Jen Bridgman and Leah Flanigan aren’t just friends, they’re also fixer uppers. They recently dug into their toolboxes and worked together on new mailboxes outside their homes on Alcott Road in Concord. Those toolboxes could come in handy, because Bridgman and Flanigan represent many families that live on a ridge off Lexington Road that are…
Recovery continues in Concord after tornado
Recovery efforts continued in Concord Tuesday in the wake of a rare nighttime tornado with 100-mile-per-hour winds that cut a half-mile-long path of damage early Monday. The tornado, classified as an EF1 by the National Weather Service, downed trees and power lines, and damaged 39 buildings, but caused no injuries or deaths, officials said. A…
‘No injuries. No deaths. Lots of cleanup’ after tornado hits Concord
CONCORD — A rare nighttime tornado, packing winds of up to 100 miles an hour, cut a destructive half-mile path Monday morning, uprooting trees and damaging dozens of homes. The twister, which touched down around 3:20 a.m., caused significant tree damage and left hundreds of homes without power. But there were no injuries, and somehow…