Forty-six acres for the taking – the potential for 2229 Main St.

February 23, 2023

The Town’s 2018 long range plan, Envision Concord: Bridge to 2030, identified a wide range of Town needs, including additional open space, recreation, sustainable and affordable housing as well as commercial development

Task force will plan future of Superfund site

February 9, 2023

Is it possible to turn a Superfund site into a super-fun site? While that’s not the exact question before the town, the future of the former Nuclear Metals/Starmet property at 2229 Main

Solar array installation is moving too slow

February 3, 2023

Down the street along the Assabet River off Route 62 is a massive solar array; rank upon rank of large panels, quietly generating electricity for the town. It’s one of two big

Concord from above: Observations of a changing Concord

February 2, 2023

In 1850, if you wanted a walking companion to amble about Concord to learn what’s up, your best choice was to knock on Henry Thoreau’s door. Today you would call Richard Forman.

Walking Concord

January 19, 2023

Like many Concordians, I find myself walking where Henry David Thoreau walked. Not just the loop around Walden Pond, but also the ramble from Emerson’s house through Town Forest to the site

Birders of a feather count Concord’s bird together

January 18, 2023

An army of 80 local birders in field parties and at backyard feeders spotted 77 different species and 11,413 individual birds in a recent count. It was a continuation of counts conducted

The Importance of Biodiversity

January 5, 2023

Biodiversity is, “the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem”. According to UN data, the percentage of land mass on earth cleared and converted for/to human

Concord Village Condominiums go big for heat pumps

January 5, 2023

One of the ways that the Town of Concord is getting behind ambitious climate action goals for the municipality is by promoting air source and ground source heat pumps as an alternative

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