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Zoning Board voices objection to parts of NOVO development

March 1, 2024

The public hearing of the ZBA’s Comprehensive Permit application by NOVO, LLC developers continues until a final decision that's due in April.

Applications for residential tax exemption due April 1

March 1, 2024

Homeowners who haven’t actively applied for Concord’s new residential exemption by April 1 will be out of luck on the tax break. By vote of the Select Board, everyone who owned a

Where’s Your Bridge? In Greenland, for the first time

February 29, 2024

In September, Sarah T. Hutchinson brought the Concord Bridge to Qaanaaq and Siorapaluk, the northernmost villages in Greenland. With local residents and a team from Dartmouth College, where she studies engineering, Sarah

Residents lobby for Ellen Garrison, a more accessible Town Meeting

February 27, 2024

The School Committee has voted to christen the town’s newest hall of learning “Concord Middle School.” But Monday’s Select Board meeting surfaced continuing support for naming the building in honor of Civil

Is Concord age-friendly? New initiative considers seniors

February 25, 2024

Comprising 20% of the population, or 6,000 citizens over age 60 and counting, Concord seniors are stepping into the spotlight with a new age-friendly initiative from the town’s Economic Vitality Department. How

VIDEO: Thoreau School celebrates first Winter Walk & Roll to School Day

February 24, 2024

More than 50 Thoreau School students, parents and teachers hit the road this month as part of the Massachusetts Safe Routes to School program’s Winter Walk & Roll to School Day. The

Amid national drug crisis, Concord offers free opioid-overdose treatment Narcan

February 23, 2024

Last year, one person died of an opioid overdose in Concord. The year before, Concord Police responded to five opioid overdoses. Naloxone, marketed as Narcan, can pull an overdosing person back from

Finance Committee weighs in on budgets for Concord and its schools

February 22, 2024

Members of the Finance Committee drilled down into the school and town budgets last week as the Town Meeting articles came up for discussion. The committee’s guidelines allow for a 3.26% increase

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