BY JENN McDOWELLAfter the Weare School Board’s final meeting of the current fiscal year, the school administration now has some directions on what to restore to the 2008-09 budget. Making their way back into the budget are two teaching positions for the second and fifth grades, to deal with enrollment bubbles in those grades; night and ...

BY JENN McDOWELLHonors and advanced placement students at John Stark Regional High School will not be able to partake in one of the many rewards of hard study and determination next year, known as “crisping.” And Weare resident Helen Ray is not happy about that, especially since her daughter, Sarah, 14, just completed her freshman ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYWhen the John Stark softball team traveled to play Milford High School in April, the Generals crushed the Spartans, 12-0. Milford returned the unwelcome favor at the worst possible time. The fourth-seeded Generals were ousted from the Class I quarterfinals on Saturday, June 7, following a 7-1 loss to the fifthranked Spartans at ...

BY JENN McDOWELLThe Weare School Board will take its new 2008- 09 operating budget to task at the upcoming meeting on Tuesday, June 17, and members want the public’s input on how they should spend the money. The decision now is not how much money to restore, but what to do with a budget that is half-way between what was initially proposed ...

BY JENN McDOWELLWhile most high school seniors were spending the money they earned from their part-time jobs on spring break and prom activities, John Stark Regional High School senior Chad Averill was paying off his senior project. The 18-year-old graduate’s project was to install a flag pole at the John Stark football field, and after ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYLori Fisher wants to know everyone who walks through the Baker Free Library’s door, but has some work ahead of her before that can happen. As she takes over as the new library director in Bow, Fisher is learning about her new patrons and her new job, replacing Linda Kling, who recently retired. “For me the hardest ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORWhen the No. 8 Lady Generals’ 2008 lacrosse season concluded with a 23-10 loss to undefeated No. 1 seed Portsmouth in the Division III quarterfinals on Thursday, May 29, coach Jon Warner didn’t dwell much on the negative ending to a season full of so many positives. “We had a winning record, we beat a ...

BY JENN McDOWELLIn a 751-591 vote, the Weare School Board succeeded in its second attempt at getting a 2008- 09 budget passed. A total of 1,342 out of 5,852 registered Weare voters showed up at the polls at Center Woods Elementary School on Tuesday, June 3, to cast their vote on whether to adopt a school budget $240,000 more than the default that ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORSponsored by Indian Head AthleticsAlexe Proctor began playing softball when she was 7 and immediately showed some talent, but she didn’t want to pitch. As an 11-year-old, she was convinced by her father, Terry, to try it. Perhaps Zack Medlock should send him a thank-you note. Through Friday, May 23, Alexe leads John ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORBy Zack Medlock’s own admission, the John Stark softball team continues to be, in large part, unknown in Class I. Yet the Lady Generals currently maintain a 15-3 record and secure a top-four playoff seed with a win against 2-12 Bow in the season finale on Friday, May 30. “If people had told me two years ago that ...