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Franklin City Council asked to support ‘Open Enrollment’ plan

Outgoing SAU #18 Superintendent Robert McKenney approached the Franklin City Council with a proposal to make Franklin the first open enrollment school district in the state. During Monday night’s Public Hearing, McKenney explained that an open enrollment plan would allow students from other districts to…

Brewfest returns as part of Newport’s 6th Annual Chamber Day

The Newport Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to bring back its highly successful Newport Brewfest to the Newport Town Common, Saturday June 20th, 2015 11am-3pm. Last year, the inaugural event packed the Common, as adults came from all over New Hampshire to sample many local, regional and national brews. Our 2nd annual event sees…

Bow receives assistance from the Municipal Management Association

Bow Town Manager David Stack informed the Selectmen that the Town of Bow has been selected to host a Fellow through the Municipal Management Association of NH Fellowship Program. The total time that the Fellow will be working with us is 400 hours spread out over the next few months. The Fellow that he has chosen is…

Second brush fire is under investigation

Dozens of firefighters spent Wednesday morning battling a challenging fire on the Weare-New Boston line. Firefighters said they had to pump water from a swamp to fight the fire in the remote location. Because of the ongoing dry conditions, they had to dig down through a foot of material to put the fire out. After two fires in the same location, an investigation is…

Mass teens arrested at Washington party

On May 22, 2015 at 4:44 pm Washington Police Officer John Corrigan responded to a report of a campfire during a period when outside burning was banned. When he arrived at the Ashuelot Drive residence he found an unpermitted campfire burning at a high school beach party. Due to the number of people attending the party, eventually determined to be…

Trio of women arrested for felony burglary

Deering Police Capt. Cavanaugh met 3 suspects, by appointment, at the Hillsboro PD for Arrest Processing. Based upon arrest warrants issued following a lengthy Burglary Investigation, Capt. Cavanaugh arrested:..

Girls Sports

SOFTBALL – #1 Sunapee 15 #16 Hinsdale 3: Katelynn Trabka, Taylor O’Mara, Haley Morin, and Anna Richardson finished their Laker playing days in style. Trabka was 2-for-3 with 3 runs scored and 2 RBIs. O’Mara was 2-for-2 with a double, 2 runs scored and an RBI. Morin was also 2-for-2 and drove in a2, while Richardson was 1-for-1 and had an RBI in the fifth…

Boys Sports

BASEBALL – Newport 9 Kearsarge 0: Spencer Coronis, Andrew Houde, Taner Sherman, Brady Bates, Derrick Pare, Damon Contois, Matt Boone and Koner Demeis played their final regular season home gamer. Newport took control in the third inning with the first four Tiger batters crossing the plate…

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Weare Selectmen standing firm on hiring part-time Police Chief

After several hours of testimony at a pair of public hearings, Weare residents made clear their opposition to the Selectmen’s decision to offer a three year, part-time contract to Interim Police Chief Sean Kelly. Although there was unanimous praise for Kelly, as a person, and for the job he has done over the last six months, opposition centered on…

Accomplice to Charron murder paroled

Kevin Paul, an accomplice of Gordon Perry, who shot and killed Epsom police Officer Jeremy Charron in August 1997 has been granted a conditional parole. This was the fourth time Paul has appeared before the board. He claimed to be rehabilitated, but Fran Charron, Jeremy Charron’s mother, said she’s not surprised by the board’s decision, but she’s not convinced that…

Newport brush fire quickly contained

Newport firefighters triggered a first-alarm brush fire assignment, which brought in tankers from Lempster, Goshen, Sunapee, New London and Newbury, forestry units from Sunapee and Claremont, and an off-road vehicle from Lempster, to battle a fire about 300 yards behind a home on Old Goshen Road. Fire engines couldn’t reach the blaze from the road, so water had to be brought up using thef…

Campers banned from Transfer Station?

Weare Public Works Director Redmond would like to have campgrounds in town prohibited from using the Transfer Station as are other businesses in town. The Town takes the trash generated from the campgrounds from May to October, which accounts for approximately 4,000-5,000 additional residents. Redmond realizes that the campground owners do pay taxes on the land, but the town doesn’t get any additional money from the campers. He would like permission to notify the campground owners that in…

Twelve arrested in multi-agency drug sweeps in Franklin

The Franklin Police Department along with Merrimack County Sheriff’s Department, NH Attorney General’s Office Drug Task Force, and NH State Police arrested two men and two women in a city wide sweep for allegedly dealing drugs. Arrested by the NH Attorney General Drug Task Force for drug sales were: David Bridges, 34, George Labraney, 39, Allison Noyes, 35, of Franklin and Tia J. Reed, 19, of Hill.Warrants obtained from investigations and…

Boys Sports

BASEBALL – Campbell 13 Bow 4: The Falcons trailed the Cougars 4-2 at one point, but Campbell’s offense kicked into high gear, extending the lead to 10-2 before Bow was able to scratch out two more runs. Evan Vulgamore was 3-for-3….

Girls Sports

SOFTBALL – Franklin 8 Bishop Brady 5 (9 inn): Rachael Capri hit the go-ahead two-RBI double in the top of the ninth. She scored on the play when there was a collision in the outfield, making it 8-5. Hailey Haskins pitched the complete game for the win….

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Goffstown Police arrest two men for robbery

Goffstown Police have arrested two men in connection with an armed robbery at Cumberland Farms last week. Arrested were John Kalantzis, 38, of Manchester, and Michael Crawford, 45, of Mont Vernon. The robbery took placet…

Weare Selectmen drop search for new Police Chief – to stay with Kelly

On April 20th, the Weare Selectmen met with nine residents who volunteered on the Police Chief Search Committee. On April 27th the board invited everyone back to tell them that the Board had talked to Interim Chief Kelly last week before interviewing the candidates. After the meeting with Kelly, and the interviews, the Board agreed to…

Two Hillsboro-Deering DECA Teams place 8th in International Competition

Hillsboro-Deering High School DECA recently returned from the International competition in Orlando, Florida with several accolades. The group attended the conference from April 24 – April 29, 2015 and during this event two teams made their way into the finals of their competition and finished in the top…

New season of Peterborough Cruz-Ins

The Peterborough Rotary Club is pleased to announce the first event of the fifth season of Cruz-In 2015 on Sunday, May 10, in Depot Square, downtown Peterborough from 9:00 to 1:00. It is open to all makes and models of vintage or special interest cars, trucks, motorcycles, and…

Cyr Lumber & Home Center holds Grand Opening of Warner store

With the sun shining down, a crowd gathered at Cyr Lumber & Home Center in Warner for the grand opening celebration. Founder of the company, Ron Cyr, cut the ribbon as members of his family and others looked on. The Cyr family purchased the former Hamilton Building Supply Company on Route 103 last summer, and have been remodeling, updating and stocking the shelves ever since…

Kjellman critical of non-action on Henniker’s School Playground

The Henniker Community School Board had an eventful meeting Wednesday night. It began with a tribute to former Board Chair Gary Guzouskas and ended with the resignation of Principal Katherine McBride. Guzouskas was presented with a gift in recognition of his many years of service to the District and McBride announced that she was resigning to become Principal of Hooksett Elementary School. The Guzouskas presentation was followed by an extended Public…

Boys Sports

BASEBALL – Nute 4 Sunapee 3: Cole Cruz was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored. He also pitched the first four innings, and struck out nine, walked one and allowed just one hit and one unearned run. Ben Robinson tossed three innings, gave up three runs — one earned — struck out four…

Girls Sports

SOFTBALL – Franklin 27 Stevens 0 (5 Inn): A 15-run fourth inning full of walks and errors propelled the Golden Tornadoes to victory. The Tornadoes amassed 14 hits in total while being walked 13 times…

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Goffstown Selectman Nicholas Campasano resigning

Nicholas Campasano, Vice Chair of the Goffstown Select Board informed his fellow members Monday night that he has accepted the position of Director of Fire Services of Wake County North Carolina, effective on May 26th. Campasano currently serves as Deputy Chief of the Manchester Fire Department as well as a Goffstown Selectman. He told his collegues that…

Free dental care for area school children

The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile is a traveling dental office complete with 2 exam rooms, waiting room and digital x-ray machines will be visiting areas schools in May. The unit will be at…

Hillsboro-Deering varsity baseball joins Operation Hat Trick

The Hillsboro Hillcat Varsity baseball team has played 3 games but they have yet been on a field for practice. They finally got out this past Saturday but it wasn’t the diamond they were on. The Hillcats may be 0-3 on the young season but on Saturday they came home feeling victorious…

Three area minors facing alcohol charges

As a result of a motor vehicle stop for speed and a defective muffler and making contact with the male operator, Sergeant Brian Lord detected a distinct and sustained odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from the interior of the vehicle driven by Stephen Frosch, 18, of Antrim. An investigation revealed all occupants were…

Hopkinton officials act quickly in face of rumored school “shoot-out”

Early last Friday morning a parent e-mailed Hopkinton Superintendent Steve Chamberlain saying her daughter did not want to attend school after reading an e-mail that student “X” was going to shoot up the school. The Hopkinton High School Administration, Superintendent’s office and the Hopkinton Police Department worked throughout the morning, and eventually determined the rumor, which quickly spread through social media, was…

Boys Sports

BASEBALL – Fall Mountain 8 Hillsboro-Deering 4: The Hillcats fell behind 8-0 before rallying for two in the fourth, keyed by the single from Brandon Soules. H-D loaded the bases in the fifth but didn’t score and plated two in the seventh…

Girls Sports

LACROSSE – Kearsarge 8 John Stark 7 (3OT): Anna Stowell’s second goal late in the third overtime gave the Cougars a hard fought 8-7 victory over the Generals. The Generals were up by a pair before Kearsarge scored two goals in the last 21 seconds of the second half to force the game into overtime, 6-6, then nailed another goal with 26 seconds left to tie the game 7-7 at the end of the first overtime…

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Goffstown Lt. to receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Goffstown Police Lt. Pierre Pouliot has been selected by the NH Police Fire & EMS Foundation to receive the 2015 Police Lifetime Achievement Award. Pouliot was nominated by Chief Steven Marshall and the Washington Police Department. He will be presented the award at…

Bow Selectmen adopt a new street numbering system for several roads

During last week’s meeting, the Bow Selectmen held a public hearing on a proposed new address numbering system for: Dicandra Drive, Ryan Road, Marions Way, Page Road, Evangelyn Drive, Dow Road. The Board discussed the decision they made in May 2013 for renaming and renumbering each…

Newport approves $9.4 million budget

Newport voters quickly passed along the town’s $9,490,221 operating budget without debate or a single question at the town’s deliberative session Tueday evening. They also approved $31,800 to purchase land around the recreation department building on Belknap Avenue, $4,000 to fund a…

Bennington veteran awarded $21 million malpractice claim against VA

Michael Farley, 60-year-old Navy veteran from Bennington was recently awarded a $21 million malpractice verdict against the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Manchester. Farley now lives with “locked-in syndrome” after suffering two strokes within two months in 2010. He remains fully conscious, but has no…

Peeps Diorama Winners Announced

More than 300 people attended the “Peeps Party” to showcase entries from the 4th annual Peeps Diorama Contest at the Library Arts Center in Newport Friday evening. With more than 100 dioramas on display, the following winners were…

Goffstown man arrested for kidnapping 13-year-old

A missing Boscawen teenager was reunited with her family after authorities arrested her alleged kidnapper in Maine on Friday morning. Police in York, Maine charged Alex Denis, 19, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, with unlawful sexual contact. He is being held in York County Jail, pending his extradition back to New Hampshire for a kidnapping charge. Originally, New Hampshire State Police responded to a home in…

Antrim Scouts collecting food for the Food Pantry

Last week, Boy Scout Troop 2 and Cub Scout Pack 2 boys distributed paper “door hangers” to make residents aware of a food drive to benefit the Antrim-Bennington Food Pantry. This past Saturday, April 4, Scouts remind residents that they will be returning to pick up donations beginning at 9 a.m. until noon. Second Class Scout Sean Burwen, organizer of the Antrim/Bennington event, says…