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News and Information for the Town of Bow
April 2008 - Posts
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BY JERRY LIPTAK Physically, the visitors were every bit the equal of their hosts. But Salem’s boys lacrosse team, which trekked nearly 80 miles round trip for an interdivisional contest on Saturday, April 26, proved it has a long way to go to match Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Lions, tigers, bears and witches flying by on bicycles. The Bow High School auditorium will have it all, as students will perform “The Wizard of Oz” for three nights beginning Thursday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. In addition to the Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY A Bow man was killed at his vacation home in Maine while cutting down a tree that rotted over the winter. Timothy Dugal, 51, died on the scene at his Northport, Maine, home despite attempts by his wife to revive him. “He was cutting Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow voters will have a chance to extend the town’s growth management ordinance and limit the number of elderly housing built in one year. In addition to voting for town and school candidates on Election Day, May 13, Bow residents Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow Chief of Police Jeff Jaran is one of four final candidates for the open chief position in Provincetown, Mass. Jaran has a lengthy career in law enforcement and has been Bow’s chief of police for the past four years. He was also Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR For the Bow baseball team, one day was enough. That’s the amount of outdoor practice time the Falcons had prior to taking the field against John Stark in a delayed season opener on Saturday, April 19. In fact, when the Falcons Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY After hearing from library trustees at a recent public hearing about the operating budget, Bow Budget Committee members decided to return $15,000 to the budget for the Baker Free Library. By a 4-3 vote after the public hearing, Budget Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow Elementary School second-graders now know something about saving for the future, and you can bank on that. Fidelity Investments and Jump$tart Coalition sponsored a program at the school on Thursday, April 17, to show students the Read More...
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BY JERRY LIPTAK Armed with an array of fastmoving practice drills – Around the World and Queen of the Court among them – Bow girls tennis coach Jean VerPlanck oversees a group of 21 athletes who are happy, having fun and carefree … Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY In the aftermath of last year’s budget cuts when selectmen turned off 222 street lights in Bow, voters are now faced with a proposed budget that’s up about $602,000 from last year. This year’s warrant articles go to Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY When he first approached Bow’s Baker Free Library staff, Russell Page mainly wanted someone to tell fish tales to. Many of Page’s friends had passed away and he simply needed an ear. For the first few weeks of the Men’s Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Forced to travel to Massachusetts to find a practice field, the Hopkinton High School baseball team hopes to return to the Granite State with a swing similar to the one that helped produce a 38-6 record the last two years. The Hawks, Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Chris Raabe knows it has to stop sometime. She just hopes – for her seniors – this isn’t the year. The Bow girls lacrosse team has reached the state final each season since the inception of Division II lax in 2002, Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow residents heading to the polls on Election Day will have five contested races to decide, as candidates recently met the deadline to get their names on the ballot. For one open seat on the Board of Selectmen, incumbent Harry Judd is Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY One of the many cuts to the Bow School District’s budget is the discontinuation of the International Baccalaureate application process for this year. During the March 14 School District Meeting, voters approved the Budget Committee’s Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow residents have until Friday, April 4, to file for open positions. Applications are being accepted at the Town Clerk’s office from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents can get involved in public office by filing for 11 open seats for Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Faced with the decision to amputate his right leg or struggle to walk without the use a cane for the rest of his life, Jon Parker took some time to weigh his options – about five seconds. The Bow resident, then 15, had been cut Read More...
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