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The Science Store at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center will be collecting nonperishable food items for the NH Food Bank through December. The campaign is an extension of Patrick’s Super Food Bank Project, an initiative begun several months...
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By Dan O’Brien The Hooksett Police Department, coping with personnel disputes and disciplinary action, spent more than $175,000 in legal fees in fiscal 2009, substantially more than what was spent in some similar-sized communities. “We continue,...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS PELHAM – A local elementary school student suffering from an underlying medical condition died from complications related to the H1N1 virus Nov. 17, said state and town officials. Officials did not release many details about the...
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Are you anxiously awaiting New Hampshire’s winter season and can’t wait to get out ice fishing? Dreaming of spring and the first opportunities to wet your fly line? Avid anglers – here’s a great opportunity to give back to your...
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The Pelham-Windham Razorbacks fourth-grade football team remained unbeaten and closed within one win of the New England regional championship following a 31-7 regional semifinal-round victory against the Nipmuc Warriors of Central Massachusetts on Saturday,...
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By Dan O’Brien Chrissy Curran was surprised, but not overly shocked, when someone broke into her unlocked Whitehall Terrace home in June. It was probably some mischievous kids, she thought. Only an iPod and a plastic container of loose change were...
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BY SUZANNE D’AMATO To those of us who live in the Granite State, it’s no surprise that small-town folks have big hearts. With the holiday season almost here, the familiar requests for monetary donations and drives for items of all kinds are...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR For years, Salem has been an 18-wheeler chugging down the Division I football freeway. SHS, frequently a powerful force, often seemed poised to flatten the competition, only to watch speedy Pinkerton Academy blaze past, garnering...
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By Dan O’Brien A head-on crash has killed a Concord couple that was reportedly active in the fight against AIDS and seriously injured an Epsom school teacher. Police say a pickup truck traveling southbound on Route 3A crossed the center line near...
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By Ginger Kozlowski It may not hold any legal power, but 78 citizens are asking the Candia Board of Selectmen and School Board to help them pay their taxes by keeping the property tax rate from increasing. A petition-like form was sent around town in...
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The unbeaten Amherst Patriots found themselves trailing for the first time in two years before scoring the winning touchdown with just a minute to go, handing the Bedford Jr. Bulldogs Pee Wee Silver team a heartbreaking 13-12 setback in the state final....
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By Ginger Kozlowski Very soon Pembroke residents will be notified that it’s time to buy new containers for trash and recyclables. Last March, voters at the Town Meeting agreed to begin a new automated collection system for items to be recycled and...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY It wasn’t difficult for Trinity High School head football coach Gary Leonard to forgive his star wing back. After all, Connor Lyons did score three touchdowns, notch three two-point conversions and kick a 41-yard field goal to lead...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Some American soldiers will be receiving snacks, batteries, hygiene products and other needed goods – thanks to the generosity of the Bedford Women’s Club. Each month, the club chooses a charity or service organization to...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY When the next fall sports season arrives, expect a change in the landscape of New Hampshire athletics. Beginning with the 2010- 11 fall schedule, all sports will use the divisional format, including the possibility of petitioning up or...
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The Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles middle school football team plays for its third championship in four years following a convincing 28-8 win against the Manchester Bears on Sunday, Nov. 15. The locals face Lowell, Mass., at Bedford High School on Saturday,...
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By Kathleen Bailey T.J. Rand, president of the Epsom Historical Society, thought he was preparing for a normal board meeting when he went over Tuesday, Nov. 3, to open the building. “I turned on the lights and looked around, saw the soot on the...
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Victoria Voydatch, 29, was arrested Nov. 8 and charged with an Oct. 5 burglary on Jewett Road in Dunbarton, in which numerous firearms, cash and collectibles were stolen. Voydatch was arraigned in Concord District Court on Nov. 9 and is being held at...
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WINDHAM – Windham Parks and Recreation has set the annual tree-lighting festivities for Saturday, Dec. 5. Santa will arrive to the Town Hall area by fire truck escorted by the Salem High marching band and color guard. He will be located in the cable...
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PELHAM – The Pelham Good Neighbor Fund committee is asking for your financial support to help individuals and families during Christmas with food, clothing and toys for the children. There are so many families in Pelham who are going to need help...
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Weare police arrested Stephen Corey, 36, of 17 Woodland Drive, Weare, on Monday, Nov. 16. Corey was charged with two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, reckless conduct, criminal threatening and simple assault. Weare police conducted an investigation...
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BY DARRELL HALEN WINDHAM – Louise Peltz and her family and friends have used a variety of ways to promote the Windham Turkey Trot – placing fliers in stores and on mailboxes, sending out press releases, contacting churches, notifying TV stations...
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Donald Thomson, the man who served as the town’s police chief from 1974 to 1988, has died of prostate cancer. He was 79. Thomson served the department during a time when there were no full-time officers, said his son, Wayne Thomson, 55, of Weare....
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I've been wondering about the newest thing in sports, Roller Derby, a sport which is really not so new at all, and the group known as the ManchVegas Roller Girls. Roller Derby, it seems, is so popular (again) that there was even a film, Whip It ,...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS After a heated two-hour discussion, selectmen tabled a plan to install lighting at Griffin Park until Nov. 23. Windham Baseball Softball League has raised $137,922 to illuminate the parking lot, center walkway and a Little League baseball...
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