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News and Information for the Town of Hooksett
August 2007 - Posts
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BY JENNIFER MCDOWELL You might say that Paul Loiselle is a man about town, being the Hooksett Town Council chairman and involved with the town’s Kiwanis Club, among other activities. Because of his dedication to the Fixit Program, you might also Read More...
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BY JENNIFER MCDOWELL According to the Hooksett Sewer Commission, the state Wetlands Bureau is holding out on making a decision on whether the town can redirect a tiny brook next to the sewer plant to install a second clarifier. Upon discussion of the Read More...
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BY JENNIFER MCDOWELL The Hooksett Town Council voted 7-2 on Wednesday, Aug. 22, to skim a half million dollars off of the traffic impact fees Cabela’s would have to pay once the sports retailer’s development begins bringing in tax revenue. Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR Don Dumais is a dentist who plays rugby. But despite the stereotypes, the Bow resident said there are few teeth lost in the sport, though he can remember a few instances where one player’s mouth met another player’s skull, Read More...
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“Summer Serenade,” a small standard flower show, is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 25, from 1 to 5 p.m., in the Hooksett Public Library Community Room. The event is free and is sponsored by the Hooksett Garden Club. The club invites all amateur Read More...
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Don Drew of Allenstown bought his 1940 white Chevy with S-10 pickup twice. He originally purchased it in 1994, then sold it to buy a 1967 Chevelle. Through the next year, he pined away for his much loved ’40 Chevy. The love affair brought him crawling Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR Thirty-nine teams from nine New Hampshire and Massachusetts towns converged on Aug. 18 for one day of Pop Warner football fun. Hundreds of aspiring young athletes and their parents, roughly 3,000 people in all, took part in the 2007 Read More...
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For two full years, Hooksett residents volunteered their time to create a master plan that lays out long-term goals for the town. When the plan was officially adopted in 2004, another challenge began: turning vision into action. A new pilot project coordinated Read More...
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BY JENNIFER MCDOWELL After an 8-5 Manchester School Board vote on Monday, Aug. 13, Mary Ellen McGorry, the assistant principal at West High School, was promoted to the position of the school’s interim principal for the 2007-08 school year. McGorry Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK *** Croak loves trash-talk. No, you won’t hear the Concord resident egging his opponents on, but you will see him quiet their jovial taunts with first-place finishes and record-setting performances. On Sunday, Aug. 12, Croak competed Read More...
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BY SUSAN WARE Residents of the Mount St. Mary’s Condominiums are gearing up to fight a proposed 73-unit building with underground parking that Brady Sullivan LLC wants to construct 100 feet from the historic landmark’s back door. On Friday, Read More...
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BY SUSAN WARE After 112 days out of work, the Hooksett Town Council voted 5-1 on Aug. 1 to offer Michelle Bonsteel her old job. Bonsteel, a code enforcement officer and department head, was fired on April 11 along with three other town employees for gossiping Read More...
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BY SUSAN WARE The Hooksett Zoning Board of Adjustment has scheduled a public site walk for Monday, Aug. 6, at 5:30 p.m., and has requested that Omnipoint Communications/T-Mobile fly a red balloon at the height of the proposed cell tower during the walk Read More...
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BY SUSAN WARE Manchester Sand and Gravel presented the town with a new plan for Head’s Pond that includes almost 100 fewer homes, but landlocks the future school site and leaves the town on the hook for most of the cost of the proposed bypass roadway. Read More...
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BY RYAN O'CONNOR Sweeney is going to the American Legion baseball postseason tournament, and according to manager David Flurey, the contributions of three locals have made winning the state title a possibility. “We’ve shown that we can Read More...
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