Missed connections
There’s no better way to celebrate the Fourth of July with a few Craigslist Missed Connections! We know the holiday is over, but our founding fathers would have wanted us to share these Concord connections in all their unedited glory with you, anyway. concord dollar tree – m4w – 30 (snh) we were next to each other in line. couldn’t keep my eyes of you, sorry ………….. blue (concord) I saw you today...
A community garden for the kiddos
You're probably pretty thrilled that it's (finally) stopped raining, but we know some kids who are even happier. Members of the Concord Boys and Girls Club are spending the summer tending three raised garden beds outside their clubhouse. Last week they were contemplating outfitting their lettuce plants with lifejackets but now the kids – and their veggies- are basking in the sun. Kids and staff members built the beds...
Hear ye! Hear ye! High fives all around for Katrina Dumas
Girls Inc. of New Hampshire's Capital Region Girls' Center ended the school year with its annual Girl of the Year celebration at the Green Street Community Center. This exciting event, which chooses one outstanding girl from among nine honored as a “Girl of the Month” over the past year, is looked upon by all of the girls, their parents and Girls Inc. of New Hampshire staff with great anticipation. The Girl of...
Ask the Elders: Soaps
Dear Elders, Have you guys (and dolls) ever watched soap operas on a regular basis? If so, will you admit it? I for one haven’t missed one episode of “One Life To Live” for over a year. Would 16-year-old Starr keep her baby? Would Shane’s transplant take?! I HAD to know. – Frivolous Sal Roioli Schweiker Dear Friv: Yes, I used to love soap operas when I was in later grammar school. My mother was recovering from illness, and I was...
Graph kicks off its summer tour
Are you ready to rock? We said, are you ready to ROCK?!?! It's okay if you're not, because Graph is. They're a rock and roll trio from Keene about to kick off their summer tour down the East Coast and into the Midwest. Are they stopping in Concord? Nope. So, why, you ask, are we writing about a Keene band that isn't even stopping in our beloved city? Well, here's your answer: bass/keyboard player and...
Concord's (not so) secret gardens
Summer is here! The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the flowers are in full bloom! Ah, life is grand here in Concord . . . for now, but we all know how quickly that can change. For a while there, we thought maybe summer was canceled on us. In the event that this weekend's (mostly) nice weather was just a fluke, we asked our readers to send in pictures of their gardens to help cheer us up when it's all dark and...
Get in library time on Wednesday evenings
The Conant Elementary School library is open on Wednesday nights from 6 to 7:45. This gives Conant students an opportunity through the summer to check out books, play trivia and socialize. This is funded by the PTO. Mark your calendars and bring your children in.
Pick of the week
Matthew Laughlin, a 28-year- old graduate student of the University of New Hampshire in cello performance, recently performed at the university's spring cello recital. It was taped and edited by his brother, Travis Laughlin, a Concord TV community producer. Watch it on July 11 at 9 p.m. on Concord TV's Channel 22. If you are a Concord resident, you too can become a certified producer, using Concord TV equipment to create...
City Briefly
Hitting the road Fisherville to Bog City Manager Tom Aspell was up to his usual city memo hijinks, and we got the scoop on some exciting road improvement news! Hurray! Here’s the deal with the Fisherville Road saga: “Continental Paving will be placing the crushed gravel course of the new road box on Fisherville Road, from just north of Sewalls Falls Road to Bog Road,” Tom wrote. “These are the last few steps leading up to placing the...
Book of the week
The Concord Public Library has this book, plus many more! For more information, visit onconcord.com/library. A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco Suzanna Clarke 263 pages, 2008 Nonfiction Australians Suzanna and her husband Sandy fall in love with the life and architecture of the ancient Medina (Old City) of Fez. Fez is a medieval walled city in Morocco. They buy a riad there, a traditional courtyard house,...
The secret behind Lucky's success
Lucky's Barbershop and Shave Parlor hit the ground running last February and since owners Josh Craggy and Jimmy Lightholder opened the doors the buzzing hasn't stopped. The two longtime friends and barber school graduates opened Lucky's after paying their dues together down at another barbershop. The success was unexpected. “By 9 or 10 the first morning there must have been about 15 people waiting. Since then...
