BY MATT SCHOOLEY With Halloween arriving, not all students will be getting tricks or treats in the classroom, as many schools have shifted away from traditional festivities. One school that has done away with Halloween festivities is Hooksett’s Fred C. Underhill School, as Assistant Principal Ralene St. Pierre said the school has been ...

BY TOBY HENRYA local Brownie troop proved that they really “give a hoot” about one of the Audubon Center’s shyest but most popular residents as they donated $200 to help take care of a barred owl. Along with a jet black raven, the owl living near the entrance to the Massabesic Audubon Center is one of the center’s star ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAuburn residents will vote on two major school warrant articles this year, with the statemandated public kindergarten decision added to a planned joint middle school bond. Auburn is one of 11 school districts in the state without a publicly funded kindergarten program. Given a decision made at the state level in the spring, the ...

BY NICHOLAS BROWNKindergartners, don’t fret. You may still get into Harvard even if your report card shows that you need to improve your ability to name geometric shapes, plan and control your body movements or recite the alphabet. But your report card will be changing, and becoming more stringent, at almost every level of your ...

BY NICHOLAS BROWNA request for $146,009 for engineering studies for a new Auburn Middle School passed after about 500 residents swarmed to the town’s annual School District Meeting on Saturday, March 24. School board members repeatedly said the architectural and engineering money represents the next step toward getting a “true” ...