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Concord

family play

Barrymore. Fairbanks. Fonda. And with their upcoming performance in The Philadelphia Story, one can add Demers to that list of famous show biz families. Well, at least locally. Chris, Paula and their daughter, Katharine Demers, will be walking the boards together in the Concord Community Players' production of the 1940s romantic comedy, which opens tomorrow. "We're not an overly… 0

February 9, 2012

Antrim

Proposed windmills would be state's tallest

An Antrim wind project will be the tallest in the state and may power as many as 13,000 New Hampshire homes if a state committee determines it belongs on Tuttle Hill. Antrim Wind Energy LLC, part of Eolian Renewable Energy of Delaware, last week submitted its formal application to build a 30 megawatt wind farm on the ridgeline of Tuttle Hill. Much of the town has embraced the project.… 0

February 8, 2012

Concord

Comic book alive

Remember when imagining that your comic book heroes had come to life was the stuff of lonely Saturday nights in your parents' basement? Part radio drama, part live-action graphic novel, The Intergalactic Nemesis is meant to appeal to the kids in everyone, according to its creators. Three actors take on the task… 0

January 19, 2012

The Job Interview

Homeward bound

While the notion of putting low- and moderate-income families into homes has been practically toxic since the mortgage crisis, New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority's new managing director aims to highlight the benefit of the idea. Ignatius MacLellan was named late last year to lead the agency's home ownership division, which helps low- and moderate-income first-time buyers through… 0

January 16, 2012

Kearsarge district seeks resource officer funds

Despite three previous defeats, the Kearsarge Regional School District is once again asking its seven towns to fund a school resource officer. About 200 people showed up to yesterday's deliberative session and voted unanimously to place the question of whether to raise $35,000 to fund a part-time resource officer on the ballot. And, after some spirited debate, voters also allowed… 1

January 8, 2012

The Job Interview

Computer assistance

What started out as a loose bunch of volunteers and stacks of computer bits in Steven Bothwick's garage has turned into a warehouse full of volunteers and hundreds of computers in the hands of low-income Granite Staters. One year ago, Bothwick and his volunteers started the Computer Technology Assistance Corps,… 3

January 2, 2012

A world of her own

Some women dance with each other, the tails of their dresses caught in the wind. Other women stand together in a clutch of gossip while another considers lunch. These women are sweet without sympathetic eyes to show it, haughty without noses to turn up, happy without mouths to smile. The women in Eleanor "Lea" Stark's stitched-up worlds may have no faces, they may be only the sum… 0

December 15, 2011

The Job Interview

Liquor liaison

Making it easier for restaurant and bar owners to air their concerns to the New Hampshire Liquor Commission is the idea behind creating the on-premise licensee relations specialist position. A former bartender and bartending teacher with the Master Bartending School in Newmarket, Karyl Miles is taking up the challenge.… 1

December 5, 2011

Concord

Living landscapes

Many landscape paintings are like still lifes: frozen. But in real life, those landscapes are full of action. They live and breathe, change. That's their truth. "I do a lot of ocean water," said painter Clifford Smith. "But I think about the fact that these waves came in front of me, they came from the horizon and they are going somewhere else: past, present and future tense. Thinking… 0

November 17, 2011

Concord

Lennon life

The mad genius, the petulant artist, the drug-addled rocker, the broken little boy - a lively cast of characters for any manuscript. Author Tim Riley finds they all were very alive, real, and living in John Lennon. NPR critic, author, journalist, and rock scholar Riley will be at Red River Theatres tonight at 6, speaking… 0

November 3, 2011