Making Good Health Simple: Make staying healthy a priority for post-grad life
The Freshman 15. Is it real life or an urban legend? With graduations aplenty both from high school and college, staying healthy needs to be a major part of post-grad life. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a disproportionate amount of the weight we gain in life is in our 20s (Yikes!). An average 19-year-old man weighs 175 pounds, but by the time he hits 29 he is 9 pounds heavier, weighing in at 184 pounds....
CYPN: Katharine Woodman-Maynard is the Young Professional of the Month
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s Concord Young Professionals Network introduces you to our “Young Professional of the Month,” Katharine Woodman-Maynard. Each month the CYPN Steering Committee recommends a young professional in the community it thinks readers would enjoy getting to know better.How old are you? 34.Where do you live? Concord.Where do you currently work? I’m a graphic novelist and freelance graphic designer and...
City Manager’s Newsletter: Free sunscreen, construction project updates and more
On Friday, Stefanie Breton, the city’s public information officer, sent out the weekly City Manager’s Newsletter. Here are some of the highlights:Stakeholder meeting on energyMore than 30 stakeholders from organizations, businesses and communities across the city will gather for a third and final meeting on Tuesday, June 11, to provide feedback on Concord’s 100% Renewable Energy Strategic Plan.The 3rd Stakeholder Committee meeting...
Bulletin Board: ConcordTV taps new executive director, plus loads of awards given out
Chamber to host breakfast forum The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s breakfast forum on Thursday from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Holiday Inn in Concord will feature a panel of stakeholders invested in projects aimed at improving energy infrastructure in New Hampshire. Panelists include Bill Quinlan, N.H. president of Eversource; Michael Licata, director of government and community relations at Liberty Utilities; and Chuck Willing, lawyer...
Entertainment: Last weekend to see ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at Hatbox
Music Tuesday Michael Walsh at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Dave Gerard at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Thursday Richard Gardzina at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Alex Cohen at Cheers at 5 p.m. Burnouts at Penuche’s at 9 p.m. Friday Alan Roux Band at Makris Lobster & Steak House at 2:30 p.m. Living Deads at Makris at 8 p.m. Street Legal at Pit Road Lounge at 8 p.m. Saturday Living Deads at Makris at 2 p.m....
‘Water Connections’ author Jim Rousmaniere to visit Gibson’s Bookstore on Thursday
Author Jim Rousmaniere will visit Gibson’s Bookstore on Thursday at 6 p.m. to present his new book, Water Connections: What Fresh Water Means to Us, What We Mean to Water, focusing on how bodies of water have been affected by changes in technology, economic values, new forms of pollution, new ideas about nature and the occasionally unintended consequences of human action. It highlights the direct connection between people and water...
Book of the Week: ‘How to Walk Away’
How to Walk AwayKatherine Center2018, 320 pagesFiction What happens when you’ve got your life all planned out, everything is falling into place and then, in an instant, the plan totally implodes? This is the story of a young woman, Margaret, who focused and achieved, graduated business school with honors and a MBA, had advanced in her career to the dream job, was about to get engaged and start the life of her dreams, and then it all...
This Week in Concord History
June 11, 1837: Samuel Coffin Eastman is born in Concord. A great-grandson of Ebenezer Eastman, Concord’s first settler, he will become a prominent lawyer, bank president, railroad man, speaker of the New Hampshire House and school board member. In 1915, when Concord celebrates the 150th anniversary of its royal charter as a parish, he will be recognized as the city’s most prominent citizen and “president of the day.” June 11, 2003:...
