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Download The Messenger – Sept. 11, 2015 (pdf)

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Users of Goffstown ATM at Shaw’s Plaza warned

Goffstown Police are urging people who may have used the Bank of America ATM at the Shaw’s Plaza on Mast Road to check their bank and credit card statements for unusual transactions. Police say they found a credit card skimming device. Police say a fake front was placed…

Hillsborough Recreation has FREE Circus tickets

The Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus has been called “The Greatest Show On Earth” and Hillsborough residents can attend its performance at the Verizon Center in Manchester on October 2nd at…

Weare man faces negligent homicide

Nicholas Palangas, 50, of Weare, was arrested on Sept. 5, 2015, and charged with negligent homicide, aggravated driving while intoxicated, and other charges. Officers were called to a rollover accident. Officers responding found a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, resting on its roof. His brother…

Change in work schedule opposed by Henniker Highway Dept.

A request by Selectman Leo Aucoin for the agenda of the Board meeting tpo include a discussion of adjusting the work hours of the Highway Department brought the entire highway crew to the meeting in force. Currently, the Highway Department works five 8 hour days from…

Warner hosts the crew of USS Kearsarge

Eight sailors worked feverishly to clear the growth from two overlooks on Mt. Kearsarge last week. They are crew members of the USS Kearsarge and opening up the vistas was their community service project. Early that morning, they hiked up the mountain of their ship’s namesake along with several…

Girls Field Hockey

Bow 3 Newport 3 (OT): The Falcons scored first, but the Tigers evened things up when Brooke Beaulieu scored  with the assist from Kyrstin Kibbey. Kibbey put the Tigers up 2-1 on a pass from Kennedy Pysz, but Bow put another in before the half to make it a 2-2 deadlock…

Boys Football

Bow 42 Campbell 6: The Falcons avenged last year’s lone loss by crushing the defending Division III champions 42-6. Bow had only a 7-0 lead at halftime thanks to a pass for a touchdown from Matthew Harkins to Nate Alford with 26 seconds remaining in the second quarter…

Download The Messenger – Aug. 28, 2015 (pdf)

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Investigation continues into Franklin bank robbery

Franklin Police Chief David Goldstein reports that the department is seriously investigating two individuals in connection to the recent armed robbery at Franklin Savings Bank. He did not identify them or speculate on when arrests might be made. Police received calls to…

Pair escapes injury in Hopkinton crash

A teen and a juvenile were able to walk away from an accident without injuries yesterday after the SUV they were in flipped and crashed. According to New Hampshire State Police, around 6 p.m. on Aug. 22, 2015. Troopers responded to Broad Cove Road in Hopkinton for a report of a Ford Explorer that crashed. The vehicle was being driven by a…

Goffstown and New Boston hold joint Emergency Response Exercise

On Wednesday, August 19, 2015, over 50 members from the Goffstown and New Boston School Districts, Police Departments, and Fire Departments of Goffstown and New Boston participated in a Table Top Emergency Response drill conducted by the State of New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management. This drill provided school administrators, teachers, and…

Lightning strike ignites Newport fire

Lightning striking a tree and smoldering for several days caused a forest fire on Coit Mountain in Newport. Lt. Corey Conroy said the firefighters hiked up the mountain to investigate smoke in the woods and discovered a 300 by 400 foot area smoldering near the area of Break Burn trail. Because of darkness and distance, terrain extinguishing was impossible. The firefighters…

Hillsborough Board supports a ‘Wanderer Registry’

Dana Brien of the Senior Advisory Committee brought forward the idea of a “Wanderer Registry.” She stated that having such a registry would help if someone with Alzheimer’s or other dementia, an autistic person or one who’s developmentally disabled were to wander…

Hopkinton man arrested on drug charges

Albert Emery, 19, has been arrested and charged with simple assault, domestic violence-simple assault, and possession of controlled drugs. Officers were sent to the Concord Gardens apartment complex for a report of an assault by a woman who claimed Emery had pushed her to…

Trio uninjured as car drops 30 feet in Peterborough accident

Peterborough Police Capt. Ernest Belletete reports that three people escaped without suffering any significant injuries when the car they were riding in dropped 30-feet off Route 202. Douglas Dunton, 18, of Fitzwilliam was driving south on Route 202/Concord Street Tuesday. As the car entered the Main Street and Route 202/Pine Street intersection Dutton attempted to…

Download The Messenger – Aug. 14, 2015 (pdf)

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Franklin City Council to review Ethics Policy

At the last City Council meeting, Franklin Mayor Keen Merrifield mentioned that he had received several complaints about the actions of City Councilors. Merrifield said that although he and councilors are no better than any other…

Feds Say, ‘You can raise the crops but you can’t water them’

The Army Corps of Engineers allows the Hopkinton and Henniker Lions Clubs to maintain a community vegetable garden on its flood controlled Old Concord Road property, but will not allow them to water the crops. For nearly two years the Henniker club has been asking for permission to access the brook which runs behind the…

Bow Police seeking suspect in nine business burglaries

The Bow police are looking for a single suspect in light of a recent spree of nine burglaries. The burglaries all took place on River Road between August 1st and 3rd, and the man pried doors and windows open to gain access to each business. An unspecified amount of cash, a lock box and a bottle of whiskey…

Warner woman injured hiking in sandals

A Warner woman was rescued from Magalloway Mountain in Pittsburg just before 2 pm on Sunday afternoon. NH Fish and Game officials say Rebecca J. Shannon 34, suffered non life-threatening injuries after slipping on rocks while descending a steep portion of Coot Trail. Shannon was carried ½ mile down the mountain to…

Goffstown Republicans host Annual BBQ

The Goffstown GOP hosts its Annual BBQ and First Annual Pine Tree Riot Commemoration.Learn about Goffstown’s part in the American Revolution. Come meet some of the Republican Presidential Candidates and talk face-to-face with them…

Peterborough fireman sentenced for arson

A former firefighter from Peterborough was sentenced to at least four years in prison for a string of arsons in downtown Durham in February 2013. The state asked for up to 25 years in prison for Gregory Potter, 22, while his defense…

Hillsborough Head Start Now Enrolling

The Hillsborough Head Start program is currently accepting applications for the 2015-16 school year. The center is located at 21 School Street in Hillsborough and offers a half day preschool program for children 3 and 4 years of age from Hillsborough and the surrounding communities. The program is free for…

Download The Messenger – July 31, 2015 (pdf)

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Antrim wind farm under Site Evaluation Committee

The NH Site Evaluation Committee has voted 7-2 to again take jurisdiction of the wind farm, proposed on Tuttle Hill and Willard Mountain, giving the state, not the town, will decide whether the turbines can be built and what mitigations, if any, will be required. Responding to the decision, Henry D. Weitzner of Welden Green Energy, a majority owner in Antrim Wind said in…

Friends of Goffstown Rail Trail donate $11,850 to the project

At the Goffstown Board of Selectmen July 27th meeting, Friends of the Goffstown Rail Trail officers Lowell Von Ruden and David Pierce presented an $11,850 check toward the rail trail construction project now underway. This contribution from the non-profit FGRT organization was made possible by membership donations from trail supporters, and the group’s annual Ski, Skate & Board Sale fundraiser, scheduled…

Hillsborough man indicted for Reckless Conduct

A former Hillsborough Selectman, working as a bus monitor for a Bradford company last May, was indicted on a felony reckless conduct charge accusing him of trying to force a bus with a student on board into a stonewall…

Workman believes permaculture can save Franklin’s downtown

Todd Workman of Gilford, who with his partners owns about a dozen Franklin properties, is leading an ambitious effort to remake the struggling city into a permaculture destination. On Saturday, he led a group of about 30 people on a walking tour of these mostly vacant buildings which hold so much potential…

Bow is facing major bridge repair costs

Bow Town Manager David Stack reminded the selectmen that the State will no longer be liable for meeting their obligation for red-listed bridges in order to prevent lawsuits. Stack had assumed that when a bridge truly fails, the State would move it forward, but based on the DOT’s recent response, that is not the case. Bow’s options are to use funds that are…

David Zuger is Wilmot’s new Police Chief

Wilmot has a new Chief of Police. Former Assistant Chief of Police David Zuger was formally sworn in as Chief at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at the Wilmot town offices by Town Clerk Rhonda Gauthier. Chief Zuger brings 20 years of police work in…

Download The Messenger – July 17, 2015 (pdf)

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Bow’s Public Safety Committee extends bid deadline

Bids for a consultant to assist Bow’s Public Safety Building Committee were due on July 6, but the Town received only one bid. Some members know a few people on the bidder’s reference list and will reach out to those references for input. There was discussion on the bidder’s qualifications. Town Manager David Stack told the Committee that they haven’t…

Seven Goffstown Firefighters receive Heart Saver Hero Awards

Goffstown Fire Chief Richard informed the Selectmen that a number of members of his department received an award at the American Heart Association Heart Ball. They received the Heart Saver Hero Awards for two incidents. Because of the crew’s efforts and treatment, both survived. He commends the crew, which included…

Greater Hillsborough Senior Services wants control over town funds

Things got a little heated at Tuesday’s Hillsborough Selectmen’s meeting as two groups formed to provide services to the town’s senior citizens faced off. The Board had invited representatives of both the Greater Hillsborough Senior Services (GHSS) and the Senior Advisory Council (SAC) to discuss the recent letter from GHSS asking that…

High speed Internet Service proposed for New Boston

Dr. Alexander R. Tambascia and his colleague Robert Brown presented the New Boston Selectmen with a proposal for the formation of a Community Internet Service for the Town. The proposal was to establish a community internet service to provide economical high speed internet access to residents and small businesses. The system would be designed to…

Crash victims’ names are still not released

Nearly two weeks after the death of 17-year-old Trevor Gonyer of Dunbarton in a car crash that severely injured two others, authorities still have not identified the other two teens injured in the crash. Siting a continuing investigation, State Police Sgt. Steven Wheeler in refusing to name any of the occupants, would only say…

Yet another suit against Weare police

Will it ever end? On page one readers will find the story outlining the latex settlement of suits against the Town of Weare and its police department. Now, The Messenger has learned that Jennifer Posteraro, the former administrative assistant who claimed she was assaulted by former Weare police chief John Velleca is now suing the town. In her suit, Posteraro claims that members of the police department conducted two…