The Hooksett Banner/Kevin Shalvey Hooksett’s Donald Walton shows off his diploma from West High School. Walton was one of 465 graduates at the Wednesday, June 13, ceremony.

The Hooksett Banner/Kevin ShalveyFlying beach balls and other items had disrupted many previous ceremonies for West High School, but this year one ball for every graduate was released at the end of the ceremony on Wednesday, June 13, at the Verizon Wireless Arena.

The Hooksett Banner/Bruce Preston U.S. senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was the keynote speaker at the Manchester Central High School graduation on Friday June 15, at the Verizon Wireless Arena. Clinton told the graduates that they should “embrace what they share, not the material they don’t.”

The Hooksett Banner/Bruce Preston Michael Ouellette of Hooksett after accepting his diploma.

The Hooksett Banner/Bruce Preston Molly Slaven of Hooksett is congratulated by U.S. senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton after receiving her diploma at the Central High School graduation on Friday, June 15, at the Verizon Wireless Arena.

BY KEVIN SHALVEY With a Rubik’s cube, a first-grade T-shirt and 465 oversized bouncing balls, the Manchester West graduation for the Class of 2007 turned out to be a childish, but very well-behaved, event for Hooksett, Bedford and Manchester students. With a Rubik’s cube, a first-grade T-shirt and 465 oversized bouncing balls, the ...

BY SUSAN WARE When U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton spoke to Central High School graduates on Thursday, June 14, she was the first presidential candidate in the 155-year history of the school to deliver a commencement address. Wearing a white robe like the female members of the class, the Democratic presidential candidate urged graduates take risks ...