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• Communities gear up to help those in need

  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... Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:15 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Weare, community, Hopkinton, donations, Food pantry

• Emergency crews participate in mass casualty incident drill

  If you drove by Goffstown Public Works recently, you may have seen fire crews and other emergency personnel putting out a bus fire and treating victims. However, there were no real injuries, as this was all part of a mass casualty incident drill, which Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:18 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Fire Department, Weare, New Boston, casualty drill

• Goffstown scores early, often in record-setting win at Stark

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Though the Grizzlies traveled roughly 14 miles up Route 114 from Goffstown to Weare, the host Generals faced the long ride home. Goffstown posted a program high 53 points against John Stark in the first varsity gridiron meeting Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 5:06 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, John Stark, high school sports, Weare, football, Goffstown High School

• When district court moves, town offices may be renovated

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The town hall could be due for its first renovation in almost 20 years. The town might revamp its basement after the Goffstown District Court moves out of there and into a Hillsborough County building on Mast Road. The court is expected Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:15 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Weare, New Boston, Francestown, District court

• Local schools look to improve

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Like many schools in the state, Goffstown High School struggled in the math section of the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP), but school officials caution placing too much stock in the first-year exam. The NECAP, which had Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:53 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, schools, John Stark, Weare, Goffstown High School, NECAP

• GHS sends three to regionals; Stark places three at MOC

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR In terms of local interest, there may have been no more pivotal matchup. Goffstown’s Tyler Clites took on John Stark’s Keith DeMoura in the second round of the 145- pound bracket at the Meet of Champions, losing to the Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 4:26 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, high school sports, wrestling, Weare

• Goffstown High, John Stark athletes honored

  BY CHRIS QUARTARONE High school soccer players from the Goffstown and Weare area have been rewarded for their stellar play this season. Nine players – six from John Stark Regional High School and three from Goffstown High School – garnered Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:56 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, John Stark, high school sports, Weare

• Special election planned

  BY MICHELLE KIM The Goffstown Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to request a special election to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of state Rep. Bruce Hunter. On the same night, Monday, Oct. 15, the Weare Board of Selectmen unanimously decided Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:55 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Selectmen, Weare, budget

• 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

• It’s your right to know – Not all officials comply with requests for public documents – Goffstown, Weare police fail our test

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI Have you ever wondered how much your child’s teacher is paid? How about what happened at the last school board or selectmen’s meeting? Or whether your neighbor was arrested in that commotion last week? You have every right Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007 4:23 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, schools, police, Weare, local government, New Hampshire

• Recounts don’t change any Election Day results

  BY ROD HANSEN Recounts of two town ballot items in Goffstown and a school budget vote in Weare produced different numbers, but identical results. Goffstown’s Article 13, which would have paid for a water distribution system in Lynchville/Danis Park Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:40 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Weare, voting

• Teacher’s songs get international notice

  BY ROD HANSEN With years of experience as a musician, one local teacher is seeing her dreams come true on a national level. Georgia Paris, a Weare resident and fourth-grade teacher at Goffstown’s Maple Avenue Elementary School, has seen two of her Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2007 4:11 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Arts, schools, Weare, music