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• Neighbors miss promised officer

  BY DAN O'BRIEN Neighbors of a convicted child rapist whose house is within feet of a school bus stop say their concerns are falling on deaf ears. Gayle Gillespie says there was no police officer patrolling the bus stop on Monday, Sept. 28 -- something Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:40 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, schools, Police, Crime, sex offenders

• Investigation report on Hooksett Police Department, Commission: No coverup, poor communication

  By Ginger Kozlowski An investigation by the Merrimack County Sheriff into whether the Hooksett Police Department tried to hide the existence of safe school reports or cover up safety issues in Hooksett public schools has found no such coverup exists. Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:23 PM by Hooksett Editor | 18 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, schools, School Board, Police Department, safety

• PCs are cheaper but schools buy Apples

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER Popular ad campaigns aside, if 13-year-old Aidan White had his pick, he said he would choose a Mac. “I think it’s a little bit easier and quicker,” Aidan said, discussing the pros and cons of PCs and Macintosh computers Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 23, 2008 3:02 PM by Hooksett Editor | 3 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, schools, budget committee, Cawley Middle School, computers, Macintosh

• Hooksett police priorities are questioned

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI To some parents, where Hooksett police officer Jason Defina spends his time is a matter of safety. To some residents, it’s a matter of money and where it gets spent. To school officials, it’s about keeping a valuable program Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:34 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, schools, Police Department

• Hooksett police needed on streets, not school

  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... Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:51 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, schools, Police, School Board, budget

• Hooksett schools search for energy savings

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER Hooksett Schools Superintendent Charles “Phil” Littlefield is looking at what the district has been spending on energy costs and is more than a little worried. With sky-high gas prices sure to set in this winter, the picture Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:57 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, schools, School Board

• Schools face enrollment ‘bubble’

  BY JENN McDOWELL After just about a year of studying the elementary levels of the Hooksett School District, the School Board’s Long Range Planning Committee came back with the conclusion that the town would need another school in the next 15 to Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:56 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Education, schools, School Board

• Long-range Planning Committee ready to reveal schools’ futures

  BY JENN McDOWELL Just how crowded will Hooksett’s schools be in the future? Will the town need another elementary school? What about building a high school? The Hooksett School Board’s Long Range Planning Committee has been working to answer Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:25 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, schools, planning committee

• 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

• Hooksett Village School soon to be Town Hall

  BY JENN McDOWELL Work crews are making headway at Hooksett’s old Village School in converting the antiquated building into a town hall and community center. The hope is to wrap up construction in February said Hooksett Town Administrator David Jodoin, Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:56 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, schools, Library

• Student to be charged in second bomb scare

  BY JENN McDOWELL A second bomb threat at Cawley Middle School on Wednesday, Sept. 27, has led Hooksett police to a student. According to the school’s principal, Ron Pedro, the student wrote something on the wall of a boys bathroom, and two other Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 5:04 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, schools, Police, students, bomb scare

• Online access – Web sites make it easier to stay in the know

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI When it comes to getting access to public information, your best bet is often to go in person to the town hall, school district office or police department itself. But that is time consuming and difficult for many people. Going online Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:58 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Weare, New Boston, Hopkinton, Auburn, Goffstown, schools, Police, local government, Salem, world wide web

• Bedeviled – Mistake-prone Memorial blasted

  BY DAVE CHOATE Memorial High School had little margin for error against Salem High School. The team quickly trimmed that margin to zero with a bevy of mistakes and penalties. The Crusaders were blown out by the visiting Blue Devils on Friday, Sept. 7, Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:01 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Sports, schools, football

• Hooksett off failing list – State to step in on Manchester schools; suburban schools uneven on tests

  BY JENN MCDOWELL Hooksett students have scored well enough to get their elementary schools off the state’s list of schools in need of improvement. However, graduates of middle schools in Hooksett, Candia and Auburn may step in to high schools in Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 4:30 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Candia, Auburn, Manchester, schools, students