January 2007 - Posts

• BMS still perfect entering final month

  BY SAPNA PATHAK They play well together, they communicate on offense, and their defense is getting better game by game. They remain undefeated this season and are on pace to win their end-of-the-year playoff tournament. The only problem: not a single Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:27 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, sports, basketball

• Family sues restaurant

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR According to a June 2006 investigation report released by the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office, Joseph E. Grigas Jr. had been drinking at a local restaurant before shooting his best friend’s father, then turning Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:23 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow

• School superintendent finalists announced

  The Bow School Board has narrowed its search for a new superintendent. On Jan. 25, the board announced Dr. Dean Cascadden, current superintendent of the White Mountains Regional School District; Dr. Leo P. Corriveau, current executive director of the Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:20 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, schools

• Budget jumps $1.2 million – Personnel needs hike school budget

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR The 2007-08 Bow School District budget represents a 5.38 percent increase over the last fiscal year. Duane Ford, the district’s business administrator, said the operating budget will increase $1.2 million from $22,279,235 Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:14 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, schools

• ID Check - Bow moves past early season troubles

  BY MATT STOUT Chris Gaudreau admits his Bow boys basketball team is searching for its identity. On the defensive end, the boards or amid a crowded Class I field, the Falcons have an idea of what kind of team they want to be. But above all, they know what Read More... Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:28 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, basketball, Bow High School

• Best friends - Mentoring program matches students to develop strengths

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR When Maura Baxter and 8-year-old Michelle are together, the smiles and laughter are constant. Michelle, a third-grade Bow Elementary School student, was identified as a child who would benefit by having a mentor. Michelle and her Read More... Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:59 AM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, Junior-Senior Friends program

• Bow POPS hosts talent show for a new grand piano

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Some of the area’s most talented and, in some cases, unheralded musicians will be singing, dancing, playing instruments and raising money for their Bow High School music department. The Bow POPS (Parents of Performing Arts Read More... Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:37 AM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, fundraiser, Band, Bow High School, talent show

• Hearing set on fire, police needs

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Bow selectmen have been meeting with consultants to determine current facility needs for the fire house, police station and the public works building. Last month, consultant Eric Palson met with the board to review the second draft Read More... Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:35 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, police, fire department

• A little something - Bow’s late-game goal forges tie with Goffstown

  BY MATT STOUT GOFFSTOWN – His team had all but dominated its opponent for the last 38 minutes of hockey. It finally figured out how to beat Goffstown goalie Steve Case. And it turned nothing – a possible 1-0 loss – into something – Read More... Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:59 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, sports, high school sports, Hockey, Goffstown

• Money delays charter school opening

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR HOPKINTON/BOW – For nearly three years of work by Bow, Hopkinton and Kearsarge Regional school district superintendents, the Crossroads Learning Community Charter School in Contoocook was awarded official charter status. Though Read More... Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:38 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, Hopkinton, education, Charter School, Contoocook

• Bow: 2006 Year in Review

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR 2006 in Bow featured growth, change, accomplishment, history, land preservation and school repairs. Growth • Bow Equestrian Village LLC, announced its purchase of nearly 30 acres of land on Dunbarton Center Road to build a Read More... Posted Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:39 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow