BY STEPHEN BEALEThree new people are filling the top positions for the school districts of Goffstown, Dunbarton and New Boston this year. They are interim Superintendent Stacy Buckley and assistant superintendents Brian Balke and MaryClaire Barry. Both Buckley and Barry have held other positions in SAU 19, the school administrative unit that ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYFor yet another year, visitors will flock to New Boston for the annual event that showcases the popularity of agriculture in the Granite State. The Hillsborough County Agricultural Fair will set up shop from Friday, Sept. 5, through Sunday, Sept. 7, for its 51st year, with an estimated attendance of between 10,000 to 15,000 ...

BY DAVID SUITORHigh on a hill in New Boston there is a village populated by tiny creatures called “peeps,” who have built homes, established businesses, built a village and created their own government. This might sound like a science fiction story, but in reality, it is the creation of 23 children playing the Game of Village at the ...

BY JENN McDOWELLA stretch of road on Route 114 going from Weare into New Boston that was formerly a passing zone has been double-lined and thus now prevents passing, according to state highway officials. The piece of road in New Boston is by an entrance to Cold Springs RV Rentals and Services at 644 N. Mast Road, said Bill Lambert of the New ...

BY CAROLE KLEMENT HUXELMiddle Branch Farm in New Boston is not a picturesque field of waving corn, suitable for a postcard. This is a working farm with hard-working individuals who are putting their backs into providing the community with 100 percent certified organic produce. Owner Roger Noonan employs 10 students, refugees and locals to help ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORSponsored by Indian Head AthleticsNew Boston’s loss is unquestionably Andy Gamache’s gain. This year, Goffstown Junior Baseball absorbed New Boston’s players, and among the handful of talented young athletes came Tanner Putnam. The 11-year-old, competing for Gamache’s 10- and 11-yearold Little League ...

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 BEALEThe town hall could be due for its first renovation in almost 20 years. The town might revamp its basement after the Goffstown District Court moves out of there and into a Hillsborough County building on Mast Road. The court is expected to depart by the beginning 2009, although a definite date has not been announced. The move ...

Taken of a sunrise in my backyard.

BY STEPHEN BEALEThat sound of an explosion you might have heard late afternoon on Monday, July 14, was the detonation of two 20 millimeter machine gun rounds that had been found in Joe English Pond in New Boston. The rounds were uncovered in the process of clearing old scrap metal from the bottom of the pond and its shore. The area was a target ...