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New residential tax exemption shifts burden to Concord’s pricier homes

August 8, 2023

By Celeste Katz Marston Celeste@theconcordbridge.org The Select Board voted unanimously to authorize a 10 percent residential tax exemption that could mean lighter tax bills for many Concord homes in the coming fiscal

Concord Police Youth Academy offers lawful summer fun

July 26, 2023

During the summer, girls, boys and cops have one priority: Fun. The Police Youth Academy provides just that with tours of the police and fire stations and of cruisers, a visit to

En Garde! Siblings with swords

July 20, 2023

Harrison and Iona Lee’s family encouraged the siblings to get involved in fencing, and now they’re following their own paths in the sport. Harrison, who’s entering the sixth grade at Concord Middle

Brian Boruta takes director role at The Umbrella Arts Center

June 30, 2023

When Brian Boruta was tap dancing on stage in The Umbrella Arts Center, singing “Moses supposes his toeses are roses…” as one of the leads in “Singin’ in the Rain,” he had

Students’ mental health in the spotlight

June 9, 2023

Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Kristen Anderson addressed Concord’s Joint School Committee at a meeting in May for the second time in recent months to discuss what she called the most

Finance Committee plans community outreach

June 8, 2023

In an effort to better inform the public about how the Finance Committee works, a four-person Outreach Subcommittee is drawing up plans for a beefed-up webpage and other avenues of communication to

Letter: Keep an eye out for Blanding’s turtles on the road

May 26, 2023

As part of my Civics Action Project, I want to help protect the Blanding’s turtles. There are only about 55 adult Blanding’s turtles left in Concord. Most of them live in the

Letter: Concord’s wealth divide, redux

May 19, 2023

At Town Meeting, we discovered another outcropping of Concord’s wealth divide. To put that a bit more formally, we exposed again the putatively bimodal distribution of financial means, across town. Three months