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 STEPHEN BEALESaint Anselm College seeks to double the enrollment of Hispanics, African-Americans, and other minorities, and to create a campus environment that welcomes students of other Christian denominations, religions, and different sexual orientations. Administrators say they want their school to be a more attractive place for racial and ...

BY NICHOLAS BROWNKindergartners, don’t fret. You may still get into Harvard even if your report card shows that you need to improve your ability to name geometric shapes, plan and control your body movements or recite the alphabet. But your report card will be changing, and becoming more stringent, at almost every level of your ...

BY NICHOLAS BROWNSeveral Manchester parents told a committee considering the future of West High School – which will see an exodus of Bedford students over the next two years – that a simple solution would be to send all students from Hooksett, Auburn and Candia to the West Side school. “I think the most practical solution is to ...