Concord Monitor back issues from August 2008:
Andover Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE ANDOVER OLD TIME FAIR and the Andover Historical Society willhold a family day Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Potter PlaceRailroad ...
Belmont Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... RED CROSS COURSES: The Granite chapter of the American Red Crosswill offer an "Infant and ...
Beautiful work
Aug 01, 2008 ... I want to thank the following volunteers who helped theGroundwork Concord Green Team plant more than 100 shrubs and flowersat the Keach Park entrance this week: Candace White Bouchard, MaryReynolds, Suzanne Smith Meyer, Pam and Garret Ean, Barbara Barrett,Frank Rosano, Myril Cox and ...
Bow Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... SHANNON FOURNIER, daughter of Serge Fournier, will attend theUniversity of New Hampshire in Durham, where she will major inbusiness. Fournier is a member of the Bow High School Class of 2008. MARY ELIZABETH SOKOLOWSKI, daughter of Roger and Melody Royer,will attend Providence ...
Canterbury Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... PAINTING THE VILLAGE: As part of the annual Mother Ann Daycelebration, plein air artists from throughout the region will painton location at Canterbury Shaker Village Sunday from 10 ...
Concord Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCH will hold an indoor yard saleSaturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in its activity center,180 Loudon Road. HARRIS HILL CENTER, 20 Maitland St., will hold a free "Secrets ofthe Medicaid Application Process" seminar Tuesday from 6 to 7 p.m.For ...
Epsom Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE TOWN BAND will perform today at 7:30 p.m. at Webster Park.For more information, call Penny Graham at 736-9044. 'BASIC USE OF COMPUTERS': ...
gilford Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... ASHLEY YOUNG, earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from SalveRegina University in Newport, ...
Gilmanton Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE GILMANTON YEAR-ROUND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION will hold ...
Great gardens
Aug 01, 2008 ... Thank you to all who attended the Bow Garden Club's "Bow inBloom" garden tour on July 19. Attendees were treated to tours offive private gardens, plus the community gardens at Rotary Park. The proceeds from the tour will go toward the cost of maintainingour civic beautification ...
Henniker Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... SARAH POCIASK, earned a bachelor's degree in psychology andFrench from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. OLD HOME DAYS will be held today and tomorrow. The weekend willinclude music, a parade, family games, an art show and a craft fair.For more information or a complete ...
Hole in one
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Henniker Food Pantry has, once again, benefited from theproceeds of the annual Henniker Food Pantry Golf Tournament. Jay Burbee and his committee came up with some very clever ideasagain this year, and they were a big hit among the participants. Even the weather was ...
Honor roll
Aug 01, 2008 ... The following students were named to the honor roll for thefourth quarter at Pittsfield Middle High School: Grade 12 high honors: Shailer Kern-Carruth, Andrea Little, NguyetNguyen and Stephanie Smith Grade 12 honors: Nicholas Clark, Megan Colby, Ryan Hetu, ErinNorton, Kristen ...
Hopkinton Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... MAX LANOCHA, son of Karl and Julie Lanocha, will attend McGillUniversity in Montreal, Canada. Lanocha is a member of the HopkintonHigh School Class of 2008. ELIZABETH BROWN, daughter of Billy and Nancy Brown, will attendLynchburg College in Lynchburg, Va., where she will major ...
Household hazardous waste collection
Aug 01, 2008 ... On Saturday, residents of Alexandria, Belmont, Bridgewater,Bristol, Center Harbor, Effingham, Franklin, Freedom, Gilford,Gilmanton, Hebron, Hill, Holderness, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonboro,New Hampton, Northfield, Ossipee, Sanbornton, Sandwich, Tamworth andTilton may bring their ...
Laconia Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER, a self-supporting department ofLakes Region General Hospital, received a $5,000 grant from theBelle Peabody ...
Meredith Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... Household hazardous waste collection: HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE WILL BE ACCEPTED ...
Moultonboro Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE MOULTONBORO HISTORICAL SOCIETY will celebrate its 50thanniversary Saturday by opening all its ...
New Hampton Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... A RETIREMENT PARTY for New Hampshire Fire Department Chief DavidClement will be held Sunday from 2 to ...
northfield Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... CHANTEL LAFOND, earned a bachelor's degree in ...
northwood Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... JESSYE WOJTUSIK, earned a bachelor's degree in animal sciencefrom Cornell University in Ithaca, ...
Pembroke Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... HEATHER HILL, daughter of Richard Hill and Denise Belcher, willattend Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y., whereshe will major in professional and technical public relations. Hillis a member of the Pembroke Academy Class of 2008. BENJAMIN ...
Penacook Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... MOLLY FLORA, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Flora, will attendVirginia Tech, where ...
Pittsfield Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE ANNUAL BALLOON RALLY will be held Friday through Sunday. Thisyear's ...
plymouth Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... GRETCHEN HAHN, earned a bachelor's degree in social ...
Resounding success
Aug 01, 2008 ... Thanks to the generosity of local sponsors and attendees, theConcord Area La Leche League's inaugural "Mom's Summer SerenityEvening" was a resounding success! The event, held at Earth Made onPleasant Street in downtown Concord, raised more than $500 for ourgroup. The money will ...
sanbornton Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... IRENE GILB, earned a bachelor's degree in music ...
Danbury Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE DANBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY will open the Danbury North RoadSchoolhouse Museum Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. The ...
sutton Community News
Aug 01, 2008 ... IAN LOCKE, earned a bachelor's degree in computer ...
Canine socializing
Aug 01, 2008; ... Has your dog been spending too much time watching Animal Planetand not enough time chasing squirrels? Treat him to an evening offun, games and doggie networking next Thursday night from 6 to 8p.m. at the Waterville Valley Resort. Sponsored by the Waterville ...
What's the story?
Aug 01, 2008; ... You may have noticed the signs on the highway, telling you to"move over" for blue, red and amber lights, and informing you thatthe law starts Tuesday. If that description leaves you scratchingyour head, here's the full story. New Hampshire, along with dozens of other states, has a ...
Scott J. Roy ; Concord 2/22/77 - Chehalis, Wash. 7/19/08
Aug 01, 2008 ... CHEHALIS, Wash. - "Musician, Composer, Arranger, Engineer,Artist, Son, Brother, Uncle and Friend to so many." Scott, old soul and still searching, spent his adolescent yearsin the Concord-Bow area, then traveling to Olympia, Wash., andBoston, becoming an unmistakable part of the ...
A close call
Aug 01, 2008 ... On July 26, we were camping up north and decided to go swimmingin the river. Little did we know that the day before a 19-year-olddrowned in the same spot. As we were deciding if it was safe for the kids to go in, a localwoman told us about the drowning. She said that the river was ...
Join us
Aug 01, 2008 ... Support you local woman's club!The GFWC Concord ContemporaryClub is a nonprofit, social service organization of volunteer womenin Greater Concord. We are a member of the General Federation ofWoman's Clubs, which has been federated since 1895. We work atmonthly Red Cross blood drives, ...
Concord voters should reject tax cap gimmick
Aug 01, 2008 ... Proponents of a city tax cap in Concord sure did pick a good timefor their campaign. Gas and home-heating oil prices are up, foodprices are up, health care costs are up, and few of us are gettinggenerous raises at work these days. Even in good times, a bigincrease in our local property ...
Nice story
Aug 01, 2008 ... Thank you for the very nice article on Eugene and Anne Slusser("Hopkinton couple give $1 million to VNA," Monitor front page, July29). When people are generous to their communities, it is so nice toread about it. Some people prefer to remain anonymous, and ...
Speedway violates Loudon sign rules
Aug 01, 2008 ... In "Changes at track unnerve" (Sunday Monitor front page, July13) Bob Fiske discussed the signs outside the New Hampshire MotorSpeedway, stating: "The moving and flashing parts are totallyprohibited." Then Fiske is quoted as saying, "They're not inviolation of any town ordinance, in my ...
That's no solution
Aug 01, 2008 ... I read Bill Bunker's letter regarding offshore drilling("Foolish arguments against drilling," Monitor, July 22) withinterest. I fondly remember his train to Boston letter several weeksago, so I am confident that his hostile tone springs from sincerepassion rather than ...
Time for Dustons and Abenakis to make peace
Aug 01, 2008; ... It's summer in New Hampshire, time for the annual Duston-Abenakiwar - and now we have bobbleheads, to boot! One simply cannot look at a period in history through thecultural mores of today. The year was 1697. British colonists weretrying to settle into our lands, with our harsh ...
We're for Obama
Aug 01, 2008 ... Renowned American poet Walt Whitman in his 1871 essay "DemocraticVistas" stated, "I say we had best look our times and landssearchingly in the face, like a physician diagnosing some deepdisease." In that same paragraph he had much more to say thatapplies to the deep malaise felt today ...
Bay stepsinto big shoes
Aug 01, 2008; ... After playing for five years in the baseball netherworld known asPittsburgh, Jason Bay will now step into one of the most hallowedspots in the game: left field at Fenway Park, in the shadow of theGreen Monster and in the footsteps of players like Ted Williams,Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice ...
Lightning splits
Aug 01, 2008 ... The N.H. Lightning 16U softball team came back after a lossearlier in the day to shut out the Maryland Stars, 7-0, yesterday tofinish its first day in the ASA Eastern Nationals in York, Pa., witha 1-1 record in pool play. The Lightning suffered a 5-2 loss to thePennsylvania Crush in the ...
More waiting
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Granite State Little Blue will have to wait another day totry to clinch the championship of the Babe Ruth 16-year-old statetournament after last night's game in ...
Outburst for naught
Aug 01, 2008 ... A six-run second inning wasn't enough as the New Hampshire FisherCats fell to the Portland Sea Dogs, 13-6. Chris Guttierez hit a two-run single to highlight the frame,which saw New Hampshire climb out of a 5-0 hole and momentarily ...
Movie schedules
Aug 01, 2008 ... Listings are for today only. To confirm times, call theaters. Red River Theatres 11 Main St., Concord, 224-4600 Microcosmos (NR) 6 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (G) 5:30 Children of Huang Shi (R) 8 Roman de Gare (R) 7:45 Encounters at the ...
Presidential pick
Aug 01, 2008; ... Can't wait to know the winner of the presidential election?Demoralized because the fringe candidate of your choice didn't standa fighting chance? Curious to know if an alien could be electedleader of the United States? Meet The Political Machine 2008. From its packaging, you ...
Power plant would pollute the local air ; I wonder where the governor stands
Aug 01, 2008; ... Regarding the Sunday Monitor's July 20 editorial, "Laidlaw chosegood site for power plant": Once again this paper seems to ignore the facts. It is quiteclear that the Monitor has no idea of the amount of pollutionindustrial biomass incineration causes. As always, they ...
New Hampshire's first roller derby league begins its first season tomorrow. Plan for thrills and pain.
Aug 01, 2008; ... The pack of girls skates around the track quickly. As one girltries to pass another, the girl she's passing hits her hard with theside of her body, knocking her down to the polished concrete. Shegets up and keeps skating. A few moments later, another girl roundsa curve and falls on her ...
Poor arguments against Henniker power plant
Aug 01, 2008 ... How many of those opposed to the Henniker power plant have woodor pellet stoves or fireplaces? How many of them smoke? Unless theyuse electricity or propane or oil heat as their only house heatingsystem, they are hypocrites claiming the power plant will destroythe environment. By ...
5 questions about the 2008 New Hampshire Truck Driving Chamionship
Aug 01, 2008; ... Rick Wickman, 52, of Epsom, sure knows how to side park. TheRoadway truck driver was named the best driver in New Hampshireafter earning the top score at the 2008 New Hampshire Truck DrivingChampionship. Wickman, who's been driving for 28 years, also won the twinscompetition ...
Police make arrest in credit card fraud
Aug 01, 2008; ... After asking for help identifying suspects in several cases ofcredit card fraud, the police have arrested Raymond Gentzel, 26, ofBoscawen on charges of forgery and identity fraud. Gentzel was released on $5,000 personal recognizance bail and isdue to be arraigned Aug. 19 at 8:30 ...
Addison 'nervous' during questioning ; Partial transcript excludes confession
Aug 01, 2008; ... Concord Within minutes of sitting down with detectives sent to questionhim about the shooting of a Manchester police officer, MichaelAddison said he was nervous and thanked them for letting him smoke acigarette to calm himself down, according to a partial transcript ofthe ...
'Village Whittler' dies at age 81 ; He sharpened tools for friends, neighbors
Aug 01, 2008; ... If friends couldn't find Wally Whitford at his Danbury carvingworkshop, they knew he was up at the Grafton Country Store, where hewent twice a day, every day, to drink coffee and tell stories withfriends. Whitford, known as "The Village Whittler," died at his Danburyhome Sunday ...
Brown ally sentenced to 20 years ; Cooperative 2nd man to serve 30 months
Aug 01, 2008; ... Two men in the inner circle during Ed and Elaine Brown's extendedstandoff with federal agents were sentenced to federal prison termsyesterday. One, who disputed his culpability to the end, wassentenced to 20 years. The second, who admitted his guilt andcooperated with prosecutors, was ...
Years of timber harvests laid to waste by tornado
Aug 01, 2008; ... Harry Tudor's family bought property in South Barnstead in 1938.For decades he has managed it for timber harvests. Last week'stornado passed through his property, leveling about 30 of his 100acres of trees. "All in just a few minutes," Tudor said. "Mother Nature ....
Stepmother arraigned, stays in jail ; Father of beaten girl faces one charge
Aug 01, 2008; ... The Webster woman accused of brutally beating her 8-year-oldstepdaughter then fleeing to Florida did not request bail at herarraignment yesterday. Cara LeBlanc, 29, was charged with a total of six felony countsof assault, criminal restraint and witness tampering. She was ...
In a force play, Manny stopped being Manny ; The Sox finally made their star happy - by trading him away
Aug 01, 2008; ... For the better part of eight years, he found a way to end everyepisode endearingly. By hug, by humor or just by hitting, MannyRamirez always managed to escape his indiscretions unscathed,leaving him loathed by some but still loved by many more. He wasquirky, he was complicated, but he ...
Need help cleaning up a woodlot? These resources can help:
Aug 01, 2008 ... Nhwoods.org - The University of New Hampshire CooperativeExtension's website includes safety recommendations, information onhow long downed trees should last and a list of meetings in ...
Sports roundup
Aug 01, 2008 ... Softball results In Jimmy Fund round-robin action, the Merrimack Valley minorleague all-star team finished undefeated (7-0) after defeating theLaconia all-stars, 17-5. Lindsey Yetton and Mayson Kimball combinedfor 10 strikeouts in the circle. Kimball also paced the ...
Andover Community News
Aug 02, 2008 ... THE ANDOVER OLD TIME FAIR and the Andover Historical Society willhold a family day tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Potter PlaceRailroad ...
Belmont Community News
Aug 02, 2008 ... RED CROSS COURSES: The Granite chapter of the American Red Crosswill offer the following classes at the Belknap Mall: - "Adult CPR with AED," Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m. - "Adult/Infant/Child CPR/AED with First Aid for the Workplace,"Aug. 9 from 9 to 5:30 p.m.; and Aug. 23 ...
Boscawen Community News
Aug 02, 2008 ... SENIOR HEALTH CLINIC: The Concord Regional Visiting NurseAssociation will offer a senior health clinic ...
Bradford Community News
Aug 02, 2008 ... QUILT RAFFLE: Tickets are available for the Mountain View SeniorCenter quilt. The cost is $1 per ...
Canterbury Community News
Aug 02, 2008 ... PAINTING THE VILLAGE: As part of the annual Mother Ann Daycelebration, plein air artists from throughout the region will painton location at Canterbury Shaker Village tomorrow from ...
Concord Community News
Aug 02, 2008 ... IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCH will hold an indoor yard saletoday and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in its activity center, 180Loudon Road. THE SCHOOL BOARD will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday at7 p.m. at 16 Rumford St. The capital facilities committee will meetat 5:30 ...