It's time for everyone's favorite city manager to lay it down and get funky. We'd like you to imagine, dear readers, Tom Aspell singing this week's memo as a slow jam. Hit it, Tom.SHHHHHH! The library hears you Tom serenades us with news that the Concord Public Library has made some changes to its services to better serve the public. In his hunky baritone, Tom tells… 0

This weekend, the Insider got down and cheesy for you, readers, when we visited the inaugural Macaroni and Cheese Bake-Off, put on by New Hampshire's Own and Granite State Dairy Promotion, at the Holiday Inn. Hundreds of cheesy-pasta lovers flocked to the event, which was created to help showcase the state's… 0

- Jan. 11, 1943: Fred Currier, a well-known vegetable and fruit peddler in Penacook, is killed when his truck slides backward as he is unloading it and crushes him against a wall of snow on Elm Street. - Jan. 11, 1944: Because war recruitment has thinned the labor pool, the governor says he may lower the legal age for pinboys at New Hampshire bowling alleys to 15. - Jan. 11, 1860:… 0

Helping the homeless The Cold Weather Shelter exists to give homeless people a warm, secure place to sleep during New Hampshire’s harsh winter months. Shelters are located at two sites in Concord: First Church, 177 N. Main St., and South Church, 27 Pleasant St. The shelter needs evening and overnight volunteers. For more information, e-mail concordshelter@gmail.com or visit:… 0

Walk into the Concord Municipal Airport and it's like stepping back in time, with the buildings and many of the vintage planes on site predating World War II. Inside, though, the passion for flying is as alive as it was when Charles Lindbergh swept through the airport in 1927. Concord has had an airport since the days… 0