Around Concord town crier for the week of Nov. 20, 2022
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■The Penacook Village Association will host the seventeenth Annual Penacook Tree Lighting Ceremony on November thirtieth at Boudreau Square on Village Street. Attendees can collect round 5:30 p.m. to listen to Christmas carols and singing with the Penacook Elementary School Chorus and Blanchard Family Singers and to observe Santa Claus arrive, courtesy of the Concord Fire Department.
■The thirty seventh Annual Concord Christmas Tree Lighting will likely be held on November 25 at the State House/City Plaza, North Main Street. Activities begin at 4:00 p.m. This yr’s celebrations embrace Santa, music, sizzling chocolate and cider, kids’s occasions and leisure, fireworks and extra. The occasion will settle for donations of non-perishable groceries or unwrapped toys for use in the Stuff a Cruiser program. Financial donations might be made by calling (603) 848-0221.
■GoodLife applications and actions are partnering with the Concord Housing Authority to deliver just a little brightness and vacation cheer to seniors in the Concord group once more! The Giving Tree is positioned at GoodLife (254 N. State St.) and everyone seems to be invited to come back in and select a tag from the tree with a senior’s Christmas want written on it. All items have to be returned by December 14th and deliveries to recipients will likely be made between December nineteenth and twenty third by Bishop Brady scholar volunteers. For extra data, name (603) 228-6630.
■ Collection of bagged leaves begins on Monday. Mass assortment of leaves will proceed by means of December 9, climate allowing. Local residents taking part in the mass assortment of leaves are requested to rake all leaves unfastened (with out luggage) onto the roadside or sidewalk. Leaves that aren’t on the edge of the highway or sidewalk can’t be collected. Avoid piling up leaves and preserve leaves near the curb to maintain roads clear. Crews can cease by and work solely as soon as, climate allowing, specializing in residential streets with drainage areas to maintain the metropolis’s stormwater system clear. For extra data, name (603) 228-3727 or go to www.concordnh.gov/545/Leaf-Collection.
■ The Concord Public Library (45 Green St.) provides a preschool story hour on Wednesdays from 9:30 am to 10:30 am. This class consists of tales, finger performs and songs, all designed to strengthen kids’s studying or studying aloud abilities. Space is proscribed, so register at onconcord.gov. For extra data, name (603) 225-8670.
■ The NH Army National Guard and the Pierce Brigade will maintain the annual wreath-laying ceremony at President Franklin Pierce’s gravesite in Old North Cemetery Tuesday at 10 am. The wreath, despatched by the incumbent President of the United States, honors President Pierce and commemorates his 218th birthday. A reception will comply with with mild refreshments at Pierce Manse (14 Horseshoe Pond Lane). Citizens are invited to take action. Call Joan at (603) 224-1819 for extra data.
■ Due to the public vacation, there will likely be no rubbish and recyclables assortment on Thursday. The routes from Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are recorded as common. Thursday’s route is picked up on Friday and Friday’s route is picked up on Saturday.
■Happy ninety fifth birthday to my father, Paul Anderson!
■ Give thanks Thursday at the Immaculate Heart of Mary’s, 180 Loudon Rd., Thanksgiving Mass at 9 am
■ The Concord Writers Group now has positions for a couple of extra critical writers. If you need sincere suggestions in your writing initiatives, this group supplies simply that. Meetings are held on the first and third Saturday of every month from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Concord Public Library. For extra data name Barbara at (603) 456-6052.
■ The Undaunted Professor Harp brings blues music to Area 23, 254 N. State St., Unit H (Smokestack Center) Saturday at 8:00 p.m.
■New Hampshire’s Elite Handbell Ensemble joins us this season to ring in the vacation season on November 30 at 8:30 p.m. in the City Auditorium. Since its inception in 2007, Granite State Ringers has expanded its impression by offering instructional applications for kids and adults and through the use of its abilities to help communities in want. The 2022 GSR Christmas Concert options conventional seasonal favorites and a range from The Nutcracker with visible and musical artistry to not be missed!
■ The Concord Family Center program at the Mill Brook Family Center, 53 S. Curtisville Rd., invitations kids ages 0-5 and their caregivers to play, craft, snack with different native households to eat and rather more! This instructional and entertaining time will likely be led by an educator on November 29 from 9:00 to 10:30. The price is free and no registration is required. Just present up! Call Laurie Hart at 230-1532!
■The Bishop Brady Galloping Gobbler takes place on Saturday at 9:30 am. Bib pickup is at 8:00 am at Columbus Ave. 25 as a substitute. Visit Bishop Brady High School and current their annual Galloping Gobbler occasion, Concords Community Thanksgiving Road Race. This four-mile stroll/run is the excellent method to work off Thanksgiving dinner. All are welcome! The price is $30 for these 16 and older and $20 for these below 15. Visit raceroster.com/occasions/2022/65771/galloping-gobbler-4-miler to register prematurely.
■Andrew Brewis will share his eight hymns from our silver hymnbook and their backstories, and carry out music from his new album titled HOMETOWN at the First Church of Christ on Sunday at 3 p.m. The live performance will likely be streamed at www.christianscienceconcordnh.org. Go to the web site and click on on on-line service, scroll to the backside of the web page and click on on the podium/organ picture. The price is free. There is free parking on the avenue, in the parking storage (State Street) and in the Attorney General’s workplace (School Street). For extra data, please name Betsy at (603) 315-3401.
■ Start your Thanksgiving by saving a life and donating blood! On Wednesday at 9am, go to IBEW Local Union 490, 48 Airport Rd. All donors who come to donate blood will obtain an unique Red Cross knitted hat!
■Municipal workplaces will likely be closed on November twenty fourth and twenty fifth for Thanksgiving. Garbage and recycling assortment from Monday to Wednesday follows the regular assortment schedule. Thursday pickup will likely be moved to Friday. Friday pickup will likely be moved to Saturday.
■ On November twenty fifth, participate in the tree lighting and lightweight up the sky with fireworks. Just suppose of the highway closures. The following streets will likely be closed: Main Street from Center Street to School Street; N. State Street, from Park Street to Capitol Street; Park Street from Main Street to N. State Street; and Capitol Street from Main Street to N. State Street from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m
■I’m so grateful for my near-perfect partner, my artistic baby, a contented house, and also you, our readers! Have a beautiful Thanksgiving and remember the thanks half!
