We found all kinds of zany and spooky costumes at Spirit Halloween
In keeping with our annual Halloween tradition, we took a ride over to Spirit Halloween – now in the former Toys R Us building on Loudon Road – to see what kinds of spooky, zany and adorable costumes and decorations they had for this Halloween season. As you might imagine, we found more than we could handle.
Mr. Arron Band show, Halloween Howl the holiday highlights of the week
While Halloween isn’t until next week, there are still some holiday highlights to check out downtown this week. With Halloween Howl and a Halloween Bash with the Mr. Aaron Band at the Capitol Center for the Arts, this will be a good week for anyone looking for some good family fun.Halloween HowlOn Friday, Main Street shuts down to traffic while businesses open their doors for trick-or-treaters. Virtually all downtown businesses...
We ate our way through the night at Taste of New Hampshire
Imagine this scenario – you’re in a big reception hall full of high-end food and drink, with nearly 40 different restaurants accounted for, and there are no limits on how much you can consume.It’s not some fantasy or dream scenario – it really happened last Thursday, and it was called the Taste of New Hampshire.As we previewed last week, the Taste of New Hampshire is one of the best, Insidery events the city has. The Grappone...
ConcordTV to celebrate 20 years on the air
ConcordTV, your local access television station based out of Concord High School, is gearing up for its seventh annual Concord On Air telecast, an eight-hour televised celebration of Concord, its residents and its creative culture.While a seventh annual anything doesn’t sound that special, this Concord On Air production is special in that it will serve as the official kick-off to ConcordTV’s 20-year anniversary.That’s right, the...
City Manager’s Newsletter: Voting info, hydrant pumping, parking forum and more
The city of Concord’s public information officer, Stefanie Breton, sent out the City Manager’s Newsletter last Friday. The newsletter contained too much information for us to fit into this spot, so we’re just printing some highlights here. For the full newsletter, go to concordnh.gov and click the “Newsletter” button on the home page. Absentee ballots, voter registration On Tuesday, Nov. 6, residents will have the opportunity to cast...
The White Park skate house project is (finally) underway, and you can help
If it seems like you’ve been hearing talk about plans for a new skate house at White Park forever, it’s because you basically have. The old skate house at White Park, originally meant for renting out ice skates, was built in the 1950s and closed 15 years ago due to health and safety concerns. Ever since then, it has sat vacant and decrepit at the city’s most popular park.Now, after years of meetings and planning sessions, all that is...
Bulletin Board: NHTI fall open house, Wicked FIT Run and more
Concord Regional VNA to offer Walk-in Wednesday Concord Regional VNA offers Walk-In Wednesday on Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to noon at Horseshoe Pond Place Senior Resource Center, 26 Commercial St., Concord. Walk-In Wednesday is held on the fourth Wednesday of each month at the same time. Walk-In Wednesday is an opportunity to get your questions answered. A Concord Regional VNA team member is available to meet with people individually...
City to hold two public meetings to discuss solar ordinance
The City of Concord’s Planning Division, along with the Energy & Environment Advisory Committee, is holding two public meetings to discuss the solar ordinance.The purpose of these meetings is to summarize the city’s renewable energy goals; present examples of the types of solar development (roof-mounted, ground-mounted, carport) and size (residential, small, medium, large); discuss revisions to the zoning ordinance that will...
City smoothing over buckling downtown crosswalks
Monitor staff Nearly two years after the city cut the ribbon on its new Main Street, its crews have begun patching some of its crosswalks.Concord General Services workers were out last Monday and Tuesday ripping up bricks and pouring concrete and asphalt at the junction of North Main and Pleasant streets.City Engineer David Cedarholm said the concrete slab on Pleasant Street needed to be fixed because it was cut through during a water...
Catch the last film of the Future of Nature film series, ‘Sacred Cod,’ at Red River Theatres
Red River Theatres is more than just a place to watch movies. It’s also a cultural hub that often hosts special events such as art gallery openings, fundraisers and discussion panels to go along with film screenings. On Wednesday, you can catch the final installment of a three-part film series.The Future of Nature Film Series, put on by The Nature Conservancy, will wrap up its 2018 run with a showing of the documentary Sacred Cod on...
Entertainment: Burlesque show comes to Hatbox Theatre
In a week that almost includes Halloween, there’s a pair of Halloween concerts in Concord, with one at Area 23 and another at the Capitol Center for the Arts. There’s also a burlesque show coming to Hatbox Theatre – an 18-plus, BYOB show. Here’s what we found: Music Tuesday Kid Pinky at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Open mic comedy at Area 23 at 9 p.m. Sign-ups start at 8:30. Open mic with Mikey G at Tandy’s at 8 p.m....
Author Margaret Porter to present ‘Beautiful Invention’ at Gibson’s Bookstore on Thursday
Margaret Porter will return to Gibson’s Bookstore on Thursday with a new novel of historical fiction, Beautiful Invention, surrounding Hedy Lamarr; publicly famous for her Silver Screen appearances, quietly revered for her military technology inventions (spread spectrum technology, the gateway to wi-fi and Bluetooth).Hedy Kiesler, Austrian actress of Jewish heritage, scandalizes Europe with her nudity in the art film Ecstasy. Her...
On the Road: The ‘Insider’ takes a cruise on the Baltic
Scott and Cindy Rainie took the Insider with them on a cruise of the Baltic. This picture was taken in Porvoo, Finland, just outside Helsinki. Thanks for taking us along, Scott and Cindy!
Book of the Week: ‘A Tale of Time City’
A Tale of Time CityDiana Wynne JonesOriginal copyright 1987, our edition 2012, 334 pagesJuvenile Fiction/Fantasy Anxious, worried Vivian Smith is on a train full of children who are escaping the German bombing of London in 1939. Her fears and worries on the train, as bad as they are, are nothing like what actually happens to her, as she is kidnapped off the platform and whisked away to a remarkable place: Time City. Her abductors,...
This Week in Concord History
Oct. 23, 1890: A statue of John Stark is dedicated outside the State House. Oct. 23, 2001: Former vice president Al Gore meets with several Concord-area Democrats at the Barley House in Concord. During his visit to the state, he also speaks with out-of-work mill workers in Berlin and attends a concert by Voices From the Heart, a 200-woman choir, in Portsmouth. Oct. 23, 2003: Wesley Clark keeps his appointment at Concord High School,...
