Of course you do! The Insider headed over to Butters' Fine Food and Wine last week to taste some of its latest offerings.

Back in February, the ‘Insider’ covered Ignite!, an event that gave Concordians the chance to explain an idea via a five-minute slide show. Last week, the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center hosted Round Two, and the ‘Insider’ was there. Check it out!

Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell gets out his biggest, sharpest butcher knife, puts down a tarp in the kitchen and carves out a city memo on a pumpkin. Smashing idea, Tom! clean as a whistlePantry stocked upThe Human Services Department is the recipient of approximately 20 bags filled with hygiene and laundry products, delivered by Kathi Jordan on behalf of the Concord Country Club Women's Association, Aspell writes. The department's pantry is now filled with soap, shampoo, toothpaste, dish soap, laundry detergent and many other essential items. This donation will allow the department…

Oct. 11, 1854: In a closed-door meeting at Concord's Eagle Hotel, former New Hampshire congressman Edmund Burke leads a group of disenchanted Democrats who vote to repudiate President Franklin Pierce.Oct, 11, 1894: James M. Langley is born in Hyde Park, Mass. He will be the editor and publisher of the Concord Monitor for four decades, beginning in 1923. He will be instrumental in the campaign to elect Dwight D. Eisenhower president in 1952 and will later serve as Eisenhower's ambassador to Pakistan.Oct. 11, 1983: The Concord Library's collection of 500 stuffed birds and mammals is loaded…

Recently, we put out a call for exotic pets, and the response has been great. Reader Jessica Abbate sent us in some picture of her cool pets. Jessica writes:I have a whole herd of interesting pets. I own packgoats. What is a packgoat, you ask? Basically a packgoat is a dairy-type goat that is trained to wear a saddle to carry camping gear, food water, emergency supplies or what ever…

NHTI will save approximately $14,000 annually thanks to the installation of a combined heat and power system in the College's North Hall, which houses faculty and resident students. The new technology will allow both heat and electricity to be produced from the same resources, greatly increasing efficiency. The library also received improvements to its heating system and more efficient temperature controls.In addition to saving the college money, this project greatly increases the efficiency of energy use in North Hall. The Community College System of New Hampshire was awarded a $1.3 million…