MILFORD – Not long after midnight on Nov. 16, 2011, John Noble was awakened by neighbors who heard a car crash in front of his house. They found one man lying on the lawn injured and another man dead in a ditch across the road. …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
| By KATHY CLEVELAND
Staff Writer
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MILFORD – The Milford Recreation Department is taking a new look at its policy for the annual Daddy Daughter Dance after two young girls were turned away at the door …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
| By KATHY CLEVELAND
and MICHAEL CLEVELAND
Staff Writers
AMHERST – In 2000, after she was elected to her first term on the Souhegan Cooperative School Board, Jeanne Ludt said she realized she had a lot to learn. “I …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
| By HATTIE BERNSTEIN
Staff Writer
MONT VERNON – The newly installed head of the state’s largest Catholic diocese has joined Jewish leaders in urging voters to reject the name Jew Pond for the tiny, historic …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
| By Dean Shalhoup
Staff Writer
MILFORD – Firefighters have new high-tech tools in their toolbox. The Milford Fire Department recently acquired two iPads with software that lets them have relevant information about fires before they …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
| By KATHY CLEVELAND
Staff Writer
Here’s what’s open and closed Monday, Feb. 20, Presidents Day: All schools are open. Amherst – Town offices and Amherst Town Library closed. Library open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
AMHERST – The Fire Department has abandoned plans to do a controlled burn at what is left of the Amherst Plaza on Route 101A because some abestos has been found …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
| By MICHAEL CLEVELAND
Staff Writer
LYNDEBOROUGH – At the request of the Board of Selectmen, Administrator Burton Reynolds and local contractor Walter Holt inspected the garage on Center Road acquired last year by the town …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
| By JESSIE SALISBURY
Correspondent
MONT VERNON – Votes on two budget-reduction amendments, which ultimately failed, and an animated back-and-forth on the virtues of the Senate Bill 2 secret ballot election format dominated last week’s …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
| By DEAN SHALHOUP
Staff Writer
LYNDEBOROUGH – Although there are still a few adjustments to make, the Budget Committee’s proposal for 2012 is slightly higher than last year’s budget. The budget presented to a handful …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
| By JESSIE SALISBURY
Correspondent
WILTON – A proposal to change the Cooperative School District’s Articles of Agreement to make the Budget Committee an advisory board drew no support from the 60 people attending a …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
| By JESSIE SALISBURY
Correspondent
AMHERST – Eighteen finalists were scheduled to compete Feb. 16 in the final round of Souhegan High School’s school-wide Poetry Out Loud national recitation contest. The competition begins at 7 …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
WILTON – The Cooperative School District Budget Committee’s proposal for a 5.2 percent cut in the proposed school district spending plan drew a mixed reaction at a Feb. 8 discussion …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
| By JESSIE SALISBURY
Correspondent
MILFORD – The school budget and a support staff contract were supposed to be the primary subjects of the school Deliberative Session last week but officials devoted almost as much …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
| By KATHY CLEVELAND
Staff Writer
BOSTON – The Cabinet took three awards, including second-place in the General Excellence category, in the annual New England Newspaper and Press Association convention last weekend. In awarding second place …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
MONT VERNON – About a dozen residents and town volunteers and officials Monday night sent the town’s proposed $1.98 million operating budget onto the March 13 Town Meeting. The full …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
AMHERST – An 89-year-old man could be facing charges in the wake of two accidents last week. William Rose of Amherst was driving east on Route 101A on Feb. 10 …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
MILFORD – Faced with soil contamination at their first choice for a town ambulance facility site, town officials have settled on another property – the home of Harvey’s Music at 66 Elm St. Recent environmental testing found oil in the soil of 21 Cottage St., …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
| By KATHY CLEVELAND
Staff Writer
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One of the more interesting aspects of late-January early-February in the Souhegan Valley is the annual pondering of who will run, who won’t run, for which local offices will several …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
| By MICHAEL CLEVELAND
Staff Writer
By the numbers
MILFORD – State budget cuts are putting extensive pressure on local nonprofit organizations and having a major impact upon low- to moderate-income families, particularly when it comes to social services …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
| By Michael Cleveland
Staff Writer
AMHERST – The Souhegan Cooperative School District’s proposed $18.55 million operating budget for fiscal 2012-13, along with a nearly $3 million, 10-year facilities upgrade bond and three other warrant articles …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
| By DEAN SHALHOUP
Staff Writer
The following candidates have filed for town and school offices: Amherst Town • Selectman 2 seats, 3-year terms Bruce Bowler Brad Galinson Charles S. Sherman • Library Trustee 2 seats, …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
MILFORD – Town Planner Sarah Marchant will have a new office soon – five miles away in Amherst. Marchant was recently hired by the town of Amherst to be its …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
| By KATHY CLEVELAND
Staff Writer
MILFORD – Selectmen aren’t recommending a petition article that would help some elderly homeowners stay in their homes, but that doesn’t mean the proposal is dead. The petition, initiated by …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
| By KATHY CLEVELAND
Staff Writer
MILFORD – Zoning amendments don’t usually come up at the town Deliberative Session, but last Saturday there was a long discussion about a proposed zoning change. Sparking the discussion were …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
| By KATHY CLEVELAND
Staff Writer
The 1971-72 Schedule
MILFORD – They may, at first blush, have come across as more Class S than anything, what with their plain, muted-blue road uniforms lacking a school or team name above …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
| By DEAN SHALHOUP
Staff Writer
WILTON – The committee working to convert the former Sacred Heart Church on Maple Street into a community center has been advised to wait a year before approaching the town …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
| By JESSIE SALISBURY
Correspondent
AMHERST – Fire officials say they have part of the answer to why fire struck an industrial building here twice in three days. Early Thursday morning, Feb. 2, fire damaged …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
| By KATHY CLEVELAND
Staff Writer
MILFORD – The Granite State Organizing Project will host a “community conversation” on income inequality on Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Wadleigh Memorial Library. For information contact …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
WILTON – Rev. Wilfred Deschamps, “Father Bill,” pastor of the combined Sacred Heart churches in Wilton and Greenville and St. Patrick’s Parish in Jaffrey, will conduct a novena at Sacred …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
| By Jessie Salisbury
Correspondent
AMHERST – Neither the school district’s proposed $24.5 million operating budget for fiscal 2012-13 nor the request for roughly $14,000 to fund the first year of a three-year, $100,000 support …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
| By DEAN SHALHOUP
Staff Writer
Nashua Catholic Regional Junior High School in Nashua has announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2011-12 school year. Local students named to the honor roll are: …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Due to a reporting error, the name of New England Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo was misspelled in last week’s issue of The Cabinet. …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
MILFORD – A Florida man is in jail after allegedly trying to pass counterfeit bills at the Milford Motel and Xtra-Mart. Police say German A, Baez, 26, of Longwood, Fla., …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
MILFORD – County and local authorities have decided to drop sexual assault charges filed against a Milford man last summer. The case stems from June 17, 2011, when police charged …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
He’s a quarterback. His name is Manning. And on Sunday, when the New England Patriots and the New York (New Jersey) Giants meet in the Super Bowl, he’ll be rooting for ... The Patriots? Say what? That’s right: Luke Manning, an Amherst third-grader at Wilkins …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
| By MICHAEL CLEVELAND
Staff Writer
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