It may be nasty, wet and cold outside, but in Mary D'eAngelis's Concord kitchen, it's springtime in Kyoto.At least that's the name of her newest soap line, which fills the kitchen with the aroma of flowery lusciousness and scents like mondo grass, cherry and lotus blossom, mandarin black tea, and white… 0

You may have seen high school youth from the Concord Youth Environmental Services (YES) team in their bright green shirts working hard all around Concord to improve our local green spaces. The YES Team is a service-learning program that gives local high school students an opportunity to develop 21st-century skills while gaining a sense of civic responsibility, personal empowerment,… 0

Feb. 15, 1943: As a war measure, Concord's Mayor Charles McKee recommends that stoplights be eliminated at city intersections. Posting stop signs in their places will conserve gasoline, he says.Feb. 16, 1942: Eighty centers are set up around the state to register men aged 20 and 36-44 for the draft. Gov. Robert O. Blood's son, Robert Jr., a junior at Dartmouth, has already… 0

Gather 'round the fire, kiddies, it's time for some Concord Fables. The Insider dug up stories of Concord's legendary figures, and we think these historical heroes are every bit as exciting as Daniel Boone or Davy Crockett. Those guys just had better representation. We've taken these stories, with little… 0

Feb. 8, 1897 - Concord's first movie plays at White's Opera House. The show includes bathers at Rahway, N.J., a watermelon-eating contest, a mounted policeman stopping a runaway horse and a three-minute boxing match featuring Gentleman Jim Corbett. "There is nothing fake about it," the Monitor reviewer… 0

Concord's rich and famous stripped down to the skivvies and sat on a chair of ice over the weekend to raise money for the Special Olympics of New Hampshire.The event, dubbed Concord's Coolest - On Ice, brought in over $2,000 and will support the ice-sitting team, which will plunge into the Atlantic Ocean next… 0

Feb. 1, 1859: The Concord Railroad passenger station, including the offices of the Concord, Montreal and Northern railroads, the telegraph office and Depot hall, is destroyed by fire.•Feb.1, 1864: In response to President Lincoln's call for 500,000 recruits for the Union army, Gov. Joseph Gilmore announces that until March 10, the state will add $100 to federal enlistment… 0

When we were just wee little Insiders, sitting on our papa's knee, we remember thinking Tara Mounsey, the Concord hockey all-star who first made her name by skating circles around her opponents - who just so happened to be a bunch of guys - was pretty awesome.Then she and her team went on to win a gold medal at… 0

On Jan. 8 about 1:30 a.m., Officers Laura Spaulding and Charles Wroblewski were called to Burger King on Loudon Road for a report of two suspicious males. The manager told the police the men were giving employees a hard time at the drive-up window and said they were parked in the rear of the business.Spaulding pulled around back and encountered Dustin Cheney, 30, of Weare, who was… 1

On Jan. 8 about 9 p.m., Officer Joseph Pitta was dispatched to the Pitman building for a report of a fight. When he arrived, he found Ashley-Ann Mullen, 19, of Concord, outside the apartment. She told him, "You're here for me," the report said. Mullen told Pitta she'd come to the apartments to confront her ex-boyfriend, who she just found out had cheated on her with one… 2