By Dan O’Brien Bow Superintendent of Schools Dean Cascadden said attendance levels have returned to normal after a record number of students were absent three weeks ago with flu-like symptoms. The peak level of absences hit Oct. 22 when 378 students, nearly 25 percent of the town’s public school students, called out sick. It was the ...

BY SUSANNA HARGREAVES During stressful times, Suzanne Carrier, a resident of Bow for the past 31 years, focuses on creating balance and a peaceful existence. A mother and grandmother, Carrier has always considered herself to be a nurturing and empowering service to others. Founder and owner of Gateway to Inner Peace, Carrier expanded ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow School District officials found a savings of about $330,000 in the 2008-09 school budget, as the actual employee health care rate was significantly lower than the guaranteed maximum rate set in October. Each year, the district receives the guaranteed maximum rate from HealthTrust and bases that portion of the ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR In his 25-plus years as athletics trainer at Salem High School, Sean Cox has witnessed his share of hard hits to the head. And he’s seen the ramifications. Football player Matt Starr, for instance, experienced an early-season concussion – a jarring injury of the brain resulting in disturbance of cerebral ...

By RYAN O’CONNOR roconnor@yourneighborhoodnews.com Last summer, Jim McIntire, a Bow police officer, was in Wisconsin helping his best friend, Curly Weber, build a new cottage. Although 13 years apart in age, the two men had developed a strong friendship after meeting 20 years ago – each having an interest in water skiing. Over ...