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News and Information from the Salem Observer
February 2008 - Posts
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BY JIM DEVINE A high school student’s arrest for cocaine possession charges prompted calm but concerned reactions from school officials and parents last week as police reported more related drug arrests would follow. On Wednesday morning, Feb. 20, Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL Pelham voters will weigh in on three warrant articles in March pertaining to the school district’s pursuit of a four-school model for Pelham, which would include kindergarten and a new high school. With the four-school model in Read More...
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BY JIM DEVINE PELHAM – Pelham Police arrested a middle-aged Pelham man on suspicions he sexually assaulted a young girl last spring. Lt. Gary Fisher said Leonard Bellmore, 54, turned himself in at the police station at noon on Friday, Feb. 21, after Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN PELHAM - On paper, Brian Johnson may not have been the ideal candidate to become Pelham’s new parks and recreation director. He had never held a similar position in another town. But Johnson, 37, was extremely enthusiastic about Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Supporters of the library won a victory at Pelham’s deliberative session of Town Meeting when they persuaded voters to restore $16,000 to the library’s budget. The move came when voters took up the town’s 2008 proposed Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN A proposed land purchase and new high school dominated much of the discussion at Pelham School District’s deliberative session. Voters gathered Wednesday, Feb. 6, at Pelham Elementary School. The School Board is proposing three Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Frank Bass is going to stay on as superintendent of schools in Pelham and Windham after apparently working out problems with two School Board members. Bass had applied to become Manchester’s school superintendent just seven months Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Playing pickup basketball with his older brother and his brother’s friends, young Justin Hojlo was at a constant disadvantage. Now, in his junior year at Pelham High School, the hoopster that teammates once nicknamed “Peanut” Read More...
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By Ryan O’connor The New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Indoor Track and Field Championships at Dartmouth College in Hanover on Sunday, Feb. 3, included several locals sprinting, leaping and throwing against some of the best athletes Read More...
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By Ryan O’connor To accurately gauge how much the Pelham boys basketball team has improved since the beginning of the season, review these two results: the Pythons opened the season on Dec. 11 with a 81-60 loss at Hollis-Brookline, but eight weeks Read More...
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By Darrell Halen Standing at a microphone and in front of a large audience, Renee Gagnon, 11, spelled the word “implement.” When Superintendent Frank Bass responded, “That is correct,” the audience erupted in applause. Because Read More...
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By Darrell Halen Two men appointed to the Pelham Board of Selectmen last year to fill vacancies are among the three candidates seeking to win election to the board in March. Two three-year seats are available. Alfio Torrisi, who made an unsuccessful run Read More...
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By Darrell Halen For more than a year, Army 1st Lt. Barry Couture “chased bad guys” and helped Iraqis rebuild their lives – a stark contrast to life in his relatively quiet hometown of Pelham. Couture, 25, led an armored platoon of about Read More...
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