July 2007 - Posts

• Air pair – Contoocook couple owns, pilots hot air balloon

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY If you happen to see a large object landing softly on the ground in your backyard, don’t panic. It may just be Ben Cochran and his guests dropping in for a visit. Cochran and his wife, Carla, take patrons on hot air balloon flights Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 25, 2007 5:37 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Contoocook, hot air ballooning

• Rumble strips a headache for locals

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY The new rumble strips that have been carved into 12 miles of Route 202/9, starting from Interstate 89’s Exit 5, are causing some nearby residents to grumble. “It sounds like a woodchipper. So every time somebody passes somebody, Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 25, 2007 5:30 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, roads, highways

• Wojnowski steps down

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY After nearly five years as the Hopkinton town administrator, Ed Wojnowski has accepted a position in Newmarket, effective in late August. Wojnowski, born and raised in Newmarket, will serve his last day in Hopkinton on Aug. 24, before Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 25, 2007 5:26 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, local government

• Mast Yard XC race is Aug. 22

  The seventh annual Mast Yard State Forest XC Race takes place Wednesday, Aug. 22, at 6 p.m. Race registration is available at Mast Yard State Forest’s Penecook Road entrance, starting at 5 p.m. on race day. Proceeds from the race benefit Hopkinton Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 25, 2007 5:22 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, sports, cross country

• Teacher shuffle

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY Harold Martin School will run only three kindergarten classes for the 2007-08 school year, meaning one of the full-time teachers will be transferred to a first-grade classroom. “Basically, we ended up moving the full-time teacher Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 3:14 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, schools, teachers

• By the bag – Pay-as-you-throw trash program considered in town

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY The Hopkinton selectmen heard a plan on Monday, July 16, for the town to switch to a pay-as-you-throw garbage program. The program, brought to the board by the town’s recycling committee, is aimed at reducing the amount of trash Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 2:51 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, waste management, selectmen

• Rotary golf tourney raises $16,000

  The 10th annual Hopkinton Rotary Scholarship Golf Tournament took place June 7 at Sunapee Country Club. More than 100 golfers and 80 sponsors helped the Hopkinton Rotary Club raise $16,000 for college scholarships for Hopkinton area high school graduates Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 6:00 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, sports, tournaments, golf

• History comes to life at Hopkinton celebration

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY It might be an understatement to refer to Goffstown’s Ben and Jane Hampton as “patriotic” Americans. Both have traced their roots back to Revolutionary War soldiers, visited all but one of the major Civil War battlefields Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 4:09 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Independence Day, history, Goffstown