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News and Information for the Town of Goffstown
November 2009 - Posts
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The Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles middle school football team plays for its third championship in four years following a convincing 28-8 win against the Manchester Bears on Sunday, Nov. 15. The locals face Lowell, Mass., at Bedford High School on Saturday, Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY When the next fall sports season arrives, expect a change in the landscape of New Hampshire athletics. Beginning with the 2010- 11 fall schedule, all sports will use the divisional format, including the possibility of petitioning up or Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Good things do indeed come in small packages. Especially when it’s a blitz package. The Goffstown sixth-grade football team was severely outsized in its Northeast regional semifinal contest against Massachusetts foe Milford, but Read More...
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BY SARAH LEBRUN Thanks to numerous donations, three new pieces have been added to the Goffstown skateboard park. According to Goffstown Recreation director Dave French, nearly $4,000 in donations was received for some new stairs, a rail and a bench. And Read More...
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BY SUZANNE D’AMATO To those of us who live in the Granite State, it’s no surprise that small-town folks have big hearts. With the holiday season almost here, the familiar requests for monetary donations and drives for items of all kinds are Read More...
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BY SARAH LEBRUN Residents of the Medvil Cooperative in Goffstown can expect their rent to increase 12 to 82 percent next year. At the cooperative’s annual meeting at Maple Avenue Elementary School on Nov. 14, residents approved a budget that would Read More...
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Hillsborough County Nursing Home has several residents that have passed the century mark in age. One of these ladies is Helen Salter, who turned 102 on Sept. 11. She was born north of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in the small town of Tunkhannock, Pa., to Percy Read More...
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By Jillian Jorgensen Residents may be happier than last year when they open their property tax bills, with the tax rate in Goffstown dropping by $1.02 from 2008. The 2009 property tax rate is $21.67 per $1,000, Sue Desruisseaux, town administrator, said Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY For the Goffstown boys soccer team, the pitch was far from perfect in the opening round of the Class L tournament. In addition to dealing with top-seeded Concord, the No. 16 Grizzlies battled a muddy and wet surface during action on Wednesday, Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY The girls of Goffstown High School volleyball have started a tradition their coach plans to continue year after year – success in the postseason. The Grizzlies won a playoff match for the first time in school history in 2008, and Read More...
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By Amy J. Vellucci Several hundred turned out in the rain, sleet and, yes, even snow, to witness Goffstown’s annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta on the Piscataquog River on Sunday, Oct. 18. “Everyone seems to be having fun,” said Robbie Grady, Read More...
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By Jillian Jorgensen Goffstown municipal employees will feel the pinch next year, with the town cutting cost-of-living adjustments and switching to new insurance plans for nonunion employees. “This is not an easy topic, and I think we all know it. Read More...
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By Kathy Remillard Goffstown residents going to the post office will no longer see the familiar face of Alan Dutch behind the counter. Dutch retired Oct. 31 after spending 35 years at the Goffstown Post Office. Staff members marked Dutch’s last Read More...
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