By Dan O’Brien Bow Superintendent of Schools Dean Cascadden said attendance levels have returned to normal after a record number of students were absent three weeks ago with flu-like symptoms. The peak level of absences hit Oct. 22 when 378 students, nearly 25 percent of the town’s public school students, called out sick. It was the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Seven Bow Memorial School students stood in line waiting to shake Shawn MacDonald’s hand. He’s been shaking a lot of hands lately. MacDonald, 22, a lifelong Bow resident, returned from Iraq May 21, after serving with the Marines, completing his active duty following four years of service. In honor of his ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONE It wasn’t the way the Bow boys varsity soccer team wanted to end the season, but according to head coach George Pinkham, his players should be proud of their effort. “When you get to this game, all the kids are going to give it their all, and they did,” said Pinkham following the team’s 1-0 loss to ...

BY MICHELLE KIM Court was in session at Bow High School, when more than 600 area students and faculty from 12 schools got an intimate look at the inner workings of the state’s highest court. On Thursday, Oct. 25, the ninth “On the Road” session of the New Hampshire Supreme Court took place in the packed auditorium of Bow High ...

BY JENN McDOWELL After two hard-fought games – a dramatic win and a shootout loss – Bow’s varsity girls soccer team was eliminated from the Class I tournament in the quarterfinal round. On Thursday, Oct. 25, the No. 7-seeded Falcons shut out the 10th-seeded Souhegan Sabres, 2-0. “We came out with intensity, and we ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONE The Bow boys varsity soccer team beat up on 11th-seeded Souhegan, earning a trip to the Class I state final following a 4-2 win at Bill Ball Stadium in Exeter. Bow forward Ryan Obolowicz scored three goals, giving him 31 on the season. “It really wasn’t just me. Everyone had a hand in the win,” he ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYAfter being named a school in need of improvement when the Annual Yearly Progress reports were released, Bow Memorial School administrators are still in the process of appealing. The first appeal to the Commissioner of Education was denied, so Bow Superintendent of Schools Dean Cascadden wrote a letter of appeal to the State Board ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow school administrators held a focus group to look at how the district can get the most out of current technology while keeping students safe on the Internet. At the Oct. 3 meeting, community members and educators gave input on the question, “How do we teach our students to be responsible users of 21st century ...

On Thursday, Oct. 4, the boys of Bow High golf took the course at Beaver Meadow in Concord for this year’s Class I championship tournament. Entering the tournament ranked seventh, with an 18-7 record, the Falcons placed seventh overall, shooting 421 as a team. The match included the top-20 teams in Class I, with the top-10 teams allowed ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR The 2007 Bow Falcons golf team is a loose bunch, with one eye on the postseason prize and the other on a nearby teammate who’s joking around. “We take it seriously, but we try to enjoy ourselves,” said head coach Mike Seraikas, who last year watched his team finish on the outside looking in at the ...