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• 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

• ‘Good blend’ – New coach likes PA’s mix, hopes to concoct a winner

  BY SAPNA PATHAK Peter Bisson knows what makes a strong team. Now he has to convince his young players of it. In his first season as head coach of Pembroke Academy’s boys soccer team, Bisson brings a new outlook to the Spartans program. On Wednesday, Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:55 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, sports, schools, soccer

• PA seeks football coaches

  Pembroke Academy football is looking for middle-school junior varsity football coaches for this year’s team. Also, the Pembroke Academy high school football team seeks assistant coaches for the fall. Interested candidates should contact Dave Tremblay Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 4:42 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, sports, schools, football

• Murdered officer honored at PA convocation

  BY SUSAN WARE Slain Manchester police officer Michael Briggs was honored on Friday, June 15, at Pembroke Academy. Briggs was a graduate of the Class of 1990, and during the Class of 2007 senior convocation, he was inducted into the school’s Wall Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:42 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, schools, Manchester, police, memorial

• Grads urged to do good

  BY SUSAN WARE Pembroke Academy graduated 186 seniors during a ceremony on the school grounds on Saturday, June 16. Senior class advisor Barbara Michaud gave a moving speech where she encouraged graduates to “get a life” by shunning material Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:35 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, schools, students, graduation

• Pembroke is No. 1! – State names Pembroke Academy Secondary School of Excellence

  BY SUSAN WARE When a last-minute student assembly was called in May, the rumor mill started to churn. “It was funny – so many rumors where going around regarding the assembly, everything from that it was a pep rally to who knows what,” Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:17 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, schools, students

• PALS sell Fun Pass to raise money for Pembroke schools

  The Pembroke Action League for Schools (PALS) is raising funds by selling the Fun Pass developed and distributed by the ALANH (soon to be Breathe New Hampshire). The coupon booklet provides moe than $1,000 in discounts at more than 100 popular tourist Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2007 2:13 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, schools, fundraiser

• Ice bot – PA FIRST team works on rescue robot

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Each year, Pembroke Academy’s FIRST team designs and builds a robot for a series of competitions. The school’s FIRST coordinator, science teacher David Kelley, asks, “What do you do with all the parts and the controllers Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:09 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, schools, students, robot

• Comebacks – PA girls return longtime coach in renewed search for playoff success

  BY SAPNA PATHAK Deb Smith had a hard time leaving her post as head coach of Pembroke Academy’s softball team. One year later, fate helped bring her back to the place she’s long called home. Taking a year’s hiatus to focus on life away Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:06 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, sports, schools, softball