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...
Five lit fest events you shouldn’t miss
Get spooked New Hampshire horror stories will be read 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Barley House on Main Street. Authors in the newly published, “Live Free or Undead,” will read from this collection of horror stories that take place in New Hampshire. Scheduled writers are Becky Rule, “The Haze,” James Patrick Kelly, “The Waiting Room,” Brendan DuBois, “Uneasy Lies the Head,” Ernesto Burden, “Live Free or Undead,” David O’Keefe, “Wonders...
If you've always wanted to be the highest bidder . . .
It's 5:30 on a Thursday night and the Concord Auction Center is buzzing with excitement. Dozens of bargain-hungry shoppers and antiques aficionados are circling the hall like sharks, eyeing the goodies laid out on the rows of tables before them. The older folks in the crowd have already grabbed their dinners – chili, egg salad sandwiches and Greek salads are on the menu this week – and bide their time waiting for the...
