November 2006 - Posts

• Trotting for food

  MVMS students gather 3,000 food items for Turkey Trot BY ROD HANSEN The Fourth Annual Mountain View Middle School Turkey Trot of Wednesday, Nov. 22, gave students a chance for some festive holiday fun, but it also brought their attention to a serious Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:27 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Turkey Trot

• Double staff at Goffstown Fire Department

  BY ROD HANSEN A proposal from a Goffstown fire and EMS planning committee recommends adding 10 firefighter/ EMT personnel to the fire department, which would double the current full-time staff. The new positions would come at a cost of $571,000 in their Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:24 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Fire Department

• Goffstown, John Stark compete at regionals; Gtown earns Fla. trips

  BY MATT STOUT MANCHESTER – Entering the American Youth Football New England Region Spirit Championships on Saturday, Nov. 25, the Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles spirit squads had enjoyed one of their finest seasons ever in its 13-year history. Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:43 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, John Stark, Spirit Squad

• Dynamic duo

  GHS alumnae are shining examples of school’s strength BY MATT STOUT There are two brief conversations Pam Arpe remembers distinctly. Those two help explain why the Stonehill field hockey team has never been better. With the help of Goffstown High Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:37 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Sports

• GHS, JS will not meet on gridiron Thanksgiving Day

  BY MATT STOUT It didn’t have the history of the Manchester city championship or the draw of a Nashua North–Nashua South game. But one of the state’s few remaining Thanksgiving Day games will not be played this year – and perhaps Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 11:25 AM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Sports

• Hardware store changes face of downtown

  BY ROD HANSEN A longtime business fixture of downtown Goffstown will become even more prominent next spring. A new Goffstown Hardware building is currently under construction adjacent to the business’s present location at the corner of Depot and Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 11:09 AM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, shopping, downtown

• Honors program at GHS separate from AP classes

  BY ROD HANSEN An honors program will provide challenging class work to freshmen and sophomores not yet able to take Advanced Placement courses, a Goffstown School Board member said. For high-achieving juniors and seniors, the high school currently offers Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 11:04 AM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, schools

• Off the list

  Goffstown School District removed from state district improvement list BY ROD HANSEN Goffstown School District has won an appeal to the state Department of Education to be removed from a list of districts in need of improvement, the superintendent of Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:51 AM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, schools

• A winning idea

  Screamin’ Eagles share successes, soar on gridiron, sidelines BY MATT STOUT Years back, when the Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles youth football program participated at the Pop Warner Division 1 level, the coaches and players learned the Nashua Read More... Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:38 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Sports

• GHS teachers to be paid for honors seminars

  BY ROD HANSEN The Goffstown High School honors program will still consist of after-school seminars, but the teachers will now get paid for the instruction. That was the decision of the Goffstown School Board members, who voted Nov. 6 to create six positions Read More... Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:12 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, schools

• Teen will pay it back

  Mackenzie agrees to make restitution after fleeing BY ROD HANSEN Goffstown teenager Laura Mackenzie has received fines and a suspended sentence in connection with the shoplifting charges that caused her to flee the state in March. Appearing in Hillsborough Read More... Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:02 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown

• No place like home, GHS production of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ involves younger students, too

  BY ROD HANSEN The Goffstown Theatre Company is about to take a trip down the yellow brick road, and they’ve invited guests from New Boston and Dunbarton along with them. The Goffstown High School production of “The Wizard of Oz” is scheduled Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:29 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Event Reviews, Kids & Family

• Goffstown may use interim fire chief

  By Rod Hansen Staff Writer Goffstown officials are considering hiring an interim fire chief to replace outgoing Chief Frank Carpentino, and one selectman has expressed disappointment in the retiring chief’s tenure. “He wasn’t a good Read More... Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 2:00 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown

• 4.5 percent tax increase less than expected

  By Rod Hansen Staff Writer The setting of tax rates brings good news and bad news for taxpayers this year, according to local officials. Goffstown’s town administrator and school district officials say increases were not as much as planned, leading Read More... Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 2:00 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown

• Stark withstands rough play, reaches state semifinals

  Class I Girls Soccer By Matt Stout Staff Writer After watching a third John Stark player hit the ground on a physical play and require help off the field, head coach Heather Doucette had seen enough. Before sending her girls soccer team out for the second Read More... Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 1:58 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Sports