BY MATT SCHOOLEYMusic blaring, lights flashing and the seats filled with spectators, Manchester’s Verizon Wireless Arena wasn’t playing host to a musical act or sporting event, but more than 1,000 high school ers participating in the FIRST Overdrive Robotics Competition. Saturday, March 1, marked the end of the three-day competition ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEBedford High School is about to make history, again, as a group of students are building their first high-tech robot. Since early January, the Bedford High School FIRST robotics team has been working everyday getting their machine ready for competition. FIRST is a worldwide robotics contest founded in 1989 by Segway inventor ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Even the World Wrestling Federation couldn’t have put on a louder, more intense competition with match ups between heavy weights from all over New England. Twenty-six teams from different towns in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut flocked to Manchester West High School on Saturday, Oct. 27, ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYMost students would shrug off the idea of going to school on weekend mornings, but the members of the Manchester West High School FIRST robotics team look foward to drilling holes in pipes, shortening metal brackets and cutting wood. Building a robot has to start somewhere, and about 10 students at Manchester High School West ...