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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Stacy Phillips’ has a long list.

The Concord Garden Club is pleased to announce the winners of its People’s Choice Awards from the annual Art & Bloom exhibition, held at the Kimball Jenkins Estate at the end of January. Each year, club members and local florists create displays to complement artwork created by members of the community.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The City of Concord has issued an overnight parking ban in the downtown area Monday night into Tuesday to allow for additional snow clean up after the weekend snowfall. 

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

An elevator for more than thirty units of senior housing in Concord was repaired Saturday after it was broken for two weeks. 

By DAVID BROOKS

Fundraising has begun to restore the historic Flying Yankee train, beginning with a plan to repair equipment known as the traction motors.

By JAMES W. SPAIN

When I was a young child, many decades ago, I would visit my nana here in Concord. She was a gifted seamstress who was always working on different projects and who utilized her craft to engage me at every chance she got. In time, she learned that my attention could be held captive by her prized collection of buttons.

By DAVID BROOKS

Concord is about to see its first example of a fairly new trend in veterinary medicine: an urgent-care clinic for dogs and cats.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Dawson Hayes knows the drill this time. 

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A direct walk and bike path connecting Storrs Street, or even Main Street, to the trails on the east bank of the Merrimack River. A deck over the riverbank with room for picnics, benches and food trucks. A slatted, undulating wood architecture creating a “gateway to the mountains” that arches over the interstate. 

The Community Players of Concord will present Ken Ludwig’s “The Gods of Comedy” from Feb. 14-16 at the Concord City Auditorium.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A broken elevator at the Horseshoe Pond Place senior apartments has left at least 10 residents unable to exit the building on their own for the last two weeks.

Crews were busy on Thursday afternoon clearing off the White Park pond for the weekend 1883 Black Ice Pond Hockey Tournament, which draws teams from across the region to Concord for the three-day event. Thursday’s Youth Hockey Night, which was to be a precursor to the event, was canceled. But the tournament is on for full days of hockey, food and other activities on Friday and Saturday, which are expected to have clear skies. Another storm is moving in for Sunday, but games are still on tap. For the latest updates on the tournament’s schedule, visit blackicepondhockey.com.

A group of Concord residents will host an informal networking gathering on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at the Kimball Jenkins Mansion to celebrate local historic preservation successes, connect with others, and share ideas for future activities and events.

Six furniture makers joined together three decades ago to form the NH Furniture Masters Association, creating a new space to share their craft with the world. The organization and its members have helped shape the growth and evolution of the studio furniture movement. To celebrate their contributions, the Furniture Masters Association is holding a “Founders Exhibition” showcasing the work of its original six members – Brian Braskie, Lenore Howe, David Lamb, Terry Moore, Jere Osgood and Bill Thomas – and kicking off a year of exhibitions and events culminating in the group’s autumn show at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester.

By ALEXANDER RAPP and RACHEL WACHMAN

Spanning three days, six ice rinks, and eight divisions, the 14th annual 1883 Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship and Winter Festival will bring together hockey players from around the state this weekend for several days of competition and celebration. Even with snow in the forecast on Thursday and Sunday, Chris Brown, founder of the 1883 Black Ice Hockey Association, says the games will go on.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord Superintendent Kathleen Murphy will leave the district at the end of the 2025-2026 school year, with the approval of a one-year contract renewal by the Concord Board of Education on Monday night.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

If pursued by the city, what should a pedestrian bridge over the interstate and Merrimack River look like? Engineers will present design possibilities for public feedback at a meeting Tuesday night. 

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For the past two years, the week leading up to the Black Ice Pond Hockey Championships at White Park in Concord was an exercise in forecasting-watching and hand-wringing. Each year, organizers determined the weather just wouldn’t hold up and they pushed the annual event indoors.

By DAVID BROOKS

And another one is gone.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The second phase of apartments on Pembroke Road is nearly ready for tenants. Sen. Maggie Hassan had the first look this week, touring the new apartments with walk-in closets.