BY MATT SCHOOLEY Entering the Manchester Invitational cross country race with little chance of winning the team competition, Pembroke Academy runners took the race personally. Even though the boys and girls teams finished near the bottom of the pack in the large school division on Saturday, Sept. 26, five Spartans set personal records, ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYCentral individuals excel Katie Aldrich won two individual events, and Central earned a fourth-place finish during the Division I state swimming championships at the University of New Hampshire.Central individuals excel Katie Aldrich won two individual events, and Central earned a fourth-place finish during the Division I state ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYIf you could control the size of your tax bill, would you take that opportunity? Few people actually do, but all voters have the ability to both question and change the amount of money being spent by their local town and school officials through the budgeting process, Town Meetings and School District Meetings. “To sit back ...

BY SARAH LEBRUNThe Dec. 11 ice storm left thousands without power and and curtailed the operation of many businesses and organizations throughout town, including the schools. In New Boston, officials closed the Central School from Dec. 12 to 18. Students went back to school Friday, Dec. 19. SAU 19 Assistant Superintendent of School Brian Balke ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYLocal towns are dealing with the wrath of Mother Nature, who dropped ice around the Granite State, leaving a good portion of the state in the dark. More than 325,000 New Hampshire residents were left without power following an ice storm that many officials say was worse than the one that took place in 1998. “I’ve been ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYMany high school principals in the area are open to New Hampshire Education Commissioner Lyonel Tracy’s potential plan that would allow qualified students to graduate following their sophomore year of classes. Tracy has been considering the idea, which would require students to take specified curriculum and pass a thorough ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY With Halloween arriving, not all students will be getting tricks or treats in the classroom, as many schools have shifted away from traditional festivities. One school that has done away with Halloween festivities is Hooksett’s Fred C. Underhill School, as Assistant Principal Ralene St. Pierre said the school has been ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORConsider this: Team A and Team B enter the final game of the regular season. Team A is in first place, and team B is out of contention. At some point in the game a player from Team A goes for the ball and trips a Team B foe in the process. A yellow card is drawn. Team A wins the game and locks up the top playoff spot, yet ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Last year, Auburn’s Joey Dudek rode his arm and leg to Gillette Stadium – and very nearly the Super Bowl. Dudek, who won the 10- and 11-year-old division of the local Pepsi Punt, Pass and Kick competition last August, also triumphed at the sectional competition in Bristol, R.I., and then the regional ...

EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS Although Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has not been detected in samples taken from around New England this year, officials urge that care be taken to avoid contracting this viral disease, considered to be one of the most deadly mosquito-borne diseases in the United States, according to the U.S. ...