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News and Information for the Town of Hooksett
June 2007 - Posts
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR Melanie Cooper will only serve half of her original sentence. After Cooper pleaded guilty to hindering apprehension, a felony charge, in the investigation of Eric Windhurst’s 1985 murder of her stepfather, Danny Paquette of Read More...
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BY SUSAN WARE Attorney B.J. Branch filed a petition in Merrimack Superior Court on Tuesday, June 26, asking a judge to declare the terminations of Joanne Drewniak and Jessica Skorupski unlawful. “What my clients want is for the court to declare Read More...
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BY SUSAN WARE George Longfellow, chairman of the Hooksett Town Council, said on Friday, June 22 that he is sick and tired of the frenzy that followed the town council’s decision to terminate four employees in April. “People are making a big Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK A national rule change limiting pitch counts gave Neighborhood-area Little League boards no choice but to follow the guidelines. But it certainly didn’t stop board members and coaches from voicing varying opinions on the decision. Read More...
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BY SUSAN WARE A brutal dusk assault on Thursday, June 14, left a 20-year-old Hooksett man fighting for his life. The next day he succumbed to the injuries from the beating while being treated at Massachusetts General Hospital. According to Senior Assistant Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY With a Rubik’s cube, a first-grade T-shirt and 465 oversized bouncing balls, the Manchester West graduation for the Class of 2007 turned out to be a childish, but very well-behaved, event for Hooksett, Bedford and Manchester students. Read More...
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BY SUSAN WARE When U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton spoke to Central High School graduates on Thursday, June 14, she was the first presidential candidate in the 155-year history of the school to deliver a commencement address. Wearing a white robe like the female Read More...
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BY SUSAN WARE Responding to numerous parents who have sent e-mails and appeared at School Board meetings, the Hooksett School Board is drafting a policy regarding registered sex offenders who set foot on school grounds. There is currently a registered Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK The losing team didn’t force insincere handshakes or meaningless pats on the back. The winning team didn’t applaud half-heartedly when the opposition received its runner-up plaque. No, this year’s Class L baseball championship Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK Next year, Deven McKiernan will have to find a new way to celebrate her birthday. The last two years have seen the Cawley Middle School eighth-grader do the same thing on her birthday: raise the Tri-County League softball championship Read More...
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BY SUSAN WARE Truman Abernathy has been working for the Dollar Tree, Hooksett, since September. It is his first job, and he says that he applied at several places before he was offered this one. Abernathy uses his pay from the 22 hours he works every Read More...
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BY SUSAN WARE During the international media frenzy that has swirled around the four Hooksett town employees who were fired in April for gossiping about the town administrator, the Hooksett Town Council has stayed mute – until now. On Tuesday, June Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK Despite dropping a 5-0, 19-inning decision to Spaulding in a Class L tournament first-round match-up, Memorial softball coach Dave Hedge had no regrets. “We looked at this and saw we did everything right,” said Hedge. “They Read More...
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