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In This Issue
Bow voters want Community Building preserved
Bow residents came to their Town Meeting Wednesday night expecting a debate on whether to adopt an $11.6 million operating budget and another $2.1 million of warrant articles in light of the recent $5.7 million principal payment made to Eversource. To their surprise, much of the discussion focused on…
After 5 hour debate – mixed results at Hopkinton School meeting
It was a full house at Hopkinton’s School District meeting on Saturday as residents debated for about five hours over a budget increase and a proposal to relocate the district’s administrative offices. The $20 million budget, with its $652,000 increase over the…
Goffstown voters reject request for eight additional firefighters
Goffstown voters braved Tuesday’s storm and approved the proposed municipal operating budget of $21,694,414 by a vote of 838-514. A petitioned warrant article asking for $338,973 to cover the first six months of salary and benefits for eight new…
Dunbarton full-day kindergarten returns
The Dunbarton Elementary School’s gym erupted into cheers when Moderator Rene Ouellet announced the 194–61 vote in favor of the project which will add three new classrooms and refurbish two existing classrooms into small instructional spaces, for a total of one new classroom. The project also fixes the…
$3.6 million Newbury Fire Station proposal draws record crowd
In was elbow to elbow, standing room only as Newbury voters gathered for Town Meeting Wednesday night. They came to vote whether to raise $3,600,000 for the design and construction and the original equipping of a new Fire Department Building located beside the…
Girls Sports: Basketball
Division II CHampionship – #3 Hollis/Brookline 54 John Stark 43: Having pulled off two upsets to reach the finals, the Generals dream season came to an end as the Cavaliers claimed their first state title. Down by 16-points, the Generals rallied in the third quarter, using a16-4 run to turn a large deficit into a 36-35 lead, before closing out the fourth quarter with a 10-1 run. Jill Douzanis finished with…
Boys Sports: Hockey
Division III Championship – #2 Stark/Hopkinton 6, #1 Kennett 2: Having lost to Division III defending Champion Kennett twice in the regular season, this reversal of fortunes in the 2018 Championship game was even sweeter, and it was led by a freeshman. Forwar Nolan Sauer’ scored twice Saturday to lead the John Stark/Hopkinton hockey team to a 6-2 triumph over Kennett in the Division III Championship at SNHU Arena. His first goal broke a 2-2 tie with…
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