THE WARM WEATHER may be bad news for skiers. But it's not so bad for golfers. Concord's Beaver Meadow Golf Course will open its driving range today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. "due to the early spring weather," the city's Parks and Recreation…
February 22, 2012
The House Education Committee quickly and quietly voted to recommend dismissing a bill that would mandate Bible studies courses in public schools. The committee voted 17-0 yesterday to put the bill on the consent calendar as inexpedient…
February 22, 2012
Bow
Ever sat through a discussion at town meeting, a presentation about a potential project, and wondered exactly how it would look in the landscape? Bow residents won't have to wonder…
February 21, 2012
Missouri
Too often it is after the fact that teachers discover their students are worrying less about math and reading and more about where the next meal comes from. So Doug White, principal of Garfield Elementary School in inner-city Kansas City,…
February 19, 2012
Pittsfield
Change is coming to Pittsfield. Really, say school officials, change is here already. The Pittsfield School District announced this week it is the recipient of a $2 million, three-year grant from the Nellie Mae Educational Foundation to…
February 18, 2012
Concord
City officials had their first chance to comment on a consultant's report of possible future lives for Concord's old elementary schools, and they had one thing on their minds: trying to please East Concord. Residents near Eastman School…
February 18, 2012
Bow's school budget, expected to result in a tax increase, will be presented to voters along with a new teachers contract at a public hearing Monday. Duane Ford, the district's business administrator, said the proposed budget is…
February 11, 2012
Legislators kept their personal opinions about evolution under wraps yesterday, pointing instead to state statutes promising local control to dismiss unanimously two bills on the matter. The first bill, sponsored by Rep. Gary Hopper of…
February 17, 2012
State House
The House Education Committee dismissed two bills this morning that would have dictated classroom lectures on evolution, saying the legislation stepped too far over the bounds of local control. The first bill, sponsored by Rep. Gary Hopper…
February 16, 2012
Concord
Concord High School lifted restrictions it imposed earlier this week on students after identifying a person involved in setting trash can fires at the school, the school's principal said yesterday. Principal Gene Connolly said he lifted…
February 16, 2012