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 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 KEVIN SHALVEY With a Rubik’s Cube, a first-grade T-shirt and 465 oversized, beach balls, the Manchester West graduation for the Class of 2007 turned out to be a well-behaved event. None of the 465 graduates tossed beach balls during the Wednesday, June 13, graduation ceremony, probably because they were promised a surprise ending. As ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEY With a Rubik’s cube, a first-grade T-shirt and 465 oversized bouncing balls, the Manchester West graduation for the Class of 2007 turned out to be a childish, but very well-behaved, event for Hooksett, Bedford and Manchester students. With a Rubik’s cube, a first-grade T-shirt and 465 oversized bouncing balls, the ...