BY MATT SCHOOLEYFor the Goffstown boys soccer team, the pitch was far from perfect in the opening round of the Class L tournament. In addition to dealing with top-seeded Concord, the No. 16 Grizzlies battled a muddy and wet surface during action on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Despite a lopsided 5-1 score, Goffstown gave the home team a bit of a scare, ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe girls of Goffstown High School volleyball have started a tradition their coach plans to continue year after year – success in the postseason. The Grizzlies won a playoff match for the first time in school history in 2008, and they did it again in ’09, upsetting seventh-seeded Alvirne, 3-2, on Wednesday, Oct. 28. ...

By Amy J. VellucciSeveral hundred turned out in the rain, sleet and, yes, even snow, to witness Goffstown’s annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta on the Piscataquog River on Sunday, Oct. 18. “Everyone seems to be having fun,” said Robbie Grady, executive director of the Goffstown Main Street Program, which runs the weekend-long event in ...

By Jillian Jorgensen Goffstown municipal employees will feel the pinch next year, with the town cutting cost-of-living adjustments and switching to new insurance plans for nonunion employees. “This is not an easy topic, and I think we all know it. I think the employees of the town know it,” Scott Gross, chairman of the Board of ...

By Kathy Remillard Goffstown residents going to the post office will no longer see the familiar face of Alan Dutch behind the counter. Dutch retired Oct. 31 after spending 35 years at the Goffstown Post Office. Staff members marked Dutch’s last day quietly, with a cake and certificate of appreciation. Dutch has worked at the Goffstown ...

By SARAH LEBRUNTamblyn F. Gosling, esq., an attorney with a practice in Goffstown, has been issued a six-month suspension from practicing law, stayed for a period of two years, for altering medical release documents in a divorce proceeding. Gosling is currently able to practice law and will be listed in records as having a six-month suspension ...

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 ...

By SARAH LEBRUN Goffstown Parks and Recreation Director Dave French will retire Jan. 31, 2010, after 32 years of service to the town. “He was a dedicated employee. He was always there,” said Town Administrator Sue Desruisseaux. “It wasn’t just a job, it was his life!” Desruisseaux said she hopes to have a new ...

By SARAH LEBRUN Recycled Percussion packed the Goffstown High School gym during a free concert Monday, Sept. 21, a homecoming performance after finishing in third place on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” “When we were on the stage in Los Angeles, all we were saying the whole time is, ‘Who cares. Let’s ...

By JILLIAN JORGENSEN About half of the students at the New Morning Schools in Goffstown and Bedford and in their dozens of after-school programs in southern New Hampshire were out with flu-like symptoms the third week of September, the president of the schools said, but attendance is bouncing back. Illness has not kept many elementary or high ...