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Nashuatelegraph.com: Local News, State News, Business News, Sports News | Web... Daily news from The Telegraph of Nashua KidSports May 20, 2012 Wrapup: Lacrosse, baseball, summer camp sign-ups by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 19 May 2012 at 3:58pm LACROSSE Girls U11 Nashua Blast drops a pair The Nashua Blast girls lost a tough scrimmage to Manchester and then followed it up the next day with an 11-8 loss to a strong Oyster River squad. Against Manchester, Julia Sullivan scored for the Blast, while Britney Pearson had a standout game with the assist on Sullivan?s goal and a goal of her own. The ladies in purple hosted Oyster River at Stellos Stadium the following day. Oyster River had a fast and furious offense that kept first half goalie Campbell Haller and her defense busy. Abbey Rowe, Kateri Coffey, Izzy Bolduc and Cassidy Lavoie did their best to keep it away from their end. They were aided by speedy defensive middies Sullivan, Victoria Gates, Coryn Flavin and Emily Morneau. UNH graduates? plans range from jobs, to community service, to job hunting by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 19 May 2012 at 3:50pm Although 2,500 students from the University of New Hampshire spent Saturday in the same fashion by graduating, future plans are diverse. Some, like Amanda Houle, of Concord, are already on track to accomplish their goals. Houle, 21, who graduated with a degree in theatre and dance, will move Orlando, Fla., at the beginning of June to work as a character performer for Disney World. ?I?m living my dream,? she said. ?I?ve always wanted to work for Disney. My dream is to perform, and I definitely want to be doing this.? Houle feels fortunate to have found a job she wants to be doing, especially when many college graduates face unemployment. ?It?s hard anywhere,? she said. ?I was lucky and got accepted into a program that gave me the opportunity I have. Two high school principals up for the same job at Alvirne High School by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 18 May 2012 at 10:58pm HUDSON ? Two New Hampshire principals are up for the same job at Alvirne High School. Kirk Beitler, principal of Raymond High School, and Steven Beals, principal of Laconia High School, were announced Friday as the finalists for the vacant position at Alvirne. Beitler and Beals will take part in public interviews with the School Board next week. The two principals are seeking to replace Bryan Lane, who, after 14 years in the position, was recently promoted to School District superintendent, effective July 1. Superintendent Randy Bell is retiring. The School Board will interview each candidate Tuesday in public session. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Car strikes Nashua house; driver jumps into truck, is apprehended, officials say by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 18 May 2012 at 10:58pm NASHUA ? The driver of a car that struck a multifamily house Friday morning jumped into a pickup that fled the scene before being stopped by police, according to officials and a witness. Police stopped the truck before emergency crews arrived at the house, said the witness, who asked not to be identified. The witness said he spoke to a Nashua police officer, who told him the suspect had been quickly apprehended. The force of the impact with the house at 99 W. Hollis St. caused the back of the car to jump up several feet, the witness said. A man with an average build who appeared to be in his 30s, white or possibly Hispanic, got out of the car and ran over to a grayish Chevy Colorado pickup, the witness said. After speaking to the driver through the passenger?s side window, the man got into the truck, which sped away westward on West Hollis Street past Woodlawn Cemetery, according to the witness. The driver, whose name wasn?t immediately available from Nashua police, left in his wake damage to the car he drove and the house it struck, according to Deputy Fire Chief Brian Rhodes. ?The car sustained pretty significant damage,? Rhodes said. Nashua students release salmon fry into Piscataquog River by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 18 May 2012 at 10:58pm MANCHESTER ? About 100 fourth-graders from Bicentennial Elementary School in Nashua released salmon fry into the Piscataquog River in Manchester on Friday afternoon. It was the culmination of a science project in which the students raised the fish as part of the long-running Adopt-a-Salmon program. The class released the fish into the Piscataquog instead of into the Souhegan River because wild salmon have been found making nests in the Souhegan riverbed. Fisheries biologists are keeping a close eye on what happens there and don?t want imported salmon to give birth and confuse the issue. Salmon are born in freshwater, swim downstream to the ocean and spend several years in saltwater, then swim back upstream to the place they were born to spawn. The dams on the Merrimack River at Lawrence, and Lowell, Mass., ended that cycle in the 19th century, and attempts to restore the migration with fish ladders have never worked. In recent years, biologists have captured salmon returning up the Merrimack at the Essex Dam in Lawrence and brought them to hatcheries, including the Nashua National Fish Hatchery. Their eggs are removed and raised, and the resulting fish are placed in various streams, sometimes via the Adopt-a-Salmon program, in hopes they would generate young that would go to the ocean and eventually return. It hasn?t worked, with only a few hundred fish at most returning to Essex each year. Nobody is sure what happens to the other millions of fish spawned in the watershed, whether they?re eaten by bass or die going over the dams downstream, are caught or otherwise die out in the ocean, or can?t find their way back to the Merrimack. Last fall, in a change in procedure, adult salmon were released into the Souhegan, Baker and upper Pemigewasset rivers after genetic testing indicated those are the rivers in which they were born. Monitoring radio-tagged fish and counting salmon nests, known as redds, showed that they were settling in. The question now is whether they?ll produce offspring that will head downstream and return later. Keeping school-raised fry out of the rivers is part of the analysis. This shift in strategy was inspired by a record number of 402 returning Atlantic salmon counted at the Essex Dam in the spring of 2011, plus similar increases recorded on salmon rivers throughout Maine and Canada, giving hope that more fish may be surviving in the ocean. David Brooks can be reached at 594-6531 or dbrooks@nashuatelegraph.com. Trout thief sought by Milford fish hatchery by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 18 May 2012 at 10:58pm MILFORD ? Officials are looking for a man who was photographed by a security camera while allegedly stealing trout from the state fish hatchery, and they hope the public can identify him. ?In mid-April, on two occasions, someone broke into the hatchery; they cut the chain-link fence along North River Road,? said Todd Szewczyk, conservation officer with New Hampshire Fish and Game. ?They had a 5-gallon pail and a net with them, and left a trail of fish from one of the enclosures.? The hatchery, on the north bank of the Souhegan River, opened in 1972. It has about 300,000 brook, rainbow and brown trout that are being stocked in New Hampshire rivers for anglers. If caught and convicted, any thief faces misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief and theft. This is apparently the first break-in-related theft reported at the hatchery. ?We have caught people fishing in the tanks in past times, but not with damage like this,? Szewczyk said. Tips can be called in to Fish and Game at 271-3361 or 1-800-344-4262, or reported through the Operation Game Thief form at huntnh.com/ogt. Tips can be anonymous,. Tradition of Greek Food Fest a savory delight by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 18 May 2012 at 10:58pm It was a truly amazing sight. With more than a thousand pounds, and literally thousands of ample helpings, of some of the region?s finest Greek cuisine shelved in a giant walk-in cooler just yards away, here were several women seated around a table at noontime Thursday unwrapping steamed hot dogs and munching store-bought potato chips. And to boot, these were some of the very people who volunteered countless hours preparing many of those luscious, time-tested, old-country dishes that would, about 24 hours later, beckon an army of hungry men, women and children to the (fortunately) spacious hall and party tents at St. Philip Greek Orthodox Church for one of spring?s most gastronomically pleasing events. But if you know the movers and shakers behind this annual mid-May tradition, you?ll also know this little scenario symbolizes ideally the enduring devotion and, indeed, the entire philosophy behind the culinary celebration known as the Greek Food Festival. Rooted in a long-ago series of three-day Grecian fairs and festivals around the city, the food fest gradually evolved from its days as the Women?s Grecian Fair into the super-organized, must-do destination it is today. The modern version began in 1998, and soon adopted the Friday-Saturday schedule organizers found ideal. ?Oh, the food is so good, yes, but the most wonderful thing is it brings people together, the whole community gets together here,? longtime volunteer Anastasia Juris said Thursday. ?They come from the woodworks,? she added in her delightful Greek accent. Juris, who?s related through her husband to the Nashua Motor Express family, remembers when the festivals were three-day affairs. ?After three days, we were dead,? she said. Chester College will close its doors; students to be automatically enrolled a... by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 18 May 2012 at 10:59pm CHESTER ? Chester College of New England is closing its doors immediately, according to a statement from the school. The school?s president and board of trustees announced Friday that they reached an agreement that allows all of the school?s students to be automatically enrolled at New England College in Henniker, the statement said. ?The faculty, staff and students of New England College look forward to welcoming all students from Chester College into our academic community,? said Michele Perkins, New England College president. Students will maintain all of their accumulated credits and can continue at New England College at their current tuition rate, the statement said. New England College will also hire several of Chester College?s faculty and staff on one-year contracts, according to the statement. ?New England College was an excellent choice for this agreement,? said Robert Baines, president and CEO of Chester College. ?I am confident that Chester students and alumni will be truly valued through this association.? New England College faculty will visit Chester College soon to meet with students to answer questions and provide more information about the transition, including enrollment and financial aid, according to the statement. Perkins was Chester College?s vice president of enrollment in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the college was known as White Pines College, the statement said. The 45-year-old liberal arts college had about 200 students. It reported several weeks ago that declining enrollment caused by the recession has clobbered its finances, meaning it had to raise $500,000-$900,000 by Wednesday in order to remain open for the 2012-13 school year. Tuition is about $20,000 a year. Joseph G. Cote can be reached at 594-6415 or jcote@nashuatelegraph.com. Lizzie the dog gains reprieve at Humane Society for Greater Nashua by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 19 May 2012 at 10:26am NASHUA ? Lizzie has been through a harrowing few weeks, although she probably never realized it. Lizze, a stray American Bully, was deemed unadoptable by the Humane Society for Greater Nashua because of behavioral issues, according to Executive Director Karen Bill. Word of Lizzie?s plight reached Jared Sparks, who works at the AllBreeds Canine Training Center in Pelham. Sparks is a consultant for the business and an apprentice dog trainer under owner Britney Croteau. He and Croteau visited the humane society and evaluated Lizzie, and said they found no sign of behavioral issues or aggression. On Friday, as Sparks was growing concerned about Lizzie?s fate, Bill said the dog had been placed with a foster family. Sparks said he?s relieved Lizzie is in a foster home but is hoping for some sort of proof from the humane society that she?s doing well. ?We want to hold them accountable for this dog and what is going to happen,? Sparks said. ?I would like people to know her story and get her name out there. Like it or not, some Nashua aldermen on Facebook by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 18 May 2012 at 10:59pm NASHUA ? From Farmville to soliciting feedback on major issues, Nashua aldermen are making waves on Facebook. More than half of the 15 members of the Board of Aldermen have made their way onto the social networking giant, which went public Friday. The way aldermen use Facebook is a matter of preference, those with profiles and ?fan pages? said this week. On one page, you can see Ward 4 Alderman Art Craffey?s latest victories in Farmville. On another, you can read Alderman-at-Large Jim Donchess? comments encouraging Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire?s efforts to get school resource officers back in schools. Donchess is one of the most active users on the board. On Thursday, for example, Donchess posted a news story about the release of crime statistics at a recent meeting. ?What do you think?? Donchess asked of his 430 friends. Community support follows report of stolen trailer from Hudson youth football... by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 18 May 2012 at 10:59pm HUDSON ? Since the Hudson-Litchfield Youth Football & Cheer program had its game-day trailer stolen, small donations have begun to trickle in to help replace the equipment it uses to keep the organization running. The program set up a booth at the Greater Hudson Chamber of Commerce?s annual Community Expo at Alvirne High School on Wednesday. Michelle Rourke, president of the nonprofit group, said $25 was collected. ?Every little bit helps,? she said. Rourke discovered the trailer missing from its usual spot at Hudson Memorial School on Tuesday and reported it stolen. Nashua juror who caused conviction to be overturned among May indictments in ... by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 18 May 2012 at 10:59pm NASHUA ? A juror responsible for having a conviction tossed in a stabbing trial has been indicted for contempt of court. Hannakaisal Elfadil, 42, of 27 Bates Drive, Nashua, faces a Class A misdemeanor charge punishable by up to a year in county jail, plus fines. Her charge was part of a list of indictments for May released Friday by a Hillsborough County grand jury. An indictment isn?t proof of guilt; it means a grand jury has determined there is sufficient evident to pursue charges. Elfadil sat on the jury in July that convicted Angel Santos of first-degree assault in a home invasion, in which Santos? friend, a drug dealer, had sought retaliation against another dealer, who was friends with the stabbing victim. Jurors in the Hillsborough County Superior Court case had been advised not to conduct their own investigation, but to rely only on evidence presented at trial in deliberating. After the conviction, one of Santos? public-defender attorneys learned that a juror had conducted her own investigation. Judge Jacalyn Colburn declared a mistrial, overturning the conviction. Santos was acquitted after a retrial in January. According to the indictment, Elfadil, despite having been warned not to, conducted independent Internet research of Santos. In other indictments, two Merrimack residents were indicted on charges related to the sale of firearms believed to have been stolen. Lorey Champoux, 37, with a last known address of 147 Turkey Hill Road, was indicted on seven counts of receiving stolen property, which was sold to an arms collector. The firearms included a .44 Magnum Smith & Wesson. Clifton Dubois, 38, also with a last known address of 147 Turkey Hill Road, was indicted on one count of receiving stolen property for allegedly selling an assault rifle believed to have been stolen to an arms dealer. Feipe Elvin Echevarria, 30, of 31 Congress St., Apt. 14, Nashua, faces six counts of arson, plus related charges, for allegedly setting fire at the Canterbury Apartment complex, according to the indictments. The most serious charges Echevarria faces are Class A felonies punishable by up to 15 years in prison, plus fines. Martin Muscelli, 63, of 150 Burns Hill Road, Wilton, faces 11 counts of sexual assault involving a child younger than 13, according to the indictments. The most serious charges facing Muscelli are aggravated felonious sexual assault, punishable by up to 30 years in prison. Patrick Meighan can be reached at 594-6518 or pmeighan@nashuatelegraph.com. Celtics cough up 15-point lead in Game 4 loss to Sixers by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 19 May 2012 at 12:58am PHILADELPHIA ? Andre Iguodala snapped a tie game with five straight points in the final 90 seconds to help the Philadelphia 76ers storm back from 15 points down in the first half and stun the Boston Celtics 92-83 on Friday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The young Sixers were a team reborn in the second half and played like a squad that refused to roll over for the championship-tested Celtics. ?I don?t even know where to start,? Philadelphia coach Doug Collins said. ?Our guys are pretty amazing. They really are.? The Sixers tied the series at 2-2 with the huge comeback and guaranteed a return home for one more game. Iguodala, one of the more maligned athletes in recent Philadelphia history, put the Sixers ahead 85-83 with a step-back jumper and buried a 3-pointer for a five-point lead. Game 5 is Monday in Boston. Iguodala scored 16 points, Evan Turner had 16 and Lou Williams added 15. Kevin Garnett had his first bad outing in an otherwise monster series with nine points. With Garnett in a funk, so were the Celtics. The Sixers just kept attacking, turning a first half of airballs, botched dunks and sloppy defense into a full-blown display of near-flawless basketball. Thaddeus Young?s thunderous slam tied the game at 63 in the middle of the fourth. Papelbon nails down another Sox loss by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 19 May 2012 at 12:58am PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? Cole Hamels pitched seven strong innings, and Hunter Pence and Freddy Galvis homered to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to their sixth straight victory with a 6-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. Hamels (6-1) gave up three runs on six hits while striking out nine and walking one. It was the sixth straight win for Hamels, who improved to 4-0 in five career starts against Boston. Streaking Carlos Ruiz went 2 for 3 with a pair of RBIs for Philadelphia, which moved two games above .500 for the first time this season. Ruiz, who entered leading major league catchers in several offensive categories, is 11 for 17 in his last five games. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a scoreless ninth for his 12th save in as many chances. Papelbon had 219 saves in six seasons with the Red Sox before signing a four-year, $50 million deal with Philadelphia in the offseason. Adrian Gonzalez, Mike Aviles and Cody Ross homered for the Red Sox. The game matched clubs with the second- (Phillies, $175 million) and third-highest (Red Sox, $173 million) payrolls, though each entered in last place in their division. Daniel Bard (3-5), converted to a starter before this season, matched his shortest outing of the year by allowing five runs on three hits with five walks in five innings. The right-hander struggled with control in the first inning when the Phillies scored four runs on just two hits thanks to three walks. High School Sports Highlights: Baseball, softball, tennis, lacrosse by onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph) 19 May 2012 at 12:58am BASEBALL Merrimack 7, Keene 0 It took five days, but Merrimack pitcher Matt Wojciak completed a three-hit shutout on Friday in Keene after the game was suspended in the fourth innings on Monday night. It was quite a week for the Tomahawks, who wenty 4-0 to up their record to 11-5. Wojciak picked up a save with one inning of action on Thursday in a win over Nashua South. Mickey Gasper hit a two-run homer to put Merrimack up on Monday in Keene. Ian Theriault went 2 for 3 with three runs and a RBI. Milford 7, Con-Val 3 Logan Danforth pitched a complete game for the Spartans and went 3 for 4 at the plate as Milford improved to 5-9. Danforth gave up just five hits and two earned runs while striking out seven. |