|
|
News and Information for the Town of Goffstown
March 2008 - Posts
-
BY STEPHEN BEALE Residents who have already braved two severe floods are hoping for the best, but bracing for the worst. Last week they met with Gov. John Lynch as he toured neighborhoods in Goffstown at risk of flooding this spring. Several residents Read More...
|
-
BY STEPHEN BEALE The voters have had their say, now the town must carry out their wishes. On Monday, March 17, the Board of Selectmen poured over the results of the March 11 town election. The message the public sent about the Fire Department was clear: Read More...
|
-
BY STEPHEN BEALE Pat Sullivan will replace Michael French as police chief next month. French is retiring on March 31 after nine years as the top law enforcement officer in Goffstown. Sullivan will take over on April 1. “I think I’m pretty Read More...
|
-
BY STEPHEN BEALE Parents at the Villa Augustina have taken one giant leap forward in their capital fundraising campaign, considered a critical part of their bid to buy the school this year. The Villa Augustina Leadership Transition Team announced that Read More...
|
-
The good, the bad and the beautiful bring their skills to Goffstown High School on Saturday, March 22, for the Crispin’s House annual 3- on-3 Basketball Tournament. “The 3-on-3 brings out the best in players,” said Al Baines, acting Read More...
|
-
BY STEPHEN BEALE It began with a twitch in her knee. Sitting in her hospital bed, Kelly Thomas-Saykaly was recovering from a car accident days before Christmas 1999 that severed her lower spine. She had cried when doctors told her that her back was broken, Read More...
|
-
BY STEPHEN BEALE The town election on Tuesday, March 11, reversed a string of defeats for proposals to expand the Fire Department. In two previous elections, voters had thrown out plans for 18 and 10 firefighters, but Tuesday they signed off on hiring Read More...
|
-
School Board, for three years, vote for two • Helen Dutton – 870 • Judy Lamont – 973 David Getzin – 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- School Board Clerk, for three years, vote Read More...
|
-
Selectman, for three years, vote for two Joshua Solomon – 299 • Richard Butt – 720 David Bougher – 517 • Keith R. Lacasse – 592 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chief of Read More...
|
-
School Board member, vote for one • Monika E. Wright – 784 Sue Constance (write-in) – 70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moderator, vote for one • Jed Callen – 153 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read More...
|
-
Selectman, vote for one • Christine A. Quirk – 536 Peter G. Kucmas – 306 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cemetery Trustee, vote for one • Gregg L. Peirce – 824 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read More...
|
-
BY RYAN O’CONNOR They finished with a winning record for the second consecutive season. They hosted a first-round playoff contest. They came back from a twogoal deficit in the third period against a formidable foe. The only thing the Goffstown ice Read More...
|
-
BY MATT SCHOOLEY Like many schools in the state, Goffstown High School struggled in the math section of the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP), but school officials caution placing too much stock in the first-year exam. The NECAP, which had Read More...
|
-
BY STEPHEN BEALE The future of the Fire Department will be shaped by the outcome of the Tuesday, March 11, town election. On the ballot are a new contract for firefighters, a proposal for two new ones and plan to save up for the purchase of a ladder truck Read More...
|
|
|
|