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Local Fenway faithful have their own hallowed ground

Fenway Park, the hallowed home of the Boston Red Sox, will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year. About 70 miles north, Noonan Field will celebrate its fourth.So what's the connection?Noonan Field is a miniature replica of Fenway Park's fabled outfield wall, Green Monster and all, erected by the Noonan… 0

December 6, 2011
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Where there’s smoke, there’s fire (safety training)

While driving down Route 106 last week, the Revelator was shocked to see a plume of thick, black smoke rising from a spot on the horizon. Alarmed, I pulled over, grabbed my camera and took some Pulitzer-worthy shots of the breaking news, sure to be Monitor front-page material.Then, I got in the car, drove half a mile… 0

November 8, 2011
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The red light district

There are all sorts of iterations of the traditional traffic intersection. Three-ways, four-ways, advance green, blinking yellow light: Concord has them all, and we take them for granted. But one Penacook family has to live with a unique stoplight situation, one that's all its own. The family's driveway is… 0

October 11, 2011
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Stop! Hey, what's that sound?

The Insider was alarmed - quite literally - Monday morning while roaming in the South End of Concord when a whirring siren and ensuing announcement floated through the air. The distant but audible voice assured us it was only a test of an emergency alarm system.But whose system was it?Not Concord's, Fire Chief… 0

October 4, 2011

Why is the bridge sidewalk unplowed?

The Revelator recently received a call on the anonymous tip line about a sidewalk that's gone unplowed. Apparently, the sidewalk on the bridge over the Contoocook River has been covered in over a foot of snow for most of the winter. The caller said that she was unable to walk on the sidewalk, and was forced to… 1

February 22, 2011
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Why must I separate?

A while back, reader Jim Place from Penacook e-mailed us the following: "I have a question about the trucks picking up our recycling. In Concord we're supposed to separate paper and cardboard from cans and bottles, but I noticed that they are all dumped into one bin on the truck and mixed together in the truck. Why separate?" Well, Jim Place from Penacook, we would have gotten back… 0

December 21, 2010