Dear Elders, How did/do you and your spouse or roommates split housework? Is there a fair way to handle it? – Tired of picking up socks Roioli Schweiker Dear Scattered Socks, In my house, people did what they were good at, most interested in or what just had to be done. I liked to cook, so I did the kitchen work and the usual shopping, though Bob went occasionally (he was interested…

We asked for "something pretty," and Kim Nesbitt followed the directions well by sending us a picture of these bright and beautiful dahlias from her back yard. Send us your photos of something pretty (no, we won't pose in a photo for you) to news@theconcordinsider.com, so we can share them with our readers.

The South Church Talents Project presents singer-songwriter Cosy Sheridan in concert with Kent Allyn on Aug. 20 at South Congregational Church, 27 Pleasant St., at 7:30 p.m. in the community hall. Tickets are $12 at the door. Sheridan has been called "one of the era's finest and most thoughtful singer/songwriters." The winner of The Telluride Bluegrass Troubadour Contest and the Kerrville Folk Festival's NewFolk Songwriting Contest, she has played everywhere from Carnegie Hall to the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Her songs have appeared on the Jerry Lewis Telethon, The Dr. Demento Show, in best-selling…

For the second year in a row, The Common Man restaurants teamed up with the Girl Scouts to create a dessert mixing a Girl Scout cookie with homemade ice cream from The Common Man. Lemon Chalet Swirl Ice Cream, made with the Girl Scouts' Lemon Chalet Creme cookie, vanilla ice cream and a lemon swirl, was on the menu for one month at 14 Common Man restaurants. One dollar from every dish…

The Concord Family YMCA Sailfish Swim team made first place in its division at the Granite State Swimming Association's meet on Aug. 1 and 2. The meet was held at the Jenny Thompson Pool in Dover. Above: Logan Lamb, winner of the 50 fly and 50 free.

For more information about the super awesome library, visit onconcord.com/library. The Fourth Time is Murder: A Posadas County Mystery Steven Havill 2008, 311 pages Setting: Posadas County, N.M Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman investigates an accident scene where a truck has gone off the side of a steep hill in Posadas County, N.M. The young driver was thrown from the truck and died, but there are disturbing clues…