by RAY DUCKLER | May 2, 2023 | Community, In Print
It didn’t take long for Sam Ives to change direction, from archaeology after college to where he stands now: on the doorstep of taking the reins from his father, Tom Ives, making the New Hampshire Book Bindery a third-generation family business. Ives’s curiosity about...
by Geoff Forester | Dec 14, 2022 | Community, In Print
At United Shoe Repair, a century-plus of comfort D.J. Annicchiarico, owner and part of fourth-generation cobblers at United Shoe Repair, has a small shop in downtown Concord. D.J. Annicchiarico, owner and part of fourth-generation cobblers at United Shoe Repair, has a...
by ALLIE GINWALA | Dec 13, 2022 | Community, In Print
Charm Emiko, founder and director of ProjectSTORY (which stands for Supporting Talents Of Rising Youth) is dedicated to empowering and supporting New American youth in Concord. Charm is excited to see the Concord area become a home for diversity and hopes people will...
by Jon Van Fleet | Sep 21, 2022 | Community, In Print
Let’s begin with a confession: I like beer as much as the next New England IPA convert, but I’ve always scoffed at anything that claimed to have added fruit – don’t get me started on pumpkin spice – and anything that called itself a “sour.” Then I met the Delicate...
by Eileen O'Grady | Sep 21, 2022 | Community, Food & Drink, In Print
Long a staple at the annual Multicultural Festival, Batulo Mahamed has built a following with her meat pies, which she learned to bake as a child in Somalia Batulo Mahamed’s vendor booth at the Concord Multicultural Festival never fails to draw a crowd. Her...
by Sarah Pearson | Sep 16, 2022 | Community
Reagan Bissonnette is the executive director of the Northeast Resource Recovery Association (NRRA), a nonprofit organization that helps communities in New England manage their own recycling programs, including 85% of towns and cities in New Hampshire. (You’ll notice...