The 18th Annual March Mandolin Festival Concerts will be held March 6 and 7 at two great venues for live acoustic music. Friday, March 6, the festival opens with a 7:00pm show at The Dance Hall in Kittery, Maine. Saturday’s concert will be held at 7:30pm at the Concord Community Music School in Concord, New Hampshire, the host venue for the entire festival, which runs Saturday and Sunday, March 7 & 8. Continue reading

Have fun and learn from the experts at the New Hampshire Old House & Barn Expo that helps old house and barn owners and enthusiasts with appropriate and affordable solutions. Create your own show “itinerary” and explore preservation strategies, architecture, craft and history through hourly lectures, visits with high quality exhibitors, demonstrations and “Old House and Barn Doctor” sessions. Continue reading

Effingham, Holderness, Lebanon and Nottingham have joined a growing number of towns and cities using the state's tax incentive program to encourage historic barn preservation. RSA 79-D authorizes towns and cities to grant property tax relief to barn owners who can demonstrate the public benefit of preserving their barn or other older farm buildings, and agree to maintain them throughout a minimum 10-year preservation easement. Continue reading

NHTI is pleased to announce the Spring opening of our Innovation Lab- a space where business, faculty and students will connect on project-based learning- free work for businesses and portfolio-building opportunities for students: a perfect collaboration. Join us on March 6th from 12-2pm at the Library/Learning Commons to learn about our students’ skills that will support the work that you need completed. Faculty will share examples of possible projects and discuss project criteria. Continue reading

Yesterday, President Trump released his budget that includes $1 trillion in cuts from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, further escalating his war on Americans’ health care. He also proposed reducing Medicare spending by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade. Press reports quickly pointed out that these deep cuts to health care will leave vulnerable populations at further risk and are the opposite of what President Trump promised in his 2016 campaign for the White House. Continue reading

“World’s Nicest Airline” Anticipates Flights by the End of 2020 Continue reading

Following on the success of its recent “Creative Aging Day,” with nearly 50 enthusiastic participants, Concord Community Music School is introducing a series of mini-courses geared to those interested in exploring the use of movement and music in aging creatively and gracefully. Continue reading

The future gondola, a long standing element of both the Town's and Resort's Master Plans, will whisk guests out of the Valley towards the South Ridge of Green Peak, where skiers/riders and sightseers alike can enjoy the mid-station services, including a new Base Lodge and learning area, as well as expanded Nordic facilities. From there, guests will have the option to continue their journey to the summit of Green Peak for dining, exploring, or the simple pleasure of taking in the 360 degree mountain views that surround this unique mountain community. Continue reading

Last night, President Trump delivered his State of the Union Address which included a series of blatant lies about his health care record. Cable news shows and fact-checkers quickly pointed out the falsehoods in the president’s claims and explained all the ways his administration has worked to gut Americans’ health care in the last three years, especially in regards to protections for people with pre-existing conditions, the rising cost of prescription drugs and Medicare. Continue reading

The City of Concord, NH and the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce invite professional sculptors to submit entries for Art on Main, a public art exhibit in the city’s historic downtown. Continue reading

During the State of the Union Address this week, President Trump is sure to bolster his self-proclaimed accomplishments on a wide range of topics, including health care. Chances are, he will not propose any policies to lower health care costs and expand coverage for Granite Staters. Instead, he will likely repeat empty promises on health care, as he has been doing since before the start of his presidential campaign. Continue reading

At Concord Community Music School, we never miss a chance to celebrate our love for music and music-makers. The next two Bach’s Lunch programs, “Jazz Lives On and On! New Artists to Love in the New Decade” (Feb. 6) and “You Send Me…Musical Valentines” (Feb. 13) are the perfect opportunity to share the love – and the music – with faculty and friends! Continue reading

Sign up as an individual or team, raise or donate $100 ($150 if you need a ski pass for the day), and enjoy: “No Wait” Express Lift Line Privileges! Souvenir Ski-A-Thon Tee Shirt! All participants receive a commemorative Tee Shirt, but the prizes just build from there. Continue reading

Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation that advocates early detection and a healthy, active, and sustainable lifestyle as the best means for breast cancer prevention. Founded in 1996, B4BC empowers young people to make positive choices that promote lifelong wellness through outreach, prevention, sustainability, and support programs. F Continue reading

This week in Conway, Rep. Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined health care providers and patients at White Mountain Community Health Center for a roundtable discussion with Protect Our Care to discuss ongoing efforts to protect the Affordable Care Act, health care for Granite Staters with pre-existing conditions, and the work being done to strengthen health care for Granite Staters in rural communities. Continue reading

Days before the primary, students in New Hampshire will bring their clean energy and environmental policy questions to the presidential candidates. Continue reading

Wrap up a musical month with the popular annual “Jazz in January,” Friday, January 31, at 7:30pm, at Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall Street in downtown Concord, NH. A stellar lineup of jazz artists from the Music School faculty present a perennially popular evening of jazz, including Latin, New Orleans, swing, and band originals, with plenty of musical surprises. Since 2002, Hermanos Cocina Mexicana has generously served audience members a delicious buffet, included in the price of admission. Continue reading