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News and Information from the Salem Observer
January 2008 - Posts
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By Jerry Liptak That 1-3 start is long forgotten. Six straight wins for Derryfield School girls basketball have moved the girls into the top eight of Class S. While the Lady Cougars had early-season difficulty with the division’s best squads, they’ve Read More...
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By Matt Schooley MILFORD – The Pelham High School girls basketball team used its size to keep pace with Milford High School, but the Spartans eventually sprinted away from the Pythons, winning 72-50 thanks to a huge fourth-quarter run. Following Read More...
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By Elise Talanian Pelham Fire Chief Michael A. Walker paid tribute to five members of the Pelham Firefighters’ Association, and to the manager, at the 74th annual Pelham Firefighters’ Ball, which took place Saturday, Jan. 26, at Harris’ Read More...
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By Darrell Halen A request for a new central fire station – the second attempt by officials in two years to win approval for a new building for firefighters – is on Pelham’s 2008 town warrant. On Tuesday, Feb. 5, voters will be able Read More...
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By Darrell Halen Some big ticket items are on the Pelham School District ballot this year, and voters will get a chance to weigh in on them, and other warrant articles, at the district’s deliberative session. Voters will meet on Wednesday, Feb. Read More...
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By Ryan O’connor Having netted four consecutive road victories, and after losing its first home contest in four years, the Pelham boys basketball team returned to PHS and started a new streak in its house. On Tuesday, Jan. 22, Pelham defeated visiting Read More...
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By Darrell Halen The School Board may revise its policy on drug searches in Pelham schools after concerns were raised about the magnitude of the searches and disruptions caused to students. During the board’s Wednesday, Jan. 16 meeting, School Board Read More...
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By Darrell Halen Supporters of the Pelham Public Library, unhappy that the Budget Committee reduced its funding for this year, will try to put $16,000 back into the library’s budget at the deliberative session of Town Meeting. Library trustees had Read More...
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The Pelham Holiday Tournament, from Dec. 27 to 29, included more than 50 teams playing in separate boys and girls divisions for third- through eighth-graders. Though welcoming to their many guests before and after play, the hosts were particularly inhospitable Read More...
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By Ryan O’connor It had to end sometime. Four years and 37 games after the Pelham boys basketball team last lost in its own gymnasium, the squad dropped its home opener, 54-53, to Class I favorite Portsmouth on Jan. 2. The Pythons’ last home Read More...
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By Chris Quartarone The Bow wrestling team kept its undefeated streak in dual matches alive when the Falcons took down Pelham, 44-30, on Jan. 2. The Bow wrestling team kept its undefeated streak in dual matches alive when the Falcons took down The recent Read More...
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By Jerry Liptak Just prior to Bishop Guertin’s inaugural NHIAA contest, the girls hockey team head coach, Mark Karaska, said he and his assistant, Myia Yates, were nervous and excited. No surprise there. Yet, after losing to host Concord on Jan. Read More...
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By Darrell Halen There will be books, songs and activities at the Pelham Library this week about ice and snow as the children and Miss Debbie continue to explore the theme of “Winter Wonderland.” Miss Debbie will share two of her favorite Read More...
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By Darrell Halen A raffle has been organized to raise money for Paddy Culbert, a longtime Planning Board member in Pelham undergoing rehabilitation after suffering a stroke in October. “We really wish him a speedy recovery so he gets back in that Read More...
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By Darrell Halen Trustees have cut back the Pelham Library’s weekly operating hours by eight hours following a cut to the library’s budget in the town’s proposed 2008 operating budget. The library is now opening at 10 a.m. instead of Read More...
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By Darrell Halen A Pelham man who engaged in a standoff with a police SWAT team at his home in October wants a judge to dismiss two charges filed against him: reckless conduct and resisting arrest. George W. LaBonte Sr., 69, surrendered to police after Read More...
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By Darrell Halen A Pelham woman was working on her home computer in the middle of the day when a man kicked in her front door, police said. When the woman, a Jericho Road resident, heard a crash from downstairs, she went to the staircase. She looked down Read More...
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