By SARAH LEBRUNGiant pumpkins return to Goffstown on Oct. 17 and 18 for the annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off and Regatta. According to Robbie Grady, Goffstown Main Street director, more than 5,000 people attend this event annually. The weekend is packed with various events, including a giant pumpkin weigh-off, pumpkin catapulting, live ...

"What can we do for a fun family night and earn the rest of the money we need to buy and install a decent climbing wall?"  That's where it all began last fall when the Mountain View Middle School administration and the Mountain View Partnership (the parent group also known as MVP) began brainstorming ideas about how to best ...

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 SARAH LEBRUNThree years ago, Christopher “C.J.” Burke of Goffstown was just like any other child – content to run around in the backyard playing soccer and baseball with his brothers and sisters. But now, at the age of 7, C.J. struggles to keep up with his siblings and peers. In August 2005, C.J. was diagnosed with Eastern ...

BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXELMany times, adults may ask themselves, “Why should children be the ones having all the fun?” Well this summer, the adults are the center of attention at the Goffstown and New Boston public libraries. Both libraries already have adult programs in place for their patrons. Book discussion groups take place inside ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEFounded 90 years ago as a school run by the Religious of Jesus and Mary, the Villa Augustina was reborn this week as an independent Catholic school with parents at its helm. “This year … we’ve all been holding our breath for so long, afraid that there might be no more Rosary Hall masses, basketball games, ...

Crispin’s House Inc., a nonprofit program for at-risk youth, hosts its annual one-pitch softball tournament on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Goffstown Junior Baseball Villa Augustina Fields, starting at 9 a.m. Al Baines, president of Crispin’s House and the tournament director, said the event was moved from its usual Friday night slot in ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEParents at the Villa Augustina School are hoping to not only preserve what they had this year – a pre-kindergarten through eighth grade Catholic school – but also expand upon it by adding a daycare program this fall. Greg Tracy, a member of the Villa Augustina Leadership Transition Team, said the program would be more ...

BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXELFrom January to December in 2011, Goffstown will pull out all the stops to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the town. The village of Goffstown was incorporated in 1761, and 250 years later, there are almost 18,000 people living in town. There have already been several meetings held to discuss different events and ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe annual Old Home Day celebration successfully returned to Goffstown Village on Saturday, June 7, after a hiatus of two years. The celebration had been rained out in 2006. It was also canceled the following year, when the town weathered yet another 100-year flood disaster. Volunteers rebuilt their organization last year, so that ...