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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…

Download The Messenger – October 7, 2022 (pdf)

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John Cooper remembered

John Cooper was a husband, father, grandfather, as well as the owner and founder of LJM Construction, LLC, who died on February 20th of this year. In response to a 911 call, the responding Hillsborough Fire & EMS teams worked tirelessly but…

H-D School Board considering a resident survey or community forum

The recent HDSD School Board heard a presentation by Neal Richardson for a new Student Information System, recommending PowerSchool beginning next year, with this year being a learning and…

FOOTBALL

John Stark 42, Hollis-Brookline 12: Highlights: The Generals won their first game of the season. Pelham 34, HD/Hopkinton 0: Undefeated Pelham was too much for the Redhawks to handle…

FIELD HOCKEY

Kearsarge 5, Hopkinton 2: Abby Bradbury and Tori Montagna each scored twice for Kearsarge. John Stark 3, Hanover 0: Stark adjusted its corners in the fourth and converted on three of its five corners in the final frame…

Download The Messenger – September 23, 2022 (pdf)

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Hillsborough woman survives an attack by rabid bobcat

My patio is at the top of the hill on the right, the hill is 38 feet long and turns towards the right. My barn is at the bottom on the left. 3/4 of the way down I spot the bobcat and it spots me.  I yell up the hill to my husband that it is a bobcat with great fear in my voice as I knew when it locked eyes with me that it was coming for…

Injured hiker rescued on the Andrew Brook Trail at Mount Sunapee

Last Thursday afternoon Newbury Fire Rescue, along with Newbury Police, New London Ambulance, New Hampshire Fish and Game and the Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team hiked up the Andrew Brook Trail on Mount Sunapee to carry out an injured…

Boys Soccer

Hillsboro-Deering 5, Stevens 2: The Hillcats scored four goals in the second half. Bishop Brady 3, Hillsboro-Deering 1: Griffin Cassidy scored HD’s goal and Mason Savoy recorded 7 saves…

Girls Soccer

Bishop Brady 2, Hillsboro-Deering 1: Hannah Edwards scored on a breakaway to give the Hillcats a lead, but H-D’s defense broke down, allowing two Brady goals in 10 minutes. The Hillcats couldn’t find the equalizer, despite controlling the majority of the game…