BY MATT SCHOOLEYLocal towns are dealing with the wrath of Mother Nature, who dropped ice around the Granite State, leaving a good portion of the state in the dark. More than 325,000 New Hampshire residents were left without power following an ice storm that many officials say was worse than the one that took place in 1998. “I’ve been ...

If you drove by Goffstown Public Works recently, you may have seen fire crews and other emergency personnel putting out a bus fire and treating victims. However, there were no real injuries, as this was all part of a mass casualty incident drill, which involved the Goffstown, New Boston and Weare fire departments, as well as Saint Anselm College ...

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 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 ...

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI When it comes to getting access to public information, your best bet is often to go in person to the town hall, school district office or police department itself. But that is time consuming and difficult for many people. Going online is not only simple but available at any time. The Right to Know Law does not specifically ...

BY DAVE CHOATE Town offices are entrusted with providing information to their residents every day, so it’s little surprise that the offices for Goffstown, Weare, New Boston and Dunbarton fared well in our of Right to Know Law investigation. In Goffstown, our reporter dealt with Board of Selectmen executive secretary Kathryn Fisher and ...

BY DAVE CHOATE Two of the four police department we surveyed in last week’s Right to Know study contest our conclusion that they were not following the law. The Goffstown and Weare police departments did not fulfill our request for a log of arrests, while Dunbarton and New Boston both complied. Goffstown Police Chief Michael French ...

The Villa Augustina baseball field in Goffstown became more like a lake after the April 16 nor'easter.

Gov. John Lynch meets with Goffstown police and tours the town on April 17 to see the damage caused by the flood.

BY ROD HANSENThe hills and roadways of Dunbarton, Goffstown, New Boston and Weare have long been associated with Gen. John Stark and his family, and a new scenic byway could blanket all those towns with the Stark name. A submission for a General John Stark Scenic Byway has already made it through the first cut of review by the state byways ...