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Leave the leaves, please

November 9, 2022
Every fall, working from home, I dread the commencement of the leaf blower: a jarring, seemingly endless whine ricocheting through the neighborhood. I reach for my earplugs, thinking about the rakes and
APODS at work on White Pond. - Courtesy photos

White Pond committee focuses on water quality

November 9, 2022
Quarry North, LLC got approval last week for a Planned Residential Development on 16.5 acres of a former granite mine near White Pond. Plans show four single family homes and one duplex,
Wild Rice Closeup

Concord wetlands grow a surprise crop: Wild Rice

November 9, 2022
Some 30 years ago, a couple set off to learn the waterways in Concord. Their transportation was familiar enough. His grandparents honeymooned in the 1903 wood and canvas canoe. But a familiar

Danger kitty, do not pat

November 2, 2022
Betsey Wood was surprised to find a bobcat when she looked out the window recently, calmly enjoying a bit of sunshine in her backyard. “Apparently they are rarely seen,” she wrote in

A Concord Notebook: One glacier, two kettle ponds

October 26, 2022
“White Pond and Walden are great crystals on the surface of the earth, Lakes of Light. If they were permanently congealed… like precious stones [they would] adorn the heads of emperors; but
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