QA – Longtime Realtor Steve DeStefano on a wild market, what ’s driving it and what may be ahead

by Around Concord | Mar 16, 2021 | Community, Home & Garden, In Print

Steve DeStefano has been a realtor in Concord since 1985, but he’s rarely experienced a real estate market like this one, for both buyers and renters. John Mattes caught up with him to find out how long it might last and what could possibly derail it. John Mattes:...

Fusing food dreams into reality

by Shawn Latulippe | Mar 16, 2021 | Community, Food & Drink, In Print

While most of us were hunkered down at home, Miriam Kovacs decided to take a leap of faith and open her dream business, the Broken Spoon in Franklin. The restaurant was born from Kovacs’ Hungarian, Jewish and Sri Lankan roots, which have inspired all of the flavors on...

A fresh look at our roots

by John Milne | Mar 16, 2021 | Community, History, In Print

Concord has never been known as a large center for fruit and vegetable farming, but these crops have always been an important part of the agricultural economy. Farmers usually located orchards on the hillside, where the air moves freely and warm air pockets protect...

QA – Even amid all the uncertainty, Mark Ciborowski continues to move ahead with his vision for Concord

by John Mattes | Dec 23, 2020 | Community, In Print

Mark Ciborowski and his family were the subjects of one of the first articles in the premiere issue of Around Concord magazine in the winter of 2007-2008. His family has been developing real estate in the Concord area since the mid-1960s. As part of our 50th Issue...

This season, the best way to keep your distance

by Jonathan Van Fleet | Dec 23, 2020 | Community, In Print, Life & Leisure, Sports & Rec

The Capital City is home to three groomed cross-country ski trails at White Farm, Carter Hill Orchard and Beaver Meadow Golf Course. All are free to the public.White Farm and Carter Hill are groomed by volunteers who use equipment owned by the Capital Ski and Outing...

Those Who’ve Helped – Nonprofits have had New Hampshire’s back during this time of crisis — let’s show that we have theirs

by Kathleen Reardon, Richard Ober and Katy Easterly Martey | Dec 23, 2020 | Community, In Print

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, New Hampshire’s nonprofit organizations did what had to be done: they adapted – and kept meeting their missions.Homeless shelter staff figured out how to keep roofs over people’s heads, even when that meant scrambling to find room...