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Download The Messenger – March 13, 2020 (pdf)

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Hillsboro-Deering Graduate To Lead The District

The SAU 34 Board has announced that Patricia Parenteau has accepted the position of Superintendent effective July 1, 2020 to succeed Mr. Robert Hassett who is retiring at the end of the school year. Parenteau has been with the H-D School District since 2001 and has been part of the…

Persistence pays off as Newbury voters approve $3.75 million Fire Station

After several failed attempts, the Newbury Fire Department will soon have a new home. Wednesday night, voters easily met the 2/3 vote requirement to approve the $3,750,000 request for the design, construction and equipping of the new Fire station, to be located next to the…

Undeterred by fire alarm, Hillsborough voters finish in record time

Hillsborough’s Town Meeting Tuesday evening began at 7:30 p.m., and despite a 15 minute delay to correct a faulty fire alarm, adjourned at 8:45 p.m. During that time, voters approved the proposed $7,944,653 Operating Budget, $722,672 for the Water Department and $868,229 for the Sewer Department, all without…

Annual Pats Peak Pond Skim set for Saturday March 21st

Pats Peak announces its annual Pond Skim Contest on Saturday, March 21, 2020. Participants try to ski or snowboard across a man-made pond. Some make it across and some take the icy plunge into the pond. Registration for the Pond Skim event is from 8:30am to 11:30am with the event starting at…

BOYS HOCKEY

#4 Stark/Hopkinton 4, #5 Kearsarge 2: The General Hawks gave up two goals in the first period, but went on to a 4-2. #7 ConVal/Conant 7, #2 Belmont 4: ConVal/Conant advanced to the NHIAA Division III semifinals thanks to a dramatic 7-4 upset of 2nd seeded Belmont. Evan Turner had a hat trick with Quinn Mose and Aidan King scoring a pair of goals each…

GIRLS BASKETBALL

#4 Lebanon 56, #5 John Stark 44: Lebanon took advantage of 25 John Stark turnovers, taking an 18-12 lead through the first quarter and building on it throughout the game…

Download The Messenger – February 28, 2020 (pdf)

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Hopkinton man arrested for shooting from car window

Cole Reinacher, 21, of Hopkinton has been arrested in connection with a shooting that sent a bullet through the front door of a home on Golden View Drive in Bow. Reinacher was taken into custody last Thursday and charged with two felony counts of reckless conduct and one count of…

Henniker Community School 7th and 8th graders introduced to robotics

Students in 7th and 8th grade at the Henniker Community School all take a 6-week intro to robotics class taught by Aaron Boucher as part of their STEM learning during the school year.
During the six-week session, students become familiar with the basics of…

New Boy Scout Troop chartered in Weare

A new BSA Scout Troop has formed in Weare NH. Troop 529 is chartered by the Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Weare and is accepting new members. Troop 529 was numbered in homage to Weare’s telephone code of 529. On February 1, 2020 BSA Pack 24 of Weare crossed over 14 Arrow of Light Scouts into the new…

Hillsboro-Deering DECA successful at NH Career Development Conference

A talented Hillsboro-Deering DECA team had great success at the recent NH DECA 63rd Annual Career Development Conference. Twenty-six team members attended this year’s competition.
The team included…

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hopkinton 70, Hillsboro-Deering 38: Kevin Newton-Delgado needed just 9 points to achieve 1,000 points for his career, and scored 10 points in the first 5 minutes and surpassing 1,000 with a step back 3 pointer….

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hopkinton 42, Gilford 26: Trailing by one at the half, the Hawks exploded in the third quarter to take control of the game. Meserve and McGrath combined for 19 points in the third as Hopkinton picked up their eighth win in a row….

Download The Messenger – February 14, 2020 (pdf)

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Hopkinton budgets $1,862 million for 3 year teacher contract

A relatively small crowd attended Wednesday’s public hearing on Hopkinton’s School and Municipal budgets. School voters are being asked to support an operating budget of $21,416,331, which was approved by a 3-2 School Board vote and a 7-3 Budget Committee vote. A new 3-year collective bargaining…

Henniker and NEC returning to normal after 3am shooting

The atmosphere in Henniker and on the New England College Campus is returning to normal after three people were shot early Sunday, prompting a campus-wide lockdown. Two women and a man, with non-life-threatening injuries were found on Bridge Street at about 3 am. Merrimack County Attorney Robin Davis said that the two women were…

Diaries of New Boston Railroad Engineer

The New Boston Historical Society presents “The Diaries of New Boston Railroad Engineer William Fiske” at the New Boston Community Church, 7 pm Thursday, March 12. William Fiske was a railroad engineer who kept diaries from 1892-1954. Our presenters are New Bostonians Deb Jardine, a great-granddaughter of…

Hillsborough Planning Board offering four Zoning Amendments

This year there are four Planning Board warrant articles on the 2020 Town Meeting ballot. The first two pertain to the definitions of “Dwelling Unit” and “Family.” The dwelling unit article clarifies the definitions of “Single Unit,” “Two Unit,” “Three and Four Unit” and “more than Four Unit” dwellings. It also states clearly that…

BOYS BASKETBALL

Mascenic 59, Hillsboro-Deering 43: The Hillcats struggled to keep up to the top team in Division III. Hopkinton 43, Conant 41: Michael Baer and Kevin Newton-Delgado scored 10 each for Hopkinton in a close game…

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Bedford 53, Goffstown 38: Kelly Walsh led the Grizzlies (10-3) with 19 points but none of her teammates finished with more than six.Lebanon 53, Kearsarge 25: Kearsarge trailed by only one point at the half, but the Raiders instituted a full-court press and forced Kearsarge to turn over the ball in a scoreless second quarter…

Download The Messenger – January 31, 2020 (pdf)

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Hillsboro man’s reckless driving causes Antrim accident

Robert Lamantia, 35, from Hillsborough, was driving a 2006 Jeep eastbound on Keene Road when he attempted to pass the vehicle in front of him. Lamantia traveled in the westbound lane toward oncoming traffic. Kaitlyn Tillson, 20, from Stoddard was traveling westbound in a 2014 Kia and was the first vehicle to …

Artist-in-Residence Program enriches Henniker Community School

Students in the 6th grade at the Henniker Community School recently experienced hands-on learning through art, dance, and martial arts, an expanded study of India during the school’s Artist-in-Residence program. Aligning with the social studies curriculum, the Artist in Residence program brings artists to the school to work with students to enrich their…

Three area towns ranked in the Top Ten List of NH’s safest places to live

A trio of area towns have made the list of the Top Ten safest places to live in New Hampshire. #4 New Boston: There were only three violent crimes committed in New Boston in 2018, giving the town a violent crime rate about seven times lower than the national average. New Boston also had the third lowest rate of property crime in the Granite State, a rate nine times lower than …

Newbury resident Mickey Noyer needs double lung transplant

There are many things in life we take for granted. Breathing is one of them. Not so for 51-year-old, Newbury resident, Mickey (Messenger) Noyer, a widowed mother of two teenaged sons, who has lived her whole life under the shadow of Cystic Fibrosis. While the life expectancy for a Cystic Fibrosis patient is around 40, Mickey has been able to fight the odds…

Boys’ Hockey

Pembroke-Campbell 5, ConVal-Conant 3: The Griffins kept the score close through most of the game. Cole Turner handled 23 of 28 shots, including an easy penalty shot where the (PAC) player lost the puck in front of Turner…

Girls’ Basketball

Conant 67, Hillsboro-Deering 28: The undefeated Orioles controlled the game from start to finish. Somersworth 39, Hillsboro-Deeing 30: Fayth Grimes led the Hillcats with 16 points and 16 rebounds. Emily Howell and Zoe Kemp each had 5 and Erin Dean with 4.
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Download The Messenger – January 17, 2020 (pdf)

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Education Commissioner Frank Edulblut addresses Hillsborough Chamber

New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edulblut addressed the Hillsborough Chamber about innovation in education. Edulblut pointed out that today’s students will be working at jobs that don’t yet exist. “How do we prepare our students so that they will be…

Police & Highway funding boosts New Boston budget by 10.2%

The New Boston Select Board held a Budget hearing on the proposed 2020 Budget on Monday evening. At $5,832,204 the Operating Budget reflects an increase of $639,546 or 10.2% over the current budget. If defeated, the Default Budget would be $5,346,801. Administrator Peter Flynn explained that the major increases are in…

Police believe the same man burglarized three Dunkin’s

Henniker police have asked for the public’s assistance in their investigation of a burglary at the Dunkin’ shop on Old Concord Road on Dec. 31. Henniker Detective Sgt. Michelle Dandeneau says cash was taken and there was extensive damage to…

Boys’ Basketball

Hillsboro-Deering 61, Franklin 40: After a rough first half, the Hillcats found their grove and were able to come away victorious against Franklin with a final score of 61-40. Sam Hatcher led the way for the Hillcats with 21 Points while Ben Ketterer chipped in 18 points and forced 7 turnovers with his fierce defense…

Girls’ Basketball

Campbell 46, Hillsboro-Deering 43: The Hillcats fell just short with Fayth Grimes leading the team with 31 points and 15 rebounds. Hillsboro-Deering 44, Franklin 34: Fayth Grimes had 22 points and 13 rebounds, Morgan Racine had 16 points and Kenley Moriarty had 4 points and 10 rebounds…