Dunbarton news

Dunbarton native proved main cog in KSC’s strong play

BY STUART KAUFMAN No longer driving baseballs around ball parks, Jeff Perkins is spending his days driving a lawn mower around the well-manicured fields at Saint Anselm as a member of the college’s grounds crew. The four-year Keene State College Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:27 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, sports, Keene State College, baseball

Dunbarton Selectman gets county seat

By SARAH LEBRUN Dunbarton resident and selectmen Chairman Les Hammond was recently elected and sworn in as a Merrimack County commissioner on July 6. Hammond will fill the remainder of JD Colcord’s term. Colcord stepped down as commissioner after Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:16 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, Selectmen, commissioner, Merrimack County

Students to launch rocket in Nevada in September

By PATRICK O’NEILL Working with rockets is no easy business. But one group of students from Dunbarton has already become experts. This club, made up of eight middle and high school students from Weare, Dunbarton, and Hill, will compete in the ARLISS Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:25 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, Weare, students, ARLISS project, Nevada, rocket

Dunbarton marks 100th birthday of Town Hall

By SARAH LEBRUN Who doesn’t love a good birthday celebration? Get ready as Dunbarton throws a centennial birthday bash for its Town Hall on May 31, June 5 and 6. There will be historical tours of the Town Hall, programs by Steve Blunt and Rebecca Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:01 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, Birthday, centennial, Town Hall

Dunbarton Police increase patrol in recreation areas

In response to an increase in complaints received from area residents, the Dunbarton Police Department reminds the public that there are town ordinances that govern the use of recreation and conservation areas in the community. In the last several weeks, Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 06, 2009 2:25 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, Police, town ordinances

Dunbarton school day extended by 30 minutes

Dunbarton students will see longer school days beginning April 1. At the Wednesday, March 25, Dunbarton School Board meeting, officials decided to extend the school day by 30 minutes from April 1 to May 18, barring more snow days. According to SAU 19 Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:56 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, School board, school, extended day

No increase in Dunbarton town budget

BY PATRICK O’NEILL Residents debated the operating budget and the need to treat milfoil in the town’s ponds at Dunbarton’s annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 10. The selectmen discussed the town operating budget for this year of $1,871,319, Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:17 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, budget, Selectmen

$20,000 added to school budget in Dunbarton

BY PATRICK O’NEILL The operating budget for next year and ice dams on the roof of the elementary school were the major points of discussion at the annual Dunbarton School District Meeting on Saturday, March 7. The board originally proposed a budget Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:11 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, budget, voting, school

Dunbarton town administrator settles into job

BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXEL Line Comeau took the position of Dunbarton town administrator in December, after seven years working in Town Hall. “I was startled when people seemed pleased to see me as the new administrator,” said Comeau. “Then Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:25 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, Town administrator

Dunbarton holds tight to 237-year tradition

BY SARAH LEBRUN No two towns are alike when it comes to running a Town Meeting, and Dunbarton is no exception. For nearly 237 years, Dunbarton has held its annual Town Meeting on the second Tuesday in March, following voting for town officials earlier Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:37 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, town meeting

Cobbler shop returns to Dunbarton

BY CAROLE KLEMENT The old Dunbarton Cobbler Shop returned to its hometown on Friday, Oct. 31, after being located for more than 50 years in Goffstown. Dating back to before 1850, the cobbler shop was one of 26 known cobblers in the Dunbarton area. It Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:49 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, history, restoration, Cobbler Shop

Community togetherness marked Dunbarton Old Home Day

BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXEL The Dunbarton Old Home Day was in full swing at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, as men lined up, waiting for the parade to begin. Kim Vaillancourt, the Dunbarton Old Home Day organizer, was seen zipping from one side of the common Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:43 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, event Reviews

Dunbarton town historian Bud Noyes dies

BY JENN McDOWELL Dunbarton’s town historian, Bud Noyes, was in the process of compiling information for his third book when he died in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the age of 84. Noyes lived in what we now know as Dunbarton for Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:34 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, history

Former Dunbarton selectman; ran The Bow Times for eight years

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI The former owner of The Bow Times and former Dunbarton selectman, Beverly Ann Marcou, died Thursday, Aug. 21, at the age of 73. Karen Tomes, one of Marcou’s seven children, remembered her mother’s love of the newspaper Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:10 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, Selectmen, Bow Times, journalism

Granite State Senior Games attract eclectic mix of athletes

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Stu Goldstein of Dunbarton said he didn’t enter the Granite State Senior Games expecting to win anything. He was simply looking to regain the competitive feeling he experienced while exhibiting his athletic prowess in gymnastics Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:04 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Dunbarton, sports, Candia, Bow, Senior Games