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Filming of police OK’ed

A federal appeals court has ruled that individuals have a right to film police during traffic stops. The ruling comes in a 2010 case filed by Free State Project President Carla Gericke against the Weare Police Department. Judge Kermit V. Lipez ruled that although police may impose limits on…

White Birch Community Center elects new President and Board

Thirty five years ago, Jessica Michie Prieto was a student at Crayon College Nursery School at White Birch Community Center in Henniker. Today she is President of the Board of Directors following outgoing president…

Hopkinton exhibit on Contoocook River

The Hopkinton Historical Society’s 2014 summer exhibit looks at how we use the Contoocook River and how the river has influenced our town’s development. The exhibit is part of a collaborative of eight local organizations including the…

Two Goffstown men hurt in OHRV crash

On Sunday, Ryan Paris, 23, and Nicolas Gamache, 22, both of Goffstown NH, were transported to the Upper Valley Hospital in Colebrook, NH for injuries they sustained in an OHRV accident in Stewartstown. Paris was operating a Polaris four-wheeler side by side OHRV eastbound on Ridge Road in Stewartstown when they tried to avoid a head on collision with…

New London Rotary Club sponsors Fun Fest June 28th

The New London Rotary Club will sponsor Fun Fest on June 28, 2014, from 1 – 6 p.m. at Smiley Grove Park in North Sutton, adjacent to Kezar Lake on Route 114, across from the Vernondale Store. Festivities will be held rain or shine and include: a Walk-a-Thon…

H-D Middle School DECA attends State Conference

The New Hampshire DECA 1st Annual Eighth-Grade Career Development Conference was held on the campus of NHTI in Concord. In its first year – New Hampshire DECA welcomed 40 competitors from four middle schools: Fairgrounds, Nashua; Elm Street, Nashua; Pennichuck, Nashua; and…

BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Hillsboro-Deering 6th Ian Robie won the discus and placed second in the javelin.

Kearsarge 1st Ten Cougars scored to give Kearsarge the Wilderness League Championship…

GIRLS SOFTBALL

Monadnock 13 Hillsboro-Deering 2 The Emmas, Adams and Moore had a pair of hits each but runs were scarce. Hopkinton 12 Hillsboro-Deering 0 It was all Becca Shatney who struck out 8 while allowing only 3 hits. She had a pair of doubles and scored a run…

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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…

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The Kelley Miller Circus is in Hillsborough July 9th

Fresh off its success with the Harlem Wizards Basketball Team, the Hillsboro Lions Club has announced that it is bringing the world famous Kelly Miller Circus to Hillsboro on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 with Grimes Field performances at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m…

Armed robbery at Goffstown’s Cumberland Farms 

Goffstown police were searching for a man who held up a convenience store at gunpoint on Wednesday night. Authorities said a man walked into the Cumberland Farms on Mast Road shortly after 9:30 p.m., showed the teller a handgun and demanded cash and cigarettes. The robber took off on…

Colby-Sawyer College to graduate 219 students on May 10th

Colby-Sawyer College will celebrate its 2014 Commencement on Saturday, May 10, graduating 219 students and recognizing them and other individuals for academic excellence, outstanding contributions to society, and service to the college and community. The ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. on the…

Peterborough man arrested, released, arrested

John Fortin, 53, of Peterborough has been indicted on one charge of aggravated felonious sexual assault, four charges of sexual assault and three charges of simple assault. The indictments charge Fortin with engaging in sexual contact with a girl who was under the age of 13 prior to the…

Tempers flare at Emerald Lake Village District Annual Meeting

Tensions ran high at Saturday’s Annual Meeting of the Emerald Lake Village District, with voters nearly evenly split between supporters of Commissioner Bob Hutchinson and his detractors. Citing a District By-Law prohibiting Commissioners from being paid for…

Andover teen develops thriving business

Cortland Begor and his brothers grew up with two family hobbies: playing lacrosse and making all kinds of things at their father’s wood shop. Last year, he decided to mix the two hobbies, making his own wooden lacrosse shafts for the sticks he…

GIRLS’ LACROSSE

John Stark 17 ConVal 6 The Generals marched to four goals in the first five minutes to take control, and finished with a 5-0 run in the final four…

BOYS’ LACROSSE

John Stark 6 Hopkinton 2 The top scorer for John Stark was Brody Fredericks with three goals and one assist followed by Matt Richard with one goal and two assists. Jake Blanchette and James Smugereski each had one goal and Drew McQuarrie recorded his first varsity point with an assist. Gage Huard and Cooper Bourque led the defense in front of goalie August Colburn with 11 saves…

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Sen. Bob Odell says he will not seek re-election

Sen. Bob Odell, R-New London, announced that he will not seek re-election this fall. After 12 years in the State Senate, Odell issued the following statement: “I believe it is time to leave the Senate. I have served six terms and look forward to…

Suit claims Weare officers ‘brutalized and assaulted’ suspect 

Shane St. Onge, of Manchester, who served a year in prison after pleading guilty to breaking into a Weare used automobile business in March 2012 has now filed a suit against the town and the two officers who arrested him. The suit, filed in Hillsborough Superior Court, claims that officers…

Attorney General clears Weare officers in deadly shooting

The New Hampshire attorney general said Wednesday he cannot determine whether a Weare officer was justified in shooting to death a drug suspect in August. Although two officers fired at 35-year-old Alex Cora DeJesus, of Manchester, Attorney General Joseph Foster said…

Bradford officer honored for saving child

Bradford Det. Sgt. Edward Shaughnessy received a Citation from the Governor Maggie Hassen and a Life Saving Pin from the American Heart Association during a ceremony to be held at the New Hampshire Police, Fire, & EMS Foundation Banquet held on Wednesday, April 23. On March 25th Shaughnessy responded to a child not breathing call and found the baby making…

Newport Library Arts Center hosts 3rd Annual Peeps Diorama Contest

More than 250 people attended the “Peeps Party” on Friday for the third annual Peeps Diorama Contest at the Library Arts Center. More than 70 dioramas featuring the sugar-coated marshmallow candies were displayed. The competition has grown a little since last year, when just over…

Sunapee man indicted on two counts of murder

Robert J. Dellinger, the Sunapee man charged with two counts of murder in last December’s highway deaths of a young Upper Valley couple during what prosecutors say was Dellinger’s failed suicide attempt, apologized profusely Wednesday to the victims’ families. Dellinger’s apology was…

Newport’s Annual Peeps Diorama Contest

Anticipating strong interest again this year in the Peeps Diorama Contest, Newport’s Library Arts Center is planning to display the contest entries for a full week after the Peeps Party and award ceremony. The Library Arts Center plans to hold its third annual Peeps Diorama Contest with the…

BOYS’ LACROSSE

Hollis-Brookline 21 Kearsarge 6 Keeper Will Aufreanc was bombarded with 39 shots on goal and managed to turn away 18…

GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD

Bow 1st Franklin’s Kaley Shepard took a trio offsets but Bow took the top honors over Newport, Franklin, Sunapee and Mount Royal…