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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