Dear Editor, I have lived in Concord for over 20 years – and in that time, have raised 3 kids (now teenagers) and spent countless hours on fields, playgrounds, in museums, parks, schools, theaters and other public spaces in Concord – but perhaps the most important space that we have used is
Concord Free Public Library is a great resource I’m a person who sticks with what works. For example, there are so many great restaurants in Concord, there’s little point in leaving town. It’s also true for clothes, hardware, hair care and many other things. May I submit that the Concord Free
Support the library When you work at our library, you are surrounded by marbled, male beauty: the magisterial Emerson, the quirky Thoreau and the Byronic Hawthorne, but William Monroe, the 19th century local boy who made good, the guy who put the “free” in Concord Free Public Library, quickly
The Concord Free Public Library, one of the town’s iconic treasures, is on the cusp of a transformational expansion and renovation. Connecting Our Community is a $10 million project designed to create new, vibrant and collaborative spaces while preserving the Library’s cherished historic rooms
Support the Concord Free Public Library project Over the past 20 years, few Concord organizations have ignited as much excitement or stimulated as great an intellectual charge as the Concord Free Public Library. As a trustee for 25 years, I enjoyed a front-row seat from which to engage with its
Library is thriving heart of Concord When my family moved to Concord, we knew no one in town. The first time I walked town with my kids, we popped into the library. Walking into the atrium, I fought back tears remembering libraries that had been my childhood place of refuge, freedom and
Learn about the library’s plans Five years ago, the library bought the house next to it on Main Street. The library staff and boards have worked hard since then, with lots of resident input, to develop a plan for utilizing the house and connecting it to the library. They are now ready to roll
Concord Public Library’s secret Perhaps the best-kept secret in all of town lies under the Concord Public Library — the Special Collections and its current steward Leslie Wilson. The Special Collections department of the library contains the most-comprehensive and amazing collection of
To the Editor: Perhaps the best kept secret in all of town lies under the Concord Public Library: The Special Collections and its current shepherd Leslie Wilson. The Special Collections department of the library contains the most comprehensive and amazing collection of books, ephemera,
To the Editor: The library needs your love. Despite having 97,174 items in its catalog pertaining to love, the Concord Free Public Library (CFPL) needs us to pledge ours at Town Meeting the week of April 8 and throughout 2019. On this Valentine’s Day, there are unlimited reasons to love the