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 DARRELL HALENA legislative committee has voted to recommend giving 11 school districts a one-year extension to start a public kindergarten program in their communities. That’s welcome news to school officials in Salem, Windham and Pelham – three towns that don’t offer kindergarten and were each faced with a September 2008 ...

By Jim Devine Staff Writer Observer/Bruce Preston From left, Salem High sophomores Aaron Brubaker, Ryan Scenna and junior Katelynn LaSalle discuss limited parking options that underclassmen face. Ross Trecartin, president of the Field of Dreams board of directors, hopes a parking lot may be the ...