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News and Information for the Town of Goffstown
March 2007 - Posts
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BY SAPNA PATHAK They’re the ones who’ve either played with him, against him or cheered for him at countless soccer games. They’ve built a bond that goes beyond the soccer field thanks to sleepovers, inside jokes and similar school schedules. Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN Recounts of two town ballot items in Goffstown and a school budget vote in Weare produced different numbers, but identical results. Goffstown’s Article 13, which would have paid for a water distribution system in Lynchville/Danis Park Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN With work still remaining on the Grasmere roundabout, selectmen have voted to hold off on any future traffic circles until that one is completed. Board of selectmen Chairman John Caprio began discussion of the topic at the March 26 board Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN As a child in the early 1900s, Colombe (Poulin) Ouellette saw the first automobile ever to ride on a New Hampshire street. On the day Colombe Ouellette turned 108, Gov. John Lynch came to the Hillsborough County Nursing home to see her. Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT Chris Bridges made it a habit to be the first one on and the last one off the ice during his career with the John Stark hockey team. A soccer-player-turned-hockey-player, Bridges barely knew how to skate four years ago when Stark coach Ed Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN Michael Turmelle has played many roles at John Stark Regional High School since 1998, and the school’s principal-to-be says he plans to use his knowledge to expand learning opportunities there in the future. Members of the Stark School Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN Two petitioned requests for recounts will have town officials hand-counting ballots at town hall at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 25. Both recount requests concern warrant articles where slim margins decided the outcome. In the case of Article 13, Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN A local youth accused of felony arson charges in connection with recent house and vehicle fires was intoxicated and high on large quantities of cough medication at the time of the alleged crimes, according to court records. Robert Audette, Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK The coach called two of them warriors. Another possesses a toughness he envies, and one has a sly sense of humor the coach will miss. Heck, Tony Carnovale is so fond of his seniors, he’d let one of them date his own daughter. It’s Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN Mook may be best known as the indie rock band led by Paul Dano, the actor who portrayed Dwayne in the 2006 comedy “Little Miss Sunshine.” However, the whole band received a rock star’s welcome prior to a recent appearance Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN Voters elected Scott Gross and Vivian Blondeau to the board of selectmen Tuesday, March 13, while ejecting incumbent Bruce Hunter from his seat on the board. The voting also brought disapproval for a 24/7 fire service proposal and a water Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN Two local youths face felony charges after allegedly setting fires to a building and a truck on Monday, March 12. Robert Audette, 17, of Goffstown, and a second local juvenile, were also charged with damaging a building and a car in a separate Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN A local woman will spend nearly two decades in prison after pleading guilty on several charges relating to a 2006 Manchester shooting that left one man paralyzed from the waist down. Tay Lynn Woods, 23, of Goffstown, was sentenced on felony Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY As their robot was packed away at the end of the six-week build period, West High School’s FIRST team had to hope it would work at the competition. It had never been driven or tested on the playing field. But the team of Hooksett, Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN A gas leak at Shaw’s Plaza on Mast Road caused the evacuation of more than 100 shoppers and about a dozen nearby residents on Friday, March 2. Though no injuries resulted from the incident, one Goffstown police officer did get into Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN A $1.5 million road plan, 24/7 fire coverage, elderly tax relief and conservation initiatives are among the issues local voters will face at town voting on Tuesday, March 13. Voters will also choose candidates to fill two vacant seats on Read More...
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