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Concord tree lighting Head downtown for the annual lighting of the Christmas tree in City Plaza on Nov. 25 from 4 to 7 p.m. Several streets will be closed from 3 to 7:30 p.m. for the event, including Main Street, from Centre Street to School Street; North State Street, from Park Street to Capitol Street; Park Street from Main Street to North State Street; and Capitol Street from Main Street to North State Street. Writing mindfully...
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Halloween festivities Join Back in the Saddle Equine Therapy Center for the 2nd Annual Halloween and Fall Festivities Fun on Oct. 22 from 3 to 8 p.m. Enjoy Trick or Treating with horses, a haunted trails walk, fortune telling, face painting, costume contest, s’mores bonfire and more. The haunted trails walk will be kid-friendly until the sun goes down, when things will get a little spookier. Costume contest will be held at 6:30...
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Old is new Virginia Chamlee visits Gibson’s Bookstore on Aug. 15 at 6:30 p.m. to talk about how to shop for affordable vintage home decor and how to style it in a modern home, with her new book Big Thrift Energy: The Art and Thrill of Finding Vintage Treasures – Plus Tips for Making Old Feel New. Concord is home to several antique stores and thrift stores, and New England is prime country for accidentally discovering treasures...
COVID Spring: Granite State Pandemic Poems
COVID Spring Edited by Alexandria Peary (97 pages, 2020, poetry) COVID Spring is a timely and earnest collection of New Hampshire poems, edited by our state’s Poet Laureate, Alexandria Peary. You may already know that April is National Poetry Month, which has given readers and writers something to anticipate each spring since 1996. Of course, life was anything but business-as-usual in April of 2020. That year, Perry and her fellow...
City news: Fall sports sign-up plus another week of camp
The city manager’s office sent out the City Manager’s Newsletter last Friday. The full newsletter can be found by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the “Newsletter” button. Here are some highlights: Youth fall sports registration The Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registrations of the upcoming youth sports season. Fall sports include: Archery (ages 6 and higher) NFL Flag Football Leagues (ages 6-8, 9-11 and 12-14) and...
