City copes with the snow and cold
Here’s a look at what was included in the city newsletter last Friday: Upcoming Meetings City meetings are held in person in Council Chambers at 37 Green Street (unless otherwise specified on the City’s calendar). Upcoming meetings include: City Council: Feb. 13, 7 p.m. Planning Board: Feb.15, 7 p.m. Visit concordnh.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx for City Council and Planning Board agendas, which are posted prior to the meetings. View the...
Bulletin board for Feb. 9, 2023
Beat the librarians The trivia challenge is back! Head to Lithermans Limited in Concord to test your trivia skills on Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. Create a team of four to six players, and compete against a group of librarians made up of staff from the Baker Free Library and Concord Public Library. Bookish trivia will appear alongside questions about science, sports, pop culture, and more. Prizes for winners. Poetry Society presents Join the...
Moriah Billups loves NH’s outdoors
Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) introduces you to the “Young Professional of the Month,” Moriah Billups. Each month, the CYPN Steering Committee recommends a young professional in the community it thinks readers would enjoy getting to know better.Moriah BillupsHow old are you? 29.Where do you live? Hooksett, NH.Where do you currently work? I am a Philanthropy Officer at Concord Hospital Trust, where I raise funds for...
Entertainment listings for Feb. 9 to 13, 2023
Live music Feb. 9 Bach’s Lunch Cert: Until the End of Time at Concord Community Music School from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. Kid Pinky at Hermanos from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Gardner Berry at Area 23 Pub at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 Ariel Strasser at Mount SUnapee from 3 to 5 p.m. Justin Cohn at Pats Peak from 6 to 9 p.m. NH Collective at Area 23 Pub at 8 p.m. Sillan Welch at Pour Decisions Brewing from 8 to 11 p.m. C-4 at Makris Lobster & Steak House from...
Book: “Righteous Prey”
“Righteous Prey” By John Sandford (417 pages, mystery/thriller, 2022) This is volume 32 of The Prey novel series, featuring U.S. Marshall Lucas Davenport and his sidekick, Virgil Flowers. This book starts with a murder of a homeless man in San Francisco. There’s a twist from a “typical” murder though, in that not only does the victim have a clear #1 traced on his forehead, but the murder was followed by a press release purporting to...
This week in Concord history
Feb. 9, 1986: Former U.S. Senate majority leader Howard Baker names Tom Rath of Concord to direct his 1988 presidential campaign. The campaign will founder in March 1987, however, when Baker calls it off upon becoming President Reagan’s chief of staff. Feb. 9, 1988: Fresh from a first-place finish in Iowa, U.S. Sen. Bob Dole takes a hard anti-Communist line in a Concord campaign appearance. He warns against “glasnost fever,” saying:...
