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Lights, colorful stripes make vehicle stand out

The Brookline Ambulance Service has a new ride with plenty of features to ensure the safety of medical volunteers, patients and drivers. The new ambulance, a 2009 Ford F-450 model, …

Friday, February 5, 2010 | By ROBERT MICHAELSON Correspondent

Candidate filing documents show contests in races

Here’s a quick look at who has filed to run in Hollis and Brookline this year. Hollis voters will have a full slate of contested races. On the town side …

Friday, February 5, 2010 | By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer

Hollis spending plans to be heard

HOLLIS – Officials say they are hoping for good turnouts Tuesday and Wednesday nights next week, when public hearings are scheduled on the town and school budgets for 2010. The …

Friday, February 5, 2010 | By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer

SAU 41 test results stand out

CONCORD – School Administrative Unit 41 (Hollis/Brookline) had the second highest average of students in “proficient” and “proficient with distinction” levels for math and reading, when comparing local districts including …

Friday, February 5, 2010 | By KELLY McGRATH and KAREN LOVETT Staff Writers

Amato Center will be rocking in Milford

MILFORD – A big time rock show in Milford? That’s right, a producer of national touring acts is bringing one of those bands to the stage at the Amato Center …

Friday, February 5, 2010 | By RICK DUMONT Correspondent

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Sports	Obituaries
Kobylarzes supply three players – and a coach – to HBHS hockey team Hollis/Brookline High School hockey coach Tim Clark got the call early one night during the recent midterm exam week. It was one of his freshman defensemen, Karlie Kobylarz, calling to … Friday, February 5, 2010 \| By TOM KING Staff Writer Stability is more important on court than sideline Is coaching stability overrated? It was an easy question to ask Tuesday night after watching a down-to-the-wire thriller between two of the top girls basketball teams in Class I, Hollis/Brookline … Friday, January 29, 2010 High School Wrapup JAN. 26 BOYS BASKETBALL: SOU-HEGAN 61, H/B 44 Devin Gilligan had 15 points and Ryan Redmond 10 as the visiting Sabers, who led 29-18 at the half, raised their record … Friday, January 29, 2010 D-III girls travel team enjoys first win in two seasons D-III girls travel team enjoys first win in two seasons The Hollis girls Division III travel basketball team experienced its first win in two seasons on Jan. 10. Eleven determined and enthusiastic fifth-grade girls had a lot to celebrate. They … Friday, January 22, 2010 Cavs hockey coach knows all about budget cuts Hollis/Brookline High School head ice hockey coach Tim Clark got the word sometime toward the tail end of the last school year. “There was talk that (the H/B school district) … Friday, January 22, 2010	James Bruce Thaxter TOWNSEND: James Bruce Thaxter, 76, of North End Road, died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, at Health Alliance – Leominster Hospital after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his wife … Friday, January 29, 2010 John H. Leavitt Retired RAF bomber, CIA officer John H. Leavitt, 91, of Hollis, a World War II British Royal Air Force bomber pilot and senior Central Intelligence Agency officer, died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. A graduate of … Friday, January 8, 2010 Michael D. Gallant Michael D. Gallant, 50, of Merrimack, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009, at his residence. He was born May 7, 1959, in Methuen, Mass., and was the son of Albert and … Thursday, December 31, 2009 Thomas C. Evans MILFORD – Thomas Christie Evans, of Milford, was born Feb. 19, 1954, in Montague, Mass. His soul passed into the Spirit World Dec. 8, 2009. Unable to obtain affordable medical … Thursday, December 24, 2009 Marie Carroll McCarthy Isherwood LYNDEBOROUGH – Marie Carroll McCarthy Isherwood, of Lyndeborough, died peacefully on Nov. 24, 2009, surrounded by the love of her family, at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua. She was born … Friday, December 4, 2009
Editorials	Letters
Say it isn’t so There are these persistent rumors that former congressman Charles Bass, who once upon a time was pretty liberal state senator, is pondering another run for the U.S. House. Lest we … Friday, February 5, 2010 Penny wise, etc. Last year, Hollis voters rejected an $850,000 proposal to repair town hall. One could assume the economy was the problem. This year, town officials are coming back to voters with … Friday, January 29, 2010 Expand DNA testing When it comes to things like a national crime database with DNA collected from all convicted felons, the state does not serve the public interest by staking out its own … Friday, January 22, 2010 Time to expand DNA testing New Hampshire is known for following its own course, but when it comes to things like a national crime database with DNA collected from all convicted felons, the state does … Thursday, January 21, 2010 A bowl not of meaning OK, friends, we’ve just come out of a pretty nasty year. So instead of starting the new year with, as Phil Ochs might have said, “Thundering declarations” about such things … Friday, January 8, 2010	Voters’ views, not just legislators,’ subject to change To the Editor: I read the Letters to the Editor each week, and have been listening with interest to the debate in recent weeks over the issue of marriage equality. … Friday, February 5, 2010 Good things happening in NH To the Editor: On Jan. 21, Gov. Lynch gave the State of the State address. In a time when our country is in the throes of a recession, we saw … Friday, February 5, 2010 Learn to be an educated voter To the Editor: I read with interest the editorial two weeks ago regarding our legislators up in Concord being our voices when it comes to representing us, the people who … Friday, January 29, 2010 Marriage equality protects all families To the Editor: A letter-writer in the last issue of the Hollis-Brookline Journal remarked that the town warrant article on gay marriage isn’t about marriage equality, it’s about representation and … Friday, January 29, 2010 Brookline Cares makes a difference To the Editor: I would like to thank all of the individuals and organizations who made Brookline Cares such a huge success in 2009. Thanks to all of you, we … Friday, January 29, 2010

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