Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits: The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet – A Living History Presentation

The Amherst Town Library presents, “Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits: The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet,” on Tuesday, March 15th at 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Library. Professional actor Richard Clark, who appeared at the Amherst Town Library before as Mark Twain, returns (by popular demand) in this living history presentation that brings Shakespeare to [...]

Celebrating March… The Equinox: Expectations and Equilibrium

As part of the Amherst Town Library’s March adult series called Time Travel: Back to the Future, Nancy Baker presents, “Celebrating March…The Equinox: Expectations and Equilibrium” on Wednesday, March 16th at 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in the Johnson Meeting Room.  March is the month of expectation, when there is as much light as darkness and [...]

The 2012 Fraud: Misreading the Maya and their Calendars

March begins a new series for adults at the Amherst Town Library entitled Time Travel: Back to the Future.   In the first program of the month, R.P. Hale presents “The 2012 Fraud: Misreading the Maya and their Calendars” on Tuesday, March 8th at 7:00 p.m.  How many Ends of the World have you lived in [...]

Souhegan student found with loaded gun

A female student from Souhegan High School was safely removed from the building without incident after officials were told she had a loaded gun with her. According to WMUR, “the girl confided in another student that she was having some problems and that she brought a handgun to school.”
Principal Jon Ingram said the classmate spoke [...]

Lawyers Across the State Recognized For Taking Free Cases for the Poor

Eleven attorneys from across the state were honored on Feb. 4 for their outstanding contributions of time and talent to assisting low-income individuals in New Hampshire by providing free legal assistance through the New Hampshire Pro Bono Referral Program.
The volunteers were recognized at the NHBA’s Honors & Awards luncheon at the 2011 Midyear Meeting on [...]

New Hampshire’s young leaders to be honored

The New Hampshire Union Leader and the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire will honor 40 emerging leaders at a reception to be held March 8 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Center of New Hampshire, Manchester. The young men and women were elected to the Union Leader’s 10th “40 Under Forty” class, [...]

New Superintendent of Schools announced

Chair of the SAU #39 School Board, Christine Janson, is very pleased to announce the selection of its new Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Peter Warburton. After an exhaustive search process resulting in final interviews of the three candidates on Saturday February 12, the SAU #39 School Board voted unanimously to elect Mr. Warburton.
In a press [...]

Dispatch supervisor arrested for hosting drinking party

The communications supervisor at the Amherst Public Safety Communications Center, Shawn Brewer, was arrested on Saturday at his home in Milford charged with hosting an underage drinking party. According to the Milford Police arrest logs, Brewer was released on personal recognizance bail pending a March 9th arraignment to be held at Milford District Court.
Brewer’s son, [...]

Mont Vernon Historical Society Presents Portrait to House Speaker

The Mont Vernon Historical Society today presented a portrait to House Speaker William O’Brien (R-Mont Vernon) a photo, on loan, of the illustrious Purgatory Falls shot by Mont Vernon photographer Arthur Rounds.
Purgatory Falls is a rocky gorge on the boundary of Mont Vernon and Lyndeborough. It is a deep ravine more than a half a [...]

Mont Vernon candidates for public office

Similar to Amherst, Mont Vernon has a number of seats to fill at the March elections with most candidates running unchallenged. In fact, the 1-year seat as Director of Public Welfare has no candidate according to the Amherst Citizen.
Running for a 3-year term as Selectman is John Esposito and running for the 1-year Selectman seat [...]

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