The Messenger – Dec. 26, 2014

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Download The Messenger - Dec. 26, 2014 (pdf)Newport’s Towle School students aid Food Pantry

An annual tradition was completed on Tuesday, December 16 as more than one hundred fifth and sixth graders emptied the school building, grabbed a bag of potatoes and hiked the half-mile down Main Street in Newport to deliver the food to the Newport NAAC Food Pantry. According to Towle staff, the Food Pantry delivery totaled just under a half ton of…

Messenger readers generously support Lions’ Christmas Food Baskets

Messenger readers again showed their generosity by contributing over $1,600 to the Hillsboro Lions Club’s Christmas Food Basket project.

The money helped the Lions purchase enough food to fill 104 food baskets for families from 2 to 9 individuals. Each basket contained a chicken or turkey, potatoes, onions, peas, green beans, cranberry sauce, bread, gravy and cookies. Those contributing to this project include:…

Newport partners with Dartmouth College for ‘Science In Residence’

It’s not every day you personally meet a scientist, let alone have him participate in a seventh grade science lesson. This happens almost every Friday in Jessica Warkentien’s Newport Middle School science classroom. Gifford Wong, a Ph.D. candidate at Dartmouth College, comes to Newport almost every Friday to help in the classroom. He is part of a cohort of graduate fellows from Dartmouth College who were accepted for the GK-12 program, which places the graduate fellow in a…

Goffstown and New Boston men arrested, another escapes

Merrimack Police have arrested three of the four suspects discovered inside Majestic Motors at 734 D.W. Hwy. shortly before 4:00AM on Tuesday December 16, 2014. Officers had been on heightened alert after a series of thefts which included a 1955 Dodge Power Wagon pickup truck which was taken from the business on December 01, 2014. Officers found a Chevrolet Pickup registered to…

Civil suit against former New London Police Chief settled for $70,000

Former New London Police Chief David Seastrand and the town have agreed to pay $70,000 to a former Colby-Sawyer College student who claimed Seastrand offered to drop charges against her if she would pose nude for photos. Janelle Westfall of Bridgewater had been asking for a jury trial. The suit alleged the town and the chief violated…

Ice bound Loon rescued from Martin Meadow Pond

On Monday, December 8, an iced-in loon was rescued on Martin Meadow Pond in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Loons can require close to a quarter mile of open water to take flight, but this loon was trapped in a 3-foot patch of open water. LPC Senior Biologist John Cooley carefully edged a small Jon-boat across the ice toward the loon until he was close enough to capture it with a landing net. Once they were both safely back on…

Hillsborough’s Christmas Tree Bonfire January 10th

The Annual Christmas Tree Bonfire will take place at Grimes Field in Hillsboro on Saturday January 10 from 5:00pm – 7:00pm. This year’s event will feature hot chocolate, a pot luck dessert table and seasonal sounds and songs. Christmas trees may be dropped off at…

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