March 2008 - Posts

• No charges for dad for TV comments

  BY GRETA CUYLER Police will not charge the father who said he wished he’d tied a rope around his daughter’s boyfriend’s neck and dragged him behind his car. It was one week ago that Gilberto Soto, 38, of Weare, appeared on ABC’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 3:05 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Weare, Merrimack Valley, police, assault

• Weare father and son take on snowmobile challenge

  BY GRETA CUYLER A head-on collision on the first day nearly derailed their quest, but a Weare father and son captured third place in a four-day endurance snowmobile ride across Labrador, Canada. Bill Boisvert, 62, and his son Bunk Boisvert, 40, finished Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7:43 PM by Goffstown Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Weare, Merrimack Valley, snowmobiling, Winter Fun, On the Trails

• Yphantis cleared, tries to move on

  BY JENN McDOWELL Mark Yphantis said he is trying to move on with his life after charges of conspiring to assault a Weare police officer – and accepting $700 to do it – and being a felon in possession of a deadly weapon were dropped at a probable Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7:35 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, Merrimack Valley, police, assault

• Beating not enough says father of girl who had underage sex with boyfriend

  BY GRETA CUYLER The father who beat up his daughter’s boyfriend after learning the two had had sex appeared on ABC’s “20/20” Friday, March 14, and spoke publicly about the incident for the first time. “So I hit him,” Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7:24 PM by Goffstown Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Goffstown, police, assault, law

• No. 3 Stark stopped in semifinal by No. 10 Monadnock

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR In this game of survivor, the Generals were just another favorite unceremoniously voted off the Class I island. On Wednesday, March 5, the third-seeded John Stark boys basketball team faced No. 10 Monadnock, a foe it had beaten Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:44 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, high school sports, basketball, John Stark, Monadnock

• Many big items denied in Weare

  BY STEVEN ANDREWS Voters appeared to have the volatile economy on their mind as they voted on town warrant articles on Tuesday, March 11. The operating budget, a new public works facility, improvements to Bolton Field and many fire and police department Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:34 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: voting, elections, Weare, Merrimack Valley, budget

• Last-quarter burst keeps Stark in tourney

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Trailing by 12 points late in the third quarter against No. 6 Hollis-Brookline, third-seeded John Stark started feeling the upset bug that bit No. 1 Oyster River and No. 2 Portsmouth earlier in the day. So when head coach Mike Smith Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:04 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, basketball, John Stark, weare high school sports

• Gas prices fuel town increases

  BY JENN MCDOWELL Corrected 3:30pm 3/8/08 After being on a default budget, Weare town officials hope voters will pass the proposed $4.6 million operating budget for the coming year, particularly for department budget increases related to fuel costs. “They’re Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:59 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Weare, Merrimack Valley, budget, voting, Board of Selectmen

• John Stark, Hopkinton schools team up

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY You won’t see Hopkinton and John Stark fans rooting for the same team during basketball games. During the three-day FIRST robotics competition, however, fans from both schools were rooting for Oz-Ram, a team made up of both John Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:50 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, Merrimack Valley, robotics, FIRST, Hopkinton