Lifestyle - Concord Bridge

Library booking volunteers for book deliveries

March 31, 2023

As our communities settle back into a less restrictive set of expectations after the Covid lockdown, the library is looking to restart a program that brings books and more to people who

Column: The Culture of Food

March 2, 2023

Right before the pandemic, thanks to middle-school course Family and Consumer Sciences, I decided that I wanted to start baking at home. I wasn’t entirely inexperienced in cooking if you count reheating

Over 60 but not over the hill

January 11, 2023

The Concord After 60, a social and educational group for senior citizens living in Concord. Regular meetings are held on the third Sunday of every month. Topics have included elder law issues,

The crops may be in, but work continues on local farms

January 4, 2023

“We don’t have much of a break,” said Liz Bemis, the fifth generation of her family to run Hutchins Farm. All the things that could not get done during the growing season

Martha Schwope, one of the regulars in the year-round Walden swim community.

They’ll swim until the ice pushes them out

January 4, 2023

Marathon swimmer Natalie Lang can be found training at Walden Pond most weekends year-round until the pond freezes “I’ll get ice cream headaches for a chunk of time,” Lang said of swimming

Top Left: John Palusci, Marco Beltran, Mike Julian, Dan Healy, Charles O'Malley, and the Elf is Brian Burkhard. Bottom Left: Ross Collins, James Hogan (reindeer) and Patrick Cooper.

Ho ho ho, it’s a SantaCon!

December 21, 2022

Bringing holiday cheer to Concord businesses, a group of dads from the Concord Family Network paraded through town last weekend, stopping at local bars and singing Christmas favorites.

Beantown hepcats rock the town

December 9, 2022

On Sunday night, with the newly-lit Concord holiday tree sparkling sky high, the Beantown Swing’s rhythm section was in the pocket for three wild sets. Brass and wind sections pumped the crowd’s

Georg Ove Andersen Mathiesen, Eva Margrethe Andersen Mathiesen, and Iris and Elliot Cameron make friends with Frosty the Snowman in downtown Concord Sunday. See a photo spread of the tree lighting festivities

Tree lighting ignites a crowd of hundreds

December 9, 2022

The annual tree lighting was a huge success this year, with a large cheerful crowd and a variety of performances and activities. Festivities were coordinated by the town's Recreation Department, and supported

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