The Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles’ perfect season ended in the American Youth Football New England Regional championship game on Saturday, Nov. 21, in Meriden CT. The sixthgrade state champs were outsized and outmatched by the Bridgeport Chargers, 25-12. Even in defeat, the team refused to succumb without a fight, battling back from an ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles junior high school varsity football team has enjoyed its share of blowouts, but the Division 2 title game wasn’t one of them. Mark Hurley didn’t mind. “If you are just running away with the game, I guess it’s fun, but it doesn’t mean as much,” said the ...

BY DAN O’BRIENThe battle over an illegally operated Danis Park Road boat business has sailed in a favorable direction for concerned neighbors. After an unusual urging by the Board of Selectmen, the Zoning Board of Adjustment reversed an earlier decision Nov. 10 saying property owner Scott Buckland could not operate a boat repair business at ...

BY HENRY METZIt’s never too late to cut costs. That’s the feeling of Don Morin and Noel Taylor, two friends who live in the Medvil Cooperative community of homes off Goffstown Back Road, where residents earlier this month approved a budget that will increase rents to $455 a month for association members and $660 a month for residents ...

The Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles middle school football team plays for its third championship in four years following a convincing 28-8 win against the Manchester Bears on Sunday, Nov. 15. The locals face Lowell, Mass., at Bedford High School on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 11 a.m. Goffstown once again started quickly, with Alex Duval capping the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYWhen the next fall sports season arrives, expect a change in the landscape of New Hampshire athletics. Beginning with the 2010- 11 fall schedule, all sports will use the divisional format, including the possibility of petitioning up or down. The change, according to athletics directors, provides more choice for schools. Some ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYGood things do indeed come in small packages. Especially when it’s a blitz package. The Goffstown sixth-grade football team was severely outsized in its Northeast regional semifinal contest against Massachusetts foe Milford, but the Screamin’ Eagles proved they weren’t going to be outworked. On Saturday, Nov. ...

BY SARAH LEBRUNThanks to numerous donations, three new pieces have been added to the Goffstown skateboard park. According to Goffstown Recreation director Dave French, nearly $4,000 in donations was received for some new stairs, a rail and a bench. And on Saturday, Nov. 14, despite heavy rain, members of the Goffstown High School baseball team ...

BY SUZANNE D’AMATOTo those of us who live in the Granite State, it’s no surprise that small-town folks have big hearts. With the holiday season almost here, the familiar requests for monetary donations and drives for items of all kinds are being made. The following are just a few examples of how generous donations of money, time and ...

BY SARAH LEBRUNResidents of the Medvil Cooperative in Goffstown can expect their rent to increase 12 to 82 percent next year. At the cooperative’s annual meeting at Maple Avenue Elementary School on Nov. 14, residents approved a budget that would increase the rent of association members to $455 per month as of April 11. Nonmembers will be ...