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News and Information for the Town of Goffstown
July 2007 - Posts
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BY DAVE CHOATE Town Clerk Donna Bergeron is searching for the town’s oldest resident – and wants prospective titleholders to know there’s a snappy looking cane that comes with that honor. The famous gold and ebony Boston Post Cane that Read More...
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BY DAVE CHOATE Thieves stole valuables from at least 19 cars on and around Main Street on Sunday, July 22, according to the Goffstown Police Department. Police Capt. Michael Sullivan said police currently have no suspects in the thefts, which appear to Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR Clandestine operations and verbal sparring have created a uniquely charged environment before the annual Crispin’s House charity softball tournament. The event, which begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 10, at Goffstown’s Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR Trailing, 7-4, in game one of the 9- and 10-year-old state championship, Goffstown all-star manager Bob Gurskis turned to assistant coach Mark Collins for some trickery. In the midst of a Portsmouth two-run inning, with the bases Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR He made the promise. His team delivered. Ernie Gauvin, manager of the Goffstown 10- and 11-year-old Little League all-star team, told fans to get to the District 1 title game early because his team would not wait to put runs on the Read More...
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BY DAVE CHOATE After two weeks, students in the Saint Anselm College’s Colloquium on Peace, Reconciliation, Social Justice and Global Citizenship were worn out from the extensive discussions. Despite that, they didn’t hesitate to talk about Read More...
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BY DAVE CHOATE A former town resident has been arrested and charged by Washington state authorities with conspiracy to manufacture marijuana. John Hien Nguyen was arrested on July 10 on Holly Street in Goffstown after driving across the country from Everett, Read More...
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BY DAVE CHOATE Michelle Lavoie doesn’t need much more than the evidence of her eyes to know the New Hampshire Women’s Prison is overcrowded. “We have people sleeping on bunks out in the middle of the tier, with the lights on 24 hours Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR After winning the pregame coin flip, Goffstown manager Ernie Gauvin chose to be the visitor, attempting to take an early lead and demoralize his opponent. Though the plan failed, the team was successful, defeating Pelham, 7-2, on Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR It was tournament host Manchester East’s home turf, but for at least one day, the Goffstown 9- and 10-year old Little League all-star team claimed the field – while dominating the foe. In the District 1 tournament finale, Read More...
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Seventeen-year-old Erica Therrien, a resident of Goffstown, has a lot to be proud of this summer after an exceptional showcase of talent at the recently completed ATA World Taekwondo Championships held in Little Rock, Ark. Therrien, a martial arts enthusiast, Read More...
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BY STEVEN ANDREWS Richard O’Brien did not expect any surprises his first week as the new fire chief, but he was glad to get one. The Board of Selectmen swore-in the 16-year resident July 2 at the Pinardville Fire Station, and he soon found out his Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR Though Goffstown was close, Mother Nature had the final say in the 11-and 12-year-old all-star team’s season-ending 4-3 loss to Concord National on Monday, July 9. After several consecutive nearby lightning strikes, the District Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR In the fourth inning of the winners bracket final of the District 1 9- and 10-year-old Little League all-star tournament, his team trailing, 16-9, Goffstown third-base coach Mark Collins went to the stands behind him and made a promise Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY It might be an understatement to refer to Goffstown’s Ben and Jane Hampton as “patriotic” Americans. Both have traced their roots back to Revolutionary War soldiers, visited all but one of the major Civil War battlefields Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK Eric MacDonald was excited and optimistic. It turns out he had good reason to be. The Bedford all-star went 3-for-4 at the plate and held a surging Goffstown offense to one run in 5-plus innings of mound work. In fact, it was hard to identify Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Sean Colligan thought it would be fun to welcome a couple of his friends from Manchester to the annual Goffstown Gallop – a 28-year-old non-sanctioned road race pitting runners from across the state and beyond against each Read More...
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