Instagram photo of the week – Tue, 16 Apr 2013
Instagram user @putnam18 hooked us up with this sweet pic of a sunrise skyscape. Awesome.Tag us in your Instagram pictures – we’re @concordinsider – and we may print them here!
The Grammarnator: We attempt to defang our harshest critic
A couple of odd usages popped up today, so it’s time again for the Grammarnator to grace the pages of the Insider. One was a word, in a comment on NHPR that children were being used increasingly in political ads (on abortion, gun legislation, etc.) and opining that their presence seems to “unfang the opposition immediately.” Since defang has been around for a while, along with verbal cousins like debone, deflower (14th century for...
Mexican folk art on display at NHTI
Work by faculty member Francisca Acosta-Mathes hangs for the rest of April. Acosta-Mathes’s art can be found in the NHTI Library, 31 College Drive, through the month of April. For more information and library hours, visit nhti.edu or call 230-4028.
Mexican folk art on display at NHTI
Work by faculty member Francisca Acosta-Mathes hangs for the rest of April. Acosta-Mathes’s art can be found in the NHTI Library, 31 College Drive, through the month of April. For more information and library hours, visit nhti.edu or call 230-4028.
Vacation time! – Tue, 16 Apr 2013
An anonymous reader sent us this picture of what appears to be an homage to the classic Chevy Chase vehicle Vacation. Sure looks like the Griswald family’s Wagon Queen Family Truckster to us.Have you seen this car around Concord? We want to meet the owner! Email us at news@theconcordinsider.com with any info.
The Insider goes to third grade
As readers have surely deduced, we’re pretty much children at heart over here at the Insider. With that in mind, we decided to go back to school – Billy Madison-style – and spend a day as a third-grader at Christa McAuliffe Elementary. What’s cool for third-graders? As part of our day at Christa McAuliffe Elementary, we asked third-graders what they thought was cool. Read this list and you’ll fit right in on the playground! ∎ Getting...
The Insider goes to third grade
As readers have surely deduced, we’re pretty much children at heart over here at the Insider. With that in mind, we decided to go back to school – Billy Madison-style – and spend a day as a third-grader at Christa McAuliffe Elementary.
Young professional of the week: Kate Putnam is just a dynamic ball of energy!
Name: Kate PutnamJob: Community manager at White Rock Senior Living Community in Bow.How old are you? 33.Where do you live? Hopkinton.Where did you go to school? University of New Hampshire, Durham, and I studied abroad at Regents College, in London, England. What do you like to do for fun? In my free time I love to be outside. I like to ride my road bike, run, swim and wake board on Lake Sunapee, go to the beach, compete in road...
This week in Concord history
April 16, 1965: After a major organizing and fund-raising effort by, among others, Dudley Orr, Russell Martin, Malcolm McLane and figure-skating Police Chief Walter Carlson, construction begins on the ice hockey rink that will become the Everett Arena.April 16, 1967: The governor and Executive Council approve the state’s acquisition of 224.5 acres of marshland off Hoit Road in East Concord for a fish and wildlife preserve.April 17,...
Performers Who Care raise money for cancer patients in need
Meg Whittemore had built her own business and a comfortable life largely on the back of a strong independent spirit. So when she was struck with a diagnosis of breast cancer at age 61 in May of last year, she entered the fight with a familiar steely sense of determination. But then came the widespread side effects of chemotherapy – “if there was a side effect to be had, I ended up getting it,” she said – that knocked her sideways from...
Clancy McMahon stars in the NHTI production of ‘Rhinoceros’
Name: Clancy McMahonBerenger in NHTI’s production of Rhinoceros, a Eugene Ionesco playHow long have you been acting/performing?I’ve been acting since I was 3, when I was in a Blue Cross/Blue Shield commercial. That was my first technical gig. My mother’s side of the family has always been into theater, and they kind of got me into it, as well.What made you want to get involved with this particular performance?It’s my first semester at...
Missed Connections: Green eyes and corny leather jackets
We at the Insider like to scour Craigslist’s Missed Connections to see if anyone in Concord saw us out there biking shirtless is finding true love online. Here are some of the best entries, presented without editing. Multitasking – m4wThis is crazy but screw it. There’s just something about you that I like. I love it when you smile at me too. I think you have a ring on and I’m ok with that.Tan mini van, blond woman – m4w – 28I always...
City Briefly
Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell finds himself embroiled in a wacky bet. If he goes back to school and successfully completes every grade from kindergarten to high school, he will inherit the city of Concord! He does a great job right up until the spelling bee, at which point he spells out the city memo at length.It’s baaaaa-aaaaaack!Dun dun dunAs the warmer weather arrives, so too does the resumption of the Route 3/North State...
Book of the week
Vivian Maier: Out of the ShadowsRichard Cahan and Michael Williams2012, 287 pagesNonfictionVivian Maier, celebrated amateur “nanny photographer,” was not discovered until after her lonely death in 2009. Her many, many photographs, which had by necessity been abandoned in storage and which she had never shared, luckily found their way to auction and into the hands of discerning collectors. The short but thoughtful biographical sketch...
Bulletin Board: Keynote lecture April 17
The archaeological findings of an early colonial settlement on the seacoast will be the topic of New Hampshire Archeology Month 2013’s keynote lecture. “Life in the Piscataqua in the 17th Century: The View from the Chadbourne Site” takes place April 17 at 6 p.m. at the New Hampshire State Library, 20 Park St.Emerson “Tad” Baker, a professor at Salem State University, led excavations at the Chadbourne site from 1994 to 2007 and will...
Bulletin Board: Art Concord event Friday
Two annual spring traditions – the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s spring Art Concord event and the annual exhibit of the Friends Program’s art auction items – are joining forces for the third year in a row for a large-scale, one-afternoon collaborative art event highlighting the talent and artistry of Concord-area artists April 19 from 4 to 6 p.m. at participating galleries, restaurants and shops. All of the galleries welcome...
Bulletin Board: Well for Life presentation
The Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association is offering a free presentation, “Well for Life: Boosting Happiness Through Emotional Wellness,” on May 6 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Penacook Community Center Senior Program, United Church of Penacook, 21 Merrimack St. in Penacook.Emotional wellness is the ability to understand ourselves and cope with the challenges life can bring. As we age, the opportunity to encounter a major...
Bulletin Board: Scholarship applications
The Zonta Club of Concord is accepting applications for its 2013 Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship, a $1,000 scholarship awarded to New Hampshire students enrolled in at least their second year 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...
Bulletin Board: Sign up for Splash Week
Just in time for April vacation, Splash Week returns to the Concord Family YMCA with free swim lessons. The YMCA wants kids to have a fun and safe summer; Splash Week lessons focus on swimming and safety skills. Water is everywhere – make sure the kids you love know how to be safe.Register by April 21 for morning and afternoon sessions; these 30-minute classes run April 22 through April 25. All classes are held at the Concord...
