BY MATT SCHOOLEYYounger members of the Bow Fire Department who may want firefighter Lee Kimball to hang up his gear can only do one thing for now – keep up with him. The 30-year veteran of the department was recently rewarded for his service, given the New Hampshire Fire Standards and Training Commission’s Academy Award, which is ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Usually when police, fire, helicopter and water rescue units gather in one location, it can only mean bad news. On Sunday, Oct. 14, however, those groups came together at the Bow Community Center to educate residents about who they can turn to in case of emergency. The Public Safety Fair had a variety of activities, including ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Many things have changed in Bow over the past 60 years, but one of the town’s constants was the man who worked on a dairy farm, was chief of the Fire Department and who would do anything for his family. Longtime Bow resident Roger S. Ordway Sr., died unexpectedly on Saturday, Sept. 29, at Concord Hospital at age ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY A 30-year-old man bicycling on the driveway surrounding Bow High School unexpectedly hit the guardrail, flew off of his bike and rolled down a grassy embankment before tumbling over a 10-foot-high stone wall. The man was seriously injured by the fall, but luckily he had one thing going for him – he was made of rubber and ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY After finishing putting out a 90-acre fire, Bow resident and firefighter Eliot Berman and his fellow firefighters thought they would have the chance for a rest. But just minutes after the last flames were doused, a call came over the radio. Rest would have to wait, as Berman and his crew of 19 other firefighters picked up 7,000 ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR The town continues to look for ways to address space needs at the fire and police departments. On Jan. 22, Bow selectmen hosted a public informational meeting at the Bow Fire Department to discuss potential renovations to town police and fire facilities, and gauge residents’ interest for a new combined public safety ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORBow selectmen have been meeting with consultants to determine current facility needs for the fire house, police station and the public works building. Last month, consultant Eric Palson met with the board to review the second draft of the town’s Police/Fire Facility Study. Following the discussion, selectmen scheduled ...