Goffstown News

Gallop perennially draws community of fun-loving athletes

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Sean Colligan didn’t learn his lesson at last year’s Goffstown Gallop. But at this year’s 5.2-mile run, he took the rest of the field to school. After finishing second behind an invited guest in 2007, Colligan Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:16 AM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, Sports, running, Goffstown Gallop, marathon

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 | 1 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, fuel, Dunbarton, Hopkinton, budget, heating, Contoocook

Man works to make 4,000-foot climbs in N.H.

BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXEL Mark Duval of Goffstown made his first 4,000-foot mountain climb in 1994, when a friend invited him along on a hike up Mount Moosilauke. Already an avid climber, Duval and his wife, Nina, had climbed Mount Washington several times, Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:02 AM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, Health & Fitness, on the Trails, mountains, hiking, NH State Parks

Villa Augustina sold to parents

BY STEPHEN BEALE Founded 90 years ago as a school run by the Religious of Jesus and Mary, the Villa Augustina was reborn this week as an independent Catholic school with parents at its helm. “This year … we’ve all been holding our breath Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:58 AM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, Kids & Family, Villa Augustina, school, education

Softball tourney goes to bat for Crispin’s House

Crispin’s House Inc., a nonprofit program for at-risk youth, hosts its annual one-pitch softball tournament on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Goffstown Junior Baseball Villa Augustina Fields, starting at 9 a.m. Al Baines, president of Crispin’s Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:48 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Crispin's House, Goffstown, Kids & Family, softball

Baseball and softball highlights

In Goffstown Babe Ruth action: Red Wings 6 – Sea Dogs 5 Dante Distaso belted a walkoff home run on the first pitch in the bottom of the seventh as the Red Wings captured the minor league title with a win over the scrappy Sea Dogs. Riley Palmer and Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:36 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, Sports, baseball, softball

Villa Augustina to start day care program

BY STEPHEN BEALE Parents at the Villa Augustina School are hoping to not only preserve what they had this year – a pre-kindergarten through eighth grade Catholic school – but also expand upon it by adding a daycare program this fall. Greg Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:30 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, Kids & Family, Villa Augustina, day care

250th Anniversary Committee meets Sept. 4

BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXEL From January to December in 2011, Goffstown will pull out all the stops to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the town. The village of Goffstown was incorporated in 1761, and 250 years later, there are almost 18,000 people living Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:28 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, Kids & Family, community, First Night, Anniversary

Lightning strikes cause two fires

BY STEPHEN BEALE A family brought closer together by one fire has been separated by another. In March, Keith Moore and his wife Toni lost most of their 58 Elm St. home to a fire. Since then, he has lived with his daughter, Shannon Moody, and her family Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:20 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, Fire Department, fire, lightning

JV first

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Weeks before Goffstown’s varsity baseball squad earned the first Class L title in program history, another group of Grizzlies celebrated a similar accomplishment. With a 5-1 victory against Salem, on May 26, the GHS JV team Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:25 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, Sports, high school sports, baseball, Goffstown High School

Goffstown rides seniors to first Class L baseball title

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Throughout the season, Matt Benson and his players committed to never look back, only forward. Now the Goffstown baseball coach has no choice but to glance into the past. He is, after all a state champion. Benson and the thirdseeded Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:18 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, Sports, high school sports, baseball, Goffstown High School

Villa school graduates shaped by dramatic year

BY STEPHEN BEALE They were supposed to be the last graduating class of the Villa Augustina. Instead, the 19 eighth-graders who received their diplomas on Sunday, June 15, seemed destined for a less historic yet far happier honor – they are graduates Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:14 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, Saint Anselm, graduation, Villa Augustina, education

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 | 1 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, Dunbarton, Goffstown High School, valedictorian, education

Elementary school boasts only marching recorder band

BY STEPHEN BEALE High school bands, move on over. Now elementary schools are getting into the marching band act, beginning here in Goffstown. The 68-student Maple Avenue Elementary marching recorder band made its debut at the town Memorial Day parade Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:03 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, Goffstown High School, Maple Avenue Elementary, Memorial Day

Goffstown overcomes deficit to edge Londonderry, reach semis

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Matt Benson and his nine seniors know all too well how easy it is to trip and fall at the Class L championship threshold. Last year, Goffstown stumbled in the semifinals to upstart Trinity, a squad that entered the postseason as Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:16 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Goffstown, high school sports, baseball, Goffstown High School, Londonderry