By Jillian Jorgensen A group of parents brought their concerns about the curriculum and communication at Mountain View Middle School to the Goffstown School Board on Monday, June 15. Six parents spoke about what they saw as a curriculum that was not rigorous enough, disappearing volunteer opportunities for parents and the difficulty of getting ...

By SARAH LEBRUN Maple Avenue School Principal Marc Boyd is a real character. He has entertained many children with story hours, dressing the part of various storybook characters, including Harry Potter, Hogulla and Captain Underpants, to name a few. “If I get a good story, I get into character with it,” said Boyd. Now, after 21 ...

BY DAN DeCONINCK and MATT SCHOOLEYCell phones – it seems like everyone has them. After all, this is the age of technology, and being without mobile capability is like being without shoes – you could probably make it through the day barefoot, but you certainly wouldn’t like it. Everywhere you look, cell phones are present: in ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYMany high school principals in the area are open to New Hampshire Education Commissioner Lyonel Tracy’s potential plan that would allow qualified students to graduate following their sophomore year of classes. Tracy has been considering the idea, which would require students to take specified curriculum and pass a thorough ...

BY STEPHEN BEALESaint Anselm College seeks to double the enrollment of Hispanics, African-Americans, and other minorities, and to create a campus environment that welcomes students of other Christian denominations, religions, and different sexual orientations. Administrators say they want their school to be a more attractive place for racial and ...

BY STEPHEN BEALE The Goffstown School District is proposing a budget of $34.3 million for the next academic year. Just two weeks ago the district was eyeing $34.6 million. It has already decreased its estimate by about $370,000 because it has learned that its health insurance rates will go up by no more than 3.5 percent, instead of the 13.2 ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe Goffstown School District has successfully appealed a state decision that it was in need of improvement. Three students who refused to take an exam last fall set off a domino effect that ultimately resulted in the declaration that Goffstown was a school district in need of improvement. However, some individual schools in the ...

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, ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThey were supposed to be the last graduating class of the Villa Augustina. Instead, the 19 eighth-graders who received their diplomas on Sunday, June 15, seemed destined for a less historic yet far happier honor – they are graduates of a school founded by the Religious of Jesus and Mary 90 years ago, an institution that has ...