‘Mont Vernon Goes Hollywood’ Sring Gala set

Local

Wednesday May 5, 2010

Prepare to be hailed and heralded by such famous movie lines as “May The Force Be With You,” “We’re Not in Kansas Anymore,” and “Go Ahead, Make My Day,” as the town of Mont Vernon sponsors its “Mont Vernon Goes Hollywood,” Spring Gala, replete with a parade, breakfast, red-carpet treatment and Tinseltown-themed games and activities. The starry-eyed event will take place Saturday, May 15. “Mont Vernon has two events each year for the residents to get together,” said Stephanie Vore Apple, a member of the Mont Vernon Recreation Commission and parade coordinator. “The big one is our Spring Gala and with winter gone, our neighbors get a chance to see each other before summer arrives and everyone starts thinking about vacation.” Vore Apple said that 300-400 people typically attend, although she added, “it’s contingent on the weather.

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.m., and drawings will start at 7 p.m. Want to help? You can donate an item or gift certificate, or come to the event and participate.

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. The runner-up was fourth-grader Samantha Schmidt. The school-level bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the 22nd annual National Geographic Bee, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The kickoff for the bee was Nov.

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. Students, however, had the decorating of more than 270 pumpkins under control, and the motivation to complete a task that would serve the community. The pumpkins, donated by Lull Farm and Amherst Garden Center, were painted, organized and packaged by the Ethics Forum, a student group dedicated to making a local, national or global change.

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. The anticipation in senior hallways and senior classes had been building over the last few months, and finally reached a bursting point in the last week of their high school careers. All of the checkpoints had been completed: senior project, AP testing and finals.

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. The Ethics Forum is composed of about 20 upperclassmen who meet twice a week to discuss, organize and plan fundraisers and events to raise money for a cause of their choice.

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. Described by students as “chill” and “a lot of fun,” this unique fundraiser has been a staple of the senior class for at least 13 years, according to World Studies teacher Dick Miller. The day consists of faculty, juniors, sophomores or freshmen “renting,” or using the services of, a senior for one day.

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. Bedford and Con-Val joined in the excitement while bringing their own unique styles to Souhegan’s gym. The event was competitive, but also an incredible amount of fun. Senior Micayla Gilligan, who attended the event, enthusiastically said the competition was “so good.” Stephanie O’Rourke, another senior attendee, added that although she enjoyed all the styles, she particularly thought “Con-Val was very interesting.” Senior Chandler Wallisch enjoyed the audience size, adding, “I’m glad a large crowd came to support the dance team.

Police: Arrests close in mailbox vandalism cases

Local

Wednesday September 1, 2010

MONT VERNON – Police are closing in this week on at least one and possibly more suspects in connection with the recent spree of mailbox vandalism in the northeast part of town, Police Chief Kyle Aspinwall said. Roughly 25 mailboxes along Kendall Hill and Gavin roads and Tater Street sustained varying degrees of damage in the spree, which Aspinwall said began about 12:30 a.m. Friday .

Local

Monday August 16, 2010

Gribble may argue he was insane

Local

Wednesday July 21, 2010

NASHUA – One of the five men charged in connection with the killing of a Mont Vernon mother and the attack on her daughter may argue he was insane at the time of the alleged murder. Christopher Gribble’s attorneys filed a motion at Hillsborough County Superior Court on Monday reserving the right to argue that Gribble’s actions Oct. 4 were “a product of a mental disease of defect.” The motion also states that the defense team may argue that the state cannot prove that Gribble “acted with the mental states as alleged in the indictments.” Gribble is accused of breaking into 4 Trow Road during the early morning hours of Oct.

Algae-ridden Jew Pond in Mont Vernon has a history

Local

Tuesday July 20, 2010

MONT VERNON – The news that a small pond in Mont Vernon was closed last week due to an algae bloom drew attention, but not just for environmental reasons. Another attention- getter was the water body’s name: Jew Pond. That name, says Mont Vernon Historical Society President Keith Pomeroy, dates to World War I, when the quarter-acre pond was made by owners or operators of the nearby Grand Hotel during the town’s heydey as a summer vacation spot for people from Boston, New York and beyond.

Mont Vernon Main Street store sale yields no buyers

Local

Friday June 25, 2010

MONT VERNON – Although a number of people called to inquire about it, no one showed up at Thursday’s auction of the Mont Vernon General Store Building and adjoining house, except a few interested neighbors. The Monadnock Community Bank of Peterborough purchased the two properties for $150,000. Auctioneer Steve Bonnette said he had received “a half a dozen calls earlier in the day” and expected at least a few people to show up. Wayne Gordon, representing the bank, said the buildings would be cleaned out and offered for sale. Right now the interior of the store is as it was left with empty shelving. The store closed permanently at the first of the year, after town boards denied a variance for store operators Julie Whitcomb and Matt Gelbwaks to build a new store and deli at the corner of Francestown Turnpike and Route 13. There has been a general store on the Main Street site since the mid 1800s. Whitcomb was one of those who came to watch and said she and her husband had no interest in owning property, but she “might like to manage a store again.”