BY RYAN O’CONNORSitting at a youth hockey conference, watching what was likely to be another boring prerecorded training video, Kermit Brunelle sighed. On the screen, Don Lucia, coach of the national champion University of Minnesota ice hockey team, was giving a speech. “A lot of people think I have the best job in hockey, and I tell ...

By Darrell Halen  Two three-year seats on the Windham Board of Selectmen are up this March and four men are running: Bruce H. Richardson, former selectman Galen Stearns, Planning Board member Ross McLeod, and state Rep. Charles McMahon, a former selectman. Alan Carpenter and Margaret Crisler are not seeking re-election. Other ...

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 Darrell Halen Freshman Chris DiPersio likes going to Salem High School, where is he actively involved in the band program. And he wants to stay there, even though his town will be opening a brand-new high school next year. DiPersio was one of several students and parents who weighed in at a Windham School Board meeting on whether ...

By Darrell Halen Voters will have an opportunity to let their voices be heard when they take up a proposed $11.6 million operating budget and 28 other warrant articles at Windham’s town deliberative session. They will gather on Saturday, Feb. 9, starting at 9 a.m., at Golden Brook School. If the $11,645,020 budget and all warrant ...

By Darrell Halen This year’s Windham School District warrant includes several articles to provide money to Windham High School, which will open in 2009. Those articles, and others, will be the subject of discussion and debate when voters attend the school district’s Friday, Feb. 8, deliberative session. The session starts ...

By Darrell Halen   The Windham School District has a baby grand piano – thanks to the generosity of a local couple. School Board member Beverly Donovan said Al and Cathy Pappalardo, who recently sold the Guesthouse Inn and Suites in Methuen, Mass., donated the Kawai baby grand piano to the Windham Endowment for Community ...

By Darrell Halen   Ashley Moore’s recent trip to the top of Mt. Washington was more than a one-day winter adventure. It was an opportunity to increase her knowledge of science and to bring that information back to her Windham Center School students. Moore, 33, joined several other teachers on an EduTrip – an overnight stay on ...

The Pelham Holiday Tournament, from Dec. 27 to 29, included more than 50 teams playing in separate boys and girls divisions for third- through eighth-graders. Though welcoming to their many guests before and after play, the hosts were particularly inhospitable on the court, winning three of the nine division championships available. The ...

By Darrell Halen  Selectmen have withdrawn a $1 million warrant article to build a second road to Windham High School after a similar article was submitted for the school district’s March ballot. A move may be made to modify the wording of state Rep. Charlie McMahon’s $1.25 million warrant article at the school ...