BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXELDebbie and Nicole Riel were running out of options when Gail Thomas stopped by one day to check on the ailing mother and daughter. Their home needed many repairs. It was draining both their finances and their energy, and a winning lottery ticket seemed to be their only hope. Now, after months of labor, Debbie and ...

BY STEPHEN BEALENearly $65.6 million of property may not be taxed in town this year because the owners receive charitable, religious or educational exemptions. Some selectmen are asking if all the charitable exemptions are justified. On Monday, Aug. 25, the Goffstown Board of Selectmen received a list of nearly 60 properties that receive ...

Crispin’s House Inc., a nonprofit program for at-risk youths, 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 ...

The good, the bad and the beautiful bring their skills to Goffstown High School on Saturday, March 22, for the Crispin’s House annual 3- on-3 Basketball Tournament. “The 3-on-3 brings out the best in players,” said Al Baines, acting executive director of Crispin’s House. “It’s about having a good time for a ...

By Michelle Kim  GOFFSTOWN – For the Herod family, there truly is no place like home. A year and a half after being driven out of their Danis Park home in the Mother’s Day floods, the Herods were finally able to move back home, into a brand-new modular house donated by an organization called No Place Like Home and built in ...

By Michelle Kim  GOFFSTOWN – Efforts to save the Villa Augustina school began taking shape over the holidays with a written list of conditions from the Religious of Jesus and Mary trustees and another generous gift from a Villa family of $10,000. The list, promised at the Dec. 12 meeting and written as a letter addressed to the Villa ...

By Michelle Kim   A Goffstown first-grader made a whole lot of dough to raise some money for charity this holiday season. Alex McCarthy, 6, with the help of his family, made and sold more than 100 rolls of cookie dough, raising $233 for Habitat for Humanity. When Alex, a student in Mrs. Nicholson’s class at Maple View Elementary ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR Clandestine operations and verbal sparring have created a uniquely charged environment before the annual Crispin’s House charity softball tournament. The event, which begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 10, at Goffstown’s Villa Augustina Field, features teams from Goffstown Fire and Police Departments, Granite ...