November open house
Bikram Yoga Concord will host an open house on Nov. 24 at the yoga studio at 254 N. State St. in the Smokestack Plaza. There will be classes at 7 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. All classes will be free and open to everyone. The studio is also offering a 15 percent discount on any packages purchased that day (limit two per customer). Hot Drop yoga clothes, one of the leading designers of hot yoga attire, will be there running a...
Thanksgiving workout
The Concord Family YMCA invites members and guests to work in a holiday workout on Thanksgiving morning. From 8 to 9 a.m. on Nov. 22, participants can get a taste of all their fitness favorites at the Thanksgiving Day Fitness Feast. Preregistration is required, as facilities will not be open for general use. Fitness options include: Cycling with Bethany, 8–9 a.m.; Bootcamp with Trieste, 8–8:30 a.m. (big gym); Zumba with Dina, 8–8:30...
Wine for a good cause
Thanks to the collaborative efforts of Concord Hospital, New Hampshire Oncology-Hematology, PA and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, cancer patients have access to genetic testing and counseling at Concord Hospital Breast Care Center. The program is led by national and local experts and enables cancer patients to learn if they are at high-risk of developing cancer. Early identification allows patients the opportunity to work with their...
Upcoming clinics
The Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association offers monthly walk-in immunization clinics for children and adults who are uninsured, underserved and who have no access to these needed services in order to lead a healthy lifestyle. There will be clinics Dec. 3 from 1 to 3 p.m. and Dec. 18 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Outreach Center, 21 Centre St. A fee of $10 is requested per person. Children must be...
Donate to book sale
Please donate your items in good condition to the Concord Public Library book sale. Items we can use: hardcover or paperback books (fiction or nonfiction), DVDs, VHS, music CDs, books on CD. These can be adult or children’s items. Please no textbooks, magazines or encyclopedias. All donations are evaluated by library staff members for condition and content. Some items are added to the library collection. The proceeds from the...
Teen Video Challenge
The Young Adult Librarians of New Hampshire are pleased to announce the 2013 Teen Video Challenge, which is part of a national competition that asks teens to create 30- to 90-second public service announcements that encourage both reading and using public libraries throughout the summer. This year’s theme is “Beneath the Surface.”Teens can incorporate underground, underwater and undercover motifs – as well as others – into their...
The Insider is always grand – Tue, 20 Nov 2012
Allwynne Fine sent us this picture of the Always an Adventure club at the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Look at all those Insiders! Send your travel pics to news@theconcordinsider.com.
Join the Chili Cook-off
Girls Inc. will be searching for the best chili in Concord at a Chili Cook-off fundraiser next month.The event will be held Dec. 1 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at Tandy’s Top Shelf. Think you have the best chili? Call Girls Inc. at 223-0087 to register and enter. There is no cost to enter. There will be prizes for the top three chilis, as well as door prizes. We’re also looking for taste testers. Tickets for taste testers are $5 per person....
Instagram photo of the week – Tue, 20 Nov 2012
Instagram user @_connormac sent us this shot of a Concord Crew novice team pulling ahead of a boatload of college rowers. Great job, crew!
Holidays around the world
The latest League of New Hampshire Craftsmen exhibit runs through Dec. 12.
13 exclamation points? Must be true love
We at the Insider like to peruse Craigslist’s Missed Connections to see if anyone in Concord saw us in our Black Friday shopping outfit, which did a great job hiding our stuffing gut is finding true love thanks to the Internet. Here, we present some of our findings – unedited, of course.Where is rosemary ????? – m4w – 30I talked with a beautiful girl , in radio shack , you mentioned having lots of kids. I wanted so bad to ask for your...
‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ – a coming-of-age movie with layers
As The Perks of Being a Wallflower gets going, it appears to be nothing more than a classic coming-of-age tale. Bookish loner gets picked on by cartoonish jocks, meets the “losers” (who are really the cool kids), falls in love with the impossibly hot girl and spends the rest of the movie trying to make her his.As the movie progresses, however, the characters slowly transition from teen-movie tropes to much deeper characters. As the...
Adventure shopping – Tue, 20 Nov 2012
Since Ocean State Job Lots’ slogan is ‘adventure shopping,’ we stopped by to find the most adventurous items in the store. Usually, we make a snarky remark about the items we find. Today, however, we present, without comment, the most awesome thing we’ve ever seen: an Easy-E-themed snowboard.
Concord's top 10 dog names
There are 4,890 registered dogs in Concord. Here are the top ten most popular names. 1. Molly – 67 2. Sadie – 55 3. Bella – 55 4. Maggie – 53 5. Max – 51 6. Buddy – 51 7. Lily/Lilly – 49 8. Bailey – 46 9. Lucy – 44 10. Abby – 44
Do we have a preposition for you!
The Grammarnator has not appeared in these pages for a while both because he got to thinking that his tenure had run its course and because it has been difficult lately find egregious errors in the Insider. The Grammarnatrix, debuting in the Be Local issue, testifies to the latter feeling by finding a mistake that she acknowledges really isn’t one — anymore, nowadays, at least. But the Grammarnator wonders if the editor might...
CHS's Fran Wyatt serves us up a heaping helping of cafeteria food
Name: Fran WyattHead cook, Concord High SchoolHow long have you been working in food service? How did you get started working in schools?It’s been about 25 years now. I wanted to get a job part-time when my kids were in school, and it just went right into a cooking position.What is your favorite cafeteria food that you serve? Least favorite?My favorite thing we have is pizza. And I’d say spaghetti is my least favorite, only because...
The United Way Guide to Gifts and Giving
Each year, the Insider teams up with Granite United Way to help out those in need during the holiday season. With their help, we’ve compiled a list of local food banks, non-profits and other organization that take donations for families and inpiduals who need a little help. Whether it’s donating food for the hungry, warm clothes for the winter months or simply making sure that a child has some presents to open, every bit of help you...
Unlikely duo hikes all of New Hampshire's '52 With a View' mountains
The table in the dining room at the Woman’s Club of Concord didn’t feature the usual fare for a public event Tuesday night. There was no evidence of baked goods or traditional finger foods; instead triangle-shaped wedges of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, plates full of granola bars and a silver bowl with an eclectic trail mix made up the menu for the evening. The whole thing had a gather-’round-the-campfire feel to it. Fittingly,...
When it comes to sweet potatoes, how sweet is too sweet?
Have you ever stood in front of a colorful array of root vegetables, wondering what the heck the difference is between a sweet potato and a yam? Does it matter? With Thanksgiving upon us, you’ll want to be prepared to amaze your guests with horticultural trivia and sweet potato history, so let’s get this straight.Furthermore, if sweet potatoes are so sweet, what’s with the traditional marshmallow-adorned, brown-sugar-sweetened...
Holidays around the world
The latest League of New Hampshire Craftsmen exhibit runs through Dec. 12 .
Local 5-year-old donates birthday presents to feed those in need
Guest after guest streamed through the door at Aidan Lamothe’s fifth birthday party in October, each with a gift in hand. Lamothe, though, was in no hurry to rip open the wrapping paper.After all, none of the gifts were for him. He’d demanded as much.Lamothe eschewed the temptation to enhance his toy collection and instead asked guests to bring peanut butter and tuna fish so he could make a donation to those less fortunate. Last...
Brad Towne schools us on flowers
Name: Brad TowneOwner, Cobblestone Design CompanyHow long have you been a florist? How long have you run the business in Concord?I’ve been a florist for 16 years, all here in this spot.What sparked your interest in the field?It’s always been an interest of mine. Since I was a kid, I’ve been interested in plants and flowers and the creative side of being a florist.Where do your flowers come from?They come from everywhere. We get some...
This week in Concord history
Nov. 20, 1884: The Evening Monitor’s City Notes column reports: “One week from today is Thanksgiving. Let the turkeys paste that in their hats.”Nov. 21, 1987: On a gusty day during which the temperature never hits 20 degrees, Concord High School defeats Salem 14-7 to win its first state football championship since 1974.Nov. 21, 2000: Frank Monahan, a basketball coach revered locally and well-known nationally, dies of a heart attack at...
City Briefly
Each week, Tom Aspell dresses up in a weird outfit, climbs onto our roof in the middle of the night, and sneaks into our house, quiet as a mouse.He’s so stealthy that he doesn’t wake up anybody – he’s gone before we even notice anything is up. When we wake up the next morning, however, we realize that he’s left the greatest gift of all for us – a city memo!throw it down, little manYouth hoops registrationThe Parks and Recreation...
We score some nice spice at Buffalo Wild Wings
We’ve been anticipating the opening of the new Buffalo Wild Wings on Loudon Road for quite some time. The restaurant finally opened last week, and the Food Snob paid it a visit. We’ve never been to a BWW, but anyone who watches football has been inundated by commercials for the chain. They center around jersey-clad servers who can contact agents within NFL stadiums to stick out a foot and trip a ballcarrier or trigger an ill-timed...
Book of the Week
How Music WorksDavid Byrne2012, 345 pagesNonfictionAlternative-rock legend David Byrne (of Talking Heads fame) has written a philosophical – historical – sociological – biographical treatise on music, which I found quite thought-provoking. Most interesting to me were the chapters exploring various influences on the creation of music, such as technological constraints or advances, available performance venues, and skill level of...
