BY RYAN O’CONNORWhen ordering his team’s jerseys prior to golf tryouts, Bruce Perreault had a hunch he’d have to order those collared shirts smaller than usual. As it turned out, that hunch paid off. Of the 11 players who made the Manchester Memorial team, four are freshmen and three are sophomores. Only three golfers – ...

BY TOBY HENRYCandia District Court was visited by more than 30 state and local officials on Monday, Sept. 29, as they attended the official introduction of the state’s newest justice building. “It’s a beautiful facility, it certainly gives them enough room to conduct court business, and it’s centrally located,” said ...

BY JENN McDOWELL The Windham School Board has decided on a temporary facilities plan to get kindergarten up and running by the state’s deadline of September 2009. The board voted unanimously at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16, to place portable classrooms at one or more of the school district’s existing schools, but ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORWith Bedford students leaving Manchester West and many of Central’s would-be Hooksett players now heading to West to fill the void, Peter Colcord knows the next couple years offer a prime chance for his Memorial football team to battle for Queen City gridiron supremacy. It won’t happen this season, said the ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERHooksett police officer Benjamin Beauchemin, who flipped his car off Cedar Crest Lane in Auburn last spring, was found not guilty of driving while intoxicated by a Candia District Court judge on Wednesday, Sept. 10. Judge David Lefrancois said in his ruling that the state had been unable to prove beyond reasonable doubt that ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORLast year, the Memorial boys soccer team finished the regular season 12-3-1, but following a frustrating 1-0 overtime loss to Londonderry in the Class L quarterfinals, the Crusaders have some unfinished business. Though coach Paul Ostberg is downplaying the disappointment of MHS’s quick exit in 2007, he’s the ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORPrior to taking the reins as Memorial field hockey coach four years ago, John Gatsas compiled a 196-62-17 record at Salem and led the Lady Blue Devils to three state titles and five runners- up trophies. Things are much different now, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, said Gatsas, who left Salem and took the ...

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BY TOBY HENRYAn important local milestone was reached on Aug. 27 when the first public kindergarten in town history debuted before a crowd of enthusiastic children and parents. “Auburn has waited so long, and I think it’s just a wonderful thing to finally have kindergarten here,” said local mother Heather Graves, whose ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORDavid Flurey doesn’t like admitting it, but in the back of his mind he had to set the bar a little lower. After all, his Sweeney Post 2 American Legion baseball team lost 10 players, including seven starters, after winning the state title in 2007 and earning a second trip to regionals in four years, its third in the ...