Escaping winter – Tue, 22 Jan 2013
Judi Berman, Art and Lynne Michaud, Kyle Moquin, Rachelle Beaudoin and Des Kenyon from Concord and Boscawen took the Insider with them on their vacation in Aruba. Thanks, but we prefer the colder climes of Concord! (Well, not the “colder” part.) Send your travel pictures with the Insider to news@theconcordinsider.com.
City briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell straps on his ice skates, heads down to White Park and starts busting out his arsenal of triple Salchows and toeless lutzs. He skates and skates, carving up the ice for hours on end.When he’s done, we hop in the official Insider chopper and take an aerial view picture. Lo and behold, there’s a city memo spelled out on the ice!Cold ShoulderWinter stuff delayedThe Winter Carnival scheduled for last...
ConcordTV searches for a youth host
Hey Concord, do you want to find the next Ryan Seacrest? Good, neither do we. If he’s out there, let’s just leave him be. But how about finding the first ever junior TV host for ConcordTV?Now that’s more like it!ConcordTV is seeking a Concord-area student between the ages of nine and 14 to become the station’s inaugural junior TV host and have his or her debut during the live April 14 broadcast of Concord On Air. Auditions will be...
Just some friendly fun in the snow
We at the Insider like to scour Craigslist’s Missed Connections to see if anyone noticed our new snow shoveling muscles has found love online in Concord. Check out the unedited entries!Fender bender – m4w – 20So.. We got in an accident the morning of New Years on the highway going through concord I belive. A guy drove by and told us we were going to get hit so we took the hint and parted ways.There was no major damages done to your...
We meet a canine with a granite state of mind
Reader Jane Toumpas sent us in these pictures of her valley bulldog, Moosilauke Jones. As you can see, he has what appears to be a map of New Hampshire on his forehead and a broomstick-riding witch on the back of his head. Pretty cool stuff, Moosilauke! If you have cool pet photos like these, send them to us at news@theconcordinsider.com. Thanks a lot!
Teen board meeting
Hey there, teens of Concord: Do you have some ideas about how the library can serve you better? Suggestions on services, books, or programs you’d like to see in the future? Well now’s the time to organize those thoughts! We will be holding our first Teen Board meeting Jan. 30 at 4:30 p.m. Come and have your voice heard. Snacks will be provided.
Wine tasting fundraiser
I joined Concord Hospital Trust’s Wine Tasting Committee because I might still be battling cancer today if not for the generous philanthropic support from this annual event.When diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, I was given the option to undergo genetic counseling at the Concord Hospital Breast Care Center, a service that is supported almost entirely through philanthropic contributions. Genetic counseling and the tests that...
Cory Doctorow to speak
Gibson’s Bookstore is thrilled to bring sci-fi master Cory Doctorow in for the sequel to the multi-award winning, New York Times bestselling Little Brother, Homeland. Doctorow will appear Feb. 24 at 3 p.m.Little Brother was nominated for the 2008 Hugo, Nebula, Sunburst and Locus Awards. It won the Ontario Library White Pine Award, the Prometheus Award as well as the Indienet Award for bestselling young adult novel in America’s top...
$500K donation made
An anonymous donor has awarded $500,000 to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests to continue a highly effective land protection grants program and to create a new grants program to fund hiking-trail development in the “Quabbin-to-Cardigan” region of western New Hampshire and north central Massachusetts.The forest society will use $250,000 of the gift, which came through the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, to...
A few thoughts on the patriotic use of semi-colons
A few weeks ago the Grammarnatrix did a column on semi-colons. I never thought that the Concord Monitor would provide such a superb follow-up as it did the day after the Patriots’ victory over Houston in the pisional playoff game, but there is was, an entire paragraph explaining the superiority of the New England team: “They don’t have to rely completely on the offense, the defense can actually make plays. The offense doesn’t have to...
This grammar lesson takes effect immediately
This week the Grammarmatrix answers the never-ending question, “How do you know whether you should use the word affect or effect in a sentence?” If you look up the words affect and effect in the dictionary, the Oxford American Dictionary says those two words “have totally different meanings and should not be confused.” The American Heritage Dictionary states “the tendency to confuse the words must be guarded against closely.” We have...
This week in Concord history
Jan. 22, 1811: A cow belonging to Abner Farnum Jr. of Concord gives birth to a two-headed calf.Jan. 22, 1942: The Monitor reports that rather than wait for the draft, 32 men have enlisted at the Concord recruiting office for the duration of the war. Eleven are from Concord. Most have signed up for the air corps and been sent to Missouri to train.Jan. 23, 1924: Carl Sandburg appears at the Concord City Auditorium. He reads his poems,...
Annual winter bird survey
Stock up those bird feeders and dig out your binoculars for New Hampshire Audubon’s Backyard Winter Bird Survey. This annual statewide survey will take place Feb. 9 and 10. Biologists need assistance from citizens all over the state to get a clear picture of what’s really happening with our winter birds.Anyone can participate in the Backyard Winter Bird Survey by counting the birds in their own backyard on the survey weekend and...
John Easter rose from the dead and discovered his true passion: art
John Easter used to look at abstract paintings with a sarcastic and skeptical eye, seeing little more than a mess of color hastily splashed across a canvas. Where others were inspired to praise, he was inspired only to patronize.His perspective – on that and most everything else – has understandably changed.A life-threatening work accident about three years ago flipped Easter’s world upside down. He’s found firm footing once again...
Affleck made a real film about a fake movie
Over the last few years, Ben Affleck quietly transitioned from a decent actor to an excellent director. His debut, Gone Baby Gone, was a dark look into the seedy underbelly of his hometown, Boston, with Affleck’s brother Casey playing surrogate for Ben in front of the camera. In his follow-up, 2010’s The Town, Ben pulled double duty, directing and starring. While the action-packed Boston bank heist flick was not dissimilar to his...
