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News and Information for the Town of Goffstown
January 2007 - Posts
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BY MATT STOUT Goffstown hockey coach Peter Bedford buys into the philosophy that the fewest goals allowed – not the most scored – wins championships. But that doesn’t mean he’s thinking totally about defense, either. With a 5-1 Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT Quality, not quantity, is sometimes all you need in a tournament. If Goffstown had both, its wrestling team may have been looking at quite a finish at Concord’s Capital City Wrestling Classic on Saturday, Jan. 27. Despite carrying Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN From forensic science to fitness studies, students at New Heights Charter Academy are taking on a wide range of topics. The academy, a publicly chartered high school accepting juniors and seniors, is now in the middle of its first full year Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN The road improvement plan appearing on the March Town Meeting warrant comes after selectmen made a last-minute cut to the item’s proposed dollar value. Selectmen agreed to take $600,000 out of next year’s road improvement program, Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK Tony Carnovale had 26-minutes and 16 seconds to cool down before trying to get his players to do the same. Sitting alone in the visiting locker room after an ejection knocked him from the game against Central on Tuesday, Jan. 23, Carnovale Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT Andrew Yost can reel off every injury or sickness that’s plagued the Goffstown wrestling team the last month. The 130-pound senior can tell you what teams the Grizzlies will be chasing come state tournament time, and he can tell you Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN Organizers of one local worship organization say they want to invite the community to an encounter with God. The New Hampshire House of Prayer will sponsor a prayer event at the Goffstown Harvest Church Thursday, Jan. 25, through Saturday, Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN Goffstown selectmen and budget committee members remain at odds over one major article on the town warrant only weeks away from Town Meeting. While a $16.8 million operating budget appeared as one of 32 items on the budget, a $2 million Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN The Goffstown Adult Education Program is set to return for the 2007 spring semester with a new director and the continued goal of providing lifelong learning opportunities to area adults. The program offers three primary areas of learning Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK Before the season’s first game, Alex Sobolov said the Goffstown boys basketball team would make a statement this year. The Grizzlies of the past, winners of five games the last three years, would soon be forgotten and replaced with Read More...
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Contract, school warrants to be debated at School District Meeting Feb. 5 BY ROD HANSEN Keeping health benefit costs in check while attracting educated teachers to the classroom were among the factors affecting school contract negotiations this year. Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN While some residents applaud the potential for municipal water service in the Lynchville/Danis Park section of Goffstown, others say construction should wait until water and sewer lines can be installed at the same time. That was one thought Read More...
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BY JERRY LIPTAK By 8:30 on Friday night, Dave Michaud was not a happy man. His Goffstown High girls basketball team lost to the defending state champions, 49- 39, on Jan. 5, falling to 2-3 in Class L. Michaud was upset because his performance was the Read More...
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Goffstown shows improvement against top teams BY MATT STOUT Steve Case had spent the past two hours sprawling across the crease, lunging for pucks and proving it is humanly possible to stand on one’s head. So when he was asked if settling for a Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN Visualizing your own success plays a key role in making your goals become reality. That’s the advice from one local success coach, who says people who see themselves succeeding are most likely to follow through in real life. “Whatever Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN Public records of Goffstown selectmen’s meetings will now include information on how all board members vote, after Selectman Bruce Hunter asked the board to reconsider an earlier decision at their meeting of Monday, Jan. 8. Monday’s Read More...
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Boys fighting cancer linked by Goffstown schools BY ROD HANSEN As two youths grapple with the effects of childhood cancer, a community stands by to help them. Jacob Schaffner, 7, recently completed treatment for kidney cancer, while 5-year-old Avery Forrestall Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN Homeowners who buy property near waterways often have to purchase insurance protecting them against the “100-year flood.” This event gets its name from the odds that a truly cataclysmic flood has a 1 percent chance of occurring Read More...
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