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Jan 24, 2012
12:00 AM

We crown Concord's next top scavenger

We got plenty of great answers to our sculpture scavenger hunt, but we could only choose one - Page Cannon, who got all eight answers correct! Here are her answers.1. Well, duh, that's the Challenger statue out in front of the Christa McAulliffe Planetarium on the NHTI campus.2. Mr. Turtle is roaming around Bicenntenial Square - heading toward Margaritas for a cold one!3. This Hunkette is a Concord High School…

Jan 24, 2012
12:00 AM

This Week in Concord History

Jan. 24, 1988: City leaders unveil plans for a new district courthouse to be built on Clinton Street. The cost: $3.5 million. "We realized 10 years ago that the present court is not adequate. It has not been an easy process," says Mayor Elizabeth Hager.Jan. 24, 1992: Speaking to students at St. Paul's School, Democratic presidential candidate Paul Tsongas is asked to assess another candidate, Republican Pat Buchanan."Pat Buchanan," he answers. "America first. Drives a Mercedes. Don't you think at some point he would have said to himself, 'Hey . . .' "Jan.…

Jan 24, 2012
12:00 AM

City briefly

Each week. City Manager Tom Aspell straps on his pads, buckles his chinstrap, and heads out onto the gridiron. Seemingly unaffected by the defensive pressure, he calmly throws three touchdowns to Rob Gronkowski, setting several NFL records in the process. In his postgame interview, he reads us the city memo. timber timeSale set for this weekA timber sale is scheduled to start this week in the Jerry Hill area of the Penacook Lake watershed, westerly of Long Pond Road and southerly of District No. 5 Road, Aspell writes. The harvest includes approximately 28 acres of the 150 acres of forest land…

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