April 2009 - Posts

• Hooksett Public TV vote again

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI A move is on to get a public access cable TV channel started in Hooksett, with supporters hoping the vote will be in their favor this year, unlike last year. For decades, Comcast cable TV subscribers have paid a small franchise fee Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:19 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, vote, public access TV

• Campbell Hill residents protest condos

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI Residents of the Campbell Hill neighborhood are fighting a proposed 55-and-older condominium development proposed for Nancy Lane on land originally meant for single-family homes. Developer J.R. Ouellette sees the proposal as beneficial Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:16 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, zoning, developers, Campbell Hill, condominimums

• Hooksett school officer gets hearing

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI The Hooksett Police Commission considered grievances filed by officer Jason Defina at a public hearing on Monday, April 13, but did not render any decisions, other than to dismiss three of the complaints. The hearing took place at Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:12 PM by Hooksett Editor | 5 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Police Department, school officer

• Youths can join the hunt in April

  New Hampshire’s sixth annual youth turkey hunt takes place Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and 26, the weekend before spring gobbler season begins on May 3. To participate in the special weekend turkey hunt, youth hunters must be 15 or younger and Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:22 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hunting, turkey, youth hunt

• ’Canes have early sign-up, discount

  The Hooksett Hurricanes football and cheer program, part of New Hampshire Pop Warner, offers a discount for anyone signing up through May 1. Early sign-ups are offered Tuesday, April 7, and Wednesday, April 22, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., at the Hooksett Town Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:21 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, football, Hurricanes

• Soccer camp comes to SNHU

  There are still spots available for the Soccer Sphere camp during April break – April 27 to May 1 – on the campus of Southern New Hampshire University. The camp takes place from 9 a.m. to noon daily and is open to 5- to 16-year-old boys and Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:19 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Manchester, soccer, camp, SNHU

• Fired Hooksett cop appeals termination

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER Although the Hooksett Police Commission voted to terminate the employment of former Hooksett police officer Benjamin Beauchemin in January, that decision could change. Beauchemin and his attorney have appealed a decision by the Police Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:10 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Police Department, Police officer, termination

• ‘My Life’ columnist celebrates silver anniversary

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI Ever since she was born, she’s seemed to attract trouble. But that’s worked to Sally Breslin’s advantage as a humor columnist for Neighborhood News Inc. for the past 25 years, starting when the newspaper group was Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:05 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: My Life, columnist, Sally Breslin, writing

• Hooksett fourth-graders find help for poor families

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER In a crowded lunchroom on a cold January afternoon, an unlikely conversation was struck among a group of 10-year-old girls in the Memorial School lunchroom in Hooksett. The fourth-graders spoke about how families in wartorn countries Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:02 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, fundraiser, Memorial School, Power of the Penny

• Hooksett Town Meeting takes place April 4

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI Hooksett voters will give their yay or nay to 18 warrant articles to be presented at the deliberative session of Town Meeting on Saturday, April 4. The meeting starts at 1 p.m. at Cawley Middle School. Once the wording of the articles Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:58 PM by Hooksett Editor | 3 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, town meeting, voting, budget, warrant articles