by Sarah Pearson | May 2, 2023 | In Print, Life & Leisure
Born and raised in a small village in Niger, West Africa, Ali Sekou now calls the Heights in Concord his home — and he’s spent a lot of time and effort (and wears many hats) getting involved in the community. After moving to New Hampshire in 2012 and attending ESOL...
by ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL | Dec 15, 2022 | In Print, Life & Leisure
The 1883 Black Ice Pond Hockey tournament, Winterfest team up Coming Jan. 27-30, you can watch pond hockey of all ages by a bonfire, witness some impressive ice carving, or check out many of the other happenings in between At the end of January, the pond at White Park...
by DAVID BROOKS | Dec 15, 2022 | In Print, Life & Leisure
With 49 years in the business of selling music, Michael Cohen has seen about everything. Lately, he’s seeing it all over again. “It’s gone back to the beginning!” said Cohen, the owner of downtown mainstay Pitchfork Records & Stereo, sounding both amused and a...
by Sarah Pearson | Jun 25, 2022 | In Print, Life & Leisure, Uncategorized
From Sy Montgomery, the New York Times bestselling author of “The Soul of an Octopus” comes “The Hawk’s Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty.” When the Hancock author went to spend a day at falconer Nancy Cowan’s Deering farm, home to a dozen magnificent birds of prey,...
by By David Brooks | Jun 17, 2022 | In Print, Life & Leisure, Sports & Rec
One of the signs of spring in New Hampshire is the hundreds of thousands of brook trout, brown trout and rainbow trout that get placed into lakes, streams and ponds all over the state. The fish are raised in six state-owned fish hatcheries until they reach a certain...
by Sarah Pearson | Jun 17, 2022 | Community, In Print, Life & Leisure
Hanging around the city pools has been a rite of passage for many of Concord’s youth. It’s also where many learned their first doggy-paddle many years ago. The city of Concord has seven pools, and in recent years it’s been a challenge to find the staffing to keep them...
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