It’s Thanksgiving! Now get your pie on!
The first-place winner: French Silk Pie Submitted by Page Cannon of Concord Crust 2 egg whites ½ cup sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar ½ vanilla ½ cup chopped pecans Filling ½ cup butter ¾ cup sugar 1 ½ squares unsweetened baking chocolate, melted 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 egg yolks 2 eggs Sweetened whipped cream For crust, beat egg whites until stiff, gradually adding sugar, salt and cream of tartar. Fold in vanilla and...
A spotlight on end-of-life care
November is National Hospice Month and, according to the Hospice Foundation of America, about two-thirds of hospice patients are over the age of 65. While most hospice patients are diagnosed with terminal cancer, most elderly hospice patients are in the end-stages of pulmonary disease, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Presidential Oaks recently unveiled its new Palliative Care Wing designed to provide the extra level of support...
Missed connections
Our Thanksgiving gift to you: unedited Craigslist Missed Connections. Enjoy! Kaylen’s pizzeria female deliverer – m4w – 28 you delivered me and my friends our meal the other day.when i opened the door i was like mhhm haha very cute Isaac at the Rocky Horror Picture Show – w4m – 24 (Red River Theatre, Concord) Dear Isaac, Seeing as the chances of you being curious enough to actually check in this section of the...
This week in Concord history
-Nov. 23, 1804: Franklin Pierce is born in Hillsboro. He will become the nation’s 14th president, and the only president ever from New Hampshire. -Nov. 24, 1812:The first inmate, John Drew of Meredith, is brought to Concord’s first state prison. The prison was built near Washington Street after legislative approval in 1810. During a visit to the city, the Rev. Timothy Dwight, president of Yale, called it “a noble edifice in beautiful...
Getting down with Diwali
Fifth-grade correspondents Ella Fabozzi and Sophia Johnson recently went to the UNH School of Law to celebrate their new favorite holiday, Diwali! Diwali is a special Indian festival of lights to ward off evil spirits. They met with the South Asian Law Students Association students to learn more about Diwali. Here are eight fun facts the girls want to you know about Diwali! – The word Diwali means “row of lights.” – Oil...
At vegan restaurant, a tasty, unique concept
When I was just a little Food Snob, my mother served Hamburger Helper on a weekly basis. With zero culinary skills up her sleeve, the boxed meal was a quick, hot and easy meal to dish out to her three kids. We hated it. It didn’t have to be that way. I imagine that the first few times it was plopped in front of me, I may have even liked it. But after being given the same exact noodle and hamburg dish week after week, year after year,...
A homecoming away from home
Girls are dressed up in short fancy dresses and the boys try to look like Brad Pitt and George Clooney in “Ocean’s Eleven.” The school is decorated like the final scene in “Mean Girls.” It’s homecoming. I’m thinking of the words of the GAPP’ers (The students who went to Germany with the GAPP program). “The Germans hated homecoming! Homecoming sucks compared to your clubs!” You really can’t compare our German clubbing with homecoming,...
A turkey day poem by Stephanie Parkinson
A rafter of turkeys I saw on the wing I believe they were heading to far off Beijing. Clearly they’d want to be quite far away to keep from becoming a turkey soufflé! (We love reader-submitted poems! Send 'em to news@theconcordinsider.com)
Book of the week
A Vintage Affair Isabel Wolff 2009, 346 pages Setting: Present-day London Phoebe Swift should be ecstatic. She has just realized her dream and opened a vintage clothing shop in London, called Village Vintage. But although the shop is starting to be successful, Phoebe is struggling with the death of her best friend, Emma. Phoebe feels that she could have been a better friend to her. As part of her job, Phoebe meets an elderly French...
Molly vs. the invisible foe
“I thought I would share this photo of my cat Molly who apparently was hunting some invisible foe,” Debbie LaValley wrote. “She is such a goon.” Have we mentioned how much we love reader-submitted photos? If not, let’s set the record straight – we love ‘em to pieces. Send your favorite pictures to news@theconcordinsider.com. Your shots may be included in an upcoming Insider or in one of our Facebook...
The Insider’s Guide to United Way Giving
Allenstown Welfare Allenstown Town Hall 16 School St. Allenstown, NH 03275 Mission: We identify needy Allenstown families and children and put their gift requests on Christmas tree ornaments in the Town Hall lobby for folks who want to purchase gifts for them. Service Area: Allenstown Children/Teen Items: Anything new and appropriate for boys and girls between newborn and 16. Winter boots are always highly prized. Gift Certificates:...
We went to Mexico for our birthday!
You may remember that last month, the Insider turned four. As a birthday gift, Kimberly Miller of Henniker was nice enough to take us on vacation. How nice is she? “Feliz Cumpleanos Insider!” wrote Miller. “To help you celebrate, I took along a copy of the Insider to the Mayan Riviera.” In the picture, Miller holds up our Oct. 12 issue at the Mayan Ruins in Tulum, Mexico. She also sent along a photo of her in front of the Caribbean...
The Bulletin Board
Knife sharpening fundraiser was a success The knife sharpening fundraiser held at Things Are Cooking on Nov. 13 was a huge success this year thanks to the generosity of the community. The shop, located at 74 N. Main St., holds its knife sharpening fundraiser every year to benefit The Capitol Region Food Program’s holiday food basket project. All proceeds from the fundraiser go to the charity. This year, proceeds for the event were up...
VNA gets ready for Lights of Life
The opening ceremony for Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association’s Hospice Lights of Life will be held Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. at Merrimack County Savings Bank, 89 N. Main St. Following the ceremony, hundreds of electric candles will be lit throughout December in the windows of downtown Concord, Contoocook, Henniker, Hillsboro, Penacook, Pittsfield, Suncook Village and Warner. Each candle will represents a loved one of members of our...
Should I stay or go?
Dear Bill and Casper, I’m 25 and have lived in Concord for pretty much my whole life (except for when I was in college). My boyfriend lives here too, and he knows he wants to stay. I’m not so sure. Concord is a place I could imagine settling down in, but I don’t know if I’m ready for that yet. We’ve been dating about two years and I feel a lot of pressure to decide my future. I want to stay with him but don’t know if I want to stay...
City briefly
Right behind turkey and our health, City Manager Tom Aspell’s weekly memo tops our list of things we’re most thankful for this Thanksgiving. We’ve collected the highlights so you can be just as grateful. Tom takes time off City Hall will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving. How inconvenient! Instead of spending time with family, we were hoping to hang out at City Hall all day Thursday. Mom and Dad, we guess...
Meet our newest minions
Please give a warm welcome, readers, to our brand-spankin’ new Insider mascots, Svetlana and Gomez. This ragtag duo can be spotted jet-setting around Concord. Each Tuesday, we’ll post a photo of them in a new location on our Facebook page. If you can guess where they’re pictured, we’ll enter you in a drawing for a weekly prize! To become a fan and get in on the action, visit our page at on.fb.me/c6RtGb.
Here come the holidays!
Hello there, and welcome to the Concord Insider’s Guide to United Way Giving. In these pages, you’ll find everything you need to lend a hand to those in the community who are less fortunate this holiday season. With the help of the wonderful folks at Granite United Way, we’ve put together a wish list of items that are needed at dozens of various social service organizations around the county. Some of the requests are for things like...
