Scott Hayward watched as one of his students, Brendan Logan, sat down at a drum kit set up on the stage of the Stockbridge Theatre at Pinkerton Academy. Logan beat out a lively rhythm, which caused some of the students…
What are the skills needed to succeed in today’s workplace, and how can a high school student acquire them? These are the questions to be answered in June, when Pinkerton Academy partners with two community colleges to introduce the WorkReady…
Hooksett voters sent their School Board back to the drawing board for high school options, after a two-thirds majority of voters rejected a 10-year contract with Pinkerton Academy. The contract was Article 3 on the warrant voted on March 11.…
The recent focus on bullying reminds us not to label students. That includes dividing students into those whose parents pay their lunch bills and those who don’t. Parents are expected to pay for their children’s lunches. Those without the ability…
The snow from the area’s recent storms was welcomed by the Frost Festival Association and the Derry Parks & Recreation Department it means the upcoming 15th annual Frost Festival on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Feb. 14-16, will likely have plenty…
The Derry Cooperative School District and its fellow sending towns will see a decrease in the tuition rate it pays to send high school students to Pinkerton Academy, due to the influx of Hooksett students this fall. The Pinkerton Board…
Where there’s smoke, there won’t be Derry children, thanks to a concerned mother and Acting Town Administrator Larry Budreau. At the Jan. 22 Council meeting, Budreau reported on a piece of old business, when Nicole Bump, a Derry mother of…
The Derry Conservation Commission has set its course for 2014. In a goal-setting meeting Monday, the Commission, under the direction of Chairman Margaret Ives, fleshed out the goals Ives discussed with the Town Council in last week’s meeting with the…
The Adams Memorial Building will receive a makeover in the near future, so it can continue to host entertainment events and provide a home for agencies that serve the community. Mike Fowler, Director of Public Works, appeared at the Jan.…
New Hampshire is the best state in the nation for controlling diseases and the fifth best for its overall ranking. There was little in the recent United Health Foundation report that surprised Garrett Simonsen, coordinator for the Derry Regional Public…
