BY MATT SCHOOLEYWhen the next fall sports season arrives, expect a change in the landscape of New Hampshire athletics. Beginning with the 2010- 11 fall schedule, all sports will use the divisional format, including the possibility of petitioning up or down. The change, according to athletics directors, provides more choice for schools. Some ...

Montgomery Proulx, 20, of Manchester, was sentenced by Judge James O’Neill to serve 10 years to life in the New Hampshire State Prison for selling a fentanyl patch to Evan Schwager, 18, of Bedford, said Hillsborough County Attorney Marguerite Wageling on Sept. 28. Fentanyl is a powerful narcotic drug used as a pain killer. Schwager, a high ...

Swimmers from the Greater Manchester Tiger Sharks recently impressed at four championship meets in Dover, Cambridge, Mass., and College Park, Md. During the New England 14- and-Under Long Course Championships at the Jenny Thompson Pool in Dover from July 23 to 26, Nina Levine of Bedford ranked sixth in individual scoring for 10-and-under ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYGoffstown’s 11- and 12-year-old all-stars worked deep into the losers’ bracket of the District 1 baseball tournament, but fell just short of a chance at redemption. On July 6, Windham came away with a 2-1 victory to send Goffstown into the loser’s bracket, where the locals earned victories over Manchester East ...

Everytime I even think about heading over to the Bedford Farmers' Market on a Tuesday afternoon, the sky begins to threaten.  Last week it got so angry, the skies literally opened up like the Great Flood was here.  I suspected that the farmers, not to mention the patrons, would be seeking shelter from the ...

By STEPHEN BEALEWhen graduating seniors bid farewell to West High School on Saturday, June 20, they marked the end not only to their time in high school, but also to a decades-long relationship between Bedford and Manchester – a fact not lost on the speakers at the ceremony. The assembly at the Verizon Wireless Arena heard from three ...

BY MARK NATALEThe Trinity boys baseball team ended an otherwise dream season with a frightful loss to Alvirne in the Class L semifinals on June 10. “Tonight, Dylan (Clark) wasn’t sharp, Garrett (Cole) wasn’t sharp, and our hitting wasn’t on. Put those three together and you get a 12-3 loss,” said Trinity coach, Ed ...

By MATT SCHOOLEYAfter the final Bedford student walks across the stage during Manchester High School West’s graduation ceremony on June 20, a new era will officially begin at the school. What that era will consist of remains to be seen. With Bedford students no longer filling the hallways and classrooms at the school, West administrators ...

By MATT SCHOOLEYAfter the final Bedford student walks across the stage during Manchester High School West’s graduation ceremony on June 20, a new era will officially begin at the school. What that era will consist of remains to be seen. With Bedford students no longer filling the hallways and classrooms at the school, West administrators ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe West boys tennis team’s roller coaster season finally came to a stop, and many of the athletes won’t be around for next year’s ride. The Blue Knights never won consecutive games during a 5-9 campaign, which concluded Friday, May 22, with a 5-4 victory over Spaulding. On Thursday, May 21, the team was unable ...