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News and Information for the Town of Hooksett
April 2008 - Posts
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR After sneaking up on the competition in 2007 and reaching the state finals with one of the youngest teams in Class L, coach Ed Poisson knows his Pioneers aren’t surprising anyone this year. But the expectation remains the Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Every game is an adventure. So Dan Drewniak and his Lady Blue Knights are enjoying the excitement, though they won’t be needing a nail file anytime soon. West, which currently maintains a 4-4 record on the young softball season, Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL As another Hooksett election approaches, so does another request for a sewer plant expansion bond. Since the plant opened in 1970, said Sewer Commissioner Sid Baines, Hooksett taxpayers have only contributed $48,000 for 5 percent of the Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL Cassie Hobbs of Auburn said she might have gone with other friends from Auburn Village to Derry for high school had she known the sports and art classes she loves at West High School would be struck from the school’s budget for Read More...
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Editorial Informed voters make the best choices Hooksett votes on town candidates and warrants on May 13. In order to give people enough information to make informed decisions, we are covering controversial issues like the drive for public-access cable Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR It was the first win in the program’s first year, and it came in dramatic fashion. The Pembroke Academy boys lacrosse team, entrenched in a low-scoring battle with Pelham on Thursday, April 17, entered the fourth quarter up, Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL As the May 13 election draws near, a committee of residents devoted to instituting public access television in Hooksett continue to spread the word on a petitioned warrant article to establish public access or remove the 3 percent charge Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL Five men were arrested at Hooksett’s park and ride lot on Hackett Hill Road as police investigated the spot for reports of lewd acts in the woods there. “It’s been ongoing for years now. There’s been word that Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL In addition to the financial items already discussed at Hooksett’s deliberative session of Town Meeting and electing town officials, voters will also weigh in on several zoning amendments when the polls open on Tuesday, May 13. Read More...
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BY SUSANNA HARGREAVES Hope is a word, Kim Ryan of Hooksett understands all too well. As a mother of a 4-year-old autistic child named Christopher, she has learned to hold on to hope very tightly. “There is so much hope. Not to say that it isn’t Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR After losing a pivotal game down the stretch and missing the 2007 playoffs, Central boys lacrosse coach Bill Lawson admitted he and his players weren’t just disappointed to be on the outside of the postseason looking in. They Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL The 60 or so voters who showed up at the deliberative session of Hooksett Town Meeting on Saturday, April 5, sent all monetary warrant articles to the May 13 ballot virtually unchanged, except for a few clarifying amendments. Articles Read More...
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BY GRETA CUYLER A major enrollment miscalculation on the part of Manchester schools means the city is asking Hooksett for nearly $250,000 more in high school tuition costs for the 2007-08 school year. And that means most of the projects Hooksett planned Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR It’s uncomfortable, but it’s a conversation both parties know must take place. As practice begins, Bill Walton, the John Stark wrestling coach, pulls Morgan Belanger aside. “You know if anything inappropriate happens, Read More...
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BY GRETA CUYLER Master basketweaver Alice Ogden has been teaching students in Hooksett all about weaving. As the artist-in-residence at Memorial School, Ogden has been visiting art classes and helping each student create a woven “tree star” Read More...
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BY GRETA CUYLER The town’s insurance company has shelled out $130,000 to settle a suit with two former employees fired for gossiping. Joanne Drewniak and Jessica Skorupski, two of the socalled Hooksett fired four, each received $65,000 for back Read More...
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