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• Bikers, runners and paddlers complete Contoocook Carry

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Since I first spoke with event organizer Mary Congoran about the race, she has been telling me the Contoocook Carry brings out the best in Hopkinton residents. I figured she was right, but until I rode my bicycle into a ditch on the side Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:11 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Concord, Bow, sports, fundraiser, contoocook

• Post 21’s eclectic group hits well but has trouble in the field

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Garde Burgess had an early idea how Concord Post 21’s American Legion baseball season was going to play out. During one of the team’s first practices, he pulled his nine pitchers aside and asked each one how many high Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:12 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Concord, sports, baseball, contoocook, pembroke, goffstown

• Contoocook Carry triathlon heats up

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Residents running, paddling and pedaling in September’s Contoocook Carry will use as much energy as they can to get to the finish line. This year, their physical energy will turn to heating energy, as 75 percent of the proceeds Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:06 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Event Reviews, Concord, sports, fund raiser, contoocook

• Contoocook trombonist swings to the sound of jazz

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Dave Dustin has never been a big fan of reading – not music, anyway. The Hopkinton Town Band member also plays the trombone in the Tall Granite Jazz Band, a group he founded that is dedicated to Chicago-style jazz and swing. “I’ve Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:47 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Event Reviews, Concord, Bow, contoocook

• Water ban in Contoocook

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY With high temperatures and little rain, Contoocook Village precinct residents and businesses have to limit their water usage as town officials have put an emergency water ban into effect. Though Steve Clough, assistant director of Public Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:27 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Concord, contoocook

• WWII cadet nurses want recognition as veterans

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Merle Dustin wasn’t on the front lines, but the Contoocook resident now finds herself trying to fight for the rights of some of the unsung heroes from World War II. In June 1945, President Harry Truman signed an executive order Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 3:34 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Concord, women, contoocook