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Getting excited for the summer and all it has to offer? Here’s a sneak preview of some of the most exciting events coming to the Concord area in the next few months!

By KIERA McLAUGHLIN

Marguerite Moffett visits the New Hampshire State Veteran’s Cemetery often to see her son’s gravestone and memorial.

The Pierce Manse, the historic Concord home of New Hampshire’s only U.S. president, Franklin Pierce, opened for guided tours last week. The Manse will be open Thursdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through October 25. Reservations are not required.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Winding a plastic spider around the yarn web strung by his teacher, Chip Deroharian wasn’t just making a “garden friend” but practicing the fine motor skills he’d need next year in kindergarten.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Bow is pursuing courses of action related to the town’s water supply — negotiating with Hooksett to provide water if a bottling plant opens there and continuing to reach out to Concord for help addressing water quality issues that have plagued the town for several years.

When we are young and innocent our thoughts are pure. We are full of honesty and simply have not formed an opinion regarding what might be right or what might be wrong. When a young child is questioned and fears there might be adverse consequences for an action the child will naturally respond in a manner that will allow them to not receive punishment.

By DAVID BROOKS

St. Paul’s School will not reopen public access to Turkey Pond, access that was closed last year after reports of fights and vandalism, because it says “problems (are) already happening even before the start of warm weather.”

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Maggie Hall was eight years old when her grandmother was diagnosed with multiple myeloma.

By KIERA McLAUGHLIN

Beyond raising his two kids, Alan Natkiel, owner of Georgia’s Northside Southern Kitchen & Beer Market, considers the dedication and love he puts into his Concord establishment as equal to caring for a third child.

Monitor staff

The 30 apartments inside Circa Apartments — the recently completed retrofit of the former First Congregational Church — are already half-leased, with tenants beginning to move in this weekend.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

If you ask Joe Kwasnik and Bill Judd how long they’ve known each other, their answer starts with an “Oh gosh…,” a hand to the chin and a pause.

Join us on Saturday, June 7 for the McLane Center Native Plant Sale and Spring Craft Fair!

By DAVID BROOKS

There’s one lesson to be learned from what is occasionally the most chaotic parking area in Concord: Sometimes it’s better to hand over your keys.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Just weeks before he would have faced trial, Jesse Sullivan pleaded guilty to murdering his half-brother, Zackary Sullivan, in January of last year. 

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Joan Vallieres has dedicated nearly 20 years of her life to Concord Crew. Her role as a coach was never about finding the most powerful rowing techniques or setting the team’s tempo, but more about building strong and kind character in each child who showed up at the boathouse.

Concord was among the many towns and cities across New Hampshire to observe Memorial Day with a parade on Monday. Monitor photo editor Geoff Forester captured photos and video from the Concord event. 

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Former Concord Schools Athletic Director Bill Whitmore remembers watching his wife, Jill, help create the city’s skatepark in the late 1990s so that their son had a place to inline skate. Decades later, his son coaches basketball at the University of Wyoming, and Whitmore believes it’s time for a deserved upgrade to the park.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

When Mason DeFrancesco initially returned home to Concord from four years of service in the Marines, he spent his first few Memorial Days going to the New Hampshire State Cemetery in Boscawen and thinking of those he knew who didn’t return home.

Memorial Day provides a time for solemn remembrance of those who died serving their country. Many local towns hold ceremonies or events to commemorate these lives lost in service. Here is a list of local Memorial Day events.