|
|
News and Information for the Town of Goffstown
October 2007 - Posts
-
BY MICHELLE KIM Abutters of a proposed 92-unit condo development on Bog Road aired concerns at a Planning Board hearing about the suitability of the site and neighborhood in accommodating so many people. The approximately 60-acre property, located between Read More...
|
-
BY MICHELLE KIM Five Goffstown businesses failed alcohol compliance checks by selling alcohol to underage buyers Thursday, Oct. 18. The New Hampshire Bureau of Liquor Enforcement and the Goffstown Police Department ran alcohol compliance checks at more Read More...
|
-
BY MICHELLE KIM Jerry Donovan is the kind of guy who turns heads. And not just because of his zest for life. A 1999 van accident left the former Boston Gas pipe fitter paralyzed from the chest down. But today, he can play 18 holes of golf, buy a beer Read More...
|
-
BY RYAN O'CONNOR Regular-season records, even a lopsided regular-season loss, didn’t matter to the underdog Goffstown Grizzlies, whose intense play on Thursday, Oct. 25, nearly produced a stunning upset against Manchester West in the first round Read More...
|
-
Goffstown football beat heavily favored Winnacunnet in a late-game shootout on Friday, Oct. 26. The 24-20 final keeps the locals in contention for the playoffs. “Last year we played Winnacunnet and got knocked around,” said Goffstown head Read More...
|
-
BY MICHELLE KIM Joanne Fortier was appointed as warden of the New Hampshire State Prison for Women by the executive council Tuesday, Oct. 19. Fortier, a 22-year veteran of the department of corrections, has served as acting warden since February, when Read More...
|
-
BY MICHELLE KIM Jennifer Oliver was at the end of her chemotherapy treatments when she first heard about the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk. “I saw this ad and I said to myself, ‘I have to do this’,” said Oliver, a 51-year-old mother Read More...
|
-
BY MATT SCHOOLEY The Herod family will be home again. After having their house severely damaged by floods in 2006 and 2007, Gary and his wife Kelly were given a surprise when they arrived at their Goffstown neighborhood to see volunteers and television Read More...
|
-
BY SAPNA PATHAK When Collin Bourque picked up a hockey stick for the first time at age 5, he did so without any expectations. Almost 10 years later, the opposite is true. This summer, Bourque learned having expectations is exactly what helped him succeed Read More...
|
-
BY JERRY LIPTAK Despite thoroughly outplaying their hosts for 75 of regulation’s 80 minutes, the Lady Generals faced overtime at Merrimack Valley. After the John Stark girls warmed up for the extra period, their fifth-year head coach, Heather Doucette Read More...
|
-
BY MICHELLE KIM The Planning Board voted Monday, Oct. 11, to rescind a previously granted completeness approval to Goffstown Harvest Christian Church’s new building plans due to changes and additions, sending it back to the Zoning Board. The Planning Read More...
|
-
BY MICHELLE KIM The Goffstown Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to request a special election to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of state Rep. Bruce Hunter. On the same night, Monday, Oct. 15, the Weare Board of Selectmen unanimously decided Read More...
|
-
BY RYAN O'CONNOR Receiving second life and a fresh set of downs at the opponent’s 7-yard line, John Stark looked poised to move ahead 9-0 in the Oct. 13 fooball contest and put the visiting foes in an early hole. But the ensuing events mirrored Read More...
|
-
A stunning running game and crippling defense led Goffstown football to another victory, 34-7 over host Merrimack on Saturday, Oct. 14. The win improves Goffstown’s record to 5-2 overall, 4-2 in Division II. The Grizzlies are in sole possession Read More...
|
-
BY MICHELLE KIM When Chris and Pat Blanchette saw the black pickup truck gunning towards the side of their house, they couldn’t believe it. Just moments before, they had been quietly relaxing in the living room of that very house – a neat, Read More...
|
-
BY MICHELLE KIM Despite a higher than estimated town portion of the tax rate, this year’s overall tax rate will be nearly the same, at only 2 cents more than last year’s rate. The overall tax rate for 2007, which was approved by the board Read More...
|
-
BY JERRY LIPTAK Two drives into their Division-III football contest on Friday, Oct. 5, against host Kingswood, the John Stark Generals had more than set the game’s tone. They’d set the inevitable outcome in stone. Stark marched efficiently Read More...
|
-
BY MATT SCHOOLEY The efforts of the Goffstown High girls volleyball team against Manchester Memorial didn’t suggest a squad hoping to improve to 3-9 this season. But the Grizzlies earned a 3-1 road victory on Friday, Oct. 5, for that third win of Read More...
|
-
BY MICHELLE KIM The Goffstown Fire Department presented its 2008 proposed budget to the Board of Selectmen on Monday, Oct. 1, requesting a 9 percent increase in funding for the Fire Department and 11 percent increase for Emergency Medical Services. Fire Read More...
|
-
BY MICHELLE KIM Goffstown’s trash may become its treasure after the Board of Selectmen accepted the Solid Waste Commission’s recommendation for a new recycling vendor, which could save the town more than $100,000 a year and even net a profit. Read More...
|
-
BY STEVEN ANDREWS The giant pumpkins are coming back to downtown, thanks to an army of volunteers and sponsors, as well as the return of the Main Street Program’s director. The annual Pumpkin Regatta will take place in and around the Common on Saturday Read More...
|
-
BY DAVE CHOATE Robbie Grady left the Goffstown Main Street program in February of 2004 primarily because the job had worn her out. Apparently she found some rejuvenation during that time, because as of the beginning of September Grady found herself in Read More...
|
-
Though Goffstown High School will not play postseason golf this season, varsity coach Jarrod Brooks reflects on the year as one of learning and growth. The Grizzlies, who finished 11-22 on the season, compiled an average team score of 206 among five golfers. Read More...
|
-
BY MATT SCHOOLEY Who needs all 11 players? Forced to play down one player for most of its match against Salem, the Goffstown High School boys soccer team held on for a 2-1 road victory on Friday, Sept. 28. Goffstown’s Tyler Ellis went hard into Read More...
|
|
|
|