They keep the signs simple outside Frank Scimone Farm on Old Bedford Road in Concord. “Cold Drinks” it says in blue capital letters on a white board. On another the word “Fudge” is scrawled in brownish paint.

Each says exactly what it means, like the rectangular sign with “Mass Sweet Corn” written in green letters, which when the Scimones’ corn crops up, they’ll replace with one that says, “Our Own Corn.” Read More »

A month-old Solar Committee is working to figure out whether Town Meeting’s authorization of a long-term lease to build a solar plant will come to fruition.

In April, Concord’s annual Town Meeting authorized Town Manager Chris Whelan to enter a long-term lease at the site of the Wastewater Treatment Plant on Bedford Street or the Ammendolia Land on Old Bedford Road, both of which meet the requirements of being at least 5-acre parcels of town-owned, building-free land. Read More »

Smart Grid could be up and running in Concord by this time next year, Light Plant Director Dave Wood told the Board of Selectmen on June 28.

The Light Plant has put out four bids — two for materials, one for fiber electronics and one for construction services — and all responses have been “well within our budgets,” Wood said. Read More »

Concord-based Organization for the Assabet River (OAR) received a $24,000 grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust this month to assess the effects of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) in the Assabet River and to raise public awareness. This funding will enable OAR to work with UMass Amherst faculty to assess the effects of EDCs on fish in the Assabet River’s water, and to educate the public about what they can do to reduce this kind of pollution of local rivers. Read More »

For all that Henry David Thoreau is remembered — the writings, the civil disobedience, the environmentalism — his decision to live deliberately is perhaps most responsible for setting Thoreau apart from his peers and keeping Concord’s favorite son relevant among the activists, scholars and thinkers of today. Read More »

Editor's note: This article was changed June 18 to reflect a broken link and an incorrect quote. The Journal apologizes for these errors.

To save money on a level-funded fiscal 2011 operating budget, Concord officials decided to remove nearly half of the town's streetlights -- a move officials say could save $35,000. Read More »

Do you want to know how Concord plans to develop a future based on sustainable approaches to energy Resources in the Town of Concord? See here for the Master Plan.