The Insider gets statuesque – Tue, 01 Oct 2013
Travel agents Sandy Delude and Hansi Glahn took a “business trip” to Easter Island this summer – and they brought the Insider with them! We guess that when you’re a travel agent, every trip is technically a business trip. What a racket!We want the Insider to travel around the world! Send your Insider-centric travel pictures to news@theconcordinsider.com.
Assemble your crew – Tue, 01 Oct 2013
Reader Karen Joyal sent us in this picture of the assembled Concord Crew team at its recent competition in Manchester. “There were over 375 local high school student athletes from Manchester Central, Amherst, Bedford, Hollis-Brookline, Concord, the Dublin School and Medford racing on a 5K course,” Joyal told us. “Concord took first place and the Mayor’s Cup in men’s varsity, first place in women’s varsity and first place in women’s...
Classic Concord photo – Tue, 01 Oct 2013
Reader Earl Burroughs hooked us up with this classic Concord photo of another classic Concord fire. Here we see the Patriot building being doused with water after it was gutted by fire. Do you have any classic Concord photos that you’d like to see in the Insider? Let us know! Just send your photos (and a little background info) to news@theconcordinsider.com and we will take care of the rest....
Instagram photo of the week – Tue, 01 Oct 2013
This cool shot taken in a Concord garden comes to us from Instagram user @thestarsandmore. Keep on holding on to summer, readers! If you want to see your Instagram pictures in the Insider, just tag us in them – we’re @concordinsider.
Manhattan Short Film Festival starts Oct. 4
The similarities between Concord and Manhattan are numerous. Both are spelled with the same vowel used more than once, and both are boroughs in New York City. And for the 10th consecutive year, Manhattan will be coming to Concord when NHTI hosts the Manhattan Short Film Festival beginning Oct. 4.NHTI is one of 300 sites throughout the world where the festival will be screened, as audiences can take in 10 short films – narrowed down...
These two 10-year-old twins are taking the lunch business by storm
Most kids spent the end of their summer vacation trying to pick the perfect lunchbox. Blake and Lucy Licata turned theirs into a blossoming business.While classmates were trying to decide between glossy pictures of Justin Bieber or Justin Timberlake (it’s J.T. – duh!), Blake and Lucy were drawing up a business plan and crafting an official logo. And what started as a weekend lemonade stand on a quiet Concord street has quickly...
Local lady crafts a fancy gift for the newest little prince of England
Concord’s Janet Ulbrich nearly had to report the royal family to an etiquette enforcer who has been dead for more than five decades. But then she wound up with a super-cute keepsake. A two-sentence teaser for an upcoming BBC series? No – although it probably should be. Instead it’s the real-life tale of Ulbrich, who crafted a personalized bib for the royal baby and was giving up hope of receiving a response after nearly two months...
A farewell scavenger hunt
For reasons that will become perfectly clear in next week’s Insider, we’ve put together a farewell scavenger hunt. We’ve cobbled together a message from locations all around Concord; it’s on you, the reader, to figure out which signs and spots these pictures are from. Email your answers to news@theconcordinsider.com and we’ll reward the person who gets the most correct with a $20 gift certificate to the Concord business of their...
A farewell scavenger hunt
For reasons that will become perfectly clear in next week’s Insider, we’ve put together a farewell scavenger hunt. We’ve cobbled together a message from locations all around Concord; it’s on you, the reader, to figure out which signs and spots these pictures are from. Email your answers to <a href="mailto:news@theconcordinsider.com">news@theconcordinsider.com</a> and we’ll reward the person who gets the most...
This week in Concord history
Oct. 1, 1976: In an appearance at the New Hampshire Highway Hotel in Concord, Ronald Reagan tells 700 Republicans that Gov. Mel Thomson must be reelected. Thomson, he says, is a “politician of national stature.”Oct. 1, 2000: A Monitor poll finds George W. Bush slightly ahead of Al Gore in New Hampshire. The state’s four electoral votes will be essential to Bush’s eventual victory.Oct. 2, 1856: Near the end of his term, President...
‘Lay’ versus ‘lie’ is a nerve-racking battle
Since flesh out was well explained by last week’s letter writer, I see no reason to add anything about that phrase. But other usage issues have appeared in the last couple of days that merit comment.First of all, the very capable technician who did an ultrasound on my carotid arteries asked me to “lay down on the table.” Yeah, right, I know, who cares? In fact, I didn’t bother correcting him; why take the risk of antagonizing someone...
Missed Connections: Friends, frappes and cake icing
We at the Insider like to scour Craigslist’s Missed Connections section to see if anyone in Concord thinks we are the ones who knock is finding true love online. Here, presented unedited as always, are some of the best recent entries.Wed 5:45 Storrs St M Basket – m4w (Concord)You walked up to the quick checkout that wasn’t so quick and switched to another aisle. We exchanged smiles and I must say I was captivated. You were wearing...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell rips the city memo into tiny pieces and hides them around town to keep them from the network of spies he’s certain is following him. He’s right, and the spies find the memo first, bringing it to us for transcribing. Here it is!Volunteers are overpaidSeriously, $20.25 an hour?The 23rd annual Pitch In to prepare the Audi for the 2013-14 season was a great success, Aspell writes. A total of 115...
Bulletin Board: Sign up for music and movement classes for kids
The Music Workshop of Concord offers early childhood music and movement hands-on demonstration classes for children Oct. 2, 9 and 16 from 11:15 a.m. to noon at the Center for Health Promotion, 49 S. Main St., Suite 201. Classes are for children ages 8 months-kindergarten. Activities include singing, dancing, creative movement, playing instruments and dramatic play. Space is limited. Call Cheryl Laughlin at 226-0690 or email...
Bulletin Board: Catch a free chiropractic program at the Co-op
The Concord Food Co-op will host Lunch & Learn: The Head-to-Toe Spinal Show, with Dr. Sam Sanzone, D.C., chiropractor, Oct. 10 from 12:15 to 1 p.m. The event is free, but space is limited. Reservations are required. This program provides a comprehensive introduction to chiropractic and explains the essentials of proper spinal care. Lunch & Learn classes are limited to just eight students. Registration is required, so be sure...
Bulletin Board: Capital Quilters Guild to meet at Havenwood
The Capital Quilters Guild will meet at Havenwood, 33 Christian Ave., on Oct. 11 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. All quilters are welcome. Our special guest will be Tracy Szanto, local fiber artist, long-arm quilter and owner of Dreamland Machine Quilting in Penacook. Tracy will teach a workshop Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This will be a fun exercise focused on drawing, painting and quilting of a variety of flowers (no drawing skills...
Bulletin Board: NHTI hosting information nights for upcoming trips
Venture east and meet some of Europe’s jeweled characters in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany. Budapest seduces with its Parliament and Fisherman’s Bastion – and then wins you over for good with an evening cruise down the Danube River. Prague enthralls, with medieval gems like the pedestrian-only Charles Bridge and Prague Castle. Explore the effects of World War II in Krakow and Auschwitz, and finish your journey in one...
Bulletin Board: Concord area AARP seeks Tax-Aide volunteers
The Concord area AARP Tax-Aide team is looking for new volunteers interested in becoming Tax-Aide counselors. You don’t need tax experience – only a desire to help others.We’ll train you to become an IRS-certified Tax-Aide volunteer and to experience the satisfaction of offering free tax preparation to low- and moderate-income taxpayers. We’ll teach you how to use your basic computer skills and a few hours of your time each week to...
Bulletin Board: Take part in Energize Concord event Oct. 3
The Concord Energy and Environment Committee invites the public to an Energize Concord party to be held at True Brew Barista, 3 Bicentennial Square, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 3. The free event is intended to raise awareness about the committee and recruit new members in a casual, social setting. Attendees will enjoy light refreshments and have the opportunity to win raffle prizes donated by local businesses (including Evolution Rock...
Bulletin Board: Garden club volunteers plant Garden of Hope ahead of upcoming Making Strides event at Memorial Field
A group of volunteers representing both the Bow Garden Club and the local Making Strides Against Breast Cancer organization recently provided the fall planting of the Garden of Hope located at Memorial Field. A literal truck load of deep pink/magenta chrysanthemums, generously donated by Pleasant View Gardens in Loudon, were lovingly planted within the confines of the cancer ribbon-shaped garden originally created in 2004. The garden...
