Celeste Katz Marston

Celeste Katz Marston discusses the latest in U.S. news and politics with Rod Quinn of Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio, February 6, 2025.

The Select Board has authorized hiring an appraiser for a workup of the Peabody school property, which will come offline when Concord’s new middle school opens in 2025. “We’re really at the early stages of exploring what the potential use could be,”…

Concord prides itself on its history and traditions, but there’s a review underway to see if one of its most time-honored practices — Town Meeting — may also be timeworn. For the first time in nearly three decades, the town has a group of volunteers…

Residents who support — or oppose — Concord’s new residential tax exemption can air their opinions at a town-sponsored forum scheduled for Monday. The policy enacted last year by the Select Board sets a 10 percent exemption on owner-occupied…

The Select Board remains hung up on a flag policy. This week’s discussion of how to handle guest banner requests got so heated that not only was the topic tabled without a vote, but the group took a breather before moving on to other business.…

The town Board of Health voted at an emergency Saturday night meeting to authorize the spraying of school property perimeters with pesticide amid an elevated risk of eastern equine encephalitis. The Board also unanimously agreed to “strongly…

The town announced the treatment of two popular locations with pesticide Thursday after sampling confirmed the presence of eastern equine encephalitis in mosquito sampling. Emerson Field at 90 Stow Street and Rideout Playground at 61 Laws Brook Road…

After an intense discussion, the Select Board agreed Monday night on the framework of the town manager’s recommendations — save one, for the moment — for how to parcel out millions in remaining federal Covid relief funds. As Town Manager Kerry…

When she’s not working on some of Concord’s biggest issues — from the future of the prison property to a deep dive on how Town Meeting operates — town government’s Shannon McAndrew is a serious distance runner who sees the world 26.2 miles at a time.…

With Concord’s risk level for eastern equine encephalitis boosted to moderate by the state — and neighboring Acton and Carlisle now on high alert — health authorities are encouraging residents to protect themselves from illness-spreading mosquitoes.…

For some students, the first day of school will be a moment of joy; for others, jitters. For a good number, it will fall somewhere in between. In our very special Back-to-School edition of The Concord Bridge, we touch on a broad array of themes we…

The summer storm that blasted through Concord Wednesday focused its wrath on trees and knocked out power to parts of town. Concord Police notified residents at around 4:33 p.m. that a toppled tree had blocked Westford Road near Lowell Street. Reader…

Mail ballots are out for those who requested them for the September 3 state primary. But Town Clerk Kaari Mai Tari is urging students who are heading back to school to double check that those ballots can actually reach them. “If you applied for all…

Trying to avoid a slope that could be as slippery as a greased flagpole, the Select Board on Monday unanimously declared a moratorium on outside requests to fly banners. The pause comes after the Select Board grappled in June with a request to fly…

A Concord family’s excitement built in the days and hours ahead of the Olympics women’s eight rowing competition as Margaret Hedeman put her brawn and determination to the test. Hedeman, a graduate of Concord-Carlisle High School and Yale, has tasted…

Celeste Katz Marston discusses U.S. news and politics with Rod Quinn of Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio, July 25, 2024.

Concord Bridge Staff On the day Concordian Tamar Vishlitzky died, she headed to Bedford with a bike, “planning to ride farther than she had ever ridden before.” Instead, the life of the 53-year-old artist, psychoanalyst, and devoted mother was cut…

Concord’s sister-city relationship with the Japanese town of Nanae is getting back into full swing, with the town planning to send a contingent to Hokkaido next year. An 11-member group from Nanae arrived in Concord last October and stayed with local…

A nearly million-dollar federal grant will allow Concord ambulances to upgrade to providing advanced life support as soon as next year— a service for which the town now turns to an outside firm. Town Manager Kerry Lafleur told the Select Board Monday…

Read all about “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World”? Now you can see it for yourself. National Park Service archeologists working at Minute Man National Historical Park recently discovered five musket balls that, according to early analysis, colonial…