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Download The Messenger – December 16, 2022 (pdf)

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H-D skips teacher math training

More than 300 educators within 34 school districts throughout the state completed hands-on mathematics training, which is designed to build teacher assessment literacy and a stronger background in mathematics learning progressions and…

Hillsborough County 4-H Teen Ambassadors support NH Food Bank

The Hillsborough County 4-H Teen Ambassadors Youth Leadership Team of Emily Fulton (Weare), Rebecca Fulton (Weare), and Riley Gatlin (Hillsboro) dropped off 166 pounds of donated food items that…

Hillsborough’s Festival of Trees raises $2,990

The Hillsborough Community Center would like to thank all of the wonderful businesses, families, and nonprofit organizations who helped us make our 1st Annual Festival of Trees a huge success. This event grossed $2,990 in raffle ticket sales, cookbook sales, and…

Henniker & Weare students attend Youth Voice Summit at St. Anselm’s

7th and 8th graders from SAU 24 schools in Henniker and Weare attended the Youth Voice Summit sponsored by the Mikva Challenge at St. Anselm’s Institute for Politics on December 7. Before the summit, students chose issues they were…

Download The Messenger – December 2, 2022 (pdf)

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H-D receives $0 safety dollars

State officials approved $9.7 million in funding for school safety projects this month, such as door and lock replacements, key card systems and security cameras intended to improve control of who accesses…

K-9 Gibbs assists Hillsboro Police in locating injured driver

Hillsboro Police Department responded to a single motor vehicle crash on Old Henniker Road where officers found a vehicle with extensive damage. The driver was not found with the vehicle, and ultimately Canine Gibbs and Sergeant Hodgen began trying to track the…

Hillsborough author releases latest Thriller

IronWord Press announced immediate availability of THE HUNTSMAN, Judith Sanders’ fourth novel in which “it takes a serial killer to catch a serial killer.” Readers and…

Headphones lead police to stolen car in Weare – thieves arrested

Two people are facing charges after a car stolen from Concord was found in Weare Sunday morning. Mike McCormack was finally reunited with his car thanks to the help of the police, some quick-thinking neighbors and a pair of…

Download The Messenger – November 18, 2022 (pdf)

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Three New Historic Properties

The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources is pleased to announce that the State Historical Resources Council has added eight properties, including three locally, to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic…

Help the Hillsboro Lions Club feed our needy neighbors this Christmas

Messenger Publisher Leigh Bosse is pleased to announce that for the 28th consecutive year, The Messenger, in conjunction with the Hillsboro Lions Club, will be conducting its annual appeal to readers to fund the distribution of Christmas Food Baskets to…

Sale of Crotched Mountain School averts closing the facility

Kevin Gersh, Chief Autism Officer for Legacy by Gersh has announced that Seven Hills Foundation has agreed to purchase Legacy by Gersh’s Crotched Mountain School. Legacy by Gersh had previously announced that its school for children with autism would close on November 18th due to staffing…

Egyptologist visits the Weare Middle School

6th-grade students at Weare Middle School enjoyed a visit and presentation by Egyptologist Paulette Morin as their introduction to Ancient Egypt, a part of their social studies curriculum. Ms. Morin, who has…

Download The Messenger – November 4, 2022 (pdf)

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Hillsborough’s SAU #34 group supports 60 children

Childhood food insecurity occurs when children receive insufficient food on a regular basis; in many cases missing meals entirely. End 68 Hours of Hunger is a program that puts nourishing and supplemental food in the hands of school children to…

SAU 24 to receive EPA Award for Electric School Buses

SAU 24, which serves the districts of Henniker, Weare, John Stark, and Stoddard, is one of two NH districts to be awarded funding to purchase electric school buses through the Environmental Protection Agency’s…

Center Woods Elementary School 1st graders celebrate “Pumpkin Day”

It was Pumpkin Day in Ms. Story’s 1st-grade class at Center Woods Elementary School. Students counted the lines on a pumpkin, explored if a fan could blow a pumpkin over, worked on using adjectives to describe the inside of…

BOYS FOOTBALL

Man. West 27, H-D/Hopkinton 6: On Saturday, Joe Ramos passed for 213 yards and two touchdowns, ran for 81 yards and had a picksix to lead West. Epping/Newmarket 30, Kearsarge 28 (OT): QB Parker Goin tossed two TD passes and John Fraioli had a TD catch and a TD run for the
Cougars (2-7)…

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Division III Championship – Hopkinton #1: Senior Hannah Bennett finished second, clocking a 20 minute, 9 second 5K, Shaylee Murdough finished fourth in 20:26 and five Hawk runners placed in the top 25 to remain undefeated in D-III in the past two years to claim another Championship…

Download The Messenger – October 21, 2022 (pdf)

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Lesperance honored

Campus Compact announced that Stephanie Lesperance, Chief Strategy Officer at Campus Compact for New Hampshire, will serve as Campus Compact’s national Rural Engagement Network Fellow for the 2022-2023 academic year…

Graduate donates $1.5 million for Colby-Sawyer Athletic Center

Colby-Sawyer College has broken ground on a $2 million athletic pavilion to be situated on the Kelsey Athletic Campus, marking the college’s first major construction project since 2017…

Franklin Police K-9 Miller is NH’s second comfort dog

Police K-9 Miller has it good at Franklin Middle School. He is greeted with cheers, hugs and pats and even has his own water bowl. But it’s not all fun and games for Miller. This yellow lab has a power. “They are actually saving lives. They are

BOYS FOOTBALL

H-D/Hopkinton 20, Lebanon 14: Mason Nichols ran for 130 yards and 2 TDs as the Redhawks snapped their four-game losing streak with a win at home over Lebanon. John Stark 20, Sanborn 13: The Generals won their third game in a row after Saturday’s victory over the Indians…

FIELD HOCKEY

John Stark 4, Oyster River 2: The Generals had a sluggish first half and fell behind early but came out strong in the second half to take the win. Laconia 3, ConVal 1: Lydia Cleveland made nine saves to keep the game close…