Breton a Disabled Afghanistan and Iraqi war veteran relocated his wife and children to the state of New Hampshire due to his employment at Coastal Forest Products. With new dreams he and his wife settled in ready to have their much deserved happily ever after. It is no surprise that the economy today is affecting many businesses; Coastal Forest ...

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 MATT SCHOOLEY Children aren’t the only ones who can dress up in a costume and get candy as Bow and Hopkinton will host Halloween events geared for all ages and for those ready to show off their creative styles. Bow Bow’s Baker Free Library Director Lori Fisher said the upcoming trick-or-treat event is for all ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY For her birthday, the thing Dorothy Stickney Frost wanted most was a big bash. At 100 years old, she deserved it, and a bash was what she got. The Bow resident, who has lived in town for more than 40 years, celebrated her birthday with about 60 friends and family on Aug. 31 in anticipation of her birthday, which ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY There’s one member of his department that Bow Fire Chief Dana Abbott may know better than other members. Abbott has been in the department since 1971 and for the past 13 years has been working in the same fire house with his son, Justin, who continued the family tradition by becoming a firefighter. “I ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY When Cindy Rose took over as director of Bow Recreation, she had a great deal of information to learn about her new job. But with years of experience in recreation, it took her about a day to figure it all out. Rose had worked for the Tilton Recreation Department for 23 years before making the move to Bow just over ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Before the first bell rings at school and after the final one at the end of the day, Bow students will have a place to go, when the new Bow Youth Center opens. Owners Donna Morrison and her husband, Tim, have been preparing the building, which is located at 21 Bow Center Road, across from Bow Elementary School. The ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Becca Rotman wasn’t diagnosed with bone cancer. She didn’t have her leg amputated. She wasn’t in and out of hospital by the age of 7. Although she didn’t experience the disease firsthand, Becca was hit hard with the ramifications of cancer. Becca’s sister, 9-year-old Samantha, was ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYMost people use Latin every day without even realizing it. A group of Bow High School students use it every day and know it. Bow High School’s Latin team members Glenn Walton, Jason Langevin and Tyler McDonough took part in the New Hampshire Student Classics Day at Saint Anselm College on May 9, beating out five other teams ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYWhen it comes to snow and ice, New Hampshire is one of the best places to go, but Ian Orton was mostly interested in the ice. Orton, a graduating senior from Bow High School, left his friends and family in North Carolina and loaded his hockey equipment into the car after being recruited to play for the Manchester Junior ...