May 2007 - Posts

• Balancing school and work

  BY RYAN O'CONNOR Arielle Turcotte, who plans to pursue culinary arts in college, found the perfect opportunity to gain much needed experience with food preparation and cooking at Page’s Country Store in Dunbarton. Turcotte, 18, of Weare, attends Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:51 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, schools, students, Dunbarton

• Seniors show off projects at John Stark Expo

  BY ROD HANSEN As their years in secondary education draw to a close, some seniors at John Stark Regional High School said they reached their crowning achievement at the John Stark Expo. The high school hosted the 20th annual General’s Exposition Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:04 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, schools, seniors

• Man threatens to shoot officer in the head

  BY ROD HANSEN A man faces a felony charge of criminal threatening after telling a police officer he’d shoot him in the head during a local protective order investigation, police said. Michael Belanger, 49, also faces two Class A misdemeanor charges Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:01 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, police

• Radar tech may help save library

  BY ROD HANSEN The Public Library took its first step toward understanding its drainage woes this week, with the help of a community volunteer and a piece of state-of-the-art technology. Problems with the library drainage system likely allowed the leaks Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 4:37 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, library, radar

• Made for Mom – Center Woods students make Mother’s Day gifts

  BY ROD HANSEN Parents with children in one Center Woods Elementary School class received a special Mother’s Day present this year. Students in Barbara Grantz’s third-grade class crafted special butterfly houses as Mother’s Day gifts, Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 4:32 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, schools, students, Mother's Day

• Blast-off – Middle and high school rocket teams reach new heights

  BY ROD HANSEN Some high school-age students on the Weare Rocketry Team recently made history as student space scientists. A rocket team from the middle school, meanwhile, hopes to repeat the success of their older counterparts from a year earlier. Members Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 3:35 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, schools, fundraising, rockets, science

• Early warning – Library knew of drainage problem before flooding

  BY ROD HANSEN Two weeks before the recent April floods, an engineer’s report alerted library officials to potential trouble in the building’s drainage system. An insufficient depth for the drains constructed for a 1991 building addition, as Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 3:30 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, library, flooding

• Despite struggles, JS building upon past success

  BY MATT STOUT Her team was minutes away from improving to 3-1. It had erased what was a three-goal deficit at one point. Despite losing, it still stood in good shape four games into the spring. But when asked about the John Stark girls lacrosse team’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 3:26 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, sports, schools, lacrosse

• An outgoing delivery – Stark coach stays upbeat while team struggles

  BY JERRY LIPTAK It is down the road. It requires patience and perseverance. Jeff Miller knows his John Stark baseball team needs to think about it. Indeed, winning will come. These days, though, you can hear Miller exhorting his club to “think out Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:11 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, sports, baseball

• Memorial road race to honor fallen soldiers

  BY SUSAN CLARK Sitting back in his office chair, Michael Couhie is flanked by pictures of his two sons in military uniforms. “They have my back,” he said. “It’s funny, the things you hold onto. I get comfort from strong pictures Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:06 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, military

• Library leaks after spring nor’easter

  BY ROD HANSEN In a year when budget struggles have already put a strain on library resources, the flooding of April 16 has spelled calamity for the children’s room. “I don’t know how all the water got in; I just know that when I came Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:04 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, library, flooding

• Kicked out of ambulance – Family: EMS captain has ‘no respect’

  BY ROD HANSEN A local family has complained a member of the town’s rescue service interrogated their daughter and threatened to insert an intravenous needle against the teenager’s will during an incident last Christmas Day. An ambulance driver Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:01 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, hospital, EMS