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News and Information for the Town of Bow
February 2007 - Posts
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BY MATT STOUT Deb Flanders remembers it clearly, the letter that Ian Hanson gave her more than two years ago. Then a freshman ski racer, Hanson had just balked at offers and partial financial aid packages from some of the country’s top ski academies, Read More...
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Voters interested in placing their names on the ballot for Bow town and school board seats may file from Wednesday, March 21, to Friday, March 30, at 5 p.m. Town • Two selectmen seats for three years. • One trustee of the trust fund for a three-year Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR A whole country worth of information is now available at the fingertips of Bow police officers. On Feb. 20, Bow police cruisers were equipped with laptop computers for the first time since incorporating the systems into its 2006-07 Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Bow selectmen originally set up an operating budget and warrant that, if all articles were approved at Town Meeting, may have increased taxes 33 percent. They deliberated during and following a Feb. 20 public hearing, and trimmed Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR As the three branches of state government wrangle over how to best provide aid to public schools, local school administrators say they can do little, but watch and wait. If Gov. John Lynch’s plan to provide a flat 5 percent Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK Outside the girls locker room at Southern New Hampshire University, Corey Boilard stood wondering what he could possibly tell his players after a devastating, 54-41 loss in the Class I girls basketball quarterfinals. After Boilard took Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR The Bow Hazard Mitigation Plan, initiated in 2006, will soon be presented to residents. A public information meeting is tentatively scheduled for 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 20. “The purpose of the meeting is to explain the general Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Dunbarton town historian Bud Noyes was only 22 years old when he purchased a dilapidated colonial-style house on 10 acres in Bow for $300 in 1948. The house, which now sits on Page Road in Bow – formerly known as Chateauguay Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR After more than two months of investigation, a Concord woman has been indicted on an attempted murder charge stemming from a head-on collision in Bow. The accident occurred Dec. 2, when Carrie Drake, 37, allegedly swerved her Chevrolet Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT Tim Walsh was a frustrated man Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Whittemore Center. Following his Bow boys hockey team’s 2-2 tie with Oyster River, the Falcons coach counted on one hand – literally – the number of minutes he felt Read More...
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On Friday, Feb. 16, at 11:30 a.m., Bow Elementary School will host its seventh annual luncheon for Bow senior citizens. Bow Elementary School students will prepare a program and place settings for the luncheon and act as greeters and servers. This year, Read More...
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The Bow Falcon Booster Club will host an Outback dinner/dance and raffle on Friday, March 30, from 6:30 to 11 p.m., at the Bow Community Center. Dinner will be provided by the Outback Steakhouse of Concord, followed by dancing to the music of the Beaver Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR In the Twi language of the Ashanti tribe in Ghana, “akwaaba” means “welcome.” From Feb. 5 to 9, Bow Elementary students said “akwaaba” to Theo Martey and Steve Ferraris for a week-long artist-in-residence Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT The Bow boys basketball team knew it was coming. Up five points at the half on John Stark on Friday, Feb. 2, the Falcons emerged from the visitors’ locker room expecting a barrage of baskets from one of the top teams in Class I. They Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK For three quarters, his team makes just enough shots, grabs just enough rebounds and finds just enough open lanes to maintain slim leads. But it’s the final eight minutes when head coach Corey Boilard’s players stop doing just Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Four years ago, Alexandra Van De Water went to the Junior Olympic qualifiers and finished in the top three in her class in fencing. But, Van de Water was disqualified for being too young. She was only 12 at the time and needed to Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Though hundreds of students from around the Granite State attended the New Hampshire All-State Music Festival, only a select few vocalists were selected to participate in the jazz portion of the event. Bow High School was represented Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR The town continues to look for ways to address space needs at the fire and police departments. On Jan. 22, Bow selectmen hosted a public informational meeting at the Bow Fire Department to discuss potential renovations to town police Read More...
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