The New Hampshire Avalanche Squirt ’98 AAA team rolled through the Metro Boston Hockey League regular season, posting 35 wins without a loss. The postseason was no different. The top-seeded Avs, coached by Mike Potvin; his assistant coaches, Joe Silva, Mark Leach and Gary Saklad; and goaltender coches Bill McWhinnie and Bryan Ash, ...

By Ryan O’connor   The New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Indoor Track and Field Championships at Dartmouth College in Hanover on Sunday, Feb. 3, included several locals sprinting, leaping and throwing against some of the best athletes in the state. In Class L, Salem finished ninth among boys teams and 13th among the ...

By Ryan O’connor To accurately gauge how much the Pelham boys basketball team has improved since the beginning of the season, review these two results: the Pythons opened the season on Dec. 11 with a 81-60 loss at Hollis-Brookline, but eight weeks and 12 games later, Pelham defeated the same Cavaliers, 47-43, at ...

By Darrell Halen  Standing at a microphone and in front of a large audience, Renee Gagnon, 11, spelled the word “implement.” When Superintendent Frank Bass responded, “That is correct,” the audience erupted in applause. Because Renee spelled the word correctly and her two competitors misspelled the words given ...

By Darrell Halen  Two men appointed to the Pelham Board of Selectmen last year to fill vacancies are among the three candidates seeking to win election to the board in March. Two three-year seats are available. Alfio Torrisi, who made an unsuccessful run for the board last year, is making another attempt. The other candidates are ...

By Darrell Halen   Only seven months after becoming school superintendent in Windham and Pelham, Frank Bass has applied to serve as Manchester’s next superintendent of schools. His move has prompted Al Letizio Jr., the chairman of the Windham School Board, to accuse two of his colleagues, Barbara Coish and Beverly Donovan, of ...

By Jerry Liptak That 1-3 start is long forgotten. Six straight wins for Derryfield School girls basketball have moved the girls into the top eight of Class S. While the Lady Cougars had early-season difficulty with the division’s best squads, they’ve feasted on overmatched foes recently. Only one victory was against a team with ...

By Matt Schooley MILFORD – The Pelham High School girls basketball team used its size to keep pace with Milford High School, but the Spartans eventually sprinted away from the Pythons, winning 72-50 thanks to a huge fourth-quarter run. Following three quarters of play during the Tuesday, Jan. 22, contest, the now 2-10 Pythons ...

By Darrell Halen A request for a new central fire station – the second attempt by officials in two years to win approval for a new building for firefighters – is on Pelham’s 2008 town warrant. On Tuesday, Feb. 5, voters will be able to discuss and debate that warrant article, and about 20 others, when they gather for the ...

By Darrell Halen Some big ticket items are on the Pelham School District ballot this year, and voters will get a chance to weigh in on them, and other warrant articles, at the district’s deliberative session. Voters will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 6, starting at 7 p.m., at Pelham Elementary School. Three of the most expensive warrant ...