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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 9h
The town expects to temporarily close the Powder Mill Woods trail after soil sampling turned up elevated uranium levels on a nearby portion of the 2229 Main Street Superfund site. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Breaking: Trail closing expected after new uranium finding at 2229 Main Superfund site
A project risk assessor said levels don't present an "unacceptable" risk to trail users or nearby residents, per the town.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A rare form of bile duct cancer cut short Nick Ressler's life in 2001 at age 14. On October 10, the Nick Ressler Blood Drive returns for its 25th consecutive year. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
More than 400 students graduated with the CCHS class of ’76. About 140 came back for the reunion at the Nashawtuc Country Club, some from as far as California and Oregon. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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A half-century later, the spirit of ’76 endures as CCHS classmates reunite
Out of more than 400 graduates, about 140 returned for their 50 year reunion at the Nashawtuc Country Club last month.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The School Committee is reviewing a proposed 20-year agreement with Solect Energy Development LLC that would allow the company to install, own, and operate solar panels on the middle school building. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Before going solar at middle school, School Committee wants answers
“I don’t want to run into a 20-year decision in haste. I mean, it’s a long time.”
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"It is not just taking on harder classes or navigating a bigger building. It’s being trusted with more freedom and learning how to handle it." concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Test of time: A CCHS freshman’s challenge of self-direction
In high school, there’s much more freedom. The catch is that you are expected to know how to use it.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#TCBSportsSaturday: Concord-Carlisle volleyball employed strong serving, defense, and a balanced attack to defeat Shawsheen Tech in straight sets with 12 aces, 49 digs, and 32 kills. The victory came on Digs for Cancer night, extending the Patriots’ winning streak. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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On Digs for Cancer night, volleyball tops Shawsheen
The Patriots employed strong serving, defense, and a balanced attack to extend their winning streak.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
With a Sectionals berth on the line, Concord-Carlisle golfers took care of business on September 24, defeating Acton-Boxborough, 229-239, at Quail Ridge to punch their ticket to the postseason. #TCBSportsSaturday concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Golf lands a postseason spot, besting A-B and Boston Latin
With a Sectionals berth on the line, Concord-Carlisle golfers took care of business on September 24 at Quail Ridge.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
At Memorial Field for the first time this season, Concord-Carlisle field hockey wrestled Wellesley to a 1-1 draw on September 22 — an arduous but auspicious home opener, given that the Red Raiders are a perennial powerhouse coming off a 16-2 season in 2025. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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CCHS field hockey battles to draw, 1-1, vs. perennial power Wellesley
The game was an auspicious home opener for the Pats, given that the Red Raiders are coming off a 16-2 season in 2025.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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CCHS sports roundup
Football and boys soccer results from the week of September 20.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s been more than a decade since Concord last had major multifamily construction. The 201-unit Novo Riverside Commons is now one of two major projects underway. Others could follow. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Building boom accelerates as Novo project breaks ground
More than a decade after Concord’s last major multifamily construction, the 201-unit Novo is now one of two projects underway.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Almost all of Concord’s firefighters cycled through Worcester’s training facility thanks to a grant of roughly $21,000 from the Leary Firefighters Foundation. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Concord firefighters get rare ‘live fire’ training
For crews that sometimes go months without a significant structure fire, it was a welcome opportunity to practice.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ten Concord students currently use augmentative and alternative communication devices. A grant will allow the school to “provide these devices for regular ed classrooms so that the regular ed teacher, the other students, and other staff” can learn to use them too. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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‘It’s their voice’: Technology helps Thoreau students communicate
“For a lot of these kids, control is hard ... giving them as much autonomy and independence as possible is really huge.”
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Advocates say they’ve seen a “significant uptick” in Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity at Hanscom. With their webcam request denied by Hanscom’s civilian director, Hanscom Field Advisory Commission members want to hear what the Air Force has to say. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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ICE webcams rejected, Hanscom advisers to seek Air Force input
Advocates aren’t taking no for an answer when it comes to tracking immigration detainee flights.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
9:17 p.m. A caller reported a person in a full tuxedo came out of the woods onto Walden Street and almost walked in front of his car. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Concord Police log highlights: September 9-15, 2026
A Concord Bridge-curated list of police call log incidents and arraignment updates on recent arrests.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After the untimely death of director, cinematographer, and Concord-Carlisle High School graduate Sebastián Lasaosa Rogers last year, his parents are helping carry his work forward: “Freeing Juanita” will screen next month at CineFest Latino Boston. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Concord filmmaker’s work lives on through ‘Freeing Juanita’
A year after Sebastián Lasaosa Rogers' death, his parents remain dedicated to sharing his work.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The district’s focus on bias and hate comes after a federal investigation into its handling of antisemitism, a subsequent agreement with the DOJ to update its policies, and incidents including racist graffiti found in a Concord-Carlisle High School restroom. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Climate/culture panel gears up with guidance for School Committee
The committee will review school climate and culture three times during the academic year per the latest framework.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Barring an appeal from a project opponent, Town Manager Kerry Lafleur said, New York-based Wireless Edge plans to start work this fall and power up antennas in spring 2027. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Cell tower expected to flower in spring at former landfill
Barring an appeal from a project opponent, New York-based Wireless Edge plans to start work this fall.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After a bruising approval process, a larger debate about race, bias, and historic preservation still simmers. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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‘A long process’: Trail markers weeks away from installation
Reaching an accord took new rounds of pointed, and at times personal, debate.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Autumn means lots of new books get released, many long and heavy..." concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Reviews & Views: Celebrating the rise of fall’s robust reads
Autumn means lots of new books get released, many long and heavy.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Victor Atkins, a member of the Middlesex School class of 1963 has left his Concord alma mater “an extraordinary gift with a projected long-term impact of more than $200 million,” the private academy announced Saturday. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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‘Transformational’: Late alumnus leaves Middlesex School projected +$200 million gift
Middlesex officials said the bequest from the late Victor Atkins is the largest the school has ever received.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A prosecutor has conceded that signs targeting schools Superintendent Laurie Hunter bore “innocuous political slogans.” Alleged signmaker John Grace isn’t off the hook: The prosecution still says he committed a crime. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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ADA: Grace sign’s location, not text, violated court order
Prosecutors are focused on a display on Old Bedford Road, along schools Superintendent Laurie Hunter's route to work.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The students are long gone. Town Facilities Department workers now walk the halls of Peabody School. What comes next is still up for discussion. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Town sites called ‘golden opportunity’ despite consultant report
Hope remains for affordable housing despite consultants' worries of financial and zoning challenges.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Town staff reported the independent candidate to state authorities after questioning signatures on a petition to qualify for the November ballot, Town Clerk Kaari Mai Tari told The Concord Bridge. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Signatures on Senate hopeful’s ballot petition draw scrutiny
Town staff reported Shiva Ayyadurai to state authorities over questioned petition signatures for the November ballot.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Highland Street project is seeking funding through the town’s Community Preservation Act process. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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More than pocket change needed for proposed pocket park
The Highland Street project is seeking funding through the town’s Community Preservation Act process.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Concord could be looking at a future with more buses, safer crossings, and streets designed to slow drivers down. That’s if everything in the new Comprehensive Transportation Strategy makes it to reality. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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‘Safe by design’: Roads strategy depends on unspecified funding
Concord could be looking at a future with more buses, safer crossings, and streets designed to slow drivers down.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Parents say their concerns go beyond cellphones to other ed tech and "edutainment tools." concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Schools examining tech use across multiple cohorts
Parents say their concerns go beyond cellphones to other ed tech and "edutainment tools."
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Laboratory testing put the salmonella case count at 14, Concord Public Health Director Melanie Dineen told The Concord Bridge. That included nine employees and five customers. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Woods Hill Table reopens
“We are open and looking forward to welcoming our neighbors and friends back," owner Kristin Canty said.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Liberty returned to the North Bridge — and the dime — with a color guard and musket salute. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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In the cradle of liberty, the rebirth of Liberty on the United States dime
Liberty returned to the North Bridge — and the dime — with a color guard and musket salute on September 9.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
An outsider being blamed for a community’s problems is at the heart of the production, which opens September 25. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Umbrella cast, crew sinking their teeth into ‘Bat Boy’
An outsider being blamed for a community’s problems is at the heart of the production, which opens September 25.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
4:57 p.m. A caller reported seeing a child’s foot hanging out of the trunk of a vehicle on Walden Street. Police found the vehicle at the Concord Free Public Library and learned the foot was a Halloween decoration. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Concord Police log highlights: September 2-8, 2026
A Concord Bridge-curated list of police call log incidents and arraignment updates on recent arrests.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The event raises funds and awareness of the non-profit Minute Man Arc’s programs, which help more than 1,400 adults and children with disabilities in Middlesex County. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Photos: Stepping up, stepping proud
Under sunny skies, participants and supporters gathered for the 22nd annual mile-long Minute Man March.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"The bonds between parents and children are among the strongest we ever make. Yet effective intergenerational communication is a lifelong challenge — especially when parents become very old or diminished." Katharine Esty's latest Aging Well column: concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Aging Well: Candor is crucial in hard conversations
Parent-child bonds are strong, but communicating across generations can be a lifelong challenge.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Town consultants are at least doubling possible retail square footage in new MCI-Concord campus redevelopment mockups. They’re also proposing less parking than in their first draft. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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New prison reuse plan could double retail, trim parking
As attention turns toward a Town Meeting zoning vote, town consultants face a key question: What if voters say no?
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Concord's public TV station is shedding a layer of direct oversight: The Select Board agreed recently to disband the PEG Access Advisory Committee. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Unplugged: Select Board disbands TV oversight panel
Concord’s long list of town committees just got shorter.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If a town tree crashes onto your property, damaging your house, or your trees, are you covered? That partly depends on the health of the fallen tree in question. News you can use: concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Fallen tree damage? Who pays is rife with ifs, ands, and buts
Concord plants hundreds of trees to maintain its canopy, but who pays when one damages private property?
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Breaking moos: Cows stage jailbreak concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Breaking moos: Prison cattle stage bovine bustout
“It sounded like Jurassic Park in our backyard. Just the kind of brontosaurus-like sound, but it was free cows.”
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Former town Chief Financial Officer Anthony Ansaldi’s allegations against Town Manager Kerry Lafleur aren’t enough to claim she violated his civil rights, a judge ruled. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Two claims tossed, two still in play in Ansaldi’s lawsuit over firing
A judge ruled that the allegations against Town Manager Kerry Lafleur don’t support his civil rights or emotional distress claims.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Concord police have doled out far fewer individual traffic citations and warnings in recent times than they did just a few years prior, a Concord Bridge analysis of department data shows. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Traffic enforcement fluctuates as police workload ratchets up
Police Chief Thomas Mulcahy says increasingly complex calls for service leave officers less time for proactive enforcement.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ahead of some much-needed rain, Concord’s farmers, fans of their produce, and organizations from across the community gathered beneath sunny skies on Main Street for September 12th’s Ag Day. Photos by Ken McGagh: concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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A bumper crop of Ag Day photos
Concord’s farmers, fans of their produce, and organizations from across the community gathered beneath sunny skies.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Lawyers say a new sign could reaffirm that the public “has a legal right” to use a long-disputed trail. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Town eyes ‘right of public access’ sign at Estabrook Road
Lawyers say a new sign could reaffirm that the public “has a legal right” to use the long-disputed trail.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Loretta Filipov sat among friends at the Al Filipov Awards, an annual Rotary Club of Concord ceremony honoring local first responders in memory of her husband, who died aboard American Airlines Flight 11. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Honors for local heroes as part of Al Filipov’s 9/11 legacy
For Loretta Filipov, the beautiful morning brought back a 25-year-old memory.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Concord-Carlisle athletes took to the preseason field this month, and photographer Jon Straggas caught some of the Patriots in action. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Using the liturgical texts from Orthodox worship, Stavros First has created Appalachian Orthodox chants, which are influenced by American folk music. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Divine inspiration: Composer uses chants to craft a hybrid music genre
Stavros First draws inspiration from his religion, his love of classical music, and sometimes a walk around town.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sandra Conn recognized the duality of Dr. John Cuming, who she says is her great-great-great-great-great-uncle. The 18th-century Concord physician tended patients, served the town, funded medical research — and enslaved at least two men: Brister Freeman and Jem. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Weighing an 18th-century Concord physician’s contrasting legacies
A visitor explores her connection to one of the town’s once most prominent — and later controversial — men.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The courts will stay closed until mid-November “or until the project is completed,” per a town announcement. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Rideout timeout: Park courts closed as replacement project starts
The courts will stay closed until mid-November “or until the project is completed,” per a town announcement.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Select Board gave its green light for nine historical signs on August 31 after months of planning and a summer of heated debate. The markers could be installed this fall. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Black Heritage Trail signs receive final Select Board approval
The board gave its green light for nine historical signs after months of planning and a summer of heated debate.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“Ultimately, the goal is for all students to feel that they belong in the schools.” A #backtoschool guest piece by schools Superintendent Laurie Hunter on our Opinion page: concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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As schools open, we focus on inclusion, well-being, and academic rigor
A new year brings opportunities to advance goals and initiatives aligned with the District Strategic Plan.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“It’s amazing to be a part of something so much bigger than myself. We’re representing our sport, and we’re representing our country.” concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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State champ goes global: CCHS’ Vivi Myles working lacrosse magic in Brazil
With Brazil’s under-20 national team, Myles hopes to inspire young athletes to love and globalize the sport.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The larger saga is shining a spotlight on the work of a group that regulates Concord’s most historic neighborhoods. It’s also pitting decades-old regulations against an applicant citing the realities of modern real estate. concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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Judge: HDC acted in ‘bad faith’ on Hildreth Corner house
Plans for a Lowell Road home may have new life after a judge said town officials unfairly rejected a developer’s proposals.
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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Break out the bug spray. #WestNilevirus update: concordbridge.org/index.php/20...
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West Nile risk level raised after tests in nearby towns
Concord's risk level has risen after mosquitoes carrying the virus were caught in Acton, Carlisle, and Maynard.
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