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Sign up for Evening en Blanc on Aug. 19 Join Concord Hospital Trust for a mass “chic picnic” at a surprise location for Evening en Blanc on Saturday, Aug. 19 from 6 to 10 p.m. Based on the popular Diner en Blanc, launched in Paris more than 25 years ago, this whimsical event returns for its fifth year. Dressed all in white, diners arrive with their own well-stocked picnic basket and enjoy an enchanted evening of dining, dancing and...
The Granite State sure is a happening place in the summer
As the calendar approaches the official start of summer, there’s no better time to give you a run down of the major happenings around the state. This is after all the Summer Guide. We searched high and low to find the events we thought you might enjoy checking out. So if you have any free time that isn’t taken up by luxurious vacations, trips to the beach house and generally just being awesome, we thought this might help you out. June...
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Check out the Spring Fling Fair Join the fun at the Spring Fling Fair being held at East Congregational Church on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair will feature a silent auction, crafts, plants, baked goods, gently used clothing, books, “Grandma’s Attic” and more. A wide variety of themed raffle baskets will be offered, as well as tickets for an expertly made double/queen size quilt. Be sure to stop by the East Church cafe for a...
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Rundlett showing ‘Screenagers’ Are you watching kids scroll through life, with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span? Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston saw that with her own kids and learned that the average kid spends 6 ½ hours a day looking at screens. She wondered about the impact of all this time and about the friction occurring in homes and schools around negotiating screen time — friction she knew all too...
This Week in Concord History
Feb. 28, 1894: At Sewalls Falls, George and Charles Page of the Page Belting Co. open the second hydroelectric dam of its kind in the United States. The powerhouse is equipped with four 2,300-volt, 225-kilowatt generators driven by leather belts from reaction-wheel water turbines. Sewalls Falls will generate power until 1968. Feb. 28, 2003: Two men have been charged with brutally beating a McDonald’s night janitor earlier in...
