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• Pembroke Academy comeback not quite enough for a finals appearance

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Hanover coach Tim Winslow and his defending state champion Marauders thought they were seeing double most of the second half. With his team ahead, 37- 19, early in the third quarter of the March 5 Class I semifinal against upstart Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:11 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, pembroke academy, Merrimack Valley, High School Sports, basketball

• Pembroke voters increase school budget instead of cutting

  BY JENN McDOWELL Pembroke will not suffer any staff cuts or eliminate any sports programs after voters at the School District Meeting decided in a 95-71 vote to pass the School Board’s proposed operating budget. “The meeting went exactly the Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:22 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, sports, Merrimack Valley, schools, School Board, budget

• Pembroke Academy/Trinity/R.I. alliance wins FIRST game

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Near the bottom of the 48-team pack of robotics teams from across New England, Pembroke Academy’s chances at a trip to the national finals were not looking good. But after being selected as an ally with Trinity High School and Rhode Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:23 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, pembroke academy, Merrimack Valley, Manchester, Robotics, FIRST, Trinity High School

• Cut sports for special education?

  BY JENN McDOWELL The Pembroke School District faces cuts in sports and staff in the coming year’s budget if a special education expense deficit in the current budget cannot be defrayed by the School District Meeting on Saturday, March 8. After the Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:17 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, Merrimack Valley, special education, Budget Committee, School

• Pembroke shocks unbeaten Oyster River

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR The Pembroke Spartans, a squad that failed in four regular-season opportunities to beat a team ranked higher in the standings, slew topseeded Oyster River, Class I’s lone undefeated squad, in the quarterfinals of the state Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 3:50 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, Merrimack Valley, High School Sports, basketball

• After-school programs may be cut

  BY JENN McDOWELL About 50 Pembroke residents attended a public input meeting on Saturday, Feb. 2, to hear about the Budget Committee’s cuts to the school and town proposed 2008-09 budgets to soften the blow of a hefty projected tax increase. While Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 7:44 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, Merrimack Valley, Budget Committee, School

• PA shakes off troubles, takes third at Kiwanis

  By Ryan O’connor MANCHESTER – Due in large part to injuries, the Pembroke Academy spirit squad was forced to change its routine every day during the week leading to the 25th annual Kiwanis cheerleading competition on Saturday, Jan. 26. Combine Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 5:34 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, cheerleaders, Merrimack Valley, High School Sports, girls

• Special ed. hikes taxes

  BY JENN McDOWELL Pembroke residents are facing about a 6.5 percent tax increase next year with 2008-09 town and school budgets and all warrant articles combined. The bulk of the hike comes from a half-million-dollar increase in unanticipated special education Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 5:13 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, Merrimack Valley, special education, school budget

• Pembroke’s good play due to ‘full team effort’

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Down two goals after the first period, the Spartans became engaged in a shootout at Tri-Town Arena. Actually, with the scoring so one-sided, an ambush may be a more proper description. The scoreboard favored Con-Val, 4-2, during Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:29 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, Merrimack Valley, high school hockey

• For now, PA boys just short of Class I’s top teams

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR They were right there. Hosting one of the state’s most formidable squads, 6-1 John Stark, the Spartans were tied at 67-all on Friday, Jan. 12, with under 10 seconds remaining on the game clock. But they allowed Stark’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:19 PM by Hooksett Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, Merrimack Valley, High School Sports, basketball

• Pembroke Year in review 2007

  BY JENN McDOWELL Baby burned Matthew Butler, 26, was arrested in February for allegedly burning his baby’s foot in chicken soup. Butler later allegedly stabbed himself in the chest in a suicide attempt, and was hospitalized prior to his arrest. Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007 3:11 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, pembroke academy, Merrimack Valley, bridge, Baby burned

• Principal is taped to wall for laughs and money

  BY JENN McDOWELL Students at Three Rivers School in Pembroke had their revenge on Principal Deb Bulkley when they taped her to the wall and left her there for more than an hour. The “prank,” which Bulkley agreed to, was part of a Hugs Across Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:00 PM by Hooksett Editor | 6 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, Merrimack Valley, Hugs Across America, Principal Bulkley, Three Rivers School

• Addition of transfer gives Pembroke something extra

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR If the Pembroke girls basketball team is to succeed this year, a talented transfer may be a key component. And that’s just fine with head coach Rose Galligan, who said new addition Alex Hall may be the best girls basketball Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:42 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, Merrimack Valley, High School Sports, basketball

• Pembroke Academy suspends students for Web threats; Internet phenomenon is common at schools

  BY JENN McDOWELL Two Pembroke Academy students were recently suspended for a cafeteria fight that carried over into a situation of what is commonly known as “cyber bullying.” One of the girls was suspended immediately after the physical fight, Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 2:42 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, pembroke academy, Merrimack Valley, Myspace, Cyber bullying

• Pembroke company gives big break on turkeys

  BY JENN McDOWELL Associated Grocers in Pembroke saved food banks across New England more than $60,000 in Thanksgiving turkeys. The grocery distribution company, which supplies to major grocery stores throughout the New England states, was able to get Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 2:40 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, Merrimack Valley, Associate Grocers, Thanksgiving turkeys