April 2008 - Posts

• Hopkinton boys lacrosse takes road win with speed, strong goalkeeping

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Visiting Hopkinton High School jumped out early on host John Stark and minimized a second- half charge, continuing its recent dominance of the Generals with a 7-2 victory in Division- III boys lacrosse on Friday, April 18. Hopkinton’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:02 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: lacrosse, hopkinton high school

• Contoocook candlemaker lights the way for world peace

  BY KRISTEN SENZ As Pope Benedict XVI lit a prayer candle at Ground Zero in Manhattan, Martin Marklin felt a sense of peace and solidarity, but he was also keeping an eye on the candle’s performance. That’s because his family-run business, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 5:52 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Contoocook

• Hopkinton teaches larger-school foes a lesson at meet

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR If you didn’t look closely enough, you may not have noticed that a recent track and field meet in Pelham featured a Class M team in the midst of several Class I powers. And if you did miss the oddity, then you probably also Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:11 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, high school sports, track and field, Pelham

• Science museum opens

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY It may not yet be apple season, but visitors will soon be returning to Contoocook’s Gould Hill Orchard as the Little Nature Museum will be opening for the season. The museum, run completely by volunteers, gives visitors a chance Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:46 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Kids & Family, Contoocook, Gould Hill Orchard, Little Nature Museum

• Hopkinton Antiquarian Society brings past to life and prepares for future

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY On Interstate 89, drivers zoom by with cellular phones, GPS navigators and DVD players installed in their cars. Less than a minute off that highway sits a building where things are a little different. The New Hampshire Antiquarian Society Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:43 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, history, Antiquarian Society

• Hopkinton students go on the air to warn about drinking

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY The words of four Hopkinton High School students will soon be heard across the airwaves of New Hampshire radio stations, cautioning youths of the dangers of underage drinking. New Hampshire’s beer distributors sponsored the public Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:06 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, High School, windham

• Take a guess on when big thaw will melt Hopkinton's Kimball Lake

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Most New Hampshire residents are ready for the seemingly endless snow and ice to melt and make way for spring, but one Hopkinton resident will be rooting for the thaw to come with a much more specific agenda. The Hopkinton Rotary Club Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 4:56 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, rotary

• Shareholders wanted for Hopkinton's Gould Orchard

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton’s Rotary Club is making strides in purchasing Gould Hill Orchard, with hopes of owning the property by spring 2009. After orchard owner Erick Leadbeater was unable to strike a deal with the town to purchase the land, he Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 4:51 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, rotary, Gould Hill Orchard