Pieter Hollenberg's back yard is essentially neglected for lengthy portions of the year, his family instead preferring to stay indoors to avoid the elements.Until winter rolls around.Sound backward? Not if you have a 27-by-67-foot hockey rink - complete with homemade Zamboni and lights at both ends - just outside your backdoor.Hollenberg admitted the family uses the yard less frequently…

For some Horseshoe Pond Place residents, Wednesday and Friday afternoons means it's time to bring out the pennies and get ready for a little friendly competition. What is this activity that is drawing residents to the first floor recreation room? Bingo! That's right, the world wide sensation that has compelled women of all ages (and some men, too) to gather with their dabbers…

Someone put a bug in the Snob's ear about Concord Dines Out 2012, in which many of the city's restaurants are offering $10 fixed-price lunches and $20 fixed-price dinners in order to feed the hungry hockey fans descending on Concord for the Black Ice Pond Hockey tournament. Well, we pulled a few strings and got some early access to the menu at EJ's on Main.The always-frugal…

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, 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.…

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…