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By RAY DUCKLER

You might have seen some of Stacy Duffy’s Girl Scouts standing in front of grocery and convenience stores in recent days, selling those yummy cookies like Do-Si-Dos, Tagalongs and Samoas.She runs Troop 10162, and her lineup of girls has fanned out as...

By RAY DUCKLER

He walked into the local convenience store loaded with the protective gear that he uses to defend himself and the residents of Pittsfield.He wore a bulletproof vest and carried a taser, two magazine cartridges, a service pistol, pepper spray and a...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

As Pittsfield athletic director Jay Darrah looked around the gymnasium on a somber Monday night, he felt a sense of comfort. Friends and family had gathered together to remember Gabe Anthony, a 2017 Pittsfield High graduate who died in December. The...

Boys’ BasketballPembroke 77, Kennett 45Key players: Pembroke – Joe Fitzgerald (35 points), Evan Berkeley (12 points), Devin Riel (7 points), Andrew Fitzgerald (7 points)Highlights:  Fitzgerald needed 34 points entering Friday night’s home game to...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

The same three factors cited by local school districts for driving up budgets – increased insurance costs, investment in special education and raises for workers – are behind the same trend in Pittsfield.At the annual school district deliberative...

By RAY DUCKLER

The deliberative session of the Pittsfield Town Meeting last Saturday attracted less than two dozen residents, who flew through 30 articles in an estimated 30 minutes.“We knocked them right out of the park,” Pittsfield Select Board Chairman Carl...

By RAY DUCKLER

Select Board Chairman Carl Anderson knows the word “taxes” might cause an uneasy feeling Saturday at the deliberative session of the annual Pittsfield Town Meeting.He also knows that taxes are unavoidable, a way to better serve towns throughout the...

Boys’ BasketballFranklin 53, Pittsfield 35Key players: Franklin – Zeke McCoy (17 points)Highlights:  McCoy now sits just four points shy of 1,000 for his career, scoring 17 against the Panthers and getting the Tornadoes back into the win column after...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Ryan Ashley of Gilmanton – accused of shooting two people outside a Citizens Bank in Pittsfield this weekend – was held without bail after an outburst in court on Monday.State Police say Ashley shot two people, Jesse Bartlett and Phillip Mullen, in...

By RAY DUCKLER

Kevin Steed was inside Citizens Bank in downtown Pittsfield just before it closed at noon on Saturday when one of the other customers grew upset about a transaction, shouted obscenities and stormed out.Minutes later, Steed and everyone else in the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Gabe Anthony’s senior basketball season ended in heartbreak.Pittsfield had finished the 2016-17 regular season 16-2 but lost its first-round playoff game to Portsmouth Christian in a major upset. Anthony had desperately wanted to end his high school...

A 24-year-old Pittsfield man was killed in an accident on Interstate 93 Friday night involving an impaired driver from Franklin, police said.Gabriel Anthony was pronounced dead at the scene of the two-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of the...

By RAY DUCKLER

In what was labeled a precautionary move, the town of Pittsfield has issued a ‘boil water order’ after officials discovered a loss of water pressure on Monday, which could result in the formation of E. coli bacteria in the Pittsfield water...

Boys’ BasketballGilford 62, Winnisquam 28Key players: Gilford – Henry Sleeper (16 points), Cooper Perkins (15 points), Brendan Baldi (11 points); Winnisquam – Chris Biancardi (8 points), Frank McComiskey (7 points), Caleb Robdau (6 points)Highlights:...

Boys’ BasketballConcord Christian 50, Mascenic 38Key players: Concord Christian – Logan Duffy (11 points), TJ Charbono (10 points), Isaac Bowers (8 points); Mascenic – Lucas Leroux (18 points)Highlights: The Kingsmen led 24-22 at halftime, but Duffy...

By DAN ATTORRI

“Whenever there’s opportunity, there’s excitement.” Those are the words of Greg Farland, the new head coach of the Concord Christian Academy boys’ basketball team. And there are certainly a lot of opportunities for the Kingsmen players who rode the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI

As Pembroke girls’ soccer head coach Jess Kaufman-Desrochers prepares to kick off her 14th season leading the Spartans, a common theme sticks out in how she wants her team to approach the next few months: gradual improvement.That seems to be the motto...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI

Since Bow High School opened in 1997, the Falcons have only ever had one boys’ soccer coach: George Pinkham. That will change in 2023.After amassing a 347-110-18 record with four championships and 10 championship appearances over 26 seasons, Pinkham...

By RAY DUCKLER

As is the case each year, people in charge of Pittsfield’s largest annual fundraiser are at the mercy of Mother Nature, meaning online weather charts and WMUR’s nightly forecast take on added importance this time of year.Early reports say the sun will...

By RAY DUCKLER

Connie Fellows appreciates the offers to help.Her nonprofit – giving homemade Easter baskets to children – has grown over the past nine years, to the point where an ordinary individual might welcome help packing all those baskets, containing...

ALLENSTOWNElderly database■Just In Case Program - Safety Net for Elderly and Vulnerable Community Members. The Just In Case Program is a comprehensive town-wide registry of elderly vulnerable community members of dementia, autism, and more. The...