April 2007 - Posts

• Second flood in a year worse than first

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Ken Rowe bought a shiny new Mercury Comet in 1965. Forty-one years later, in May 2006, floodwaters ripping through his low-lying neighborhood off Riverside Park Drive got as high as the Comet’s roof. Still, Rowe, a former teacher Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:29 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Merrimack Valley, flood, On the Water

• Storm wreaks havoc … again - 5 arrested in Allenstown

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Roads closed, bridges washed away and hundreds of residents were forced to abandon their homes to find safer ground once again as a spring nor’easter ravaged the state. And in Allenstown, in a low-lying neighborhood that’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007 4:31 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Hooksett, Merrimack Valley, flood, Auburn

• Summer camp programs at Bear Brook

  Now is the time to think about where to send children for summer camp. With two locations, one in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown and the other in the White Mountain National Forest, children age 6 to 17 from across the state have some exciting opportunities Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:11 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, summer camp

• 32 years – Town Clerk Ed Cyr ends decades of service

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN In 1974, Allenstown’s Ed Cyr won a three-way race to become the town’s clerk. “I’ve been unopposed for the last 31 years,” Cyr said. Cyr, who was born and raised in Allenstown, decided not to run for the Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:08 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, town clerk

• McGonigle found guilty

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI Former Allenstown Police Chief James J. McGonigle Jr. will likely spend nine months in jail after pleading guilty on Friday, March 30, in Merrimack County Superior Court to stealing money from the Allenstown Police Department, Allenstown Read More... Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:41 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Concord, Police, Merrimack Valley