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Download The Messenger – July 18, 2014 (pdf)

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Emerald Lake voters take little time and little debate to defeat bond

The newly constituted Emerald Lake Village District Commission concluded their first District Meeting last Saturday, a continuation of the April 26th session. It was the first meeting for newly appointed Administrator Scott Osgood of Henniker. The sole issue was reconsideration of a…

Truck accident closes Sunapee Route 103

Route 103 in Sunapee was closed on Thursday for five hours after a box truck hit and split a utility pole near Task Brook Road. Police say the accident happened just after 8 am and also knocked down utility wires. The truck driven by…

New Boston girl on Jeopardy

Beginning July 21, Goffstown High School senior Kat Deabill of New Boston will be a contestant in the 29th annual “Jeopardy!” Teen Tournament. Along with 14 other students, aged 13 to 17, Deabill will compete for the $75,000 grand prize over the course of…

Antrim Police assist in Claremont child pornography & sexual abuse cases

The Antrim Police Department assisted in the investigation leading to the arrest of Ashley Blood, 25, and her husband, Kevin Blood, 25, of Claremont, who were arrested on multiple charges of sexual assault and child pornography. The couple is currently being…

New officer but no new iPads for Warner Police Department

Warner Town Administrator Jim Bingham reported that the Police Chief has a strong and viable candidate for the vacant police officer position. The Chief asked if it was required to place an ad for the open position. Bingham reviewed the personnel policy and found it was not…

Small town history on display in Washington

Have you ever been to the museum, schoolhouse, and barn of Washington Historical Society? If you have not, you are missing seeing some treasures from the past that would be of interest to all ages, bring your kids/grandkids and guests along. Within walking distance from the Town Hall is the museum and barn on…

Sutton man evades State Police – hits three vehicles

State police say a 21-year-old drunken driver faces several charges after he struck a trooper and led police on a chase. According to authorities, a trooper was outside her cruiser directing traffic near the New Hampshire Motor Speedway entrance on Sunday evening when she attempted to pull over a …

Download The Messenger – July 4, 2014 (pdf)

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Service for Greenfield Marine killed in Afganistan

Gov. Maggie Hassan issued an order that New Hampshire flags be lowered to halfstaff on Saturday and Sunday to honor fallen Marine Brandon Garabrant on the day of his burial and the day following his…

One accident leads to another and three Bennington arrests

Responding to North Bennington Road last Sunday for report of an abandoned vehicle, Bennington Police discovered a Jeep Wrangler which had hit a tree and been abandoned on the side of the road, according to Bennington Police. During a search of the area, officers observed Hannah Towne walking along the road. She was charged with…

Deering Planning Board hosting a Community Visioning Session

The Deering Planning Board is hosting a Community Visioning Session for the Deering Master Plan update on Saturday, July 12, 2014 from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM at the Deering Town Hall.  The Deering Master Plan was last updated in…

Hopkinton celebrates Grand Re-Opening of Spirit Skate Park

This past Saturday, June 28th, the Hopkinton community celebrated the grand re-opening of the Spirit Skate Park located beside the Hopkinton High School. The park had been closed down since this past fall due to unsafe…

The Newport Police warn of phone scam

Newport Police Chief Jim Burroughs is warning area residents of a phone scam involving their department. Newport Police took several complaints from residents who received a call supposedly from the police saying a family member is in custody and…

Protests and counter protests planned at Garabrant’s Memorial

Dignitaries, family, and friends will be gathering at ConVal High School in Peterborough on July 5, to honor Lance Cpl. Brandon Garabrant. The memorial service begins at 10 a.m. The Westboro Baptist Church will also be there staging a picket starting at 9:15 a.m. The controversial organization has made headlines across the country protesting at the deaths of fallen soldiers and…

Warner Selectmen extend cable franchise agreement

Tim Murray and Perry Speaker from TDS Telecom met with the Warner Selectmen to discuss the franchise agreement under Merrimack County Telephone Cable Company; the agreement in place today will expire this year. TDS is looking at upgrades and are also looking to launch a new …

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 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…