Four reasons not to miss Concord’s 17th annual AG Day
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…
Meet the tour guide! Bonnie Beaudet
It’s not easy being a tour guide especially in Concord. The first bar to cross is the licensing, which requires an eight-week training on interpreting town history as well as...
Why is Concord a literary mecca?
Home To Iconic American Authors, Poets, and Philosophers By Victor Curran Readers from all over the world come to Concord to visit the places where Alcott, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Emerson…
In the midst of death we are in life – musings of Sleepy Hollow caregiver
“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…
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Concord
By Joe Palumbo Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, from his Autobiography: When I went to Morehouse as a freshman in 1944, my concern for racial and economic justice was already...
Press release from Concord’s 2025 Executive Committee:
April 19, 2025, marks the 250th anniversary of the historic battles of Concord and Lexington, a tumultuous event that began a revolution still heard around the world. As the nation prepares...
A Walk in The Past: Remembering… and not Remembering
The arrival of winter these days doesn’t always mean a dump of snow. But the temperatures and the trees and the sunlight for sure let us know we have reached...
Holiday events in Concord
Charming snow-covered homes twinkling with candlelight. Quaint village stores with sweet candy canes and delightful toys. Steaming cups of hot chocolate and cookies for carolers and shoppers. Moonlight sparkling on...
1780 House: Historic Home Reimagined
By Joe Palumbo Nestled on the side of the town square, fronted by the lane that leads to the North Bridge stands a solid and timeless building we know as...
Thanking the first people of our land
By Joe Palumbo As a group of visitors and I wandered along the banks of the Concord River in the bright morning sun we discussed the first people of this...
