Letter: Congratulations, Phebe Ham

Richly deserving of the Honored Citizen award, Phebe exemplifies the ideal of public citizen, causing “good trouble” as John Lewis said of Rosa Parks. I first met her over twenty years ago…

Letter: Phase out gas-powered leaf blowers

Phasing out gas-powered leaf blowers, as Article 37 at Town Meeting recommends, is a good idea. A few reasons: they are extremely noisy; they damage the health of residents and especially the…

Letter: Ham deserves to be Honored Citizen

I can not think of a more deserving, and there are many, person than Phebe Ham as Concord’s 2023 Honored Citizen. Phebe always has  a cheerful hello, a ready smile and a…

Letter: Infrastructure for people, by people

Affordability and accessibility: two resonant notes which resound throughout all public discourse. Previous entries have highlighted the wealth gap and inequitable, archaic nature of existing funding measures. Indeed, the physical infrastructure of…

Letter: What’s at the Bottom? 

The District 14 Dive Team conducted a rescue and recovery exercise on White Pond on February 22. The Town of Concord’s Fire Department hosted this multi-town effort. The team did a great…

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