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Download The Messenger – June 20, 2014 (pdf)

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The Class of 2026

Following a long-standing tradition, the Kearsarge Regional High School Class of 2014 shared the stage with their counterparts in the Class of 2026. These future graduates from the district’s various kindergartens open the…

HDHS Class of 2014 urged to ‘Do all you can, with what you have’

Braving the threat of rain, which never came Hillsboro-Deering’s Class of 2014 graduation was held outside under a huge white tent. In her welcoming address, Class President Briana Welch paused to take a “classy” selfie, saying, “life is full of moments and snapshots in time. Once that moment has passed there is no turning back. I will always remember this moment.”…

John Stark’s 160 graduates excelled at community service

In keeping with a 24-year-old tradition, the 160 members of John Stark Regional High School’s Class of 2014 ended their commencement ceremony with the blast of Bob Hatfield’s cannon and the John Stark fight song. Principal Christopher Corkery was…

Speakers urge Newport’s Class of 2014 to overcome their fears

The threat of rain forced the Newport High School graduation exercises into the Newport Opera House, but did nothing to dampen the spirits of the 84 graduates, their families and friends Thursday night. Although Valedictorian Allison Doucette admitted that…

203 members of ConVal’s Class of 2014 urged to value time

The threat of rain forced the ConVal graduation ceremony into the gym, but did little to dampen the enthusiasm of those attending. Valedictorian Cassandra Daisy urged her classmates to remember the importance of time and to cherish it in the future…

Speakers stress the closeness of Sunapee’s Class of 2014

The togetherness of Sunapee’s Class of 2014 was the shared theme of the graduation exercises Friday night in the Sherburne Gymnasium. Valedictorian Madison Fowler reminded her classmates that each of the graduates had changed the person sitting next to them, behind them, or anywhere on…

Sunapee’s 3rd Championship in four years

Sunapee 6 Gorham 5 It took the Lakers a while to get going, trailing by three runs with innings slipping by. Nick Skarin got things going with a single and stolen base in the sixth…

Grizzlies claw Bobcats in Division II Finals

#1 Goffstown 8 #3 Plymouth 1 Top-seeded Goffstown got a three-run triple from junior shortstop Tanner Putnam and a complete-game pitching performance from senior Tyler Perron and defeated third-seeded Plymouth Regional 8-1 in Saturday night’s Division II Championship Game…

Download The Messenger – June 6, 2014 (pdf)

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Sunapee wants New London to pay 75% for sewer

The New London Selectmen spent much of Monday’s meeting discussing a $275,000 change order for a Chemical Building at the Sunapee Wastewater Treatment Plant. With $320,000 available in the Contingency Fund, the Board approved the…

Hillsboro-Deering taxpayers to receive $700,000 refund

At Monday’s Hillsboro-Deering School Board meeting, Superintendent Robert Hassett shared an e-mail received from attorney Ed Kaplan who said the Board could not use this year’s large surplus to install a backup boiler in the Middle School. Armed with a $391,000 wish list of suggested repairs and…

Claremont man arrested for drug sales

A Claremont man was arrested on three felony warrants for drug sales Thursday afternoon. Nicholas G. Santana, 23, of 15 Walnut St. was arrested by Claremont police around 1:15 p.m. at his home on warrants stemming from an investigation conducted by the…

Fired Weare police sergeant files suit against department

A week after the Weare police learned that a Federal Court was allowing a suit against them to proceed, a new lawsuit was filed by a former sergeant, claiming he was fired after showing signs of post-traumatic stress disorder following an officer-involved shooting. Although Sgt. Joe Kelley was…

Fire Marshal investigating Newport fires

State, county and local authorities have opened a criminal investigation after firefighters from six communities responded to four suspicious fires in Newport early Saturday morning. All four fires were less than a mile from each other and started over a three-hour time span. The first was a…

5th Annual Hillsborough Bike Race next Saturday

The Office of Youth Services is sponsoring the 5th Annual Youth Bike Race at Grimes Field in Hillsboro on Saturday June 14th. Registration begins at 3:00pm and the race starts at 4:00pm. Ages  6 – 14 will bike various distances around Grimes Field and awards will be given out to boys and girls for ages 6-8, 9-10, 11-12 & 13-14. Two bikes donated by the Hillsboro Police Association and the Hillsboro Lions Club will be…

BASEBALL

Monadnock 7 Hillsboro-Deering 0 Max Parenteau threw 6+ innings giving up only 4 hits and Danny Egner had two hits. Newport 4 Conant 0 Andrew Houde tossed a one-hit complete game shutout to end the season. Ricky Hammond and Zach Brown had two hits each…

GIRLS’ LACROSSE Division III preliminary

#6 Bishop Brady 10 # 11 Hopkinton 7 Sonja Leavitt stopped 16 shots but Brady was relentless…

Download The Messenger – May 30, 2014 (pdf)

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Filming of police OK’ed

A federal appeals court has ruled that individuals have a right to film police during traffic stops. The ruling comes in a 2010 case filed by Free State Project President Carla Gericke against the Weare Police Department. Judge Kermit V. Lipez ruled that although police may impose limits on…

White Birch Community Center elects new President and Board

Thirty five years ago, Jessica Michie Prieto was a student at Crayon College Nursery School at White Birch Community Center in Henniker. Today she is President of the Board of Directors following outgoing president…

Hopkinton exhibit on Contoocook River

The Hopkinton Historical Society’s 2014 summer exhibit looks at how we use the Contoocook River and how the river has influenced our town’s development. The exhibit is part of a collaborative of eight local organizations including the…

Two Goffstown men hurt in OHRV crash

On Sunday, Ryan Paris, 23, and Nicolas Gamache, 22, both of Goffstown NH, were transported to the Upper Valley Hospital in Colebrook, NH for injuries they sustained in an OHRV accident in Stewartstown. Paris was operating a Polaris four-wheeler side by side OHRV eastbound on Ridge Road in Stewartstown when they tried to avoid a head on collision with…

New London Rotary Club sponsors Fun Fest June 28th

The New London Rotary Club will sponsor Fun Fest on June 28, 2014, from 1 – 6 p.m. at Smiley Grove Park in North Sutton, adjacent to Kezar Lake on Route 114, across from the Vernondale Store. Festivities will be held rain or shine and include: a Walk-a-Thon…

H-D Middle School DECA attends State Conference

The New Hampshire DECA 1st Annual Eighth-Grade Career Development Conference was held on the campus of NHTI in Concord. In its first year – New Hampshire DECA welcomed 40 competitors from four middle schools: Fairgrounds, Nashua; Elm Street, Nashua; Pennichuck, Nashua; and…

BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Hillsboro-Deering 6th Ian Robie won the discus and placed second in the javelin.

Kearsarge 1st Ten Cougars scored to give Kearsarge the Wilderness League Championship…

GIRLS SOFTBALL

Monadnock 13 Hillsboro-Deering 2 The Emmas, Adams and Moore had a pair of hits each but runs were scarce. Hopkinton 12 Hillsboro-Deering 0 It was all Becca Shatney who struck out 8 while allowing only 3 hits. She had a pair of doubles and scored a run…

Download The Messenger – May 23, 2014 (pdf)

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Great Brook named 2013 Middle School of the Year

What a difference a year makes. Just over a year ago, the ConVal School District was considering closing Antrim’s Great Brook School and consolidating its students at South Meadow School in Peterborough. Antrim  residents were vocal in their opposition and eventually…

Court of Honor held for two Weare Eagle Scouts

Weare Boy Scout Troop 24, chartered with American Legion Post 65 – Philbrick-Clement Post, held a ceremonial Eagle Court of Honor for two young men, Robert Yelle Jr. (Robbie) and Noah Payeur, who both recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout. The Senior Patrol Leader was…

H-D DECA Teams place 4th & 6th internationally

Hillsboro-Deering High School DECA recently returned from the International competition in Atlanta, Georgia with several accolades. The group attended the conference from May 2 – May 7, 2014 and during this event two teams made their way into the finals of their competition and finished in the top…

“Dancing With The Staff” to fund Stark Teachers’ Scholarships

Staff  members at the John Stark Regional High School are once again game to hit the dance floor for a lively evening of dance performances to raise money for the John Stark Teachers’ Association student scholarships at the school. Dancing with the Staff will be held on Friday, May 30 at 7 PM in the Café. Tickets are…

Bleach bandit hits Goffstown Cumby’s

Goffstown police say a woman threatened the clerk at the Cumberland Farms convenience store on Mast Road with bleach before getting away with some cash Friday night. Police say the woman entered the store at about 8:35 p.m. Friday and appeared to be shopping. Officers say she put on…

NH Fish & Game officers kill bear in Henniker

A 150-pound black bear that had been roaming a neighborhood in Henniker had to be put down by state Fish and Game officials Saturday. The bear and two cubs had been searching for food, but officials say she became aggressive and dangerous to people. This was the third year in a row the same bear returned to the…

BASEBALL

Newport 2 Fall Mountain 1 (8 In) Tied 1-1 in the bottom of the eighth, Tigers junior Brady Bates knocked in Matt Bocko with the winning run. Newport 1 Monadnock 0  Matt Bocko drove in the game’s lone run with a single in the fifth inning. Andrew Houde pitched a complete game with nine strikeouts…

GIRLS’ LACROSSE

Kearsarge 13 Lebanon 6 Leading only 5-3 at the break, the Cougars increased the intensity in the second half. Libby Brooks took only 4 shots, but netted them all.Kearsarge 16 Hopkinton 6 Anna Stowell had 7 goals and Libby Brooks four…