BY STEPHEN BEALEThree new people are filling the top positions for the school districts of Goffstown, Dunbarton and New Boston this year. They are interim Superintendent Stacy Buckley and assistant superintendents Brian Balke and MaryClaire Barry. Both Buckley and Barry have held other positions in SAU 19, the school administrative unit that ...

BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXEL The Dunbarton Old Home Day was in full swing at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, as men lined up, waiting for the parade to begin. Kim Vaillancourt, the Dunbarton Old Home Day organizer, was seen zipping from one side of the common to the other, calmly moving people into position and giving instructions. When ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Dunbarton’s town historian, Bud Noyes, was in the process of compiling information for his third book when he died in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the age of 84. Noyes lived in what we now know as Dunbarton for most of his life, and prior to that lived in a part of present-day Hooksett, ...

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKIThe former owner of The Bow Times and former Dunbarton selectman, Beverly Ann Marcou, died Thursday, Aug. 21, at the age of 73. Karen Tomes, one of Marcou’s seven children, remembered her mother’s love of the newspaper business. “Beverly just loved working there – the camaraderie between us all, dealing ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORStu Goldstein of Dunbarton said he didn’t enter the Granite State Senior Games expecting to win anything. He was simply looking to regain the competitive feeling he experienced while exhibiting his athletic prowess in gymnastics for 35 years. “Last year I saw it in the paper, and I was 49, and I said, ‘Hey, ...

a Fall morning at Everett Dam, Dunbarton, NH

Hooksett, sponsored by Granite State Physical Therapy, completed an 11-0 season by beating Dunbarton twice, then coming from behind to defeat Merrimack Vlley, 19-11, in the Hooksett Invitational Tournament. Behind the pitching of Sam Desaulniers, who collected seven strikeouts, Hooksett beat Dunbarton, 10-2. Desaulniers, Amber Young and Emily ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYIt may be warm in July, but area residents are still feeling the pain of the past winter’s heating bills and fear what the future holds. Goffstown resident Carol Clark said her oil prices have tripled from what she used to pay. “It’s extremely frustrating. I don’t know what to do. A $300 fill will cost ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThere are many ways one could measure how bright a valedictorian is. There are the spotless, straight-A transcripts, the accumulation of advanced placement courses, or the acceptance into an Ivy League college. Tyler Clites, of Dunbarton, who is the valedictorian for Goffstown High School this year, has all those marks of an ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEKathi Titus, an assistant superintendent for Goffstown, Dunbarton and New Boston, is retiring at the end of this school year. Her departure will coincide with that of Dr. Darrell Lockwood, the 10-year superintendent who is taking the top school administrative position in Tyngsborough, Mass., after this year. The other assistant ...