Watch out . . . CANNONBALL!!! While the rest of you were crying over recent sports upsets (and no, we’re not talking about Franklin beating Sanborn in the Class M softball final – so predictable!) City Manager Tom Aspell was penning his weekly memo. There’s no crying in city hall. There are belly-flops, though. Concord’s seven public swimming pools opened this weekend. Here’s what you need to know: All Concord and Penacook adult residents must bring a photo ID each time they visit the pools this season. Your ID must have your address on it. No address, no pool. Got it? Not a townie? Non-Concordians…

On June 24 from 6 to 8 p.m., stop by the Concord Cooperative Market, 24 S. Main St., for the second annual summer wine tasting. Featured wines will include sparkling, white and rosé varieties. Enjoy live jazz and blues music by the Sharon Jones Trio while you sip from a selection of more than 50 wines priced at $15 or less per bottle. Fruit wines from LaBelle Winery in Amherst will also be available to sample. Appetizers prepared by the Celery Stick Café will include ravioli with tomato white wine gastrique and fried boursin cheese. Wine glasses will be given away while supplies last. This…

Resisting arrest About 11 p.m. on June 14, Officer Dick Scott responded to 141 Rumford St. to assist officers looking for someone with a knife. Neighbors told the police they’d heard people moving around inside the apartment next door and said they believed the former tenants had moved out, according to Scott’s report. Officers secured the area and told whoever was inside the unit to come out. The first man, whom the police did not name, had a loaded spring knife in his shorts pocket, the police said. Dustin Calley, 18, of Concord emerged from the house next, and both men were placed in Scott’s…

Once upon a time, there was a city with many book clubs. The book clubs met once a month to discuss the previous month’s selected reading. Some book clubs were new, some had been around since the dawn of time (better known as the 1980s); some had rules about actually reading the book, others were more lax and enjoyed socializing. Some book clubs had members who were in their 20s, while…

Book clubs are great. They introduce members to wonderful writing and new ideas, and they rarely end in large fires. I led quite a few book discussions back when I was a librarian, and not a single one ended with panicked readers fleeing a burning building. Sure, they fled, but not because of fire. That said, avoiding a deadly inferno is not the only key to a good book discussion. You'll want to make sure your book…

The End of the Road Sue Henry 2009, 214 pages Setting: Homer, Alaska Residents of Homer, Alaska, Maxie and her mini dachshund Stretch usually bump into mysteries when they venture down into the "lower 48." But this year Maxie stays in her hometown, and a mystery finds her. She and Stretch befriend a stranger, John Walker, and invite him to dinner with her friends. They enjoy his company, although he doesn't reveal…