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Concord Select Board formally green-lights residential tax exemption

November 27, 2023

The Select Board has formally adopted a 10% residential tax exemption after hearing passionate appeals from residents for and against the move. The Board voted in August to institute the exemption to

It’s almost time to light up Concord for the holidays (includes treelighting map)

November 27, 2023

Quick! Go outside. Take a deep breath and close your eyes. There’s an aroma of pine in the air. A chill that hints toward snow. And are those… sleigh bells? The December

Expensive infrastructure changes are on the horizon

November 27, 2023

Concord has already seen some of the effects of climate change. This August, two storms dumped several inches of rain in a matter of hours, causing flooding across town. Last summer, the

Holiday House Tour features grandly decorated Concord homes

November 26, 2023

The Guild of Volunteers at the Concord Museum presents the 13th Annual Holiday House Tour on Saturday, December 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 2023 tour will showcase six remarkable

Concord’s over-the-top cheese parade remains offline for another season

November 25, 2023

Peter Lovis might be right when he says “everybody loves a cheese parade.” But that doesn’t mean everyone gets a cheese parade — and to Lovis’s seemingly immeasurable sorrow, Concord’s not getting

No preliminary budget guideline this year

November 24, 2023

The Finance Committee is close to setting the budget guideline for Fiscal Year 2025 but decided to wait until late November due to lack of sufficient information. Committee Chair Parashar Patel said

Residents lobby for new middle school to be named for civil rights pioneer Ellen Garrison

November 24, 2023

Concord School Committee members are trying to find clarity on an issue that is quickly gaining steam among town residents: whether to open a public process to choose a new name for

Maintaining historic West Concord depot takes a team effort

November 24, 2023

When a visitor to West Concord gets off the train, the first building in sight is the bright yellow depot, with an overhang reaching almost to the tracks. Hosting a popular restaurant,

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