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News and Information for the Town of Hooksett
October 2008 - Posts
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BY LAUREN SAUSSER The Hooksett Police Department needs more officers on the street and – to that end – it is pulling the town’s school resource officer out of the schools and onto the road. Hooksett Police Chief Steve Agrafiotis said Read More...
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BY LAUREN SAUSSER and GINGER KOZLOWSKI Hooksett Town Administrator David Jodoin will soon become Pembroke’s town administrator. Town Council Chairman David Dickson said Jodoin’s day of departure has not been finalized and details are still Read More...
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BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI A record turnout is likely in the works for the presidential election on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and area police and poll workers are gearing up for the crowds. In Hooksett and Pembroke, police will be enforcing a change in the usual traffic Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR This time last year, the Bow boys soccer team had locked up a top-four seed in the Class I tournament – par for the course for George Pinkham’s squad. Peter Bisson, on the other hand, was completing his first season Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Consider this: Team A and Team B enter the final game of the regular season. Team A is in first place, and team B is out of contention. At some point in the game a player from Team A goes for the ball and trips a Team B foe in the Read More...
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BY LAUREN SAUSSER The new Hooksett Lowe’s on Route 3A is up and running yet the next-door Wal-Mart, in the works since 2005, is still getting its design blueprints straightened out. Ron Savoie, a member of the Hooksett Zoning Board of Adjustment, Read More...
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BY LAUREN SAUSSER Hooksett homeowners received their revalued property quotes last week and have until Oct. 24 to appeal the new value to the town’s property assessor. Before new cards were sent last week, about 40 residents turned out to a meeting Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Everyone in Class L boys soccer wants to beat Central, but many teams have been unable to do so. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, Goffstown High School fell into both categories. The Grizzlies kept up with a fast Little Green team, but two second- Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR For the first time in program history, the Central field hockey team is seeing the product of a feeder program at Hillside Middle School. Not only are the Little Green harvesting a fruitful season in the top-heavy Class L, but they’re Read More...
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BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI An 81-year-old woman was the victim of a purse thief at the Shaw’s supermarket in Hooksett on Wednesday, Oct. 8. The woman was not hurt. Police were called to the store at about noon and told that two people had fled the area Read More...
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BY LAUREN SAUSSER In the 1950s, when Hooksett resident Kathie Northrup was only an elementary school student, she said she can remember when there was little more on Route 28 Bypass than a small three-room schoolhouse, a few houses and swampland. “It Read More...
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BY LAUREN SAUSSER Since the town of Hooksett renewed its contract with Comcast in 2004, cable subscribers in Hooksett pay about $100,000 in franchise fees every year to have public-access television to cover various town meetings. But since no public Read More...
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BY STEPHEN BEALE A Hooksett man has been charged with fatally stabbing his wife at a campsite in New Boston on Sunday, Oct. 12. Robert Dupont, 60, of 1099 Hooksett Road, faces a felony charge of second-degree murder in the slaying of his wife, Jo-Ann Read More...
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BY JERRY LIPTAK When fierce city rivals Central and West meet on the gridiron, you can, as the old saying goes, throw out the records. By postgame, that’s exactly what the Blue Knights’ mentor, Travis Cote, wanted to do. Following Central’s Read More...
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New store to process its own wastewater BY LAUREN SAUSSER The new Hooksett Wal-Mart – already under construction on Route 3A – announced plans to design an on-site treatment plant to process in-store wastewater. Attorney Amy Manzelli of Concord-based Read More...
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BY LAUREN SAUSSER Hooksett may not need a high school right now, but – just in case – the School Board already has its sights set on a spot. An 80-acre parcel off Route 3 just south of Head’s Pond has been offered by Manchester Sand Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL Not only will Hooksett taxpayers be getting their tax bills in the mail a bit late, likely in November, according to Town Administrator David Jodoin, they’re also getting a notification prior to the tax rate setting of the new value Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Entering his first season at the boys soccer helm West High School, Stephen Signor undoubtedly smiled when he glanced at his roster. Despite losing his starting striker and left midfielder to poor grades, the Blue Knights returned Read More...
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BY LAUREN SAUSSER David and Tina Paquette, who have served as Hooksett Historical Society officers for the past 10 years, will not hold a position with the group for the upcoming calendar year. Tina Paquette, current president of the society, explained Read More...
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BY LAUREN SAUSSER In an effort to deflect public criticism alleging that Hooksett’s handling of the state primary vote was mismanaged, Supervisor of the Checklist Frank Gray submitted his resignation during the Hooksett Town Council at their meeting Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL Members of the Hooksett Planning Board and Town Council are looking at options for expanding Route 3 and solving some of the drainage issues in the Kmart plaza and Merchant’s auto sales parking lots. The town has more than $4 million Read More...
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