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The Select Board has formally adopted a 10% residential tax exemption after hearing passionate appeals from residents for and against the move. The Board voted in August to institute the exemption to shift the tax burden toward more expensive homes as Concord shoulders major spending programs, chief among them a new middle school with a price tag of more than $100 million. Assessor Meredith Stone announced…
Quick! Go outside. Take a deep breath and close your eyes. There’s an aroma of pine in the air. A chill that hints toward snow. And are those… sleigh bells? …
Concord has already seen some of the effects of climate change. This August, two storms dumped several inches of rain in a matter of hours, causing flooding across town. Last…
Peter Lovis might be right when he says “everybody loves a cheese parade.” But that doesn’t mean everyone gets a cheese parade — and to Lovis’s seemingly immeasurable sorrow, Concord’s not getting one (again) this December. Lovis is the owner of The Cheese Shop on…
Concord School Committee members are trying to find clarity on an issue that is quickly gaining steam among town residents: whether to open a public process to choose a new name for the middle school building taking shape at 923 Old Marlboro Road. Residents flooded…
When a visitor to West Concord gets off the train, the first building in sight is the bright yellow depot, with an overhang reaching almost to the tracks. Hosting a popular restaurant, the structure has served as a waiting room for over a century. Fresh…
Bjorn Krammer heard rumor of a leucistic turkey at the Battle Road farms and took off to search for the partially unpigmented bird on October 18. “A leucistic turkey, as mentioned, is rare. One in the tens of thousands, so I have heard,” he wrote. …
The Lexington Minutemen will visit Memorial Field on Thanksgiving morning (10am start) in the 3rd meeting since the teams renewed their Thanksgiving rivalry in 2021. This will be the 102nd meeting of the two long time rivals with CC holding a 51-42-7 all-time record vs.…
The Select Board has ordered three controversial historical signs temporarily “removed for maintenance” while the town decides their ultimate fate. The board voted 4-1 to pull the three Tercentary markers — two in Concord Center and one on Lexington Road — after members of the…
Concord Women’s Chorus, fostering the power of women’s voices in song, recently participated in a 23-ensemble performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The concert featured CWC’s singers in Vivaldi’s “Gloria,” led by Guest Conductor Nancy Menk, a work appearing on the chorus’s own…
WALPOLE – No. More. Games. The Concord-Carlisle boys soccer team completed its 2023 season by winning the program’s sixth state championship with a 2-0 win over Needham Saturday night at Walpole High School. This was the Patriots first title in Division One. The previous five…
The Concord Orchestra presents “Love Lingers” at 8:00 p.m. on December 1 and 2 at the Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden. The orchestra, conducted by new Music Director Zeke Fetrow, performs a program of Jennifer Higdon’s Blue Cathedral, Jeff…
The Concord Conservatory of Music presents “Harmolodic Microjam,” on Friday, December 1 at 7:30 p.m. The concert features the innovative sounds of Harmolodic Jazz, a style pioneered by the legendary American musician and composer Ornette Coleman. Reflecting the diversity of…
Concord-Carlisle High School Band and Orchestra treated families to Move! — a collection of musical pieces with a unifying theme. The audience heard works by diverse and mostly living composers, performed by Ninth-Grade Band, Orchestra, Symphony and the Concert Band.…
The Finance Committee is close to setting the budget guideline for Fiscal Year 2025 but decided to wait until late November due to lack of sufficient information. Committee Chair Parashar Patel said a focus of the discussion was how to…
OPINION
We write in strong support of naming the new middle school the ELLEN GARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL. As Tufts professors and co-founders of the Half the History Project, we are committed to bringing the…
The proposal to cover the historic markers and the Select Board’s hasty vote to approve it suggests the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commission and the Board are not behaving in good faith. A…
I was dismayed by the recent Concord School Committee’s meeting. In my view, we must, as a community, agree on the naming of the Concord Middle School. Why: In my view, a key…
Regarding your 11/17 article, “Survey says: Strong support for Concord-Carlisle High School cell tower”: I abut CCHS property. I do not support living next to a cell tower, let alone would I want…
The argument presented for removing these markers relies heavily on emotional appeal and subjective opinions rather than factual, comprehensive analysis. Labeling these markers as “offensive” or even as “slurs” without a detailed and…
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Concord resident Timmy Smith has a vision —and that vision is making a difference for the families who attend the TimberNook Middlesex County program in Sudbury. “My interest in this topic is personal,” says Timmy, a high school student at Groton School who volunteered for…
Books make great gifts for the holidays, and the Concord Library Friends have you covered. The semi-annual book sale comes to the Goodwin Forum of the Main Library December 1 – 3. Choose from thousands of nearly new or gently used books of all genres…
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The Beacon Santa Fund is helping more than 500 children this year in 12 towns, including Concord, continuing a tradition that began back in 1965. The fund, which helps families celebrate the holidays, relies on donations from residents in Acton, Bedford, Billerica, Boxborough, Chelmsford, Concord,…
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OBITUARIES
John W. Barrett, of Concord, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on November 25, 2023, at age 95. He was eleven days…
Jeanne Dorothy Fitzgibbons, 92, passed away at home in Concord, MA on November 24, 2023. She was born in Concord to Timothy and Winifred (O’Neill)…
Helen (O’Brien) Harper, 86, passed away peacefully on November 18th, 2023. Helen was born in Charlestown on April 14th, 1937 to the late Helen and…
Lynne Palmer (Merrill) (Abromeit) Shadle, age 75 of Mashpee, Massachusetts, formerly of Carlisle, passed away suddenly on Monday, November 20th, 2023 at her home on…
BRIAN E. JONES, LONG-TIME DIRECTOR OF MUSIC AT TRINITY CHURCH BOSTON Renowned organist and choir director Brian E. Jones of Concord, whose tenure as Music…
Barbara (Adams) McKenna, 88, of Concord, died on Sunday, November 19, 2023, at CareOne of Concord. She was the loving wife of the late Kenneth…
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