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The Messenger – April 12, 2024

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Download The Messenger - April 12, 2024 (pdf)Downed poles closed Route 114

A powerful nor’easter last Thursday morning took down a series of utility poles on a busy road in Weare. Five Eversource owned utility poles fell on a stretch of Route 114 near Gould Road, toppled by the powerful winds that accompanied the storm. William Hinkle, of Eversource, said crews worked as…

Tractor-trailer rollovers close I-89 both north & southbound

The driver of a fully loaded tractor-trailer was uninjured following a rollover crash on Interstate 89 southbound in Warner. On April 3, 2024, State Troopers from the Troop D and Troop G, as well as members of the Warner Fire Department and Sutton…

Failure to renew ConVal Athletic Director’s contract draws protest

Over 1,600 ConVal parents, students, alumni and community members had signed a change.org petition protesting the non-renewal of ConVal Athletic Director Kevin Proctor’s contract at the end of the school year. Proctor, who has been ConVal’s girls’ basketball coach since…

Snowboarding just came naturally for Miles Sattely

In his second season of competitive snowboarding, the 9-year-old from New London again qualified for the United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association (USASA) National Championships.
Sattely is competing in…

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The Messenger – April 5, 2024

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Download The Messenger - April 5, 2024 (pdf)H-D schools facing nearly $9.2 million in needed Capital Improvements

Business Manager Grant Geisler briefed the H-D School Board on the dozen Capital Improvements projects the District is facing over the next few years and suggested the following priorities…

Kearsarge Middle School flew to success at a New England drone competition

Kearsarge Regional Middle School sent four teams to the New England District Championship drone competition in Connecticut on Saturday, March 16, and three teams qualified for a national competition at Fairmont State University in West Virginia on May 17-18. The Flying Ninja Nuggets Team, consisting of…

Homeowners purchase Mobile Home Park for $5 Million

Homeowners in Longwoods Mobile Home Park in Deering recently purchased their 98-unit park, making it New Hampshire’s 149th resident-owned manufactured-home community (ROC). With training and technical assistance from the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund’s…

NHIAA & NHADA Scholar Athletes Awards Ceremony

The New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association and New Hampshire Athletic Directors Association held the Annual NHIAA and NHADA Scholar Athlete Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. This is the 31st year for females and the 26th year for males to receive this highly distinguished award…

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The Messenger – March 29, 2024

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Download The Messenger - March 29, 2024 (pdf)Former Bradford firefighter indicted for arson

A former Bradford firefighter is under indictment for allegedly setting a series of fires.The investigation began with a small fire at a building right next to the fire station. According to a police affidavit, the man who discovered the fire in September was the same man who set it. Former Bradford Firefighter Nathan Nichols is charged with seven counts of arson. He’s accused of…

Three families left homeless after Myrtel Street fire in Hillsboro

A quick response by Hillsboro and Mutual Aid Firefighters prevented any injuries to the occupants of this Hillsboro multi-family home on Myrtle Street. Although escaping without injuries the families lost all of their possessions and are forced to…

Major weekend storm keeps area first responders on their toes

On Saturday, March 23rd (left photo), Sunapee Fire got called to 3 simultaneous calls: one motor vehicle accident and two medicals. Because of the call volume both in Sunapee and other towns (New London and Newbury also had calls going at the same time as the three in Sunapee), one of the medicals ended up needing…

Henniker woman launches “Climb the Peak for MS”

Have you heard of the Climb the Peak for MS event?! It’s happening June 9th 2024, 9 a.m. til 12 p.m. at Pats Peak in Henniker NH. It was founded and is organized by a Henniker resident, Sarah Locke, who was diagnosed in 2019 with Multiple Sclerosis. Sarah solely created the idea of…

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The Messenger – March 22, 2024

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Download The Messenger - March 22, 2024 (pdf)ConVal Consolidation Plan rejected

Voters in the nine towns of the Contoocook Valley School District on Tuesday defeated a plan that would allow the school board to close up to four elementary schools in Bennington, Dublin, Francestown and…

Hillsboro-Deering Preschool Lottery applications available

Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School will accept applications for the Preschool lottery for the 2024-2025 school year, Monday, April 1, 2024 through Friday, April 26, 2024. Preschool registration can be filled out online at…

Two New England College graduates murdered in Miami

Two former New England College athletes living in Miami were shot and killed Saturday night in what police say was a double murder-suicide. Meghan Moore, 25, and Sidney Capolino, 23, graduated from the…

BOYS BASKETBALL

Division II – Second Team: Jake Reardon, so., Bow. Honorable Mention: Brendan O’Keeffe, so., Bow. Division III – First Team: Noah Whipple, sr., Kearsarge. Second Team: Abram Standefer, sr., Hopkinton…

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Division II – First Team: Eleanor Girardet, sr., John Stark. Second Team: Juliette Tarsa, sr., Bow. Honorable Mention: Abby Duclos, sr., John Stark; Bryana Szepan, jr., Bow; Avery Geaumont, sr., John Stark; Ella Trefethen, so., Bow. All-Defensive Team: Bryana Szepan, jr., Bow…

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The Messenger – March 15, 2024

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Download The Messenger - March 15, 2024 (pdf)Hillsborough Town Meeting voters approve entire warrant in short order

Hillsborough voters breezed through a 16 Article Town Meeting warrant with few questions and no debate Tuesday night. Easily approved with a showing of voting cards were…

Hopkinton School District voters nix proposal to adopt SB2

The opening of Saturday morning’s Hopkinton School District Annual Meeting was delayed nearly forty minutes to allow the overflow crowd of voters to sign-in and receive their…

Hillsborough woman on drug charges

Cassandra Sinks, 28, was stopped at the Hillsboro Park and Ride for motor vehicle violations that occurred on Route 202/9.  During the roadside investigation, the officer…

BOYS HOCKEY

Division III Semifinals – No. 2 Pembroke-Campbell 5, No. 6 Kearsarge/Plymouth 0: Pembroke-Campbell controlled Wednesday night’s semifinal from start to finish, by outshooting the Cats 17-6 in the first period, with Caden Mix’s goal one minute into the game (off an assist from Cam Plumb) giving PAC an early 1-0 lead…

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Division II Semifinals – No. 1 Concord Christian 68, No. 4 John Stark 50: After falling behind 13-2 early into Wednesday night’s Division II semifinal, No. 4 John Stark looked to be in deep trouble against No. 1 Concord Christian. The Kingsmen came out asserting their game, forcing turnovers and knocking down shots, and the Generals didn’t seem to have an answer…

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The Messenger – March 8, 2024

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DownloadThe Messenger - March 8, 2024 (pdf)Major decisions facing ConVal School District voters

ConVal School District voters are being asked to approve a $58.4 million budget at Town meetings throughout the District. In addition, they will vote on an adjustment to the articles of agreement which would allow officials to close some of the district’s elementary schools. The school…

Contoocook cadet awarded a $5,000 Air Force Scholarship

New Hampshire Air National Guardsman and University of New Hampshire (UNH) sophomore Jack P.H. Horne of Contoocook recently was awarded $5,000 in scholarships from Granite State Flight #53, Order of…

Hopkinton/Stark Robotics win coveted “Imagery Award”

The Hopkinton High School/John Stark Regional High School Robotics Team, Oz-Ram 1922, competed in the New England FIRST Granite State District Competition March 1-2 at Salem High in Salem, NH. 35 teams from all around New England showcased their…

BOYS BASKETBALL

Division II Opening Round – No. 7 Bow 41, No. 10 Souhegan 34: Souhegan erased an 11-point deficit to lead by one point at halftime and by one heading into the fourth quarter, but the Saber shots that were falling from 3-point land in the first half weren’t landing in the second and the Falcons made enough plays down the stretch…

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Division II Opening Round – No. 4 John Stark 61, No. 13 Milford 46: The Generals consistently put up points throughout the game and went on a 6-0 run to end the first quarter to build some cushion early…

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The Messenger – March 1, 2024

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Download The Messenger - March 1, 2024 (pdf)Goffstown woman pleads guilty to transporting body parts

Denise Lodge, one half of a Goffstown husband-wife couple accused last year of selling and mailing body parts stolen from the Harvard Medical School’s morgue, has agreed to plead guilty to inter-state transport of…

H-D DECA shines at 67th Annual NH Development Conference

A young Hillsboro-Deering DECA team had good success at the recent New Hampshire DECA 67th Annual Career Development Conference. It was held February 14-16 at the Hilton Doubletree in Manchester, NH. Twenty-two team members attended this…

Henniker Select Board agrees to support a new $300,000 Highway Truck

The Henniker Select Board discussed various topics at their February 20th meeting. Monica Rico requested permission to hold Henniker Homemade & Home-grown events in the Town Common on…

BOYS BASKETBALL

Regular Season – Sanborn 71, Bow 61: The Falcons lost their regular-season finale, but will host a Division II tournament game next week by finishing as a top-seven seed…

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Division III Semifinals – No. 2 Hopkinton 51, No. 3 Winnisquam 33: It was the Shaylee Murdough show. The junior captain scored 16 of her game-high 23 points, as Hopkinton built up a 28-17 halftime lead…

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The Messenger – February 23, 2024

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Download The Messenger - February 23, 2024 (pdf)Antrim school’s drone team soars

The Great Brook School’s aerial drone team placed first in the skills portion and second overall in the Rec Foundation’s aerial drone competition last month in Springfield, Vermont. GBS was represented by three teams of students at the event, entitled Mission Eclipse. They competed against 15 other teams from across…

Multiple departments battle Warner fire for over 2 hours

While firefighters from around the region were fighting a fire at the historic Stark Mansion in Dunbarton, another house fire was reported in Warner. Capital region dispatch requested “all units available,” at just past…

First responders called to fatal accident on Hopkinton Road

Concord first responders were sent to the area of Loop Road for a report of a crash. Police dispatch was attempting to find out how extensive the injuries were and fire dispatch did not know if there was entrapment but…

BOYS ALPINE SKIING

Division III Championship – Hopkinton 1st: Senior Harrison Wilson won the giant slalom in the morning, junior Merrick Chapin won the slalom in the afternoon and also finished second in the GS, and the Hopkinton boys’ Alpine team recovered from…

GIRLS ALPINE SKIING

Division III Championship – Hopkinton 1st: The Hopkinton girls’ Alpine ski team has been consistent all season and that wasn’t about to change on Wednesday. Hawk sophomore Marcella Guadagno finished second in both the slalom and…

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The Messenger – February 16, 2024

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Download The Messenger - February 16, 2024 (pdf)New London dispatcher honored

At last Thursday’s New London Select Board meeting, in front of a group of his colleagues, Police Chief Emily Cobb presented Greg Barthol an Exceptional Duty award for his deft handling of two simultaneous major fires in two separate towns…

Hillsborough voters to face an imposing 25 Article Warrant on March 12th

After voting on nine proposed zoning amendments, Article 10 asks Hillsborough voters to support a $9,494,950.00 2024 Operating Budget. Article 11 requests $882,592.00 for operating the…

H-D DECA’s “Hillcat Corner” receives Gold Level International ranking

The Hillcat Corner, the school-based enterprise at Hillsboro-Deering High School was among 728 school-based enterprises achieving gold-level re-certification for the 2023-2024 school year and will be recognized…

BOYS BASKETBALL

Bow 74, Bishop Brady 31: The Falcons bounced back from a tough outing on Thursday (scoring just 31 points) with a huge night offensively on Friday against the Giants…

GIRLS BASKETBALL

St. Thomas 66, Hopkinton 48: After falling behind by double digits in the first quarter, the Hawks stormed back to cut the score to 37-30 at halftime…

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The Messenger – February 9, 2024

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Download The Messenger - February 9, 2024 (pdf)Three Hillsboro-Deering DECA students qualify for International Competition

After ten days of competing against other high schools in a global competition, two teams of students from Hillsboro-Deering High School have qualified for the DECA International Conference in April 2024 in the area of…

H-D holds marathon, often contentious Deliberative Session

A record crowd of over 300 voters attended the three hour, sometimes contentious H-D Deliberative Session Monday evening. Rep. Riche Colcombe made three separate attempts to cut Article 3, the proposed $24,597,117 Operating Budget which was a…

Dunbarton Police present “Social Media: A Predator’s Playground”

On Tuesday, January 30th 2024 Detective Lieutenant Eric Kinsman (Portsmouth PD) and Deputy Matt Fleming (Hillsborough County SO) of the The NH Internet Crimes Against Children – ICAC Task Force presented their “Social Media: A Predator’s Playground” course to members of the public. The presentation discussed technology available to teens today and the way in which child predators use it to exploit…

BOYS HOCKEY

Bishop Guertin 1, Bow 0: The Cardinals scored a goal in the second period to defeat the Falcons…

GIRLS HOCKEY

Brady-Trinity-Londonderry 8, ConVal-Conant 0: BLT scored three goals in both the first and second periods to secure its second straight victory and third win its last four games…

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