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BY DARRELL HALEN Several times a week, while dressed in hospital scrubs, Salem High School senior Courtney Morgan is busy helping people at Parkland Medical Center in Derry – preparing rooms, making beds, walking with patients, getting them something Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN The sales of pink bracelets and freshly baked cookies during a school fundraiser may not bring in a lot of money, but for Taryn Kayo it’s a way to support the fight against *** cancer – a disease that struck her grandmother Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN As Pelham Memorial School students filed into school, the theme song from the movie “Rocky” sounded over the building’s public address system. Their teachers wore brand-new lime green T-shirts with the words “striving Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Pelham High School’s class of 2007 is an incredible group of people, Tim Mallard told his fellow graduating seniors. “As we have run in this race we call high school, we have stuck together and formed an alliance,” Mallard, Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Frustrated by the problems her son, Kenny, was having in school several years ago, Cheryl Andrews told one of his teachers, “Oh my God, if we ever make it through high school, it will be a miracle.” There was no miracle. But Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Throughout her high school career, Starsha Kolodziej viewed classmate Bethany Murphy as a friendly rival. Bethany was considered the top student in their class, and Starsha wanted to surpass her. When report cards came out, Starsha wanted Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Nick Goodwin, 16, was sitting in his English class when the Grim Reaper took him away. When he returned a few minutes later, he was “dead,” his face had been painted white, and he shared a fictional story with his classmates. Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN A girl who attends Pelham High School has confessed to writing several anti-gay notes, according to Superintendent Elaine Cutler. There were approximately five handwritten notes that were posted on lockers and in the girls bathroom at Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN After her students raised more than $5,000 to fight diabetes, Alicia LaFrance, Pelham Elementary School’s principal, kept a promise to them to kiss a pig. Actually, she did it five times – once in front of each grade. The Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN When Madison Mondejar struck a piñata with a stick and candy spewed out onto the floor, her classmates went wild. It was part of a fun and colorful Mexican fiesta Madison and other third-graders celebrated on Friday, May 4, in Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Ricky Gallant was driving 50 mph when he quickly hit the brake, turned to avoid a barrier of orange cones and recovered. It was an exercise known as an emergency lane change. In real life, it could have been a deer Gallant was swerving Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN According to principal Beth McGuire, Golden Brook School’s quarterly report cards are “progress reports,” with the grades reflecting the amount of progress made: E (excellent), G (good), S (satisfactory) and L (limited). Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Nick Ramalho moved a bishop on a chess board and then pressed a button on a timer. His opponent, equally quiet, studied the board for a minute and shifted one of his knights. He probably regretted the move. Nick then moved the bishop Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN In an effort to cut down on student absenteeism, Pelham school officials have crafted an attendance policy for the high school. Each student would be allowed five unexcused absences per semester with the new policy. Six types of exemptions Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Ryan Murphy has no recollection of what happened during 24 hours of his life. Only witness accounts, a coroner’s report, crash-scene photos and a police investigation provide some of the missing pieces. But what happened during Read More...
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