Concord News

Bikers, runners and paddlers complete Contoocook Carry

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Since I first spoke with event organizer Mary Congoran about the race, she has been telling me the Contoocook Carry brings out the best in Hopkinton residents. I figured she was right, but until I rode my bicycle into a ditch on the side Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:11 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Concord, Bow, sports, fundraiser, contoocook

Contoocook wood bank makes winter wamer

BY MATT SCHOOLEY The Contoocook Carry may end when the last triathlete crosses the finish line, but for the town’s residents, ways to lend a hand are just heating up. Sunday, Sept. 21, will mark the annual triathlon benefit in Hopkinton, and a wood Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:42 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: sports, fund raiser, contoocook

Concord's Post 21 helps student-athletes offset some college costs

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Despite a disappointing season for the Concord American Legion baseball team, Post 21 manager Averill Cate wanted to conclude the summer on a positive note. In fact, he said he wants to end every Legion season like he’s done Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:47 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Concord, sports, baseball, hooksett

Hunter education courses offered around N.H.

To purchase your first hunting license in New Hampshire, you must first complete a hunter education course. Individuals 16 and older need a hunting license to hunt in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department offers hunter and bowhunter Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:49 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Concord, Bow

Post 21’s eclectic group hits well but has trouble in the field

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Garde Burgess had an early idea how Concord Post 21’s American Legion baseball season was going to play out. During one of the team’s first practices, he pulled his nine pitchers aside and asked each one how many high Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:12 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Concord, sports, baseball, contoocook, pembroke, goffstown

Contoocook Carry triathlon heats up

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Residents running, paddling and pedaling in September’s Contoocook Carry will use as much energy as they can to get to the finish line. This year, their physical energy will turn to heating energy, as 75 percent of the proceeds Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:06 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Event Reviews, Concord, sports, fund raiser, contoocook

Contoocook trombonist swings to the sound of jazz

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Dave Dustin has never been a big fan of reading – not music, anyway. The Hopkinton Town Band member also plays the trombone in the Tall Granite Jazz Band, a group he founded that is dedicated to Chicago-style jazz and swing. “I’ve Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:47 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Event Reviews, Concord, Bow, contoocook

Bishop Brady’s fine season stopped in state semis

BY RYAN O’CONNOR CONCORD – The call came with two outs and one on in the bottom of the third inning. Bishop Brady pitcher Jill Nemcovich was cruising when she reached down and grabbed some dirt. She rubbed her hand on her pants and gripped Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:10 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Concord, sports, softball, bishop brady

Water ban in Contoocook

BY MATT SCHOOLEY With high temperatures and little rain, Contoocook Village precinct residents and businesses have to limit their water usage as town officials have put an emergency water ban into effect. Though Steve Clough, assistant director of Public Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:27 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Concord, contoocook

WWII cadet nurses want recognition as veterans

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Merle Dustin wasn’t on the front lines, but the Contoocook resident now finds herself trying to fight for the rights of some of the unsung heroes from World War II. In June 1945, President Harry Truman signed an executive order Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 3:34 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Concord, women, contoocook

Artist shows kids world of illustration in Contoocook

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Frustrated at the way his watercolor paintings were turning out, Byron Carr was ready to throw away his paints. “I started with watercolors and did lousy with it. I essentially gave up and went back to acrylics,” said Carr, Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:08 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Hopkinton, contoocook

Bishop Brady falls in hockey final for second straight season

BY MATT SCHOOLEY The puck from the Division I boys ice hockey championship ended up where it spent a great deal of the game – with Bishop Guertin goalkeeper Dave O’Brien. O’Brien notched his eighth shutout of the year to lead his team Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 8:08 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Concord, hockey, bishop brady

Play shows how to deal with drug and alcohol abuse

By MATT SCHOOLEY When the curtains close at the Capitol Center for the Arts following the mid-February performance of “Wrecked,” the show is far from over. The Canadian-produced show coming to Concord on Tuesday, Feb. 12, and Wednesday, Feb. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 4:38 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: arts, Concord High, merrimack Valle

Second-half push sends powerful Salem past winless Concord in Class L Basketball

BY MATT SCHOOLEY CONCORD – The Concord High School girls basketball team was “hungry” for its first win of the season, but Salem High School wasn’t letting that get in the way of its fast start to the year, cruising to a 63-47 Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:09 PM by admin | 0 Comments

Filed under: Concord, students, basketball

Fledging Concord team skates to fast start

BY JERRY LIPTAK If the cliche, “Practice makes perfect,” retains even a bit of truth, foes of Concord High’s girls ice hockey beware. When CHS took the ice on Tuesday, Jan. 8, it marked the Crimson Tide’s first practice session Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 4:56 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Concord, Merrimack Valley, hockey, Concord High