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• Schools curtail operations in wake of ice storm

  BY SARAH LEBRUN The Dec. 11 ice storm left thousands without power and and curtailed the operation of many businesses and organizations throughout town, including the schools. In New Boston, officials closed the Central School from Dec. 12 to 18. Students Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 23, 2008 3:36 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, New Boston, Dunbarton, Hopkinton, Bow, storm, power outage, PSNH

• Superintendents dive into work

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Three new people are filling the top positions for the school districts of Goffstown, Dunbarton and New Boston this year. They are interim Superintendent Stacy Buckley and assistant superintendents Brian Balke and MaryClaire Barry. Both Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:14 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, New Boston, Dunbarton, School District, Superintendent

• Many struggle to pay last year’s fuel bills, worry about future

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY It may be warm in July, but area residents are still feeling the pain of the past winter’s heating bills and fear what the future holds. Goffstown resident Carol Clark said her oil prices have tripled from what she used to pay. Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:08 AM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, fuel, Dunbarton, Hopkinton, budget, heating, Contoocook

• Goffstown senior exceptional, even for a valedictorian

  BY STEPHEN BEALE There are many ways one could measure how bright a valedictorian is. There are the spotless, straight-A transcripts, the accumulation of advanced placement courses, or the acceptance into an Ivy League college. Tyler Clites, of Dunbarton, Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:09 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Dunbarton, Goffstown High School, valedictorian, education

• Goffstown schools fare poorly in state test

  BY JENN McDOWELL The state’s standards for measuring adequacy among New Hampshire school students were raised this year, and based on the results from the New England Common Assessment Program test scores students took in fall 2007, Goffstown schools Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:50 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, students, Dunbarton, News Boston, school, testing

• Goffstown may pass school costs to other towns

  BY MICHELLE KIM Goffstown may start passing onto New Boston and Dunbarton the costs of some services it provides to the schools previously not charged under a “gentlemen’s agreement.” At the Board of Selectmen meeting on Dec. 10, Selectmen Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:48 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, schools, Dunbarton, News Boston, Board of Selectmen

• Right to Know reactions – Town halls best at following spirit of law

  BY DAVE CHOATE Town offices are entrusted with providing information to their residents every day, so it’s little surprise that the offices for Goffstown, Weare, New Boston and Dunbarton fared well in our of Right to Know Law investigation. In Goffstown, Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:41 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Selectmen, police, Weare, New Boston, Dunbarton, local government

• Right to Know reactions – Goffstown, Weare police defend their policies

  BY DAVE CHOATE Two of the four police department we surveyed in last week’s Right to Know study contest our conclusion that they were not following the law. The Goffstown and Weare police departments did not fulfill our request for a log of arrests, Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:39 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, police, Weare, New Boston, Dunbarton, local government

• Parents: Low SAT scores show school’s failings

  BY RYAN O'CONNOR Ashley Jennings is preparing to graduate from Goffstown High School, but she’s not sure what that means for her future. Ashley, consistently an honor roll student throughout high school, scored a 400 in reading and 350 in math Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2007 2:23 PM by Goffstown Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, schools, students, New Boston, Dunbarton, SAT