August 2007 - Posts

• Granite statement – Rock shaped like New Hampshire is landmark at Windham home

  BY DARRELL HALEN It’s an unusual sight that can catch the attention of drivers traveling on Range Road in Windham: a rock whose shape is similar to that of New Hampshire. About 13 years ago, Pat Boylan discovered the rock at a construction job site. Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 4:43 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, landmark

• Windham police chief resigns

  BY DARRELL HALEN After two years on the job, Gerald Lewis has resigned as Windham’s police chief. Lewis is leaving to become director of campus safety and security at Connecticut College in New London, Conn. He resigned Thursday, Aug. 16, and his Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:51 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, Police

• Life goes swimmingly – 90-year-old continues birthday pond-crossing tradition in Windham

  BY DARRELL HALEN Millie Saunderson swam across Cobbetts Pond and back – one day before her 90th birthday. “I’m just hoping I’m going to make it today,” she joked minutes before stepping into the water at her daughter’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:11 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Windham, Cobbetts Pond, swimming, seniors

• School Board: Blue and gold stays

  BY DARRELL HALEN They came wearing green T-shirts. One wore a wildcat mascot costume. They presented petitions signed by nearly 800 people. But despite the strong public display by students and parents calling for a “new and fair” vote to Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:13 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Windham, schools, students, petition

• Sister can’t testify – Court will not hear from daughter of man accused of abusing baby son

  BY DARRELL HALEN The 4-year-old daughter of a man accused of injuring his infant son cannot testify against her father at his trial, a judge ruled. Rockingham Superior Court Judge Tina Nadeau ruled that based on the girl’s testimony at a competency Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:01 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Windham, crime, court

• $14K spent on video cameras for buses

  BY DARRELL HALEN Troublemakers, beware: there will be another “set of eyes” on your school bus. The Windham School Board has voted to spend $14,600 to install video cameras and recording devices on all 17 buses and four mini buses that Laidlaw, Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 4:05 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, schools, school board

• Throw it out – Former legislator wants assault charge dropped

  BY DARRELL HALEN A former state legislator, who is accused of striking an election worker two years ago, wants to have the assault charge against him thrown out. Christopher Doyle, now 29, a former Windham selectman, is appealing the charge at the New Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 4:02 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, court, selectmen

• Convicted drunk driver hits police officer

  BY DARRELL HALEN A woman who twice has been convicted of driving while intoxicated was allegedly driving drunk when she struck a police officer working a traffic detail on Route 28 in Windham. Police said Susan Foss, 43, of 16 Windham Depot Road, Derry, Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 2:10 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, Police, crime, Derry, alcohol

• Mascot vote causes color controversy

  BY DARRELL HALEN They want to keep Windham “green and growling.” Several Windham youths are calling on the School Board to allow students to have a “new and fair” vote to choose the school colors and mascot for the town’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 2:09 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: schools, Winham, mascot