Monthly Archive for January, 2017

The Messenger – January 27, 2017

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Belmont robbery

Belmont Police are asking for the public’s help in their investigation of an armed robbery at the Penguin Market on Laconia Road Saturday night. Police were called to the store by a clerk, who said that a man brandishing a handgun had just robbed the store. No customers…

H-D Elementary Spelling Bee winners named

Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School held their annual Spelling Bee on Thursday, January 19th. 1st place went to Jeffrey Stillman, 2nd place was Paige Kelly and Kaiya Richard placed 3rd. Jeffrey will go on to represent HDES at the…

Memory of murdered Franklin girl remains after 44 years

It has been almost fifty years and the murder of 13-year-old Kathy Gloddy of Franklin is still unsolved. But her friends and family have kept her spirit alive on her birthday. Despite  below zero temperatures, Janet Gloddy and classmates of Kathy’s gathered outside of Marceau Park, inviting locals to bring a can of dog or cat food to donate to the animal shelter in honor of Kathy’s dream of…

Fuel truck accident closes Route 4 Friday

Officials are trying to figure out what made a tractor-trailer driver hauling a large quantity of heating oil drive off road into the woods close to the Andover-Salisbury town line on Friday morning, closing Route 4 for over seven hours. A  J.P. Noonan transportation truck carrying several thousand gallons of oil was driving north headed towards…

Boys’ Sports Hockey

Goffstown 11 Winnacunnet 1: A Max Lajeunesse had a hat trick and Colby Gamache added a pair of goals for the Grizzlies. Belmont/Gilford 11 Laconia/ Winnisquam 1: Belmont/Gilford improved to 6-1-1 in Division III. Pembroke/Campbell 4, Monadnock 3, OT: Matt Tremblay scored a pair of goals, including the winner in overtime…

Girls’ Sports Winter Track

The Con-Val winter track team competed at the first of two qualifier only meets at UNH on Sunday. Highlighting the meet of the girls was Clare Veverka’s first place performance in the 3000 meter run…

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The Messenger – January 20, 2017

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Hillsborough teenager escapes abduction attempt

A 16-year-old girl was the target of an attempted abduction Saturday afternoon when she was walking home on Melody Lane, police said. Police Capt. Ian Donovan said the teen reported that a black compact car pulled up next to her and the driver told her to get in. She said no and ran away and the car…

200 Newport neighbors rally to support fire victims

A group of about 200 Newport area residents participated in the Saturday, Jan. 14 Urista Hoop Festival, a series of 8-minute 5-on-5 basketball games to support a family who lost their home to a fire early last week. The event, held at the…

H-D voters petition to rescind Board’s authority to retain surplus

With the crowd consisting of mostly staff from the school district there were few questions and virtually no fireworks at this year’s H-D budget hearing. The operating budget will increase by 2.77% or $602,397. Under SB2 rules the default budget will increase by…

Goffstown Police release funds to aid construction of Fire Station

Progress to upgrade and improve Goffstown’s Church Street fire station continues as new funding is allocated to help pay for the project. Work to renovate and expand the station began in October after a warrant article to acquire a bond to fund the project was approved during the last town meeting. The new building gives the department a bigger…

Boys’ Sports Basketball

Raymond 76 Hillsboro-Deering 50: Elijah Winters scored 15 points, and Zach Rowell 12 as both teams played a tough game. Stevens 71 ConVal 54: Stevens led 9-0 before CV hit its first bucket with the first quarter half over as the Cougars couldn’t buy a basket. By the time the quarter had ended, Stevens a 21-8 lead…

Girls’ Sports Basketball

Hillsboro-Deering 37 Raymond 32: Morgan Racine  had 11 of the Hillcats’ 22 points at halftime, carrying H-D to its first win on the season. Portsmouth 51 Pembroke 39: Olivia Langevin had 11 points, but the Spartans couldn’t turn things around in dropping their fourth straight game…

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The Messenger – January 13, 2017

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Hillsborough woman dies – three others injured

A Hillsborough woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash last Thursday afternoon in Hillsborough. Diane Chouinard, 54, a passenger in her husband’s vehicle, was killed in the crash, which occurred about 12:40 p.m. at the intersection of Henniker Street and Route 9. Hillsborough Police Capt. Ian Donovan reports that…

Chichester Board proposes full-day kindergarten

Chichester School District voters will be asked to approve full-day kindergarten to voters this year. As it stands, the proposed budget is projected at $6,202,890, a 0.31 percent increase. In SAU 53, Deerfield, Allenstown and Pembroke have full-day programs, while Epsom is the only other town with…

Belmont man arrested for possession of heroin

Adam Leisner, 28, of Belmont has been arrested and charged with one count of possession of heroin/fentanyl, one count of possession of methamphetamine, and one count of possession of marijuana after an officer witnessed what was described as a possible drug transaction.
He is also charged with…

Peter Christians March closing

Sarah Baas, the owner of Peter Christians in New London has announced that the restaurant will be closing in March. She has leased the restaurant for the last 6 years, but the landlords have decided to turn the building back into the original Edgewood Inn. In order for them to complete…

Boys’ Sports Nordic Skiing

The ConVal Nordic team travelled to Plainfield to compete in its first Nordic ski competition of the season. Eddie Pope was the first ConVal boy to cross the finish line, followed by first time skier Rowan Inglis…

Girls’ Sports Winter Track

The CV winter track teams competed with the majority of the team heading to Plymouth State for their first go on the states newest indoor facility. The girls team finished 4th in the…

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The Messenger – January 6, 2017

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Franklin fugitive arrested after massive manhunt

A Franklin man who had been on the run from police for several days has been taken into custody in Concord. Ryan Brouillard, 33, had been on the run since incidents early Wednesday morning in Franklin. Authorities located him at a residence in Concord at around 3 a.m. Police said Concord’s SWAT team employed…

ConVal High School Principal Brian Pickering retires

ConVal High School Principal Brian Pickering, New Hampshire’s High School Principal of the Year for 2016, has retired, citing health-related issues. Pickering, who has been on leave since Dec. 20, informed the school district on Dec. 29 that he would take an early retirement, according to…

Dog alerts family to Tilton house fire

A family dog alerted residents of a Tilton home to a fire in the basement Friday night. The family was able to safely exit the home and call 911. Tilton-Northfield Fire & EMS were called to 114 Dunlop Drive just after midnight. As firefighters arrived, they saw a two-story single family home with fire and smoke coming from…

Hillsboro-Deering Board adopts a $22,303,870 school budget

The Hillsboro-Deering School Board continued its budget discussions Wednesday evening trimming another $100,000 from the original requests of the administration. This brings the total reduction to $703,000 since deliberations began and leaves the current proposed budget at…

Bow official pressing plans for Route 3A development

Plans to develop a plot of land off Route 3A are progressing. Members of the town’s Business Development Commission (BDC) conditionally approved allowing Town Manager Dave Stack and Community Development Director Matt Taylor to work with Stu Arnett, president of the Concord-based Arnett Development Group, LLC, to figure out potential uses for the plot. The hope is to have the…

Former Pines counselor arrested for sex

A former counselor at the Sununu Youth Services Center and Pines Community Center is accused of giving sex, alcohol and guns to a teenager at the youth detention center. Authorities say Kirstie Bean, 25, of Concord also gave the 15-year-old and an 18-year-old pistols this past July when the three were…

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