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• Hooksett Old Home Day battles the weather

  By Dan O’Brien Not even a strong gust of wind could topple the high spirits of Old Home Day participants on Donati Field on Saturday, Oct. 10. At about 1 p.m., the wind blew a large, inflatable bounce house completely upside down as about 20 small Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:05 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Kids & Family, Old Home Day

• Hooksett softball and baseball highlights

  Hooksett 18 – Dunbarton 7 Shannon Argo and Shannon Martin went 4-for-4, and Kim Wallace, Bry Pearson, Elaina Lavigne, Amber Young, Ashley Pilotte, Sam Desaulniers and Lindsay Read were a combined 17-for-25 with seven walks, as Hooksett rolled in Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:10 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Sports, Kids & Family, Softball, baseball

• Central’s season ends with coach eagerly awaiting follow-up

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR A 15-5 playoff loss to Pinkerton in the Division I quarterfinals aside, Bill Lawson is ecstatic about the progress his Central boys lacrosse team made this season. “We ended up 10-9, including the playoffs, but we had five Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:21 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, high school sports, Central High School, Kids & Family, Lacrosse

• Brain injury doesn’t stop Central senior

  BY SUSANNA HARGREAVES Ashley Poland, 18, says she is extremely thankful to be graduating from Central High School this June. She even knows what she wants to do with her life, which is unique from most typical high school graduates. A survivor of a traumatic Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:12 PM by Hooksett Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Manchester, Central High School, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, brain injury

• Mother of autistic child will never give up hope

  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... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:17 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Kids & Family, Autism, Health & Fitness

• HEAR in NH helps children learn to hear with implants

  BY JENN McDOWELL “Birthday cake!” Mikail Ozols, 3, of Epping, scurried around a preschool classroom at HEAR in New Hampshire, a school in Hooksett for hearing-impaired children, bearing a Play-Doh blob with candles stuck in the top. The exercise Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:01 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Kids & Family, HEAR, hearing-impaired children

• Report card grading systems not just A, B, C

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Kindergartners, don’t fret. You may still get into Harvard even if your report card shows that you need to improve your ability to name geometric shapes, plan and control your body movements or recite the alphabet. But your report Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:10 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Auburn, Manchester, Education, Central High School, schools, SAU 15, Kids & Family