It’s almost Jan. 1, which means we’ll all be contemplating the past year and, upon reflection, vowing to make some improvements. We asked some familar Insider faces for their resolutions. Assuming we’re all still friends in a year, we’ll check back with everyone and see how they did. It’s tough to keep resolutions for a whole year, but we have faith in these guys. Not sure…

December 23 No pants At about 6 p.m., Officers Tyler Coady and Dana Dexter were sent to the area behind 10 Ferry St., near the Interstate 393 overpass, for an intoxicated person. According to Dexter’s report, dispatch had said a drunk homeless man was rolling around in a snowbank with his pants down. Sgt. Clifford Kahrs, Officer Charles Wrobelewski and Dexter arrived around the same time, Dexter wrote, and Dexter saw a man on the side of the hill next to I-393 sitting in the snow. Kahrs said it was Norman Gallant, 25. “We had to climb up the hill that was knee deep in snow and over a fence…

In an effort to prove that Concord does have a nightlife, we decided to venture into the mean streets of the city and find out what really goes down after 5 p.m. Come to find out, there are several things to do in Concord, you just need to know where to look and also be willing to try something a little different. Who says a nightlife needs to involve alcohol, bad decisions and a lot…

With the holidays over, I must get back to the svelte shape I was in when first starting this Foodinator column. I allowed myself one too many helpings of my favorite holiday indulgence - almond and marmalade torte with lattice crust. With all these pesky New Hampshire snowstorms, I cannot be expected to leave my apartment to run laps, drive to the gym or do anything other than stay…

A common topic of conversation in January is New Year’s resolutions. Now, before you turn the page for fear of reading something you should be doing, rest assured this article is not about you. This is about your children if you are at a point in your life when you have one or more living at home. If need be, you can explain the tradition of making resolutions and then get them started by creating their first one:…

For Christmas this year, my mother-in-law gave me a sweatshirt with the words, “I am the grammarian about whom your mother warned you.” Emboldened by this slogan, I have decided to address a festering issue. Ever since September, I have been puzzled by an editorial stance taken by the Insiders, and reading the gift wrap issue (and I did use it!) last week and the Monitor this Boxing Day morning, I see the need…