The annual Watkins Spelling Contest at Merrimack Middle School on Jan. 19 was preceded with some final practice for seventh- and eighth-grade contenders Tuesday. Three team winners from seventh-grade teams and three runners-up, four team winners from eighth-grade, and four runners-up were the ...
MANCHESTER – Liberty House Inc. announces the launch of its third annual Adopt-a-Bill campaign. The program is being repeated again this year to help defray or pay utility and other operational household bills incurred by Liberty House: A transitional house for homeless American ...
MANCHESTER – Occupy New Hampshire is sponsoring an Operation Pride/Liberty Walk/Stand Up and March for Human Rights on Saturday, Jan. 7, at Veterans Park, Manchester. The public walk, to take off from the Elm Street location at noon, will continue to Victory Park located at the ...
The Rotary Club of Merrimack received a Gold Circle Achievement Award in recognition of its community partnership with local schools. The award was given by the New Hampshire Partners in Education at an awards dinner on Oct. 25. According to the NHPIE Web site, the award is given to celebrate ...
Here’s where to vote in the presidential primary Tuesday. All three polling places are open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. WARD 1: James Mastricola Upper Elementary, 26 Baboosic Lake Road. WARD 2: St John Neumann Church, 708 Milford Road. WARD 3: St. James United Methodist Church, 646 Daniel ...
CONCORD – The N.H. Children’s Trust, Inc. will celebrate 29 parents from around New Hampshire who are role models for their families and those around them with the fifth annual Unsung Hero Awards ceremony. Parenting is one tough job. Think about the parents around you that ...
The NHTreme Team, of Mont Vernon, earned the first-place Champion’s Award and the first-place Robot Performance Award at the 2011 New Hampshire FIRST LEGO League State Championship Tournament. The tournament, sponsored by BAE Systems, was held at Central High School in Manchester on ...
MERRIMACK – The holidays have passed, but town residents can start planning for next year’s shopping season as the first round of stores have been revealed at Merrimack Premium Outlets. Clothing outfitters Nike, Gap, Banana Republic, Brooks Brothers and J. Crew top the list ...
WASHINGTON – The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts selected Andrea Underhill, of Merrimack, for its prestigious, nationally recognized internship program. She served as the Friends of the Kennedy Center intern with development as a part of the DeVos Institute of Arts ...
The Merrimack High School Guidance Department announces an evening of Early College Planning presented by the New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation, on Tuesday Jan. 10, from 6-7 p.m, in the school theater. The seminar is open to middle and high school students and their parents. ...
Merrimack resident Craig Lapiana, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, does some amazing work crafting writing pens out of pine cones. Offer him the brittle skeleton of an old cactus plant or a piece of Brazilian rosewood and he’ll do the same. Designing and crafting ...
MERRIMACK – A suspected scam that drew several complaints last week from town residents is actually a legitimate fundraising drive by the state Veterans of Foreign Wars group, according to Merrimack Police. Last week, several town residents complained of suspicious phone calls ...
Brookstone Inc. has accepted the resignation of Ron Boire, president and CEO and a member of the company’s board of directors. Boire will be joining Sears Holdings Corp. as its new executive vice president, chief merchandising officer and president of its Sears and Kmart formats. ...
On behalf of the Merrimack Police Department, we hope all of you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and wish all of you happiness and good health in 2012. When temperatures drop, it is risky for everyone, but for the elderly, it can be fatal. Seniors are particularly susceptible to ...
It’s so hard these days for parents to spend quality time with their children. Between work, after school activities, and the distractions of everyday life sometimes quality time with children can take a back seat. When it comes to mothers and their daughters time together can be ...
Merrimack’s Margaret Bagley has a way with words. Officials at Reader’s Digest evidently concur for they recently published a short story of hers – a contest entry about a childhood memory regarding an anonymous donor and a most unusual Christmas gift. Bagley not ...
MANCHESTER – If you’ve ever dreamed of joining a big city dance cast, the Palace Theatre is looking for you. The Manchester performing arts center is searching New Hampshire for dancers, ages 16 and older, to compete for a $1,000 contract to join a cast of New York City ...
MANCHESTER – With the wave of a baton and the jingle of bells, Conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops will present their Holiday Concert Dec. 17, at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester. Whether you’re a classic PBS-ser or a newbie Popster, Keith Lockhart and Co. ...
NASHUA – The Adult Learning Center recently announced that Thomas R. Londry and Christopher M. Thorhauer, both of Merrimack, passed their GED tests.
Toe tapping and knee slapping – they’re downright giveaways that bluegrass lovers are in the house, enjoying tunes from Merrimack’s Jerry Jean and his bluegrass buddies. Jean, 91, almost a lifelong musician, is a Nashua native who later moved to Keene. He put ...