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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...
Two can’t-miss events coming up at Gibson’s
If you’ve been on the edge of your seat waiting to find out what kinds of bookish events are coming up this/next week, you can now relax, because we’ve figured it all out for you.On Thursday (Feb. 9), you’ll get the rare opportunity to interact with a National Book Award finalist when Andrew Krivak comes to Gibson’s Bookstore to talk about his second novel, The Signal Flame.If you’re not familiar with Krivak’s work, shame on you – he...
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Shakespeare reading continues Want to brush up on your Shakespeare? Please join The Stratford Club members as they continue reading Coriolanus on Monday, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Shakespeare Room, located on second floor of Concord Public Library. Reading of this play will continue Feb. 13 and 27 and March 13. A Midsummer Night’s Dream will then be read at biweekly meetings beginning March 22 through May 8. For more information,...
CYPN: Ian Russell has written a superhero story
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) introduces you to another Young Professional of the Month, Ian Russell. How old are you? 24 Where do you live? Epsom Where do you currently work? Harris Family Furniture in Chichester Where did you go to school? University of New Hampshire at Manchester for communication arts. What do you like to do for fun? I like...
