BY MATT SCHOOLEY A group of Maple Street School students wanted a swimming pool, even if they may never set foot in it. Fourth- through sixth-graders at the Hopkinton school organized a fundraiser for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, specifically for a 9-year-old cancer patient, Samantha. Samantha’s wish is to have a pool she can swim ...

By JENN McDOWELL Four girls from Candia finally saw their long-term community service project come to fruition with the rededication of the restored Civil War monument on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Becky Petrin, Alicia Frazier, and sisters Erin and Megan Smith, now eighth-graders at Moore School, began the restoration project four years ago by ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONE Fifth- and sixth-graders at McKelvie Intermediate School got to skateboard, hula hoop, jog and ride scooters all at their first annual Move-A-Thon. Since Ross A. Lurgio Middle School opened to seventh and eighth grades Aug. 29, McKelvie students and staff created its own fundraiser, said teacher Marie Alsap. “We ...

BY DARRELL HALEN The sales of pink bracelets and freshly baked cookies during a school fundraiser may not bring in a lot of money, but for Taryn Kayo it’s a way to support the fight against *** cancer – a disease that struck her grandmother nine years ago. “It’s a serious issue for me,” said Taryn, 16, a member of ...

BY DARRELL HALEN After her students raised more than $5,000 to fight diabetes, Alicia LaFrance, Pelham Elementary School’s principal, kept a promise to them to kiss a pig. Actually, she did it five times – once in front of each grade. The school not only reached its goal, it more than doubled it. In just a week, it raised ...