Classic Concord photos
Reader Earl Burroughs sent us this super-old picture of a classic Concord building? Know where it was? Send us your guesses to news@theconcordinsider.com. We’ll let you know next week with a picture of what currently resides in that spot. This one’s pretty easy, but we’ll run this feature a few more times in the future – stumpers to come. Good luck!
Thanks for the memories
As we all know, this is the last year that Conant School will be in commission. But before it’s reduced to rubble, the least we can do is send it out in style. School staff are collecting memorabilia, like this photo of the 1963 sixth-grade class, leading up to the “Thanks for the Memories” celebration (May 24, from 5 to 7 p.m.). Do you have any pictures or other items from Conant School that you’d like to share? Send them to Conant...
Pinnacle awards
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce announces the seventh annual Pinnacle Awards, and invites members of the community to submit nominations. The Pinnacle Awards recognize businesses and inpiduals for professional excellence and commitment to the community and will be presented at the annual Pinnacle Awards Luncheon on May 31 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Grappone Conference Center. Categories include:• Small Business of the...
Help us continue the story!
You may remember “The Great Story Experiment” feature that we ran last year. Not familiar? We got a reader-submitted “story-starter,” basically an open-ended beginning to a story. Then, we asked our readers to send in installments that would continue the story until it reached a logical conclusion. It was pretty cool. Well, we're doing it again! Fifteen-year-old Brayden Harriman, who helped us with our last...
Wheelchair tourney shoots to raise awareness
Granite State Independent Living had barely completed the announcement of an April 21 wheelchair basketball tournament to raise both money and awareness when USI, an insurance company and one of the group's partners, pledged its commitment to entering a team.That wasn't all they wanted to offer, though.USI, which also partners with the Boston Celtics, asked if the group would like to have Dana Barros, a former Celtics and...
Business scholarship
The Zonta Club is accepting applications for its $1,000 2012 Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship for New Hampshire students enrolled in at least their second year of an undergraduate business program through their final year of a master's program at a New Hampshire business school. Priority will be given to applicants whose permanent legal residence is in Merrimack County. Applications and additional eligibility...
Jazz jam returns
The Tom Kinhan & Friends Jazz Jam returns to the CitySide Grille on April 27 from 7 to 10 p.m. In what is becoming a regular jazz happening, the saxophones of Concord resident Tom Kinhan will be headlining another jazz jam at this popular Manchester Street restaurant. Featured this month is Charlie Jennison, a well-known New Hampshire instructor and performer, on the keyboard. Tom Barron on trumpet completes the front line,...
Album release party to benefit policeman
Country songstress and former Insider featurette Natalie Turgeon is hosting the release party for her latest album, “American Ride,” on April 27 at Alan's Restaurant in Boscawen. Fifty percent of all the proceeds from the sales of the album will be donated to the Dan Doherty Benefit Fund. Officer Doherty of the Manchester Police Department was shot five times in the line of duty on March 28. The fund was set up to pay...
This Week in Concord History
April 17, 1885: Thomas Samon, who killed a woman in Laconia, stuffed her body in a trunk and wheeled it away, is the first man executed at the new state prison. A prison historian describes Samon as a dull man who spoke with a nasal tone and had one blue eye and one brown eye.April 17, 1971: Two months after his trip to the moon, it is Alan Shepard Day in New Hampshire. The astronaut, originally from Derry, shares in a $5-a-plate...
Reason No. 213 not to leave dog food in your car
Name: Joey SelekOwner, Concord Auto Spa and co-owner of Capital City Limousine along with Ray PersingerHow long have you had the two businesses?I've been detailing since 1978, and I opened here in 2005. And Capital City Limousine has been operating since 2008.What does auto detailing entail?Cleaning, buffing, waxing, shampoo, pet hair removal, stains, smells – it's a thorough cleaning, a little more than you can do at...
Plant and plot with your neighbors in the community garden
Maybe, like me, you have a long history of backyard gardening. Maybe you've dabbled with a few tomato plants or lovingly planted your marigolds and geraniums in the (hopefully warm enough) earth over Memorial Day weekend. Perhaps you've planted trees and ornamental shrubs and even successfully tended a full-fledged vegetable garden for years, wrestling that cranky old Rototiller back and forth across your plot as soon as mud...
Paul discovers the rookery of a great blue heron
This past winter while I was hiking through the woods northeast of Concord, I discovered a remote beaver pond with several large nests high in some dead trees in the middle of the pond. I later mentioned this to Kevin Wall, director of Nature Education for the New Hampshire Audubon Society, and he said, “That sounds like the site of a great blue heron rookery.” He added, “Let's go there later this spring. By...
Rowing in the deep
Even as the roster ballooned to more than 60 students and the skill level began to rise appreciably, the members of Concord Crew couldn't shake the feeling that they were, well, sort of homeless.Though they wore the Concord colors with pride, they were schlepping off to Hooksett every day, sometimes as early as 6 a.m., and sharing a boathouse with an archrival even though there was a river beckoning in their own backyard. It might...
Cut out the fancy stuff, Concord!
The Concord Police Department was kind enough to give us access to some recently unearthed police logbooks. We think it's a fascinating look into the way life used to be in Concord, so we've pulled out some interesting entries for you. Check it out!May 27, 1935: Dee Burbank of Elm St. 17 years old. Holding his bicycle for a day or two until he learns to ride it the way it should be rode and cut out the fancy stuff. Very nearly...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell razes his giant cornfield and builds a baseball field in its place. The ghosts of former baseball stars appear out of the corn, but they can't take the field until Tom's done laying down the chalk lines. Viewed from above, those lines spell out the city memo!Share the road safelyhogs need not applyWith the weather warming up, bicycles are being dusted off and cyclists are taking to the...
Bike swap rolls your way
The bike swap is coming and needs your help! Maybe you're tired of seeing all those bikes that you never ride lying around in the basement, garage, attic and backyard. Maybe you're ready to upgrade to nicer bike and aren't going to need your old one. Maybe you'd just like to support a really great organization by donating an old bike. Whatever the category you fit into, it's time to pull that old bone-shaker out of...
