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Rules change aims to stifle fouling, raise sportsmanship

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...

Posted Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:26 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Hooksett, Bow, Bedford, Goffstown, Sports, high school sports, Salem

At games, some adults cross the line of unacceptable behavior

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Sitting at a youth hockey conference, watching what was likely to be another boring prerecorded training video, Kermit Brunelle sighed. On the screen, Don Lucia, coach of the national champion University of Minnesota ice hockey Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:45 AM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Pembroke, Bow, Bedford, Goffstown, Sports, hockey, football, baseball, Pembroke Academy, Windham

DUI leads Hooksett man to resign as cop

BY JENN McDOWELL A Bedford police officer who lives in Hooksett and just got hired in December has resigned after being arrested and charged with operating under the influence after he rear-ended a couple on a motorcycle. Alejandro Jaime, 36, of Hooksett, Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:05 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hooksett, Bedford, Police, accident, DUI

Bedford Community TV an example for Hooksett

BY STEPHEN BEALE Missed that big debate at the Town Council meeting? Or perhaps the Planning Board hearing where a developer explained what he is going to do in your neighborhood? Now you can watch those meetings and more – in fact, all of the town Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:34 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: public access TV, Hooksett, Bedford

Hooksett, Candia, Auburn and Bedford all warn city that budget cuts violate tuition agreements

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...

Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:47 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Hooksett, Candia, Bedford, Auburn, schools, budget, tuition

Manchester wants money now for Hooksett high school tuition

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...

Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 3:27 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hooksett, Bedford, Manchester, schools, tuition

Streets are full of potholes; money is running out

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Long after the snow has melted beneath the warm rays of spring sunshine, New Hampshire towns will still be feeling Mother Nature’s wrath. This time, it won’t be barraging residents from the sky. Instead, it will hit them under Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:40 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments

Filed under: Hooksett, Bow, Dunbarton, Bedford, Goffstown, roads, budget, potholes

Champs - for openers – Amoskeag Rugby wins preseason title, eyes New England crown

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...

Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:08 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hooksett, New Boston, Bow, Bedford, Auburn, Sports, rugby

This grad was a ball

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...

Posted Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:27 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hooksett, Bedford, Manchester, schools, students, graduation

Opening-night delight - Central begins another title defense with win

BY SAPNA PATHAK When you lose three of your top players – also three of the best in the state – it’s normal for other teams to question how you’ll bounce back. Central answered that question on Tuesday, Dec. 19, when its boys basketball Read More...

Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:06 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hooksett, Bedford, Sports, Manchester, Central High School, West High School

Hooksett joins up with city promoter

BY NICHOLAS BROWN The Hookset Town Council has joined a growing list of area towns in support of Metro Center, a regional economic development initiative promoting the greater Manchester area as a desirable place to live, work and play. Metro Center, Read More...

Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:33 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hooksett, Bedford, Goffstown, Manchester, Londonderry, Raymond, Derry

Rapid development

MST’s success surfaces from focus on individual improvement BY SAPNA PATHAK Steve Van Der Beken can’t tell you how many undefeated seasons he’s had. He can’t list how many career wins and losses he’s compiled, nor can he Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 12:56 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hooksett, Concord, Bow, Bedford, Auburn, swimming

Real estate reality, Home prices still strong, though slower to sell

By Staff Writers Sharon Livingston has seen a change in the housing market first hand. Two years ago, she and her husband offered to buy their Windham Colonial-style house about an hour after it went on the market. “I snapped it up,” said Read More...

Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 12:39 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hooksett, Allenstown, Concord, Pembroke, Weare, Candia, New Boston, Bow, Hopkinton, Dunbarton, Bedford, Auburn, Epsom, Goffstown