Monthly Archive for January, 2025

The Messenger – January 31, 2024

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Download The Messenger - January 31, 2024 (pdf)One killed – one injured in Deering house fire

New Hampshire State Fire Marshal Sean P. Toomey, Deering Fire Chief Robert Richards and Deering Police Chief Mark Philibert announced a joint investigation is underway after a residential fire. At 9:19 p.m. on Saturday, January 25, 2025, Deering Fire & Rescue responded to a report of a fire with multiple people trapped at…

Hillsboro Lions Club donates $1,000 to aid California fire victims

Hillsboro Lions Club recently donated to the $1,000 Lions Club International Fund (LCIF) Empowered Service Fund to assist fire victims in California, and $100 was donated to Camp Allen. The Scholarship Committee expanded the eligibility requirements for the…

Hillsboro-Deering DECA Team qualifies for International Conference

After a wild ten days of competing against other high schools in a global competition, a team of students from Hillsboro-Deering High School qualified for the DECA International Conference in April 2025 in the area of…

$500 reward offered for Henniker’s missing historic marker

The Henniker Historical Society is offering a $500.00 reward for information leading to the return of a missing historic marker. The missing marker commemorated the house of a prominent Henniker citizen, Robert Wallace, known as the house of Ocean Born Mary, and…

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The Messenger – January 24, 2025

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Download The Messenger - January 24, 2025 (pdf)Andover teen mourned

Friends of 17-year-old Wyatt Carleton are remembering him as “a ray of sunshine” days after his passing. Groups of students, teachers and community members gathered at Merrimack Valley High School in memory of the senior. Carleton was killed early…

Hillsboro man pleads guilty to 34 Fish & Game violations

A Hillsborough man pleaded guilty earlier this month after a year long investigation by Fish and Game into violations of hunting regulations and keeping wildlife, including four de-scented skunks and three gray foxes on the property without…

Peterborough woman supervising Red Cross California wildfire relief

A New Hampshire woman is volunteering with the American Red Cross to help victims impacted by the wildfires in Los Angeles. Deb Budney from Peterborough is a supervisor at a shelter called the Westwood Recreational Center. She said the shelter is nearly at capacity with about…

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hillsboro-Deering 83, Newfound 73, OT: Six Hillcats fouled out and Newfound made a run late in the game to force overtime, but the H-D bench players stepped up to help H-D secure its first win of the season. The score was tied 63-63 at the end of…

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hillsboro-Deering 35, Newfound 21: H-D trailed 14-8 at halftime, but made some adjustments at halftime, scoring 15 in the third quarter to take a 23-19 lead. The Hillcats held Newfound to just two points in the fourth quarter to secure their second win of …

 

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The Messenger – January 17, 2025

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Download The Messenger - January 17, 2025 (pdf)Long-Time Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director involuntarily retired

Dan MacDonald has been the face, voice, heart and soul of the New Boston Fire Department for nearly a quarter of a century. During that time, he led a first-class group of firefighters housed in a substandard facility. Without complaint, he led the fight for a new station for nearly a decade, but had been shot down at…

Teen driver deceased after crash in Andover

A driver is deceased following a crash into a drainage ditch in Andover. At 11:53 p.m. on Sunday, January 12, 2025, State Troopers assigned to the Troop D barracks responded to a report of a truck off the road, fully submerged in water, on…

Stark Senior takes on the challenge of directing

Senior Emma Guillemette directs comedy show, Knock Knock, for Capstone project. After doing six years of theater, Senior Emma Guillemette is now taking on the project of directing a show of her own. Her passion for theater and…

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hopkinton 71, Hillsboro-Deering 43: The last time these two met, the Hawks won similarly, 66-37, on Dec. 13, but went on to lose the two games after that. Friday’s win was not necessarily a surprising result, but it reaffirmed the…

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hopkinton 42, Hillsboro-Deering 25: The Hawks jumped out to a 16-4 first quarter lead and maintained a double-digit advantage throughout the game to earn their fifth straight win…

 

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The Messenger – January 10, 2025

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Download The Messenger - January 10, 2025 (pdf)Kearsarge School Spending Cap rejected

A petitioned article seeking a 17% reduction in the Kearsarge Regional School District budget generated an overwhelming voter turnout, as a crowd of over 1,500 Kearsarge residents were packed into the high school’s gym, auditorium, cafeteria, and library for the District’s deliberative session. The turnout was so high a…

Hillsboro-Deering School Budget and Teacher’s Contract each up less than 2%

The H-D School Board reviewed and approved the Warrant for presentation to the voters at the upcoming Budget Hearing. ARTICLE 3: The proposed Operating Budget has been set at $24,834,714, which is a…

Six area departments assist Washington at Lake Ashuelot fire

On December 29, 2024, Washington Fire Department was dispatched to Lake Ashuelot Estates for flames coming from a garage. Shortly after the initial tone, a member from WFD on scene confirmed the garage to be fully involved. With familiarity to the address Chief Atkins called for a second alarm, anticipating exposure issues to the…

BOYS BASKETBALL

John Stark 47, Plymouth 40: Cedar Beaupre with less than a minute to play put the Generals ahead by nine points in a back-and-forth and physical game…

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Plymouth 51, John Stark 48: Lexi Korbet made shots from the perimeter and attacked the basket, keeping the Generals in a back-and-forth contest, but Stark came up short in the end…

 

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