THIS WEEK we asked readers to weigh in on the future of the Department of Employment Security building downtown. The state is planning to vacate the building, and the city would like the opportunity to choose a buyer and developer for the property. But there's a potential hang-up: Because of the building's age, it is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places,…
November 27, 2011
What do YOU think?
The state is looking to sell the New Hampshire Employment Security building at 32-34 S. Main St., and the city hopes to come up with a public-private partnership to redevelop the site with a mixture of apartments and office and retail space. But the state historic preservation office says the 1958-era building is eligible…
November 21, 2011
PERHAPS YOU'VE heard that falling home prices, low interest rates and tax credits for first-time buyers make this an excellent time to purchase a house - even if you don't have a lot of money to spend. A glimpse at realtor.com bears this out: It lists 17 properties on the market in Concord for under $100,000, and though most are condos, two are single-family houses that may conform…
November 15, 2009
Pitchfork Records owner Mike Cohen sold vinyl records long before anyone had ever heard of CDs. But what's old is new, and now, after 36 years in the business, he's selling records again.
For the past 2½ years, he's been buying back LPs and 45s and reselling them. And since many current artists are now putting their…
May 14, 2008
WITH TEMPERATURES tilting into the 70s, the chances of an April snowfall are getting more remote by the minute. Which means that despite all we've endured, the winter of 2007-2008 will remain the second snowiest on record and nothing more. We'll always be history's bridesmaid, its Mitt Romney, its Colorado Rockies.
We're not sure if New Hampshire folks back in 1873 fully appreciated…
April 20, 2008
Concord
Did you know you can watch the space shuttle Endeavour without leaving your backyard? Tonight, the shuttle will pass through the sky above Concord twice.
NASA has created a website for shuttle watchers listing times for sighting the spacecraft that are specific to your ZIP code. Tonight, the shuttle ought to be visible…
August 10, 2007
Way back when
Plans are taking shape for a world-class bicycle race that would pass through Concord next summer. City and state officials are planning a big whoop-de-doo that they hope draws thousands of spectators. But 50 years ago, the city wasn't nearly as eager to embrace another sort of racing.
Under the headline "Hot-Rodders…
February 9, 2007
BY THE TIME we got to work yesterday morning, more than 40 e-mails (and one voice mail) were waiting for us from early-rising Monitor readers who had seen our "Find The Old Man" contest and were eager to take a shot. We were amazed so many responses had arrived so soon after sunrise. Weren't you guys supposed to be…
November 25, 2006
IF YOU OWN A PET, you probably think it is pretty darn special. So here's your chance to boast. Does Spot know any tricks that make him the envy of all the other dogs on the block? Does Fluffy have special intuitive powers? Tell us what makes your dog, cat, ferret, pony, cockatiel, gerbil, etc. one of a kind. And by…
August 7, 2006