What a Difference a Few Weeks Makes

The town is dry. No, not without alcohol, but dry from lack of rain.

Signs from the public works department have been posted urging residents to conserve water. The town's light department is urging residents to turn up the AC thermostat to conserve energy use in the extreme heat, particularly during so-called peak hours of 1 to 4 p.m.

What a difference a few weeks makes. In May, Concord was under water. Roads were washed out and local traffic was diverted down side roads.

Now lawns are brown and there is a smaller channel for the rivers to flow through.

We set out to document the changes from the spring to post-July Fourth.

It will rain soon, but on Friday, it was hot and very dry.