Lt. John Healy, a retired New Hampshire state police officer, is a regional expert on statement analysis, a technique embraced by some investigators. In April he will present a two-day seminar in Concord on this and related techniques for private investigators.

Although Concord Community Players will mark St. Patrick?s Day weekend with a production of Translations, its Irish history isn?t the only thing that makes it timely, said director Pat Karpen.

Gov. John Lynch is a fan of the black bean and corn salsa from Crooked Birch. Judging by the rapid growth of this Lee-based company, it seems he is not alone.

I don?t know what you think, but it?s been a pretty weird basketball season from where I sit. Not that all the stories were bad. Quite the contrary ? there have been some really compelling stories to follow. It?s just that the whole season has seemed out of sync. It started when Lebron James didn?t play a second in his visit to the V and has stayed that way the rest of the year, at least to me. So in no particular order here?s a list of the good, the bad and the ugly from the 2007 basketball season that is winding to a close.

By Jeff Rapsis jrapsis@hippopress.com

In the past few decades, Manchester, Nashua, and Concord have each sprouted community music schools. Started for different reasons, they've all grown up and come to fill a need for specialized music instruction that the public school system isn't equipped to meet.

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