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Spring into West Concord with the Garden DeLIGHTS Treasure Hunt

On Saturday May 16 from 10 AM - 3 PM, Spring into West Concord! Enjoy sidewalk sales, plant sales, art exhibits, crafts, music, and more! Get ready by finding the lovely lanterns that are lighting up the neighborhood -- the Garden DeLIGHTS Treasure Hunt starts May 1!

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Life-Size Bronze Sculpture of Margaret Fuller to Be Unveiled

A life-size bronze sculpture of 19th-century literary figure and women's rights advocate Margaret Fuller has been donated to the Concord Free Public Library Corporation and will be unveiled to the public on May 23, 2026. The sculpture, created in 1985 by acclaimed American artist Penelope Jencks, reflects her distinguished career in public art, which includes works such as the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument at Riverside Park in New York City, a statue of the historian Samuel Eliot Morison on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, and a statue of Robert Frost at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts.