Late summer is a perfect time to grab a bite to eat outside in Concord
August is nearing its end, and although the summer officially runs into late September, we all know that once you flip the calendar, it’s all over but the crying. It’s always sad to see summer end, but the upside is that the weather is close to ideal around this time. It’s still plenty warm enough to spend lots of time outside, but it’s generally not going to be oppressively and swelteringly hot, sending you running for cover in an...
Food Snob: Nashville Chicken sandwich from Cheers
Somehow, in all the years of Food Snob history, Cheers – one of Concord’s most popular eateries – had never been reviewed. We made sure to change that for this Outdoor Dining Issue, and it ended up being a fantastic decision.In honor of the theme of this issue, we set out to grab a bite somewhere where we could sit outside, and that classy patio at Cheers was begging to be visited. On a relatively comfortable 80-degree day, lunch on...
Tasty Brew: Sam Adams’s new Summer Ale, on tap at Cheers
Samuel Adams Summer Ale – Sam Summer to most – is one of the original mainstream craft brews. Chances are you’ve probably had at least a few during your time on this earth, and for good reason – it’s a good beer.Well, the brewmasters at Sam Adams are always up to something, and they made a bold decision to change the formula on their popular summer seasonal beer. After trying one for the first time at Cheers last week (it went great...
The Yogi: How to beat a traffic jam? Yoga
I am sitting in traffic. It is a Sunday afternoon in August, and I made one wrong turn. Without thinking, I took the exit off of 393 onto 93 South. The masses (no pun intended) were heading home after another beautiful summer weekend in New Hampshire. It was a short-lived traffic jam, not even long enough to get through one at-bat of the Red Sox game on the radio. I only had to wait it out through one exit, and I was up on Loudon Road...
Bulletin Board: Fundraisers, film fest, input sessions and more
Protect Our Care health tour The Protect Our Care nationwide tour highlighting the emergency on health care is coming to Concord on Tuesday, Aug. 20. Protect Our Care formally announced its health care with an accompanying article in Roll Call. The “Health Care Emergency Tour” will make stops in key 2020 battleground districts and states for media events with members of Congress, local elected officials, health care advocates and...
Entertainment: Some final outdoor concerts, plus three John Franzosa shows at Hermanos
Music Tuesday Kid Pinky at Hermanos Cocina Mexicana at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Eugene Durkee at Hermanos at 6:30 p.m. Open mic at Area 23 at 6 p.m. Phil Billings at Capital Plaza at noon. Cold Engines at Rollins Park (part of Party in the Park) at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the gate. Nick’s Other Band outside Concord Public Library at 6 p.m. Brad Myrick at Courtyard by Marriott at 6 p.m. Eric Lindberg at Concord Craft...
City Manager’s Newsletter: Bicycle survey, classes at community center and more
On Friday, Stefanie Breton, the city’s public information officer, sent out the weekly City Manager’s Newsletter. You can read the full newsletter by going to concordnh.gov and clicking the Newsletter button on the home page. Here are some of the highlights:Chair honors POW/MIAMembers of Rolling Thunder Inc. New Hampshire Chapter 1, VFW Post 1631, and Mayor Jim Bouley were at City Hall last week to hold a brief ceremony dedicating the...
Have a ball at Rollins for Party in the Park 2019
Join the Associated Builders and Contractors Young Professionals Group, supported by the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce’s Concord Young Professionals Network, for the 3rd annual Party in the Park at Rollins Park! With live music by Cold Engines, food from Smokeshow Barbeque and ice cream from Arnie’s Place, you can’t go wrong. Rain or shine, join the ABC YPG and CYPN on Wednesday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. for a night of music,...
On the Road: The ‘Insider’ takes a chilly July trip to Labrador
Tom and Kathy Gray of Penacook took a road – and ferry – trip to Cartwright, Labrador, in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador in mid-July. This is nearly the easternmost chunk of land on the North American continent, and it isn’t your typical summer vacation destination – temperatures were in the 50s all week, Tom Gray said. Nonetheless, they couldn’t make a journey like that without taking a trusty Insider copy with...
On Display: ‘From Our Hands’ exhibit at League headquarters
The League of N.H. Craftsmen headquarters at 49 S. Main St. is exhibiting “From Our Hands,” featuring the work of the White Mountain Woolen Magic Rughooking Guild. The exhibit will be on display until Sept. 13. The artists featured include Nancy Qualls, Sandra Grant, Heidi Martin, Rebecca Doherty, Mary Jane Peabody and Joan Sullivan. For more info, go to nhcrafts.org.
CYPN: Melissa Vezina of Keller Williams 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,” Melissa Vezina. 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? 42.Where do you live? Concord.Where do you currently work? I’m a real estate agent at Keller Williams Metropolitan with offices...
This Week in Concord History
Aug. 20, 1816: A wandering portrait painter named Samuel F.B. Morse writes to his parents that he has just been to a party in Concord and met a 17-year- old woman who is “very beautiful, amiable and of excellent disposition.” She is Lucretia Walker, a member of one of Concord’s most prominent families. Morse decides to stay in Concord for awhile. Aug. 20, 1844: Samuel Jackman, the oldest man in Concord, dies at the age of 96. He was a...
Book of the Week: ‘Save Me the Plums’
Save Me the PlumsRuth Reichl2019, 288 pagesNonfiction Ruth Reichl was a restaurant reviewer for the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times and an author. She knew nothing about running a magazine. So she was floored when Condé Nast asked if she would like to be editor in chief of Gourmet magazine.Ruth’s love affair with Gourmet started when she was 8 years old and she visited a used book shop with her father. On the floor were some...
