When the Lincoln Financial Group sells its office park and campus in Concord’s North End (you can buy it for $6 million) and no longer has a presence as an employer in Capital City, it will close the books on more than a century of history of life insurance underwriting for a succession of companies. […]
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How many times have you driven, biked or walked up Concord’s Pleasant Street and thought, “What’s the history of that old, large, and handsome brick building set back from the south side of the road?” You may already know that it’s the Pleasant View Home, now an assisted living facility operated by Genesis Health, the […]
Citizens of Concord have served with distinction in our armed forces throughout the history of our city and nation. Charles H. Willey is Concord’s only Congressional Medal of Honor recipient in the 20th Century for his bravery and heroism aboard the U.S.S. Memphis which blew up in Santo Domingo Harbor in 1916. Lt. Commander Roy H. […]
Political Capitol Republican rivalry divides conservatives, progressives in Concord If you think politics is a dirty game now, what with the controversial “Citizen’s United” U-S Supreme Court decision giving corporations freedom of speech (and freedom to spend limitless amounts to influence elections), then travel back with us to the turn of the 20th century, as told […]