January 2009 - Posts

• Goffstown students learn how it feels to be hungry

  BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXEL Jyl Dittbenner has been teaching at Villa Augustina for seven years, and each year she organizes a junior high sleepover to participate in the World Vision 30-Hour Famine. The 30-Hour Famine is an international youth movement to Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:49 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, students, famine

• Goffstown deliberative sessions are Feb. 2 and 4

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The Goffstown deliberative sessions of Town and School District Meeting next week are much more than just deliberation. Those meetings also make important decisions that affect how much money the town and school district can spend next Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:16 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, taxes, voting, School District

• UpReach reduces staff and services

  BY SARAH LEBRUN As the economy spirals downward and people struggle to make ends meet, Goffstown’s UpReach has become the next victim in a long line of organizations to downsize. Effective Feb. 14, staff at the nonprofit therapeutic riding center Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:11 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, UpReach Therapeutic Riding Center

• Goffstown High School grapplers back on track after early-season difficulties

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Rob Cathcart and Tom Foote didn’t have to say goodbye following the football season after all. Cathcart, who coached Foote during his football career at Goffstown High School, stepped in to coach the wrestling team this season as Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:06 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, high school sports, wrestling

• Goffstown High School coach awaits full-game effort from talented charges

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY The Goffstown High School girls basketball team has stumbled out of the gate, and head coach Dave Michaud said he’s waiting to watch his group compete from opening tip to final buzzer. During a 54-52 loss to Concord on Friday, Jan. Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:34 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, basketball, high school sports, Goffstown High School

• Goffstown Budget Committee makes deeper cuts in schools, town

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The worsening economic situation was evident at a Goffstown Budget Committee meeting recently, where members pressed for even deeper cuts in the town and school budgets in order to give taxpayers a break. At its Jan. 20 meeting, the committee Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:29 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, schools, budget, town budget

• Superintendent apologizes for e-mail sent to parents

  BY STEPHEN BEALE A Goffstown School District e-mail notice about a meeting backfired when some residents accused the administration of political campaigning on behalf of the School Board. Superintendent of Schools Stacy Buckley recently apologized for Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:26 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, budget, School District, parents

• Goffstown High school teacher honored

  BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXEL Eric Romein, a social studies teacher at Goffstown High School, has been awarded the New Hampshire Wal- Mart Teacher of the Year award, an honor that came as a complete surprise. During a recent department meeting, Romein was presented Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:44 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Teacher of the Year

• Article would allow Budget Committee to set school budget

  BY STEPHEN BEALE A resident wants to strip the Goffstown School Board of some of its budget powers in the hope that spending will become lower. Guy Caron, chairman of the 450-plus member Goffstown Residents Association, is backing a petitioned article Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:38 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, voting, budget, School Board

• Mountain View Middle School student gets part in ‘Bride Wars’

  BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXEL Goffstown celebrated its own mini-Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, when Goffstown’s Kallie Tabor hosted a screening of the new movie “Bride Wars,” at Hooksett’s Cinemagic, in which she played a role as Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:33 PM by Goffstown Editor | 3 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Mountain View Middle School, Bride Wars

• Town Hall theater set to reopen in the spring

  After years of restoration work and thousands of hours spent by dozens of volunteers, the second-floor theater in the Grasmere Town Hall is scheduled to reopen this spring. It will be made available to the public again after being closed for more than Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:41 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, town hall, arts & entertainment, Grasmere, theater