Goffstown News

Here is our list of Memorial Day observances and parades across the state of New Hampshire for 2013.

"I think there are some higher priorities, in my opinion, for next year," said school board vice chairman Keith Allard.

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Wendy Hastings, currently the assistant principal at Londonderry Middle School, was the top finalist out of six interviewed and 18 total applicants, according to a release issued by the school district.

The weathered and worn clock faces at the Brewster Memorial Hall clock tower are getting a $34,000 facelift.

The proposed townhouse community, which would be entirely rental units, still has a ways to go before final approval.

This is the architect's rendering of Saint Anselm College's new residence hall, viewed from the front.

Two public hearings on Tuesday, May 21, will address busy intersections and road repairs, including the possibility of a third roundabout in town.

An effort is under way to get the Goffstown School Board to change its decision switching the portable classrooms and the library at Maple Avenue Elementary School.

An aggregation of NH information by the staff and audience of the New Hampshire Union Leader, The Goffstown News, The Bedford Bulletin, The Hooksett Banner and The Salem Observer.

The restaurant, open since December at 9 High St., offers locals a dining experience that isn't stuffy, but offers high-quality meals at reasonable prices, said Guy Streitburger, who owns the restaurant with his wife, Jen Lutzen.

Kathy Cleveland photo Martha Shadwell, of Goffstown, with her baby, Jeanne, talks to Dan Bellemore on the opening day of his Mont Vernon General Store Saturday.

Manchester Water Works will need to borrow about $10 million for the project, raising the bill for the average customer by about $16.50 a year, according to Water Works Director David Paris.

GOFFSTOWN A 21-year-old man is being held on $50,000 cash bail accused of trying to run over a family member.

A two-vehicle accident involving a State Police cruiser forced the closing of a section of Route 114 in Goffstown Monday night.

Public Service of New Hampshire expects that power will be fully restored to 1,200 Goffstown customers about 5:15 p.m. Some could be restored sooner, as crews work to transfer customers to other circuits, said company spokesman Martin Murray.

Since 1840, the Mont Vernon General Store has been part of the landscape of the small town.

GOFFSTOWN A local woman is accused of choking her boyfriend in an incident at their Joffre Street residence.

In offering explanations for the low dropout rates at their high schools, education professionals in the communities covered by Neighborhood News point to a common denominator: alternative programs aimed at students struggling with the conventional paths toward high school graduation.

The Hooksett School Board may consider seeking an attorney to assist it in the drafting of potential contracts with area high schools as a contractual dispute with Manchester continues to simmer.