Spring is nearly here!
Hello there, and thanks for picking up the Insider's Guide to Spring in New Hampshire. We want to provide a little respite from that severe case of cabin fever you've likely been nursing for the past four dreary months, and we're here to get you excited for all the fun that spring in the Granite State has to offer.In this guide, you'll find a grab bag of activities, events and suggestions to make the most out of the...
City briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell digs in the crates and hand-selects some old-school beats for us to groove on. This week was no exception. So zip up your Adidas tracksuit, adjust your Kangol and strike your best b-boy pose and let DJ Tom Aspell spin some hot records in this week's city memo.is it the shoes? Boom-shakalakaDue to overwhelming success, the recreation department has increased the number of classes for its new...
The Bulletin Board
Got love for stamps? The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors’ monthly meeting will be held at Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, on Dec. 21 at 1:30 p.m. All people interested in stamp collecting are invited to attend. For more information, contact Dan Day at 228-1154. – DAN DAY High school seniors, $1,000 could be yours The Faith, Hope and Love Foundation will be awarding its fourth annual $1,000 college...
Mickey Russo: waitress, volunteer and reader
This month, Anita Hickey talks with Mickey Russo. Mickey has been a waitress in Concord for about 50 years. Currently, you can say hello to her at the Corner View Restaurant. Where were you born and raised? I grew up in upper-state New York in a town called Canajoharie. It is the home of Beech-Nut Chewing Gum and Beech-Nut Baby Food. Why did you leave New York? While attending teacher’s college in Plattsburgh, N.Y., I met my husband,...
Catching up with the Grammarnator
The Insider’s editor tells me that people still ask about the Grammarnator and that it might be fun to give readers a rundown on what I’ve been up to lately. That’s fun for me, certainly, but I’ll leave it to readers to decide if they really believe that all lives are inherently interesting. Since leaving Concord High after 34 years in the English department, and The Insider after about a year as its nitpicker on grammar and usage, I...
