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Download The Messenger – March 15, 2013 (pdf)

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Food Bank Campaign sells “nothing for something”

The New Hampshire Food Bank and the Citizens Bank Foundation have announced an innovative campaign that aims to challenge the struggle of hunger in NH, and it’s all about “Nothing.”Cans of Nothing are empty and represent the…

Two men arrested during Henniker drug bust

On March 7, 2013 at 7:26 a.m. the Henniker Police Department, Merrimack County Sheriff’s Office and the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Drug Task Force served a search warrant on an apartment located at 4 Bridge Street in Henniker. The search warrant was the result of a several month investigation into…

Hillsborough approves reduced town & school budgets

Hillsborough voters needed just over two hours to pass all 24 Warrant Articles, including the $6.5 million operating budget, most without discussion or debate. The selectman’s budget was nearly…

HCS student in NH Geography Bee finals

Henniker Community School eight grader Sam Hammond, son of Matthew and Andrea Hammond is one of the semi-finalists eligible to compete in the 2013 New Hampshire National Geographic Bee. To qualify for this honor, Sam was among the top…

Warner area sugar houses offering tours

Twelve Warner area sugar houses are banding together to make this year’s Maple Weekend a memorable event. The annual open house weekend will be March 23 & 24, and these sugar houses will be open from 10-4 each day. Visitors can start off with a pancake breakfast at one of two local restaurants, then begin their maple tour. At each sugar house, they will see…

#2 John Stark-Hopkinton 3 #1 Berlin 2 Division III Hockey Championship

It took overtime, but the John Stark-Hopkinton Hockey Team avenged it’s only loss earlier in the season, defeated the top seeded Mountaineers and came away with their first…

Download The Messenger – March 1, 2013 (pdf)

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Weare man indicted on 41 child pornography charges

William Panagiotopolos, 41, of Weare has been indicted on 41 Class A felony charges of possessing child pornography. He faces a potential 615 years in jail as each charge carries a maximum 15 year sentence. The indictments come after a prolonged investigation that began last summer when…

Antrim-Bennington Lions hosting NH budget forum

The Antrim Bennington Lion’s Club held three Candidate Forums last October, two for the House races (District 1 and District 38) and one for the District 8 Senate race.  The elections are over, and our club hopefully helped in getting more…

Hillsboro Lions join HD Winter Carnival

The Hillsboro Lions Club was also a part of the Winter Carnival days at HDES. Three times a year the Hillsboro Lions Club donates a book for every child.  The Lions Club has donated close to…

Newport Selectmen restore Recreation Department cuts

The Newport Selectmen are working on a $6,937,239 operating budget which will generate a tax rate of $10.99/$1000 valuation, down from the 2012 rate of $11.26. However, if three warrant articles asking for $250,000 for…

Contoocook man arrested after high speed chase

A Contoocook man faces charges of resisting arrest, reckless driving and disobeying an officer. Police were looking for Lawrence Martell, 34, relating to a…

A trio of New United States Marines

Marine Corps Pvt. Christian D. Wilkins, son of Eric D. Wilkins, Sr of Antrim, Marine Corps Pvt. Brandon S. Matott, son of Lorrie and Larry Matott of Henniker, and Marine Corps Pvt. Jeffrey T. Oliver, son of Catherine L. and Jeffrey T. Oliver of Bradford, earned the title of United States Marine after graduating from recruit training…

Hillsboro-Deering Spring Sports Signups

HDHS will have signups for Baseball, Softball and Track + Field on Thursday, March 7th, 2013 @ 2:10pm. Softball will meet in the Gym. Baseball will meet in the Cafeteria. Track and Field will meet in Room 222. All spring sports tryouts and practices begin…

Download The Messenger – Feb. 1, 2013 (pdf)

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Newport to increase cost of burial in town cemeteries

The Newport Selectmen are proposing to increase the cost of burial lots as part of its now completed review of fees charged by all town departments. The proposals will be scheduled for a public hearing for being adopted. The new fees were set after a review of the…

Five area towns discuss potential withdrawal from ConVal

Twelve Selectmen from Antrim, Bennington, Francestown, Greenfield and Hancock met at the Greenfield Meeting House last week to discuss rapidly increasing real estate taxes. Called at the invitation of Greenfield Selectman Rob Wimpory, the group recognized that 70% of their tax bills are from…

School Board/Budget Committee at odds

Ignoring the recommendation of the Newport Budget Committee, the Newport School Board refused to remove four articles from the 2013-14 School District warrant. Three of the articles add money to established…

Henniker Selectmen to adopt a pay-to-play athletic program

Chris Woodbury, Finance Chair of the Henniker Athletic Committee met with the Selectmen to proposed a pay-to-play fee schedule. The committee recommends a…

Deering group supports Deering’s Seniors

A group of concerned Deering citizens has been working diligently to acquire signatures for a petitioned warrant article in support of providing the senior citizens of the community with the services being offered through the…

Dynamic duo of John Stark gymnastics

The team has been having a great season. Their most recent meet on 1/24/13 was hosted by Exeter High School and attended by John Stark Regional High School, Northwood Coe-Brown Academy and Portsmouth Christian. Gia won…

Download The Messenger – Jan. 18, 2013 (pdf)

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Police Chief’s semiautomatic gun raffle upsets many

In the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police firearms raffle, which includes semiautomatic rifles, has caused some controversy across the state. The chiefs are selling…

Town of Antrim terminates Police Station contractor

The Town of Antrim contracted with Baybutt Construction Managers for two phases of the Antrim Police Station project. Baybutt partnered with Northeast Collaborative Architects for Phase 1 which was for the Pre-bond portion of the project which included…

Original Weare farmers market closing

Low attendance has forced the We Are One Farmers Market of Weare to close both its winter and summer markets. In a e-mail announcing the closing, organizer Wendy Stevens wrote…

Four people sought for robbery at Hobbs Jewelers

Peterborough Police are investigating the robbery of Hobbs Jewelers Tuesday evening. Police said around 5:15 p.m., four people went into the store and one of them showed a handgun and ordered an employee and her son to…

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

Hinsdale 58 Newport 29 The Pacers trotted out to a 22-0 lead after one and the game was essentially over. Alex Stefan led the Tigers with 10 points. Newport 44 Hillsboro-Deering 43 The Hillcats led most of the…