On Feb. 12, the Concord Family YMCA held its 156th annual meeting. These dapper-looking men attended the meeting. Left to right: Jim Doremus, executive director, Bill Morrison and Brad Hosmer, board president. The lifetime achievement award was presented to Bill for his significant contributions to the Concord Family YMCA.

Jacob Bemis It’s not that we’re bad to substitutes. It’s just that people think that they can do whatever they want because the sub is not the teacher and they don’t know the rules. Substitutes are fun because some of them do what the other teachers don’t do normally, like tell jokes. They let us play games and don’t give us a lot of homework, and they’re not as uptight. From…

Concord native, Megan Owen, cabaret artist and versatile singer who also trained as a chef at the Culinary Institute of America, will present her cabaret show, "Food of Love & Vice Versa," on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 8 p.m., at the Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St. Proceeds will benefit The Friendly Kitchen. "Food of Love & Vice Versa" features a variety of songs about food, running the gamut from…

The New Hampshire Historical Society will present "Carved in Granite: A History of New Hampshire," a six-part course about what makes New Hampshire stand out among her sister states. The course runs each Thursday evening, March 5 through April 9, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the New Hampshire Historical Society's library, 30 Park St. R. Stuart Wallace, professor of history at the New Hampshire Technical Institute and the University of New Hampshire-Manchester, will guide participants through the diverse and unique history of New Hampshire. Topics include the development of New Hampshire's political…

You don’t need to go on a scavenger hunt to find this book. It’s at the Concord Public Library! Camel Rider Prue Mason 2007, 204 pages Setting: Middle East A juvenile novel Two boys are thrown together by chance in the desert, encountering only relentless sun and heat, sand and hostile adults. One boy is from a modern English-speaking world; the other is from a nomadic Arabic- speaking world. Two boys, three…

"Move it, or lose it," is one of many mottos repeated at least three times a week at Horseshoe Pond Place, 26 Commercial St. No, the citizens of Horseshoe Pond aren't being surly - this motto applies to the senior resource center's "stretching and strengthening" class. The hour-long class run by senior services director, Colette Farland-Vogt, offers simple yet effective exercises that…