BY MATT SCHOOLEY For many of the participants in the Making Strides for Breast Cancer Walk in Concord, there is a personal story that brings them to the track each year. Joyce Kimball and Ginny Urdi are no exception. The two Bow residents will be one of 24 Bow Garden Club members and friends who will take part in the event, walking ...

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 of the road, I never really completely understood. On Sunday, Sept. 21, ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEY Nancy and Howard Roever came to speed-biking at different times -- he before their marriage and she when the couple started riding in the Pan-Mass Challenge, an annual bike tour to raise money for cancer research. “He’s always biked. Since the Pan-Mass Challenge, I just got involved and I love it. But, I’m no ...

After losing her husband to cancer, Bow resident Sue Robinson decided to get involved with the Ocean National Rock ’N Race, which raises money to support Concord Hospital’s Payson Center for Cancer Care. Her husband, Brian, was an avid runner and was frequently seen running in Concord. He died in December 2002, and Robinson started a ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORSome of the area’s most talented and, in some cases, unheralded musicians will be singing, dancing, playing instruments and raising money for their Bow High School music department. The Bow POPS (Parents of Performing Arts Students) will host a fundraising talent show Saturday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Bow High School ...