Penny Sale to benefit the Cates Family

Local

Thursday December 3, 2009

MONT VERNON – The Mont Vernon Karate Studio will be hosting a Penny Sale at the Mont Vernon Village School on Saturday. Doors will open at 5 p.

Student wins school bee

Youth-Education

Thursday February 11, 2010

MONT VERNON – Maria Young, a fifth-grade student at Mont Vernon Village School, won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on Jan. 13 and a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship.

Operation Pumpkin: Souhegan Ethics Forum reaches out to Mont Vernon Village School kids

Columnist

Thursday December 3, 2009

From the outside looking in, Room A212 at Souhegan High School may have appeared a bit messy and chaotic on Oct. 23.

Graduation sneaks up on Souhegan High seniors

Columnist

Thursday June 11, 2009

The Souhegan High School class of 2009 graduated Friday. After four years of homework, projects and essays, the end has finally come.

Souhegan High Ethics Forum prepares for benefit concert

Columnist

Thursday April 23, 2009

Whoever says teenagers are lazy, ignorant, Internet-crazed adolescents who contribute nothing to society is sadly mistaken. The Souhegan High School Ethics Forum, a group of students dedicated to making an annual local, national or global change in their community, proves that motivated teenagers can make a significant difference in the world around them.

Rent-A-Senior Day raises money for Souhegan class of 2009

Columnist

Thursday April 16, 2009

Spring at Souhegan High School plays host to many events: the prom, finals and the always intriguing Rent-A-Senior Day. This year, that last event fell on April 10.

Souhegan High hosts first New Hampshire dance team competition

Columnist

Thursday March 26, 2009

Not many people can say they’ve ever been to a dance team competition, let alone one in New Hampshire. But last weekend, Souhegan High School hosted the first New Hampshire High School Dance Team Competition, drawing enthusiastic dancers and excited crowds from all over southern New Hampshire.

Voters OK all but one article at meeting

Local

Sunday March 14, 2010

MONT VERNON – After the passage of using the SB2 format for future meetings Tuesday, 116 Mont Vernon residents saw what would be the last traditional-style town meeting for the Mont Vernon School District barring any future changes away from SB2. The three-hour meeting saw passage of all but one article and the proposals of seven amendments, with only one succeeding.

Voters pass amended $1.9m budget

Local

Thursday March 11, 2010

MONT VERNON – Gay marriage, budgets and fire trucks dominated Town Meeting on Tuesday night for the more than 100 residents who showed up at Mont Vernon Village School. In elections during the day, voters returned Town Clerk Jeannette Vinton to her job in the only contested race in the school or town.

Write-in snags board seat

Local

Wednesday March 10, 2010

AMHERST – Voters on Tuesday filled an open, uncontested Amherst School Board seat with more than 200 write-in votes for longtime resident Lucienne Foulks, who will join incumbent Peg Bennett, who ran unopposed. Voters also approved the district’s proposed $23.

Savoy agrees to hindering charges

Local

Saturday March 6, 2010

A Hollis man pleaded guilty to hiding evidence and concocting an alibi for two men charged with killing a Mont Vernon mother during an October home invasion. Autumn Savoy, 20, of Hollis, has agreed to testify for the state and plead guilty to his alleged role in the aftermath of the crime.

Local

Thursday February 25, 2010

LYNDEBOROUGH – Firefighters from Lyndeborough and surrounding towns are at the scene of a reported propane truck rollover on Tarn Road, a small residential area off of Salisbury Road. It’s not yet clear whether the truck is damaged or if there was propane leaking, but early reports stated the driver, a man in his 40’s, was out of the truck and apparently uninjured.