Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell digs a tiny cube out of the snowbank in his yard to create a safe for his valuables. But snow-based combination locks aren’t as secure as he thought, it turns out, so all his stuff gets stolen. Thankfully he forgot to lock up the city memo, so it’s still here!
Students check themselves
Students rec themselves
Sports Management students from NHTI recently visited the Parks & Recreation Department for a class workshop, Aspell writes. No word on how many students signed up thinking they were visiting a sitcom set.
Recreation staff discussed the plans for a new community center. The students then broke into groups and discussed the pros and cons of each plan, as well as internship possibilities with the department.
It’s really happening
Facelift commencing soon
It’s hard to believe with all the snow out there, but the beginning of construction on North Main Street is just around the corner, Aspell writes. Barring any major setbacks caused by weather (which, let’s be honest, are pretty rare these days), construction is scheduled to occur as follows:
∎ March 23: Phase 2A (east side of North Main Street) begins.
∎ April 20: Groundbreaking ceremony.
∎ June 24: Phase 2A ends.
∎ June 25: Bring Your Chunk Of Old Main Street Pavement To Work Day (Insider proposed, approval pending).
∎ June 25-27: Market Days (will be held the full length and width of North Main, down to the Concord Food Co-op on South Main, as usual).
∎ June 29: Phase 2B (west side of North Main Street) begins.
∎ Nov. 13: Construction wraps up for the season.
∎ Nov. 14-the rest of your life: next winter.
For more updates about the Main Street Project, visit the project website at
concordmainstreetproject.com.
It’s a fluid situation
That’s a bad water pun
The Highway and Utilities Division of the General Services Department repaired a water main break on Storrs Street last Tuesday, Aspell writes. The leak was discovered by the Concord police when they noticed water bubbling out of the ground. Given the temperatures (officially: freaking freezing), had they arrived even a few minutes later they would have discovered a pretty awesome inverted icicle.
The road was closed between North Main Street and Dixon Avenue while crews worked to repair the 10” cast iron water main from 1962. The water main experienced a shear break (a crack all around the pipe) and has now been successfully repaired. Crews believe the pipe burst due to frost movement underground, a common occurrence this time of year.
