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Download The Messenger – Dec. 4, 2015 – pages 1-20 (pdf)

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Christmas Season in Franklin begins this weekend

On Friday, Dec. 4th, at 6:30 pm, the annual tree lighting ceremony will be held at Marceau Park in downtown Franklin (at Smith and Central Streets). This free event begins with the arrival of Santa Claus from the TRIP Center via…

Goffstown Nursing Home assistant sexually assaults an elderly patient

Timothy Morrissey’s nursing assistant’s license was permanently revoked by the NH Board of Nursing after receiving a complaint from an employee at the Bel-Air Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Goffstown, alleging he sexually assaulted an 80-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and…

Hillsboro-Deering DECA excels again

After a month of competing against other high schools in a global competition, a team of three students from Hillsboro-Deering High School has qualified for the DECA International Conference in April 2016. The three students, junior Matt Otten, and seniors Brandon Soules and Pano Galatas, chose the team name of “GSOHD3.” They finished in…

Bow man faces aggravated DWI and negligent homicide charges

Alexander Burke, 31, of Bow is now being held on $500,000 cash-only bail, after running a red light on Lake Avenue and smashing into a southbound vehicle on Union Street, causing the death of Isabel Pena Batista, 47, a passenger in the other vehicle. Three other passengers in the other vehicle were taken to…

6th Annual John Stark art club Toy Drive underway

The 6th Annual Toy Drive organized by the Art Club at John Stark Regional High School is underway and will continue until December 18. This hugely successful toy drive came from a desire to build community connections and offer gifts and toys to students in need as…

Deering Police arrest pair for selling dogs/puppies without license

Deering Police Captain Thomas Cavanaugh and Officer Stephen Bell, assisted by Animal Rescue League of NH Director of Outreach & Investigations Maureen Prendergast, conducted a joint investigation into the sale and transfer of several ill and contagious dogs and puppies during October and November 2015 in Deering. Initial complaints were received by the Deering Police about a “Dog Adoption Day” advertised through a…

Kearsarge Indian Museum’s Winter Celebration

Join us for a day full of family activities as we celebrate the beginning of winter. Winter is the traditional time for Native Americans to tell stories and we are pleased to have Native storytellers who will share their stories with us. The day’s events also include Native flute performances, a talk on Native plant use, a beadwork craft, games, traditional…

Download The Messenger – Nov. 13, 2015 (pdf)

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Goffstown School District supports Haitian relief

The Goffstown School District joined with local company Asset 360 on Friday, November 6th, to donate an ocean container-worth of furniture to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The material is going to be used by Asset 360’s charitable partner in their school rebuilding efforts throughout the city and…

Quick response saves New Boston home

A two-alarm fire in a home at a New Boston home caused heavy damage Sunday night. Fire Chief Dan MacDonald said Donald Vandenberg, owner of a Francestown Road home called 911 at 5:32 p.m. MacDonald, who lives near Francestown Road, was first on the scene, and saw fire coming from the roof and the chimney area of the home, and…

Failure to stop leads to Dunbarton crash

Dunbarton Police Officers responded to a two car crash at the intersection of routes 77 and 13, otherwise known as Page’s Four Corners. An investigation revealed that a Saturn sedan being operated by an adult male from Weare was traveling south through the intersection from Jewett Road. A Ford van being operated by an adult male from Nashua was traveling east from Concord Stage Road towards Clinton Street and failed to properly stop at the eastbound stop sign, causing a crash with the Saturn in the intersection. The Saturn sustained heavy damage to…

Newport firefighters rescue a couple and their pet tortoise

Newport Fire, EMS and police responded to the home of Richard and Robin Geschwinder 0n Turkey Hill Road when a two alarm fire was reported. Initial units discovered a two-and-a-half story single- family residence with fire from the rear of the structure and heavy smoke showing from the first and second floors. Upon arrival of the first…

Grapevine’s On-Line Auction thru 11/29

The Grapevine Family and Community Resource Center is hosting an online benefit auction through the month of November to support its programming. The auction is one of the Grapevine’s biggest annual fundraisers, second only to the Spring Walk, despite its relative newness. The Grapevine held the auction for the first time last year, and generated…

Girls Soccer – Division III Championship

#2 Bow 4 # 5 Raymond 0: The Bow Falcons are Division III Champions again, for the third straight year, after a dominating  4-0 win over No. 5 Raymond. A pair of  Gianna Celenza goals led a relentless attack which combined with smothering defense ace the Rams little chance. Second place was up for grabs. The Falcons endured their first loss, a 1-0 setback to Hopkinton in its second-to-last regular season game, to end a 54 game winning streak dating back to 2013. That loss motivated the Falcons to start another streak…

Boys Soccer – Division III Championship

# 7 Gilford 1 #9 Hillsboro-Deering 0 (2OT): You can’t get any closer without winning. The Hillcats’ magical march to the Division Championship ended in a devastating loss to perennial power Gilford. There was no talk of making the tournament when the season started, but after defeating…

Download The Messenger – Nov. 6, 2015 – pages 1-17 (pdf)

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New Boston native, Jack Ballard dies in one-car crash

Jack Ballard, 28, of New Boston died in a car crash early Sunday morning. He was an assistant head of circulation at St. Anselm College’s Geisel Library. Ballard died from injuries received when his car struck a tree on River Road at about 1:30 a.m. Police Chief James Brace said that…

Policy on religion, politics, sexual orientation & activity, drug use fails

At Monday’s Hillsboro-Deering School Board meeting members hit an impasse in attempting to adopt a new policy on non-academic surveys or questionnaires designed to elicit information about a student’s “social behavior, family life, religion, politics, sexual orientation, sexual activity, drug use, or any other information not related to…

Dunbarton accident caused by a moose

Stark Highway in Dunbarton was closed for about an hour Tuesday night after two vehicles crashed during an accident involving a moose. Upon arriving on scene, the moose was found to be seriously injured and lying in the middle of the roadway. Police reported that a Subaru Outback, being driven by a Concord man, had stopped in the road facing southbound after seeing two moose in…

Second one-pot portable meth lab discovered in Franklin

For the second time in 10 days, a team of law enforcement professionals was called to Franklin to help local authorities dispose of a very dangerous “portable” meth lab. A hiker found a single-bottle, “one-pot” methamphetamine lab while walking on the…

SAU #24 teachers, administrators and para-educators attend workshop

The more than 400 teachers, administrators and para-educators within SAU 24 attended a full day workshop on November 3.  This day of learning, collaboration, and leadership was held at John Stark Regional High School in Weare. SAU 24 is comprised of the five schools within the school districts of Henniker, Weare, John Stark, and…

Girls Soccer

Division III Quarterfinals: # 1 Hillsboro-Deering 2 # 6 Fall Mountain 1, PKs:  The top-seeded and undefeated Hillcats survived a major threat, as Kersten Clough, Bridgette Winters, Emily Wightman and Maddie Winters scored in penalty kicks, and after Emma Moore saved the first, Fall Mountain missed the net on its fourth…

Boys Soccer

#9 Hillsboro-Deering 3  #5 Campbell 1: Down 0-1 at the break, it looked like the Hillcats’ upset of #1 Bow was a fluke. The magic was reclaimed in the second half when Cooper Johnson and Shane Kelly scored back-to-back goals sending the ninth-seeded Hillcats to the Championship Game…

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Franklin Police confiscate a ‘one pot meth lab’

Franklin Police are investigating the discovery of a dozen methamphetamine bottles, used in a “meth lab,” near Spring Street Wednesday night, Oct. 21. According to Police Chief David Goldstein, a resident was walking his dog and noticed “one dozen suspicious looking bottles” and reported them to police. Franklin responded and set up a perimeter, police said, and the fire department was called to…

Hillsboro-Deering School Board has its head in the clouds

At its Monday meeting, the Hillsboro-Deering School Board was briefed on the implementation of the district’s Google Apps For Education initiative by Technology Director Glenn Woods and Curriculum Director Dr. Kevin Johnson. Currently, three teachers in each of the Elementary, Middle and High School are being trained on the computer based system, with the goal of providing the opportunity for all…

Goffstown teen calls police – deters burglary

A Goffstown teenager’s call to police about a suspicious man approaching his home has resulted in the arrest of a homeless man, Tyler Fitzgerald, 29, for attempted burglary. Police said a 13-year-old resident of an East Dunbarton Road home called at about 12:20 p.m., Oct.16, saying a suspicious male approached the house with what was believed to be a firearm in…

Power outage forces evacuation of Weare schools

There was an unexpected field trip for students at the Weare Middle School and Center Woods Upper Elementary School on Friday, Oct. 23. Both schools were evacuated and students traveled by school bus to John Stark Regional High School for most of the day due to lack of water in their building related to an overnight power outage…

Pair of Pit Bulls attack Bow man & dog

Police in Bow are investigating an attack by two pit bulls that left another dog with serious injuries. Fish and Game Deputy Dave Eskeland said he and his leashed dog, Lady, were walking on a popular trail in town when they were attacked by the other dogs. Lady is recovering from multiple wounds that required more than 30 staples. “All of a sudden, I was pulled over backwards,” Eskeland said. “One jumped up, and afterward, I looked at the fleece vest I was wearing, and it was shredded”…

Girls Field Hockey Division III Quarterfinals

# 4 Sanborn 2, # 5 Hopkinton 0: The Hawks outplayed the Indians, outshooting them, 21-6, and had a 19-5 advantage in corners, but Hopkinton couldn’t beat Sanborn’s keeper, ending the Hawks’ season…

Boys Football

Newport 14, Franklin 8: Defensive back Ty Richardson returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown and Tyer Sharron scored on a 2-yard run as the Tigers (7-0) remained unbeaten…