July 2009 - Posts

• Group seeks funds for wind turbines, solar panels for high school

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Given the green-light from school officials, a group of local residents hopes to give students a hands-on opportunity to work with renewable energy sources at the new high school. Formed by the School Board in 2008, the Windham Initiative Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:23 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Windham, students, windham high school, renewable energy

• Windham 10 and 11s push Goffstown before dropping title game

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Goffstown’s 10- and 11- year-old Little League baseball team is powerful. In the state title game, Windham nearly caused a power outage. Despite trimming Goffstown’s four-run advantage to one in the fifth inning on Saturday, Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:16 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, sports, baseball, Goffstown

• Windham ousted from District 1 tournament by Bedford

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Windham’s 11- and 12- year-olds kept turning the page, but eventually the book had to close. Unfortunately for the local all-stars, the book shut just shy of a championship, as Windham fell to Bedford in consecutive games during Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 22, 2009 2:43 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, sports, baseball, Little League, Bedford

• Hillman faces and retires 18 hitters; Windham one win from D-1 title

  BY JERRY LIPTAK Windham 11- and 12-year-old all-star baseball catcher Mike Goglia had the perfect view of batterymate Tim Hillman’s perfect game on Saturday, July 11. The backstop watched 18 Salem National batters step into the box. Most returned Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:22 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, sports, baseball

• Three straight victories push team along in District 1 bracket

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY It was a day two years in the making. When the majority of the current 11- and 12-year-old Windham players were 10, they faced Goffstown in the Jimmy Fund baseball tournament. In the fifth inning of that game, Windham held a 17- 9 advantage, Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:08 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, sports, baseball

• Scholarships awarded to two Windham seniors

  Brian Broom-Peltz and Sarah Scannell were recognized by the Friends of the Library of Windham (FLOW) at the annual strawberry festival and book fair, and were awarded this year’s FLOW scholarships. Brian Broom-Peltz is the son of Claude Peltz and Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:07 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, students, scholarship

• Jet skis collide on Cobbetts Pond

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Fire Department Marine units were in the “right place at the right time” to help a Goffstown man after he collided with another jet ski on Cobbetts Pond in Windham on July 5, according to Fire Chief Thomas McPherson. Two Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:02 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Cobbetts Pond, collision, jet skis

• Windham Depot to get facelift

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Hoping to stimulate some savings, officials said Windham is now turning to federal money to pay for repair work on the community’s once bustling railroad center. Slated to go out to bid sometime in the late summer or early fall, Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:56 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, parks, railroad stop, Depot, stimulus

• NEGTC boys dominate at state meet

  The New England Gymnastic Training Center’s level-4 boys team competed at New Hampshire State Meet at GymKen in Windham, taking first place among seven teams. Coaches Jacob Pitts, Tony Cariello, Barry Rogers and Fransico Silveira trained the hardworking Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 01, 2009 2:51 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Windham, sports, gymnastics