Concord Monitor back issues from June 2007:
Name: Alexa Fay
Jun 01, 2007 ... Age: 17 School/Town: Bow High School Job: American Eagle Outfitters Three words that describe me: Indescribably indescribable. Sorry. Hobbies: Sleeping, writing, making mixtapes, listening to music,photography, reading . . . Hangouts: Starbucks, Borders, ...
Name: Colleen Yeaton
Jun 01, 2007 ... Age: 17 School: Concord High School Job: Regal Cinemas Floor Staff Three words that describe me: Entertaining, artist, bunny Hobbies: Drawing and painting, making tiny cartoons, watchingloads of movies, reading comic books, using the computer, sleeping,watching ...
Name: Isaac "The Destroyer" Harris
Jun 01, 2007 ... Age: 23 School/Town: Chichester Job (if applicable): Waiter Three words that describe me: A sarcastic, snappy dresser. Hobbies: Finding obscure music, creating obscure music andneedlepoint. Hangouts: Green Martini, any place that has good live music and ...
Name: Jessica Lulka
Jun 01, 2007 ... Age: 14 School: Bow High School Three words that describe me: Random, bookworm, listener Hobbies: Fencing, writing, and photography Hangouts: Friends' houses TV is: Either way. Some shows are fun to watch, but others arejust weird or ...
Name: Stephanie Anne O'Connell
Jun 01, 2007 ... Age: 16 (Sophomore) School: St. Paul's School, and when I am not at school I live inKansas City, MO. Three words that describe me: Ambitious, compassionate andrealistic Hobbies: going to the movies, singing in the shower, playing SNOODon my computer, sailing, ...
Name: Becca Belobrow
Jun 01, 2007 ... Age: 17 School/Town: Concord High School / The Tiny Capital Called Concord Job (if applicable): Restaurant hostess in the hot days of summer Three words that describe me: Crazy, crazy, creative Hobbies: Running through places, dancing in fountains, drivingaround ...
Northwood Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... A CRAFT SHOW, "Beginning of Time" will be held tomorrow from ...
Pembroke Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... ERIC GIRARD, son of Ed and Barbara Girard, earned a degree insports management from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Hehas been accepted to the University of Connecticut, where he willwork toward a master's degree. Girard is a 2002 graduate of PembrokeAcademy. OPEN ...
Laconia Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... STEPHANIE TIBBETTS recently participated in the 2007 NationalsMiss Teen Manchester Pageant in Keene, where she was crowned thewinner and will now travel to Florida in December to competenationally. Tibbetts ...
Northfield Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... HENRY REA, son of David and Marilynn Rea, will attend TuftsUniversity in Medford, Mass., where he will major in internationalrelations. Rea is valedictorian of the class of 2007 at WinnisquamRegional ...
Movie Reviews
Jun 01, 2007 ... 28 weeks later (R) - Six months after the events of 28 Days Later,England is attempting to recover from the rage virus epidemic when afamily returning to the country unwittingly harbors the virus, readyfor another outbreak. With Robert Carlyle, Harold Perrineau andCatherine McCormack ....
Belmont Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... JESSICA KRUGER, daughter of Stacy Kruger and Jeffrey Kruger, willattend Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, where she willmajor in interior design. Kruger is a member of the class of 2007 atBelmont High School. ANTIQUE APPRAISAL FAIR: The ...
Tilton Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... A PLANT SALE will be held tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 452School St. Perennials, books, containers, tools and house plants ...
Warner Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... THE PILLSBURY FREE LIBRARY was recently named Library of ...
Wolfeboro Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... HOME AND GARDEN TOUR: The VNA Hospice of Southern Carroll Countywill hold its 20th annual Home and Garden Tour July 11 from 10 ...
Weare Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... TOWN WIDE YARD SALE: The Weare Historical Society's 13th annualtown-wide yard sale will be held tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mapsshowing sale locations will go on sale at 8 a.m. for $1 at the StoneMemorial Building in Weare Center. THE WEARE GARDEN CLUB will offer a $250 ...
Wilmot Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... PLANTS NEEDED: Are you no longer in love with your bleedinghearts? Do you have a happy perennial that volunteers all over yourgarden? Plant donations are being accepted for the seventh annualWilmot Learning Place plant sale in September. If you are dividingplants this spring, set aside ...
Salisbury Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... THE FRANKLIN VNA AND HOSPICE will offer a senior blood pressureclinic Thursday from ...
Sanbornton Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... J. RUSSELL SPEARMAN of the Sanbornton Public Library was recentlynamed ...
Penacook Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... HAM AND BEAN SUPPER: The United Church of Penacook will hold a hamand bean supper tomorrow from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The cost is $7, $3.75for children ages 7 to 13. Children younger than 6 can eat for free.For more information, call 753-4072. PUBLIC SUPPER: The United Church of Penacook ...
Pittsfield Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... TOWN WIDE YARD SALE: The Greater Pittsfield Chamber of Commercewill sponsor its 10th annual town wide yard sale tomorrow from 8 a.m.to 3 p.m. The event will include more than 75 individual ...
Hooksett Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... MARKETPLACE FAIR: The Friends of the Hooksett Library will sponsoran indoor summer marketplace fair tomorrow ...
Hopkinton Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... ERIC WEAVER earned a degree from Lehigh University in Bethlehem,Pa. CAROLINE WHEELER earned a bachelor's degree in Spanish andpsychology from Providence College in Rhode Island. ZACHARY ZIMMERMAN earned a bachelor's degree in psychology fromProvidence College in Rhode ...
Dunbarton Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... RYAN METZGER earned a degree with highest ...
Franklin Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... THE FRANKLIN VNA AND HOSPICE will hold a senior blood pressureclinic today from 11 a.m. to noon at Dan's ...
Canterbury Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... BRUCE ADAMS, son of Milly Whelan, Kevin Whelan, Bruce Adams andJackie Adams, will attend New ...
Thunder breaks out
Jun 01, 2007 ... The Trenton Thunder broke open a close game with seven runs in theeighth and ninth innings, beating the Fisher Cats, 11-3, last nightinManchester. The Thunder (33-18) salvaged the final game of theseries from the Fisher Cats (27-22) after two walk-off wins for NewHampshire the past two ...
Donovan NBA-bound
Jun 01, 2007 ... Rich history wasn't enough to lure Billy Donovan away fromFlorida. In the end, it was just riches. Donovan will have plenty of them after he was hired to coach theOrlando Magic yesterday. The team confirmed the hiring last night andscheduled a news conference for this morning ....
ICE CREAM may be the quintessential summer treat, but it packs a wallop...
Jun 01, 2007 ... ICE CREAM may be the quintessential summer treat, but it packs awallop - and we're not talking calories. No. We mean the blinding,thumping, piercing pain that marks the dreaded ice cream headache. Aka "brain freeze," this sundae side effect afflicts those whogobble their ice cream ...
What does it do?
Jun 01, 2007 ... What does it do? The language of the civil unions bill says it will afford gay andlesbian couples all the "rights, responsibilities and obligations" asmarried couples. But many of the legal rights associated withmarriage come at the federal level, where legislation bars ...
Don't forget genealogy; David L. Crockett, Concord
Jun 01, 2007 ... Don't forget genealogy I have two suggestions regarding the proposed Concord cityhistory as outlined in the Monitor story on May 29: 1. A brief genealogy of local residents is often the only recordof who lived in a community and the most sought-after information ina local ...
Artist, photographer, author and inventor
Jun 01, 2007 ... Franklin R. Jones SOUTHBURY, Conn. - Franklin Reed Jones, 85, died Monday, May 7,2007, at home. Born May 18, 1921, in Needham, Mass., to Benjamin R. and SamanthaJ. (Spavold), Franklin became interested in art at an early age. After graduating from Watertown (Mass.) High ...
Board denies waste plant application; Offensive odors cited in decision on zoning
Jun 01, 2007; ... The Loudon zoning board has denied a company's applications forspecial exceptions to build a waste treatment plant because the sightmight emit offensive odors to abutting property owners. Representatives of Septic Disposal Solutions, who want to build aseptage processing plant ...
How committed are we to seniors?; State must help keep them in their homes
Jun 01, 2007; ... Two years ago, New Hampshire made a commitment to allow our needyseniors to stay in their own homes as long as they could. This wasbecause we believed that it was important to provide our elders theopportunity to choose where they wanted to live and maintain as muchdignity as possible ....
Movie schedules
Jun 01, 2007 ... Listings are for today only. To confirm show times, call movietheaters. Concord Entertainment 192 Loudon Road, 224-3600 Knocked Up (R) 12, 3:30, 7, 9:45 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (PG-13) 11:30, 12, 12:30,1, 3, 3:30, 4, 4:30, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, ...
Calendar of Events
Jun 01, 2007 ... today concerts Bruce Cockburn /Manchester / Palace Theatre / 8 p.m. / Fund-raiser to benefit children and families in need / $37.50 / 668-5588or visit palacetheatre.org "Buskers on the Bricks" Sidewalk Entertainment /Manchester / CityHall Plaza / Noon / Free / Michael ...
'Green' power bill: an assault on property rights; Just where will those energy plants be built?
Jun 01, 2007; ... On Tuesday, the House Science, Technology and Energy Committeevoted favorably on Senate Bill 140. This bill, sponsored byPortsmouth Sen. Martha Fuller Clark, is the not-so-public, andseparate, piece of the recently passed Renewable Energy Act, which issupposed to promote the development ...
Enjoyed taking flight in his ParaPlane
Jun 01, 2007 ... Raymond W. Hannaford MANCHESTER - Raymond W. Hannaford, 59, died unexpectedly Tuesday,May 29, 2007, at Elliot Hospital in Manchester. He was born Oct. 6, 1947, in Goffstown, the son of the Alice(Barry) Emery of Hooksett; her husband, Charles; and the late JohnHannaford. He ...
Ailing teacher hopes to find kidney donor; A diabetic, she needs pancreas transplant, too
Jun 01, 2007; ... Candace Harrison is in the prime of her life and has big plans.She has raised two kids, gone back to school and, after a mid-careerswitch, found a job she loves - teaching in the Dunbarton SchoolDistrict. At 40, she feels as if her career is just beginning, andshe hopes to start a ...
Bus driver for Easter Seals
Jun 01, 2007 ... Judith L. Cooper ALLENSTOWN - Judith L. Cooper, 43, of Whitten Street, diedTuesday, May 29, 2007, at home. She was born in Concord, the daughter of Elaine and Donald Nicholsand Richard and Joan Perkins. She was a graduate of Concord HighSchool, class of 1981. She received her ...
Restaurant smoking ban on its way; Governor next stop after House passage
Jun 01, 2007; ... By the fall, smoking will be banished from all of New Hampshire'sbars and restaurants. With an overwhelming vote of 224-117, the House approved arestaurant smoking ban yesterday. The Senate has already approved thebill, and Gov. John Lynch has said he will sign it. The only ...
Rumford seeks extension in bankruptcy;
Jun 01, 2007; ... Documents that will give a clearer picture of the finances ofshuttered Concord oil dealer Rumford Energy were not filed byyesterday's deadline with the U.S. bankruptcy court in Manchester.Attorneys for the company are asking for a 15-day extension whilethey wait for the return of seized ...
'Nickel and Dimed' it is
Jun 01, 2007 ... 'Nickel and Dimed' it is Late last year, for the third time running, a national surveyranked Concord as having the strongest economic climate of any smallmetropolitan area in the United States. That title didn't prevent thecity's crowded homeless shelters from turning people away ...
Charges dropped for 1 in marijuana growing
Jun 01, 2007 ... Federal authorities have dropped drug charges against one of 11people charged in December with running a multimillion-dollarmarijuana operation in upscale homes in Concord, Hopkinton,Canterbury and elsewhere. Bin Xuam Tran reclaimed his passport late last month after ...
Werner the best choice for Ward 5 council seat
Jun 01, 2007 ... Werner the best choice for Ward 5 council seat On Tuesday, Ward 5 voters will pick the candidate who will fillout the remainder of the late Marjorie Swope's term on the ConcordCity Council. Swope, the council's champion of conservation for thepast 11 years, died in April. The ...
Ignorant; Brian Carter, Bradford
Jun 01, 2007 ... Ignorant Imagine you are driving in Bradford and pass through anintersection. To your surprise, a police officer pulls you over andissues you a ticket for driving through a stop sign. You point outthat there is no stop sign there, but to no avail. You take yourappeal to the ...
Liked to relax by fishing and camping
Jun 01, 2007 ... David R. Gagne ALLENSTOWN - David R. Gagne, 66, of Cheryl Drive, died Wednesday,May 30, 2007, at Concord Hospital after a period of failing health. Born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on Aug. 10, 1940, Mr. Gagne was theson of Rene Gagne of Mount Marion, N.Y., and the late Barbara ...
In His image; Gary Rivest, Contoocook
Jun 01, 2007 ... In His image I hope to be hated just as Rev. Falwell is. We will be hated notfor ...
Buckle up; Brian L. Hoffman, Concord
Jun 01, 2007 ... Buckle up The argument that adults who fail to buckle their seat belts putonly themselves at risk is far from the truth. Besides the economic and social costs, costs borne largely bythose not involved in crashes, unrestrained motor vehicle occupantsoften injure other ...
Keep classes small; Ashley Deneau, Campton
Jun 01, 2007 ... Keep classes small As part of the counselor education program at Plymouth StateUniversity, I recently spent eight weeks working with middle schoolstudents. During this time I made a troubling observation about this agegroup: These adolescents had difficulty participating in ...
Why I believe; Janet Delfuoco-Goad, Northwood
Jun 01, 2007 ... Why I believe Regarding Mr. Barnsley's letter (Monitor, May 28), here is why Ibelieve: Because no church can convince me, no bible will convince me. Whatconvinces me is the fact my soul tells me to, and only my soul. Myheart never forgot where I came from and where I am going ...
Perplexed; Lori Quigley, Concord
Jun 01, 2007 ... Perplexed Regarding the waiting list (Monitor, May 27): I am saddened forthe families in need of assistance and quite perplexed! The young adults were known to a "system" that was created to aidthem. Why in the world are they being dropped like garbage? This isnot fair them ...
Appalled; Steve Hall, Warner
Jun 01, 2007 ... Appalled The person who started the eyesore issue should write a letter ofapology. Those letters have hurt a lot of people. I am appalled ...
Elect a humanitarian; Lynn Rudmin Chong, Sanbornton
Jun 01, 2007 ... Elect a humanitarian Our first-presidential-primary status has so far let me meet andquestion Tom Vilsack (withdrawn from candidacy), Mike Gravel, DennisKucinich, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd. My husband Rob and I met Hillary Clinton in a small group of eightNew ...
Waste of resources; Beverly Elam, Dallas
Jun 01, 2007 ... Waste of resources Re "Wife: He's not a predator" (Monitor, May 24): This is anational problem that needs to be addressed. There are thousands of mostly young men in this country in similarsituations. The sex offender registry is meant to offer protectionfrom dangerous ...
Back from Iraq, visiting New Hampshire
Jun 01, 2007 ... Senior Master Sgt. James Clark, who recently returned from adeployment in Iraq, will be back in New Hampshire this week visitingfamily. Clark, chief of construction management, has been in the militaryfor more than 22 years. He has been on four deployments in the ...
April 9, 1914, to May 31, 2007
Jun 01, 2007 ... Wilbert A. Richardson COLEBROOK - Wilbert A. "Whistlin' Bill" Richardson, 93, diedThursday, May 31, 2007, at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital. Mr. Richardson was born April 9, 1914, in Corinth, Maine, a son ofthe late Willard C. and Gladys E. (Armstrong) ...
Four break-ins target homes; Thieves take money and prescription drug
Jun 01, 2007; ... Burglars have hit Pembroke homes four times in the past two weeks,seizing cash and pills. But while the frequency is unusually high, itdoesn't necessarily mean the crimes are connected, the police saidyesterday. "We think some of them may be" related, said Pembroke Police ...
Bradford Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... -- Writing, tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. -- Bridge, Monday at 1 ...
Water bills may increase by half; Department says goal is to improve quality
Jun 01, 2007; ... Franklin's water department wants water cleaner than the brownstuff residents sometimes see come out of their taps. But to makethat happen, replace run-down vehicles and pay for the rest ofdepartment's budget next year, residents' water bills would increaseby about 50 ...
Concord Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... Ashley Campbell, daughter of Shari and Dennis Campbell, will attend Plymouth StateUniversity. Campbell is a member of the class of 2007 at Concord HighSchool. son of George Fitts III and Florence Fitts, will attend theUniversity of New Hampshire in Durham. Fitts is a member ...
BOW Community News
Jun 01, 2007 ... son of Dan and Cate De Vasto, has been accepted to Kansas StateUniversity in Manhattan, Kan., where ...
Seatbelt bill voted down by Senate; Some Democrats join the Republicans
Jun 01, 2007; ... New Hampshire will remain the only state that doesn't requiredrivers to buckle up, as the Senate yesterday rejected a billmandating seatbelts for nearly all drivers and their passengers. The proposal failed by a wide margin, 16-8, with all SenateRepublicans voting against it and ...
Candidates react to civil union law; Democrats embrace it; Republicans don't
Jun 01, 2007; ... New Hampshire received plaudits from the field of Democraticpresidential candidates yesterday, who commended the state forenacting civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. But reaction among their Republican counterparts was mixed, withsome condemning the measure and others ...
Police arrest three in motorcycle theft
Jun 01, 2007 ... The Bow police arrested one teenager and two men accused ofstealing three motorcycles from a business. The burglary occurred May 25 when the motorcycles were stolen froma business on Route 3A. Later that day, the police arrested andcharged with burglary Thomas Pillsbury, 17, of ...