Monthly Archive for April, 2017

In New Hampshire – May 2017

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Cinderella live at Lebanon Opera House

Lebanon Opera House is excited to welcome City Center Ballet in their presentation of Cinderella. Friday, May 5 through Sunday, May 7. Watch Cinderella’s transformation into a princess, with the help of her Fairy Godmother and the Fairies of the…

Annual cat show at Everett Arena

The British are coming! … and the Americans, the Russians, the Siberians, and the French, also known as the Chartreux. Time to gather up the family and head to the Everett Arena in Concord for the first cat show of the new season. This is our annual fun, affordable, family affair…

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum announces opening date for Tours

The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum announces its opening season for tours and activities begins on Monday, May 1, 2017. Join us as we celebrate our 26th year of Native heritage education and culture. Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Education and Cultural Center, connects people of today with 20,000 years of ongoing…

Community Make a Blanket Day to benefit Project Linus

The 5th Annual Project Linus Make a Blanket Day will be held on Saturday, May 6th at the First Congregational Church, 6 Payson Hill Road in Rindge, sponsored by the church’s Charity Crafters group. The mission of the national non-profit Project Linus organization is to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the…

Mt Washington Valley events

Come celebrate spring in Mt Washington Valley with everything from art, flower and sidewalk sales to crafts and drafts, and outdoor adventure.  With spring comes renewal of golf courses, family attractions and musical entertainment as the White Mountains come alive with the sights and sounds of spring. Spring brings rushing waterfalls, budding tulips and the perfect time to putt and pedal. Plus, a packed events calendar means…

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The Messenger – April 28, 2017

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Weare Middle School 8th graders visit nation’s capitol

In preparation for their trip to Washington, DC, all Grade 8 students at the Weare Middle School must complete a multi-media project about a memorial, monument, or attraction in the nation’s capital as if they were working for the National Parks Service. Each student must then research…

Epsom Fire Captain resigns citing Chief’s ‘mismanagement’

Epsom Fire Captain Matthew Moulton publicly resigned during a select board meeting Monday. Moulton’s resignation relates to a 2015 lawsuit filed against the town and Epsom Police Officer Brian Michael by Richard Bilodeau, a firefighter and the town’s emergency management director, in which Bilodeau claims that…

Hillsborough boy at Alzheimer’s Forum

Noah VonDette of Hillsborough joined over 1,300 other advocates from across the nation in Washington D.C., at the Alzheimer’s Association Advocacy Forum on March 27-29. Noah, 9, was the youngest attendee at the Advocacy Forum this year. Noah’s mother, Nichole VonDette notes that he had no…

Little information on Stoddard killing

It has been more than two months since a Sullivan man was shot and killed in Stoddard, with no additional information released on the incident. Although the incident has been ruled a homicide, one of the questions the N.H. Attorney General’s Office has yet to answer is whether what happened constitutes a…

Senior Lifestyles Special Section
5 simple steps to be your best at any age

To improve your physical and mental health and prove age is just a number, apply these five tips from Mayo Clinic. Find the perfect interval. If you’ve never participated in high-intensity interval training before, here’s a compelling reason to start. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic found high-intensity aerobic exercise actually reversed some…

Sports: Boys Baseball

Monadnock 14 Hillsboro-Deering 6: The Hillcats jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning and tacked on four more in the second. The Huskies came back with one run in the second inning and two in the fourth before sealing the victory with a five-run fifth inning…

Sports: Girls Softball

Hillsboro-Deering 9 Monadnock 4:  Thanks to a four-run first inning, the Hillcats were off and running early and never trailed. H-D extended its lead to 5-2 in the fourth and put the game away by pushing across four more runs in the fifth…

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The Messenger – April 21, 2017

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New Boston man leaves one accident for another

Kevin Cullinane, 54, of New Boston, was charged with conduct after an accident, operating under the influence of drugs and reckless operation after being the cause of two different accidents Saturday night. When Goffstown police arrived at a hit-and-run…

Merrifield confirmed as Labor Commissioner, will step down as mayor

The Executive Council has confirmed Franklin Mayor Ken Merrifield as the next Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Labor. The council voted 4-1 Wednesday to confirm Gov. Sununu’s nominee, with…

Franklin woman arrested in Hooksett

On April 6th, the Hooksett Police Department took a complaint from a resident that a female had come to his home asking to use the phone and for gas money. The caller stated that the female was acting “strange” and provided a description of the vehicle that she was operating. The vehicle, a 2000 Jeep Cherokee, was confirmed stolen out of…

New Hampshire Motor Speedway features Safe Kids 500

On Wednesday, May 3, racers of a different kind will ‘burn rubber’ at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Instead of NASCAR stars like Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr., families across the state will pedal their bikes around the track in the Safe Kids 500. Hosted by…

Homefront Guide
Create the perfect outdoor kitchen

Start with the grill. Your grill is the focal point of your cooking area and you’ll need to determine whether gas, charcoal or propane is right for you. If expense is a concern, propane is a more cost-effective fuel than charcoal and it doesn’t require…

Sports: Boys Baseball

Kearsarge 8 Hillsboro-Deering 3: Senior Brad Sampson started on the mound and scored for the Hillcats, Freshman Gunner Hagstrom took over on the mound in the second inning and scored the other two runs for H-D. Joseph O’Brien had a base hit on his first Varsity appearance…

Sports: Girls Softball

Hillsboro-Deering  20, Hanover 3: 6 inn. The Hillcats took a 6-0 lead after the first two innings and just kept hitting on their way to their first win. Hillsboro-Deering 6 Kearsarge 3: Kearsarge fell behind, 4-0, after two innings, but clawed back to make it a one-run game going in to the sixth. Peschell and Mooney each scored an insurance run in the sixth for the Hillcats…

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The Messenger – April 14, 2017

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Student’s toy gun causes alarm at ConVal High School

Officials at ConVal High School took no chances and alerted police to a report of a student with what appeared to be a plastic toy gun in a car last Thursday. Interim Principal Gib West also sent an email alert to…

Hillsborough’s Citizens, Business and Employee of the Year honored

The Greater Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce hosted its Annual Awards Dinner Saturday night at the American Legion Hall after a fantastic meal catered by H-D Food Services Director Michelle Dupont and entertainment from H-D musical prodigy Reed Cullen, the Business, Citizens and Employee of the…

Northfield man guilty of sexually assaulting disabled woman

Robert Magoon, 74, a former police officer and janitor at the Pines Community Center in Northfield was found guilty last Friday of sexually abusing a disabled woman while working at that facility. A Merrimack County Superior Court jury found Magoon guilty of attempted aggravated felonious sexual assault and three counts of aggravated felonious…

Jared Lewis becomes Antrim Troop 2’s 20th Eagle Scout

Jared Lewis became Antrim Troop 2’s 20th Eagle Scout during an impressive Eagle Court of Honor at Town Hall Monday evening. After the Color Guard posted the colors and the Pledge of Allegiance, candles were lit to signify Jared’s path through scouting from Tenderfoot to Eagle. Lighted candles also signified the…

HDMS National Geographic Bee entrants

HDMS seventh grade student David Denslow has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2017 New Hampshire National Geographic State Bee. The contest was held at Keene State College on Friday, March 31, 2017. Ten HDMS students participated in the School Level Bee held in February. As the school level winner, David took a qualifying test which was…

Sports: Boys Baseball

Hopkinton 20 Hinsdale 2: Freshmen Sam Crawford and Colby Marshall made their career debuts on the mound and had their first varsity hits, helping the Hawks to a commanding victory in their opener…

Sports: Girls Lacrosse

Bow 12 Kearsarge 9: Leslie Angus scored 5 goals to lead the Falcons over the Cougars in the season-opener for both teams. Hopkinton 17 Gilford 10: Cathen Hall, Amelia Thomas and Sage Hubicki played strong defense and did a good job protecting freshman goalie Elizabeth Berliner…

 

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The Messenger – April 7, 2017

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H-D teachers urge board to reduce class sizes

At the beginning of Monday’s Hillsboro-Deering School Board meeting Superintendent Robert Hassett distributed a chart showing class sizes in the elementary school this year and anticipated class sizes next year. He cautioned that the figures were…

Goffstown Selectmen support town’s First Responders

Goffstown Police Chief Robert Browne and Fire Chief Richard O’Brien recently briefed the Selectmen on a situation in which a person spit on a First Responder during a call. Because “saliva” is exempted from Workers Compensation coverage, and the town’s policy requires such employees to be…

Ben Fortner wants Leo Aucoin fired and Kris Blomback demoted

In the absence of Chair Kris Blomback, Vice Chair Tia Hooper was running a routine Henniker Selectman’s meeting Tuesday evening until fellow member Ben Fortner dropped a couple of bomb shells at the end. Fortner, who defeated former Selectman Leo Aucoin a year ago, and who has been a constant critic of Aucoin and the…

Authorities say threat at Belmont High was “not credible”

Authorities have determined that a “threat of violence” made against Belmont High School on social media was not credible according to an investigation by school officials and police. On Sunday, April 2, the following message was posted on the school’s on-line bulletin board by…

Stark/Hopkinton Robotics wins award

On March 25 and 26, The John Stark/Hopkinton Robotics FIRST team Ozram 1922 was one of forty-one teams battling for the glory of a FIRST Steamworks championship title in Bedford, NH.  FIRST is a program created by New Hampshire’s own Dean Kamen, which pursues the goal of promoting STEM fields. In order to do this, FIRST challenges robotics teams across the world to…

Weare’s young sister inventors continue to gain honors

Two Weare sisters, who recently showcased their invention, The Amazing Curb Climber, on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, both entered their latest inventions at a regional inventor’s competition this past weekend. Sadie McCallum, 10, of Weare who lives with Cerebral Palsy, created the Walker Wheeler, a wheelchair/walker in…

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