February 2009 - Posts

• Goffstown residents upset about trash noise

  BY SARAH LEBRUN To be exempt, or not to be exempt? That was the question on the table at the Monday, Feb. 23, public hearing, where the Goffstown Department of Public Works requested exemption from the town noise ordinance for trash and recycling pick-up. Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:24 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Public works, noise ordinance

• Athlete of the Month - ‘A purpose to win’

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Sponsored by Indian Head Athletics During a pause in Nick Wheelock’s Division II semifinal match, it wasn’t his 7-0 lead the senior was thinking about. The Goffstown wrestler’s mind was on his mother, Nancy, who died Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:11 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, high school sports, wrestling, Athlete of the Month

• Goffstown High School garners two individual titles, takes second in team competition

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Goffstown’s wrestlers wanted a piece of the pie, and they got it. The Grizzlies earned a runner- up plaque at the Division II state championship and, later, a victory dinner to celebrate the team’s performance at the event, Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:07 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, high school sports, wrestling

• Goffstown Department of Public Works seeks exemption from noise ordinance

  BY SARAH LEBRUN Complaints from some Goffstown residents have prompted the Department of Public Works to request a change in the town’s noise ordinance that would officially exempt them from the law. According to Town Administrator Sue Desruisseaux Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:27 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Department of Public Works, noise ordinance

• Another close loss for determined Goffstown High School

  BY DAN DECONINCK It’s been the case in so many Goffstown High games this season, and once again, a late rally by the opposition proved too much for the GHS boys basketball team. Exeter freshman Michael Thorpe led the visiting Blue Hawks on a fourth-quarter Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:25 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, basketball, high school sports

• Central, Goffstown and Bow athletes compete at state swim meet, MOC

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Central individuals excel Katie Aldrich won two individual events, and Central earned a fourth-place finish during the Division I state swimming championships at the University of New Hampshire. Central individuals excel Katie Aldrich Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:22 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, high school sports, Hooksett, Bow, swimming

• Goffstown voters say no to $600,000 cut

  BY STEPHEN BEALE First they cut $561,000. Then $400,000 more. But parents said it was time to stop when a proposal for $600,000 in yet more reductions was aired at the deliberative session of School District Meeting at Goffstown High School on Feb. 2. Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 4:01 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, voting, School District, meeting, school budget

• Despite ill captain, Goffstown High posts sixth straight win

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR He was so sick, he could barely walk, let alone skate. But Liam House-Myers, as Goffstown head ice hockey coach Peter Bedford later said, “did what captains do.” He not only played in the contest against Merrimack on Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:29 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, high school sports, hockey