Ask an expert: five tips for a succesful spring cleaning
As the days grow warmer, it’s time for Concord residents to start thinking about spring cleaning, a tradition experts recommend as a way to freshen up the home after the winter and clear the air for people who experience seasonal allergies. For cleaning advice, we...
Tap dance: Maple syrup season is changing, and folks are needing to change with it
New Hampshire’s sugaring season is over for another year but as we enjoy Concord-area maple syrup on our pancakes (and any other edible that strikes our fancy), it’s fair to wonder what exactly “sugaring season” means any more. This year saw what was probably the...
QA – Kris Blomback, general manager at Pats Peak Ski Resort in Henniker, facing a season like no other
Pats Peak opened for business Jan. 5, 1963, and Kris Blomback has been with them more than half the years since. “We are the longest [-held] and largest continually owned by the same family ski area in all of northern New England,” says Blomback, who lives in “the big...
Big taste in a small town
After driving 20 minutes north of Concord, through the woods of Salisbury and into Andover, you might not expect to find a lunch spot that serves a Vietnamese-style Bahn Mi sandwich with 12-hour roasted pulled pork and liverwurst. Or a Po Boy Sub with crispy fried...
2020 Cappies – Best of Concord
ANNUAL READER SURVEY OF TOP PLACES IN AND AROUND THE CITYBEST RESTAURANT1. The Red Blazer Restaurant & Pub72 Manchester St., Concord224-4101theredblazer.com2. The Barley House132 N. Main St., Concord228-6363thebarleyhouse.com3. Angelina’s Ristorante Italiano11...
Keeping up the Spirits
When CJ Lundergan signed a lease on an old Office Depot warehouse two years ago, planning to turn the space into a distillery, he hadn’t included a provision for a global pandemic in his business plan.Lundergan opened Steadfast Spirits Distillery in Concord this year...
Fields of lavender & respite
At the edge of Warner sits a quaint, cool gray house. A few yards away is a warm, well-loved barn surrounded by fields of purple bushes. In the middle of the field, an old pastel yellow truck glows in the early morning light. The delicate, sweet aroma of lavender...
Summer 2020
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She’s taken many types of trips; now it’s your turn
Go ahead. Try to rattle Kathi Russ. Try to bring her down. It won’t work. Not after her younger brother was hit by a car and died. Not after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. And now this: Russ opened a travel agency last January, only to see it face an enormous...
Editor’s Note Summer 2020 – Will our buying habits change?
Three months ago, with the spring issue of Around Concord set to go to the printer, I made a last-minute change to my editor’s note. I spiked what I had written weeks earlier and instead hammered out an editor’s note that attempted to capture the uncertainty of the...
Competitors for decades, the Stephens boys are on the same team
The sibling rivalry, once fierce, has calmed down since the old days in Epping.Now, instead of beating each other’s brains out in pickup TiddlyWinks, Eric and Justin Stephens are depending on their DNA alliance, now that it’s mature and seasoned.Their wedding venue,...
Greens of the Granite State – NH Golf Courses
A list of the state public, private, semi-private and resort golf courses in New Hampshire PUBLICAmherst Country Club Amherst (603) 673-9908, ext. 22 playamherst.com Email: chad@playamherst.com Head pro: Chad ZingalesAngus Lea Golf Club Hillsboro (603)...
Q&A with Matt Schmidt, Executive Director, New Hampshire Golf Association
Matt Schmidt has a measured, calculating way about him that balances his youthful appearance. Originally from Sterling, Virginia, he lives in Concord with his wife, Sarah, and their children Kaelyn, 11, and Brennan ,9. John Mattes caught up with him the first week...
Three days downtown
In recent years held in June, Market Days has been pushed to late AugustUsually landing on the first weekend following the local high school graduation, Market Days has marked the kickoff of the summer season in Concord. This year, though, the COVID-19 pandemic has...
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