Fast Faves with Joan Woodhead

As a longtime Concord resident, Joan Woodhead knows firsthand the benefits of living in the Capital Region. In 1966, her family, then with four young children, bought a farm just outside the center of the city. They became self-sufficient — raising their own food and...
Poem: Autumn

Poem: Autumn

His heart ran out of autumns, he lived his last day, Octobers are now melancholy, in a very special way. Seasons bring back memories, especially the seasons he did love, the arrival of the killing frost, memories of harvest time now just above. Sometimes I wonder, and...

Lace ‘em up, make a friend

Lace ‘em up, make a friend

Weddings, birthdays, children’s births, family member’s deaths – the running group out of Runner’s Alley in Concord is there for it all. When Brigitte Gray, the store manager, got married in 2021, members of the running group were there. A running friend, whose family...

Your ticket to the holiday season

Your ticket to the holiday season

THROUGH DEC. 18 Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ Adapted by Jill Pinard, in this original adaptation of the holiday classic, Hatbox Theatre focuses on how the dream-like qualities of the ghost story aspect of Dickens’ work can bring about redemption. Is it “an undigested...

Gone hog wild

Gone hog wild

Bacon is their business, and their business tastes good You know people like what you’re selling when your sign needs to have only one word. “At farmers markets, our tent literally just says ‘Bacon’ on it. That’s all it needs,” said George “Rocky” Burpee of Loudon,...

Editor’s note: There’s plenty on the menu

Editor’s note: There’s plenty on the menu

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...

Profile: Uniting culture, cuisine

Profile: Uniting culture, cuisine

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...

Taste and style

Taste and style

With its bright pink facade and its commitment to equity and inclusion, Teatotaller Cafe is standing strong in downtown Concord In downtown Concord, the beautiful red brick buildings and granite-lined streets tell the history of a centuries-old New Hampshire city....

Beer is near

Beer is near

Concord now has three microbreweries, each with its own flavor Not so long ago, Concord was devoid of any New England-style double IPAs made right here in the city. Extra-hoppy lagers and fruity sour ales were exotic drinks made in far-away breweries that only arrived...

The rise of fall

The rise of fall

Welcome to autumn in New Hampshire, where the leaves star, visitors descend and the season of fairs and festivals is in full bloom. If you’re looking for a place to start your exploration of this iconic season, we suggest visiting the Warner Fall Foliage Festival One...

Excerpt: My Antonio and the Stitch that Binds

Excerpt: My Antonio and the Stitch that Binds

Essays in ‘Time for Everything’ by Joseph Steinfield bring readers on a personal tour of history and connection Time for Everything picks up where Joseph Steinfield’s first book, Claremont Boy, left off, with tributes to friends and heroes and essays on being Jewish,...

Off the Shelf: Fall reading suggestions

Off the Shelf: Fall reading suggestions

As summer fades and fall arrives, it’s perhaps time for a change of scenery in your reading selections. Turn the page with NH writers. Deep Water By Kenneth Sheldon In the waning days of World War I, William K. Dean was brutally murdered, his body hog-tied and dumped...

Fast Faves with Reagan Bissonnette

Fast Faves with Reagan Bissonnette

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...