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It's Confusing and She's Disgusted Please tell me why I have to spend hours trying to find news and obituaries from the Concord Journal now and give up in disgust when it was so easy before all these changes that are totally confusing. I grew up in W. Concord when it was called the Junction and would very much like to read the hometown news. Thank you for your time. Doris Gray Merriam Doris: If you are emailing us, then you were not looking at the Concord Journal Website. The Concord Magazine is not affiliated with the Journal.

Concord on the Edge of the Millennium
Thanks once again for an interesting Concord Magazine. I particularly liked your introductory article on how Concord is facing up to the Millennium.

I feel I must comment upon it, however. Instead of "blah, blah, blah", how about substituting "zzzz zzzzz zzzzz!!" instead? :-)

So how are Concordians celebrating the Millennium? Is there going to be some special event, perhaps? Unfortunately, in the UK we are being forced to think of a visit to "The Dome" in London as being the most exciting thing since sliced bread. Despite what the papers say, many people here will be celebrating at home with family, neighbours and friends. (A few fireworks, food, drink, "open house" at many homes down the street, and "Auld Lang Syne" at midnight in our case...)

Thank you for organising the "Concord Magazine". It's good to keep in touch with your small - and attractive - town.

May we wish you Happy Christmas, and a peaceful New Year. (The Dome and the UK's Labour Party notwithstanding!)
Cheers! Paul and Pat Mallett, Oxford, UK

You bet, Kevin! A free subscription to the Concord Magazine is available to anyone via email. Send a blank email to concord-magazine@egroups.com and you will receive an announcement with a table of contents each time we publish. There is no paper version of the Concord Magazine, so if you don't see it on our site, you've missed it!

We're here...we're here! Of course, we love that you love us. We usually publish a new issue around the 15th of the odd-numbered months. If you subscribe to our magazine (see answer above), you will be notified when a new issue is published.

Re: the student's questions about what the British called the American Revolution, the best of the answers given in the Letters to the Editor was "Rebellion". However, it has been also called "The American Civil War" as it occurred in America and was a civil war of "Englishmen against Englishmen". England has the "English Civil War" (Cromwell) and what we call "The Civil War" is known in England as "The War Between the States".

Best wishes to you for a blessed Christmas and a healthy, happy New Year-Century-Millennium. Get ready for the 225th!
Mike Ryan, Concord

I am a mature student studying English Literature at Aberdeen University (Scotland) and this semester I am taking a course on American Writers of the 19th century. Right now I have an assignment on Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Scarlet Letter'.

I look forward to enjoying your online magazine.
Margaret Duncan