Step into the CSI Charter School in Penacook and you're not likely to find a bell buzzing between classes, teachers standing at the front of classrooms lecturing pupils on math and history, or students standing around gossiping in the hallways.Things are done a little differently at CSI. For starters, the school doesn't have teachers, it has coaches. There isn't structured…

Dear Casper and Bill,I recently met a girl who's fine and dandy. She's fun, smart and funny, but - as you probably guessed - there's a problem: She has three enormous Great Danes (all males) who scare the crap out of me. They don't like men, and one of them even sleeps in her bed. Going over to her house isn't fun because I fear being mauled. Any suggestions on how to cope?Dear Danish Dandy,We…

The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce's "Leadership Greater Concord" program is trying to raise $20,000 to endow a scholarship for the program. The fundraiser is centered on artist and program member Rebecca Kinhan's painting "Downtown at Dawn, Concord, New Hampshire." The painting will auctioned off at the chamber's annual Richard G. Warner Scholarship…

Cooking.com presented "Top 10 Corned Beef Recipes for St. Patty's Day" last week, and at least one Concord restaurant also implied that the day of green beer was intended to honor St. Patricia. They should have been advertising St. Paddy's Day, from Padraig, a form of the name familiar to sports fans in recent years due to the ascent of one Padraig Harrington to the top ranks of golfers.Joyceans…

NHTI is proud to present its 10th annual Celebration of Poetry, featuring poet David Budbill. The event takes place on April 5 from noon to 3 p.m. in the Library Living Room. There will be a reception and open mic reading following Budbill's presentation. Members of the college and the community are invited to listen and participate. Admission is free. For more information contact Alan Lindsay at 271-6969 or alindsay@ccsnh.edu.

The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance's 25th Anniversary Preservation Conference will take place on April 8 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester