January 2009 - Posts

• Weare seeks new town administrator

  BY SARAH LEBRUN With town and school deliberative sessions approaching and departmental budgets on town officials’ minds, Weare now has one more item to add to its grocery list: finding a new town administrator. According to Weare selectmen Chairman Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:15 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, selectmen, budgets

• Low numbers, lots of inconsistency large part of Stark’s struggles

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Two years ago, the John Stark wrestling team finished third in Division II and sent seven grapplers to the Meet of Champions. And last season, which some believe featured the strongest overall crop of D-II talent in more than a Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:59 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, high school sports, John Stark, wrestling

• New Public Works facility needed in Weare

  BY SARAH LEBRUN A big-ticket item Weare voters can expect to see on the town ballot this year is a bond proposal for a new 22,400-squarefoot Public Works and transfer station/ recycling facility. This proposal is Article 9 on the town warrant. It currently Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:20 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, voting, public works, town warrant

• Weare Fire Department seeks assistance from selectmen, state fire marshal

  BY SARAH LEBRUN After a Weare Board of Fire Wards meeting in which interim Fire Chief Bill Tiffany refused to resign and department animosity was brought to light, members of Weare Fire Rescue decided to bring their case to the Board of Selectmen. “I Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:18 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Weare, Fire Department, Board of Selectmen

• Stark just can’t keep pace with Pelham, which leaves Weare with win

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Justin Hojlo and Kevin LeBlond were in a shootout, but in the end it was Hojlo with more ammunition. The two senior guards dueled during a Class I contest on Tuesday, Jan. 13, with Hojlo’s Pelham Pythons pulling away from LeBlond Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:48 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, high school sports, basketball, John Stark

• Four Weare firefighters resign

  BY SARAH LEBRUN Four Weare Fire Rescue members have resigned from their posts after a meeting in which the Weare interim fire chief refused to step down. Capt. Scott Dinsmore, firefighter Dave Richards, and EMT/ firefighters Wanda McLain and Julie Bickford Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:22 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, Fire Department

• Fire guts home

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER A family lost almost everything in a two-alarm fire that ravaged their Weare home on Tuesday, Jan. 6. Weare firefighters, the first to arrive on the scene at 11 Cilley Hill Road, said the blaze started about 12:51 p.m. Local trucks arrived Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:31 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, Dunbarton, Fire Department, Bow, New Boston, Henniker, Fire