By Joe Palumbo November is National Native American Heritage Month and we celebrate as a nation indigenous people’s past and present. Concord is a wonderful place to do just that. For 10,000 years the Nipmuc and Massachusett peoples lived in this area in a thriving area of settlement they called Musketaquid, which in the language they spoke means roughly “land among...
Concord Players is a Concord community theatre that has been producing three stage plays a year for over 50 years. The latest is The 39 Steps, opening Nov. 4, based on the 1935 adventure film by Alfred Hitchcock. The performance includes just four enthusiastic actors: the hero and the girl; two other actors play every other character in the show:...
There is always a lot to see in Concord any time of year and it is often hard to know which to do first. But right now as the fall colors swirl around us here are three gems you don’t want to miss this month: 1. The Robbins House The Robbins House is one of the only known historic sites commemorating the...
By Joe Palumbo As the leaves begin to turn, the fall breeze blows through the fields our thoughts turn to fall, and the golden afternoons and the crisp twilight. Come join us for a special tour we have created just for this season. Our Town Guides have great stories and interesting facts you won’t find anywhere else. Let’s just say our local...
By Joe Palumbo This week Concord is celebrating 387 year since the newly arrived English incorporated their village. September 12 is officially considered Concord’s “birthday”. But did you know that for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans this area was the home for the thriving settlement of the Nipmuc nation? They called this place Musketaquid, which in the language they spoke means roughly “land among grassy river”...
By Joe Palumbo 1. It is once a year. It is THIS SATURDAY September 10th, 2022 10 am – 2 pm right on Main Street in downtown Concord! Ag Day is an annual celebration of local agriculture organized to showcase Concord farms and local produce. This awesome market showcases the bounty of Concord’s many farm businesses at the height of the growing season....
“In the midst of death we are in life.” Henry David Thoreau made this observation two centuries ago when walking through Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, seeing the sunlight dappling through the leaves. The idyllic resting grounds soothed and inspired Thoreau, and in the end became the final resting place of this famed author, his grave simply marked “Henry.” This quote about...
Maybe you’re planning on visiting Concord. Or maybe you live in Concord or somewhere nearby in New England. What’s the first place you should visit in the town? The Minuteman Park? North Bridge? Orchard House? Definitely you should check all these boxes. But the first place you should stop at is the Concord Visitor Center, 58 Main St, Concord....
