Of all the vote results from Tuesday, March 9, the most surprising one was probably the success of the write-in campaign by Jerome Becker to be superintendent of cemeteries in Candia over the single registered candidate, Selectman Richard “Dick” Snow. While Snow received 360 votes, Becker managed to persuade 400 voters to write his ...

By Dan O’Brien The newly formed committee of school board representatives from Hooksett, Candia, Auburn and Manchester got down to business Thursday, Feb. 11, outlining a long list of problems for the Manchester superintendent to fix. The hour-long meeting was dominated by the representatives, who each serves as school board members in one ...

By Ginger KozlowskiIt’s Town Meeting season. Or, technically, deliberative session time, as the towns and school districts operating under the official ballot law prepare to present their operating budgets and warrant articles to voters. Under the official ballot law, commonly referred to as SB2 for the Senate bill that eventually became ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe speed of a core group of Hooksett players on the Manchester Central hockey team has proven it can burn opponents, but during a match against rival Manchester Memorial, the Little Green were scorched. Central fell behind, bounced back to snatch a 2-1 edge, then allowed two second- period tallies and couldn’t climb back ...

By MATT SCHOOLEYTown and school officials are happy to ring in the New Year – then getting right back to work for 2010. Most towns and school districts are planning now for a lean year, keeping budget requests as low as possible. In Auburn, the biggest project in upcoming months is the renovation of Town Hall. Auburn Town Administrator ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORWith Manchester High School West’s football program move to Division II and out of the Queen City Turkey Bowl picture, Central and Memorial are locked into the annual matchup for the foreseeable future. And despite the Little Green’s 27-7 basting of the crosstown Crusaders on Thursday, Nov. 26, Memorial coach ...

By MATT SCHOOLEYCity school officials are drafting a pay-to-participate policy that would include athletics, a policy that many say would have negative consequences at all three city high schools, but particularly bad at West High School. Facing a budget crisis that could lead to layoffs in the city, Manchester school officials discussed the ...

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKIEpsom voters were emphatic about keeping the official ballot vote but allowed both town and school budgets to pass as recommended. Everything passed in Hooksett for the school vote, but nearly everything failed in Allenstown. Candia passed a school budget and kept its Budget Committee, but put the town on a default operating ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORHis team’s 24-9 semifinal loss to Nashua South two weeks earlier was tough to swallow, but Ryan Ray and the Central Little Green had little trouble feasting on Memorial this Thanksgiving. CHS served up a 47-6 stuffing in the most recent edition of the Manchester Turkey Bowl on Thursday, Nov. 27. After the contest, Ray ...

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI A record turnout is likely in the works for the presidential election on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and area police and poll workers are gearing up for the crowds. In Hooksett and Pembroke, police will be enforcing a change in the usual traffic patterns at the school buildings where voting takes place. Police in ...