you. This is about your children if you are at a point in your life when you have one or more living at home. If need be, you can explain the tradition of making resolutions and then get them started by creating their first one: being in charge of...
Ask the Elders: New Year's resolutions
Dear Elders, What are your New Year’s resolutions? Signed, The Insiders Roioli Schweiker In most of the places where I lived before, things seemed to start at the appointed time, and being a good little person, I was always early. When I came here, I continued being early, but instead of starting on time, activities seemed to start late, waiting “in case someone else comes.” This led to frustration for me and irritation for the other...
Not your average buffet at The Celery Stick Café
With the holidays over, I must get back to the svelte shape I was in when first starting this Foodinator column. I allowed myself one too many helpings of my favorite holiday indulgence – almond and marmalade torte with lattice crust. With all these pesky New Hampshire snowstorms, I cannot be expected to leave my apartment to run laps, drive to the gym or do anything other than stay indoors all day and keep nice and toasty warm...
Book review of the week
If your resolutions are to read more and to save more money, The Concord Public Library can help you keep that resolution. So, go on now . . . check it out! The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why Amanda Ripley 2008, 266 pages Nonfiction Did you know that the human body responds to stress and fear by narrowing your field of vision, heightening your hearing and increasing your heart rate? Investigative reporter...
How to feel smarter while drinking beer
In an effort to prove that Concord does have a nightlife, we decided to venture into the mean streets of the city and find out what really goes down after 5 p.m. Come to find out, there are several things to do in Concord, you just need to know where to look and also be willing to try something a little different. Who says a nightlife needs to involve alcohol, bad decisions and a lot of money? The place I decided to go to for the...
Friends forever
Samantha’s father passed away just one year before her mother referred her to the Junior Senior Friends Program. Although Samantha’s parents had porced, she was very close to her dad. Upon his passing, his family severed all ties to Samantha, and for a 9-year-old this was a difficult reality to face. Coupled with the grief she had for her dad, she now had the loss of a number of people she loved. Samantha’s mother hoped that having a...
Concord Police Log
December 23 No pants At about 6 p.m., Officers Tyler Coady and Dana Dexter were sent to the area behind 10 Ferry St., near the Interstate 393 overpass, for an intoxicated person. According to Dexter’s report, dispatch had said a drunk homeless man was rolling around in a snowbank with his pants down. Sgt. Clifford Kahrs, Officer Charles Wrobelewski and Dexter arrived around the same time, Dexter wrote, and Dexter saw a man on the side...
Live and Let Live Farm needs a truck!
I’m hoping to get the word out about Live and Let Live Farm, a nonprofit animal rescue located in Chichester. The farm provides animal protection, education and rehabilitation service for abused, neglected and abandoned animals. No animals are turned away, regardless of where they come from – ranging from southern N.H. to Canada. The farm primarily works with horses, but it also has pigs, goats, donkeys, cats and dogs. One of the...
Make some promises to yourself
It’s almost Jan. 1, which means we’ll all be contemplating the past year and, upon reflection, vowing to make some improvements. We asked some familar Insider faces for their resolutions. Assuming we’re all still friends in a year, we’ll check back with everyone and see how they did. It’s tough to keep resolutions for a whole year, but we have faith in these guys. Not sure what you should resolve to do? Here are our easy-to-keep...
Communities comes together during disaster. Thanks Red Cross!
Valerie Brault, 7, sat at the cafeteria table and pushed cloves into an orange to make a scented holiday decoration. Little Natalie Hicks, 1½, dressed up in a Red Cross disaster vest that hung well below her feet and shuffled with delight across the gym floor. Chris Brault from Amherst cradled his 2-month-old son, whose small mouth moved quickly between a smile and a pouting lower lip. Sue Ball from Allenstown sat in her wheelchair...
Calendar of events: Dec. 30-Jan. 13
Tuesday, Dec. 30 Blood drive, Health and Human Services, 29 Hazen Drive. Held from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. 800-262-2660, concord-redcross.org. 8 a.m. Blood drive, Concord Hospital, 250 Pleasant St. Held from 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Payson Center for Cancer Care. 800-262-2660, concord-redcross.org. 10:30 a.m. The Bryan Thomas Duo, Hermanos Cocina Mexicana, 11 Hills Ave. 224-5669, hermanosmexican.com. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31 Blood drive,...
