Hillsborough Teen Indicted HCS Principal Karen Raymond at the End Accused of Trying to Steal Two NH State Police Cruisers of the School Year
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“Your Local Weekly Since 1869 A Tradition Worth Keeping” THE MessengerFree Our 150th Year Issue 7 February 15, 2019 MJ Harrington honored The Newport Area Chamber of Com- merce recently honored MJ Harrington as its 2019 Distinguished Business of the Year. New Henniker Principal Matthew Colby has been named Peterborough Firefighters battled a fire at a vacant home being renovated on Carley Road early Monday. The fire principal at the Hen- started sometime before 5 a.m. and was knocked down just after 6 a.m. No injuries have been reported. niker Community School effective July 1, 2019, following the retirement of Hillsborough teen indicted HCS Principal Karen Raymond at the end Accused of trying to steal two NH State Police cruisers of the school year. A grand jury has indicted Alan Clark, 19, of and officers pulled Clark from the cruiser. Clark Mr. Colby came to the Henniker School Hillsborough for attempting to steal two NH was placed in the back seat of a cruiser from from John Stark Regional High School in State Police cruisers in Canterbury last fall. which he again tried to escape through a small 2015, where he had been a social studies State Police arrested Clark the day after he opening between the front and back seats of the teacher since 2002. While at John Stark caused a nearly head-on collision in Canterbury. cruiser and had his foot on the accelerator by he held positions in addition to teaching, Clark walked away from a trooper who tried the time anyone realized what was happening. including as substitute assistant principal, to question him then ran to an idling cruiser, Clark was ultimately re-handcuffed, shackled summer school director, Title 1 summer got in and revved the engine. The trooper and swiftly taken to the Merrimack County Jail coordinator, and curriculum coordinator. struggled with Clark before getting an elbow in Boscawen. He was also recently indicted on Antrim's Top Chilimaker on the cruiser’s microphone button to call for an unrelated charge of possession of a narcotic More than 100 people attended help. Troopers, Canterbury Police and the drug believed to be methamphetamine, which the Chili Cookoff at Merrimack County Sheriff’s Office responded authorities say he had in his possession. Antrim's Tuttle Li- bray on Saturday to taste the 11 entries. Hopkinton couple donates large conservation easement The winner was Donald and Susan Ware of Hopkinton pur- The land includes an oak-white pine forest, in- Mark Murdough chased 77 acres in town and donated a conserva- cluding 65 acres of a wildlife habitat. The Wares, (Entry #3). tion easement to the Society For The Protection have a history of conservation efforts and the The of New Hampshire Forests. The parcel contains Forest Society has been working with the Wares Postal Customer Postal US Postage PRSRT STD PRSRT Hillsboro, NH Hillsboro, PAID Permit #25 Permit about 80% forestland, which was harvested for more than a decade on conservation projects. ECRWSS Visit us online at about five years ago. In 2007, the couple donated an easement on granitequill.com The remaining 20% is wetlands, including their 120 acres of land in Hopkinton to the Forest a unique water feature known as a kettle bog, Society. They did it again in 2009, purchasing which is a shallow, sediment-filled body of water. and then donating another 50.5 acres. PAGE 2 | THE MESSENGER | FEBRUARY 15, 2019 | WWW.GRANITEQUILL.COM Local history as Spread a little love Yesteryear reported in The Messenger around this February 16, 2018 LRGHealthcare program closures Valentine's Deering may change Fire Department hiring process Goffstown embezzler gets 2-5 year sentence Day John Stark Board proposes $229,795 budget reduction February 24, 2017 It's Chief vs. former Chief in Loudon Juvenile charged with gun threat at John Stark Tilton man injured when thrown from his snowmobile Warner man convicted of multiple sexual assaults February 19, 2016 H-D Elementary Principal resigns Goffstown woman guilty of forging checks over $1 million PETA withdraws protest of Newport's "Greased Pig On Ice" New Town Clerk I Tax Collector in New London Davis & Towle Group, Inc. 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Route 77 Motors February 24, 2012 4 Hall Avenue, Henniker 711 Concord Stage Rd. Woman wanders away from Pats Peak 428-3333 Weare 529-7700 Sunapee man killed in snowmobile accident Red Coat Services Bow Physical Therapy Warner Fall Foliage plans in limbo Realty • Homes • Travel & Spine Center Weare Selectmen discuss bridge replacements 603-464-4467 501 South St., Bow February 25, 2011 The Mutt Hut 224-5883 Newport names Paul Brown Interim Manager 86 Prospect St. Henniker Crushed Stone New London seeks to adopt 18 month budget Cleveland rocks with H-D music again Henniker 428-7290 44 Bradford Rd., Henniker Union rejects Monadnock Paper Mill contract Premier Dental Care 428-7756 February 19, 2010 Dr. Charles R. Puleo, DMD Franklin Savings Bank Peter Christian's closing shocks New London 64 Myrtle St., Hillsboro 387 Central St. Thirteen arrested in major Weare drug bust 464-5580 933 Central St., Franklin Andover business woman recognized Sunapee Assisted Living Sea Glass Yoga & Wellness Two Greenfield fires in two days 1250 Rte. 11, Sunapee 803 Flanders Rd., Henniker February 17, 2009 763-0566 617-320-3394 New Hampshire VFW honors Hopkinton 8th grader Coming up: St. Patrick's Day Chocolate lovers are gathering in New London TO INCLUDE yoUR BUSINESS CALL 464-3388 Bennington school makes improvements Sunapee Library "out of space" www.GRANIteQUILL.COM | FEBruARY 15, 2019 | The MessenGer | PAGE 3 DECA Recognizes Hillsboro-Deering DECA’s Gold Level School Store The School-Based Enterprise (SBE) have used them as a powerful learning lab levels: Bronze, Silver or Gold. In order at Hillsboro-Deering High School – The for more than five decades. to apply for the certification, SBEs must Hillcat Corner was among 483 school- DECA’s School-based Enterprise (SBE) submit extensive documentation that based enterprises in the United States Certification Program was developed demonstrates their adherence to various achieving Gold Level Certification or Gold to provide recognition for outstanding marketing and retail standards. After the Level Re-certification this year and will be achievement by school-based enterprises documentation is submitted, a review recognized at DECA’s International Career and to motivate SBEs to strive for excel- committee evaluates the documentation to Development Conference in Orlando, lence and growth. determine which level of certification has Florida. The students who worked on the School stores can be certified at three been achieved. certification were Zoe Galatas, Joshua Mar- shall, Emma Breed, and Miranda Feighery, with the assistance of their advisor Marc Payeur. The school-based enterprise at Hillsboro-Deering High School has oper- ated for 30 years and is to be commended for this achievement. School-based enterprises are effective educational tools in helping to prepare students for the transition from school to work or college. For many students, they provide the first work experience; for others, they provide an opportunity to build manage- ment, supervision and leadership skills. The Hillcat Corner managers: (L-R) Miranda Feighery, Joshua Marshall, Emma Breed, and Zoe Galatas. While some in the education community have only recently discovered the value of school-based enterprises, business and Ice jam may cause flooding in Goffstown & New Boston marketing educators, and DECA advisors The towns of New Boston and Goff- location and rate of growth of this year’s stown are again facing the possibility of jam makes it far more dangerous than the ConVal drops charges against severe flooding later this spring thanks to one last winter. “This thing has doubled a fast-growing ice jam in the Piscataquog in size in the last week,” said MacDonald Timothy Baylies of Hillsborough River that’s already three quarters of a of the jam. “There’s no sign of it being The theft charge against Timothy mile in length. able to break free. As we got that rain and Baylies, 37, of Hillsborough, a former Formed by the accumulation of float- temperatures warmed up, things melted. ConVal School District employee, has ing ice chunks that slow or fully obstruct This could become a longterm problem been dropped. He was accused of stealing a waterway, early winter ice jams like the through the winter.” In contrast to the between $1,000 and $1,500 in laptops and one in New Boston are fueled by tempera- 2018 ice jam that was located closer to other computer-related items from the dis- ture changes that drive erratic freeze- the center of New Boston, this year’s jam trict during the 2015-16 school year.