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If you've visited Dos Amigos recently, you may have noticed that the art hanging on the walls has a certain unique flair to it. Zombies, ray-guns and superheroes festoon the frames. That's all thanks to Isley Browne, the young artist responsible for the current Dos Amigos show.Nine-year-old Browne is a big comic book and graphic novel reader, and after delving into stacks of…

Dennis Mosbeck needed all of 15 words to tidily describe the joy of collecting stamps as a hobby."The nice thing about stamp collecting is you can do whatever the devil you want," Mosbeck said.It's around that simple premise that the Merrimack County Stamp Collectors group was created in May 2004, providing local philatelists an outlet to share their pastime without "any…

The 1883 Black Ice Pond Hockey Association recently presented two checks from the funds raised from last year's inaugural tournament. The mission of Black Ice is to maintain and expand ice skating opportunities in greater Concord. This year's benefactors were the Concord Parks and Recreation Department and Concord Youth Hockey.The city received a check for $10,000. The funds…

Name: Dorothy HallTitle: Owner, New England CupcakeryHow long have you been making cupcakes?Forever. Since I was maybe 9, when I used to go to my nana's house.When did you open the store in Concord?At the end of September. And the response from the community has been absolutely awesome.Have you run a bakery before?I've never run a bakery before, but I worked in one years ago.…

"This will be the 27th time for me to break up this beaver dam so far this year!" declared Hilary Thomson as she used a rake to tear up the dam built by beavers at the outlet of Snow Pond. Her house is on the shore of Snow Pond in East Concord, and she said, "This dam raises the pond's water level just enough to flood my back yard!"Thomson, who taught science…