The next Ward 2 Neighborhood Meeting with City Councilor Allan Herschlag is Tuesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Newell Post Restaurant. In regards to the city budget, what should your money be spent on: paving, parks, Langley Parkway, Main Street, Penacook Library? Should your tax dollars be going to the golf course, the parking fund, a new police station, a fourth ambulance? How should the city support the Whitney Road/Exit 17 development? How do we pay for future projects while maintaining what we have? Your thoughts on the economic development for Manor and Penacook are welcome. Contact allan4council@gmail.com or 224-6086.
Penacook Community Center is part of N.H. Gives. For 24 hours on Wednesday and Thursday, you can go to the website nhgives.org and donate to PCC. Your donation will go towards early childhood programs, after school programs, senior programs and summer camp programs.
The first Foley Fun Run is Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Penacook Elementary School, 60 Village St. Come cheer on the runners and walkers and enjoy an outdoor picnic on the football grass (bring your own blanket and chairs). The PTG will be selling hot dogs and hamburgers, Kona Ice will be selling cold treats, and Patches The Clown will be balloon twisting.
Crafters are needed for the United Church of Penacook’s Christmas Craft Fair, scheduled for Nov. 10. The fee is $20 per space and an additional $10 for a table (while they last). The fair will be held at United Church on the corner of Community Drive and Canal Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Crafters with handcrafted Christmas decorations, gifts and crafts, artwork, and fashion accessories can call 715-1227 or email christmasfair@ucpnh.org for an application. This event supports the Food Pantry (open every Tuesday) and the Open Door Community Kitchen (serving meals Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays). Cisit ucpnh.org for more information.
CHERYL STINSON
news03303@aol.com
The Hatbox Theatre at the Steeplegate Mall will be hosting Tales Told on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Discovering Magic will be featured on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Ryan Ordway and his band will perform “original Amer-kinda” 1960’s style rock on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. On Friday at 7:30 p.m. is the premier of the Comedy Cabaret Rednecks to Rhinestones, and it will also run Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. For more details or tickets, visit hatboxnh.com.
On June 13 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Senior Program of Concord Parks & Recreation will have an Open House for Concord area seniors to visit the new community center and learn about senior activities. There will be snacks, raffles for gift cards to local businesses and a tour of the new community center. For more information, contact Becky at 230-4982 or Rbukowski@ConcordNH.gov.
On June 15 at 1 p.m., Havenwood Heritage Heights will hold a “Lunch and Learn” at Tad’s Place on East Side Drive. Come and learn about the dining services at Heritage Heights while enjoying a free lunch. For more information, call 225-6999 or visit hhhinfo.com. Please RSVP if you are coming to the luncheon.
Concord Grange 322 will meet on June 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the I.B.E.W. Hall, 48 Airport Road. The Grange is working on plans for the annual Meet, Eat and Greet at Keach Park with the Nevers Band on July 25 at 6 p.m. Call Dick Patten at 496-2917 for more information.
The Pierce Brigade will be hosting a talk entitled “The White Family of Concord” by Sarah Gilligan, Library Director of the N.H. Historical Society, on June 28. The Pierce Brigade meets at the Pierce Manse, 14 Horseshoe Pond Lane. For more information, call 225-4558 or visit piercemanse.org.
The Concord Chapter of Adult Children of Alcoholic and Dysfunctional Families will meet Monday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Grace Episcopal Church, 30 Eastman St. For more information, visit ConcordACA.org or go to adultchildren.org and read the “Laundry List.”
The Horseshoe Pond Toastmasters will meet Wednesday at noon at Northeast Delta Dental. For more information, call 223-4962.
The Karner Blue Toastmasters will meet Thursday at 5 p.m. at the environmental services building on Hazen Drive. For more information, call 568-3128.
CHRIS WEEDEN
224-1715
clweeden@comcast.net
The Zonta Club of Concord is looking for gently used book donations to raise funds to help local women’s projects, and this year the proceeds from the sale of these books will go toward scholarships for local women to continue their education. Fiction and non-fiction novels, children’s books, historical books are needed but unfortunately not textbooks. You can drop off your donations at Marketplace New England or the Viking House during business hours or give them to a Zonta member by June 13. The books will be sold at the annual Market Day’s event in front of Viking House. For more information, call 231-5177 or visit zontaclubofconcordnh.org.
Everett Arena is hosting roller skating again this summer on Friday (6 to 8 p.m.) and Sunday nights (5 to 7 p.m.) starting this Friday through July 29. Admission is $5 and skate rentals are available for an additional $5 if needed. Skate rentals available are quad skates (four wheels). For more information, call 228-2784.
Farmers market will be open on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon and is located off of Capitol Street in downtown Concord. The event offers 40 vendors, including meat, eggs, dairy, fruit, vegetables, fish, honey, bakery, and maple products. Also featured is potted plants, cut flowers, wood products, dog treats, and body care products.
COPOCO, a cooperative pool and tennis club in Concord is accepting members for the 2018 summer season. For more information, contact Van Nichols at membership@copoco.net or check the website at copoco.net.
The Concord Hospital’s Center for Health Promotion is offering free Car Seat Safety Inspections. Certified technicians are available to help parents and caregiver ensure their car seat is installed correctly, or to help install a new car seat. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 227-7000, ext. 3228.
Capital Toastmasters will meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Granite Ledges of Concord (behind the Concord Hospital) at 151 Langley Parkway. For more information, call 715-1881 or visit capital.toastmastersclubs.org.
Happy 50th birthday Andy
Kastle!
LYNDA PLANTE
228-6800
soxpatscats@gmail.com
Go to Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. as author Nathan Graziano presents Almost Christmas.
Go back on June 14 at 5:30 p.m. to Gibson’s Bookstore and join Mark C. Bodanza and Lou D’Allesandro as they present a co-authored memoir of New Hampshire’s Democratic Party patriarch, Lou D’Allesandro, Lion of the New Hampshire Senate and Thoughts for Presidential Hopefuls, tracing 40-plus years serving the state as an elected official.
The South End is never short on entertainment! Get your share at the Capitol Center for the Arts! Here’s what to see: June 13, Summer of Love Concert; June 16, John Prine; June 21 through 23, free outdoor concerts on the South Stage at Market Days.
On Thursday at 7:30 p.m., guitarist and world music artist Randy Armstrong will perform a solo concert at the Hatbox Theatre at the Steeplegate Mall, 270 Loudon Road. Tickets are $17, $14 for members, seniors and students, $12 for senior members. For more information and discography visit randyarmstrong.com.
The latest dinner theater production by Lend Me A Theater, You Know the Old Slaying, by writer Michal Jacot will be presented Saturday. This is an interactive, open-ended play that requires audience participation to help solve the mystery. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. at 79 Clinton St., in the Wesleyan United Methodist Church. Tickets are $35, which includes dinner, and are available through the website, LendMeATheater.org.
It’s never too early! The N.H. Federal Credit Union will provide attendees a free copy of the book Personal Finance After 50 (for Dummies) by Eric Tyson when you attend Personal Finance In Your 50s on June 12 at 5 p.m. If you have been waiting to make plans for retirement, now is the time to put things in motion. Many people are surprised to learn what life will really cost them in retirement. This class gives you the information and assistance you need to get on track. There is a nominal fee to reserve your seat which will be 100 percent refunded when you attend the class. Non-attendance will result in the forfeiture of your seat reservation fee. Go learn at 47 N. Main St.
JEAN VER HOEVEN
856-304-5830
jeanann@voicenet.com