May 2007 - Posts

• Dunbarton police officer receives award

  On May 23, officer Jacqueline Pelletier, who joined the Dunbarton Police Department in April, received an award for outstanding patrol work while employed as a patrol officer in the town of Bow. Bow Police Chief Jeff Jaran nominated Pelletier for the Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:11 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton, Police, awards

• War hero uniform finds home

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Frank Dow Merrill, a World War II hero, and namesake of the Merrill’s Marauders, couldn’t have had any idea his uniform would end up in Dunbarton when he died in 1955. But there it was, on display in the Dunbarton Community Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:09 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton, veterans, Memorial Day

• Memorial contributions made to Fire Department

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR The Dunbarton Fire Department received $10,400 in the last year, after the passing of residents Vera Fogg, Nancy Graybill, and former selectmen and Fire Department volunteers Peter Montgomery and John Swindlehurst II. “Obviously Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 4:38 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton, fire department, memorial

• A call for help – Dunbarton teacher seeks kidney donor

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Dunbarton Elementary School Sixth Grade Teacher Candace Harrison thought she was out of the woods when her body accepted her father’s donated kidney. That was then. This is now. Harrison was diagnosed with Type I diabetes Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 4:35 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton, teachers

• Fuel theft – Resident turns himself in for allegedly stealing gas

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR A 24-year-old Dunbarton resident and former volunteer for the Dunbarton Fire Department, has been arrested and charged with theft by unauthorized taking, a Class A misdemeanor, after allegedly stealing fuel from the Dunbarton town Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 4:33 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton, gas, fire department

• A new police officer for Dunbarton

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Master patrol officer Jacqueline Pelletier recently made a move from the Bow Police Department to Dunbarton to take over the full-time executive officer position vacated by Chief Christopher Connelly, who succeeded Chief Jeff Nelson Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 4:17 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton, Police

• District explores options for preschool

  BY SARAH LEBRUN After sending special eduation children to preschool in New Boston for 12 years, school officials are looking to bring preschool back to Dunbarton. “It’s hard to argue with the fact that a preschool program should be on campus,” Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 4:15 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton, schools, education

• Cement creations – Dunbarton artist creates unique planters

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Though Patricia Murphy’s sculptures are fictitious characters created in her head, every once in awhile one just happens to look like someone she or someone else knows. That is exactly what happened to Murphy when she created Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 02, 2007 3:31 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton, arts