Connect to the past
At 21 chosen sites in the Granite State, history and nature combine for a well-rounded education through a program of trails and exhibits Don’t let the name fool you. Yes, the New Hampshire Heritage Museum Trails include hiking, and offer walking paths through the...
Q&A with Concord Parks and Recreation Director David Gill
As the weather warms and daylight lengthens, Concord Parks and Recreation gears up for its trove of summer offerings. From swimming pools to movie nights to sports camps, residents will have plenty of options to enjoy the summer months. Around Concord caught up with...
Off the shelf: New books by New Hampshire authors
New Hampshire authors have not slowed their pace in releasing new books. In fact, some have utilized extra time spent at home during the last two years of pandemic waves to work more fervently on their writing, some publishing their very first novel. Here are some of...
Fast faves with Julianne Gadoury
As the executive director of Kimball Jenkins, it’s no surprise that Julianne Gadoury of Concord loves the arts. So we asked about her favorite ways to enjoy all kinds of art — both indoors and outdoors — in the springtime, either with her husband, David Shore, and...
A thousand words: For florist, a shining example
Lorrie Carey, who runs Marshall’s Florist in Boscawen, recounts how the family business started amid tragedy 65 years ago. Carey’s grandfather, Sumner, was helping a driver who broke down on the side of the road when he was struck by another vehicle. Sumner spent a...
Poem: The Old Way
Sugaring in the north woods, frosty nights and a warm day, placing taps and buckets, horse drawn wagon the old way. Gathering the sweet sap to boil, memories now sepia-toned and old, maple sugaring with grandfather, in another time doing as I was told. The fire...
Spring 2022
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Annual Art & Bloom exhibit always brightens the mood
By GENA COHEN MOSES The Concord Garden Club’s annual Art & Bloom exhibit is a Concord mid-winter tradition attracting art and flower lovers to enjoy creative floral arrangements paired with works of art. After a year’s hiatus, the Garden Club is returning with the...
Excerpt of ‘Behind the Smile’: The face of a doll empire
Behind the Smile: The Story of Annalee Thorndike is the first-ever illustrated biography of the legendary doll maker. Her story is a tale of self-sufficiency, live-free-or-die resiliency, and a life-long passion to create. Her dolls would define her life, and many say...
Off the shelf
‘Chasing Eden: A Book of Seekers’ Seekers are all around us. They are seeking God, seeking freedom, seeking peace. “Chasing Eden: A Book of Seekers” (Bauhan Publishing) by Howard Mansfield is about this pursuit, about Americans seeking their Promised Land, their...
Giving the gift of connection
By CASSIDY JENSEN During the second winter of a pandemic that has increased isolation for many older people, a long-standing program that provides holiday gifts to seniors has taken on new significance. As shoppers search for gifts for friends and family this holiday...
Fast faves with Liz Short
As the executive director of Five Rivers Conservation Trust, the Concord area’s nonprofit land trust, Liz Short knows the importance of conserving wild places, open spaces and working lands in local communities. So we asked Liz to tell us some of her favorite outdoor...
A Thousand Words: A big weekend in January
Each winter, weather permitting, hockey enthusiasts from across New England and beyond flock to Concord for the city ’s annual 1883 Black Ice Pond Hockey Championships in White Park. There, they find hockey rinks neatly segmented on the ice where players of all ages...
Hot on the trail
Fundraising efforts are inching closer to turning Concord into a destination for cross country skiing A winter wonderland for cross country skiing at city-owned Beaver Meadow Golf Course is close to reaching its first phase this season, but isn’t quite there. The...
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