11/19/04 - NEWTON - Allison "Allie" Fillio wanted to be a film director or an architect when she grew up. Her math teacher, Carlton Sockwell, told her she would be great at creating video games because she was a whiz at numbers and had a way with words.

11/19/04 - CONCORD - The state medical examiner’s office is tightening its rules in the wake of criminal charges against former assistant deputy medical examiner Gene "Geno" Nigro, formerly of Raymond.

11/19/04 - A grant from the state Attorney General’s Office will give six area towns access to a full-time victim witness advocate, a position police officials believe invaluable.

11/19/04 - PLAISTOW - A two-month investigation into an alleged local heroin distributor has yielded thousands of dollars worth of heroin and four arrests in one of the biggest drug busts in Plaistow’s history.

11/19/04 - RAYMOND - If you vote it, they will build. The conceptual design for a new building to replace the dilapidated Iber Holmes Gove Middle School is complete and will be built by Bonnette Page & Stone Corp. of Laconia. That is, if it passes next March, which is not a sure thing considering warrant articles in 2002 and 2003 failed to receive the 60 percent majority needed to pass.

11/19/04 - EPPING - Brothers Kenneth and Willis Mailhot are seeking a $30,000 settlement from WS Development Associates, the Cambridge, Mass.-based developers of the new Lowe’s building in Epping Crossing, in the continuing battle over pile driving taking place on the site.

11/19/04 - PLAISTOW - The Board of Selectmen made a little more than $10,000 in cuts from the Recreation Department budget this week and discussed, but did not act on, its options for cutting or delaying warrant articles set for next March for further savings.

11/19/04 - PLAISTOW - The countdown is on for local teens to experience their own "American Idol" moment.

11/19/04 - KINGSTON - The town’s long-term vision statement is being revised to identify a future need for designated commercial areas.

11/19/04 - KINGSTON - The Swett family barn, site of the new Sanborn Regional High School, was razed during a Fire Department controlled burn Nov. 7. Construction crews are ready to pour the high school’s foundation next month.

11/19/04 - KINGSTON - The Sanborn Regional School Board mulled parts of the district’s proposed $23 million budget and approved spending plans for furniture, textbooks, library books, music equipment and technology.

11/19/04 - RAYMOND - A possible pay-per-bag garbage program and health insurance were at issue Tuesday night when the Board of Selectmen presented its 2005 proposed budget to an oversight committee.

11/19/04 - RAYMOND - WERZ 107.1 FM is teaming up with Hannaford Supermarkets to host a Turkey Bowl at Striker’s East Bowling Lanes tonight.

11/19/04 - KINGSTON - Rowell Real Estate Investment Trust of Hamilton, Mass., filed a lawsuit in Rockingham Superior Court last month against the town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment.

11/19/04 - KINGSTON - Jeff Luby of Epping says he is a grateful man, because his wife is a survivor.

11/19/04 - KINGSTON - Many members of the community come together each Thanksgiving to donate their time, and their turkeys, to those who are less fortunate.

11/19/04 - PLAISTOW - Newly re-elected Sen. Chuck Morse, R-Salem, met with the Board of Selectmen on Monday night to preview what he will be looking at in upcoming legislative session, including kindergarten building aid and education funding.

11/19/04 - PLAISTOW - The Vic Geary Drop-In Center or Senior Center is looking for more participation from the elderly residents and the governments of the towns it serves.

11/19/04 - PLAISTOW - A 15-year veteran of the Plaistow Police Department received a promotion and a raise this week as part of a program to offer advancement for certain positions in the department.

11/19/04 - PLAISTOW - The co-owner of Blazin’ Saddles Motorcycle Shop faces up to 22 years in prison after he was convicted of raping a customer in a back room of the business on Route 125.

11/19/04 - NEWTON - A mix up in the paperwork for a 73-year-old man charged with inappropriately touching a female relative has delayed his court date to next month.

11/19/04 - ATKINSON - Selectmen Chairman Brian Boyle urged the Timberlane Regional School Board to abide by the wish of the voters and not circumvent district rules so public kindergarten can be offered.

11/19/04 - RAYMOND - Roughly 300 residents who are customers of Pennichuck Water Works may soon have better service thanks to an area initiative promising more local control.

11/19/04 - HAMPSTEAD - Billy Lessard is gone, but not forgotten. The Salem native died in 1995 from complications from the AIDS virus. He was 27.

11/19/04 - DERRY - Pinkerton Academy was recently awarded a $9,975 grant from the Foundation for Rural Education and Development (FRED) to be used to purchase technology for the school’s special education program.

11/19/04 - HAMPSTEAD - Police and fire departments are in the process of planning their warrant articles for the March ballot.

11/19/04 - HAMPSTEAD - Pinkerton Academy students and their parents have classroom information at their fingertips, thanks to an optional Internet-based service called Edline that was piloted last year.

11/19/04 - SANDOWN - A member of the town’s cable committee resigned his position this week after selectmen said they have made no decision regarding whether to allow religious programming on local cable access television Channel 17.

11/19/04 - SANDOWN - Residents will not see a change in their tax bills this year as the tax rate will be the same as last year.

11/19/04 - The Department of Education has released the amount of education funds each town will receive using the current formula for the 2005-06 school year. But legislators are not sure whether the numbers are correct or whether the law will change before next year, making the numbers irrelevant.

11/19/04 - CONCORD - New Hampshire, home of the first state presidential primary, became a test case for the accuracy of optical scan vote-counting machines - thanks to third-party presidential candidate Ralph Nader.

11/19/04 - MANCHESTER — The problem of how to fund education in New Hampshire has perhaps moved a baby step closer to a solution.

11/19/04 - STRATHAM - Having a child with a disability can put a strain on just about any family. Having a place to turn to where caring people are ready to help with parents’ concerns can make all the difference.

11/19/04 - DANVILLE - How do you amuse first- and second-graders with yellow school buses, mud, bubble gum, and popcorn? Invite children’s entertainer Rick Charette to your school and let him do what he does best.

11/19/04 - EPPING - Eating an apple a day not only keeps the doctor away, it’s also teaching local school kids a valuable lesson in farming.

11/19/04 - RAYMOND - The School Board this week delayed making a decision on a final operating budget for the district after it became apparent that the default budget may exceed the 3 percent cap it placed on the budget.

11/19/04 - The state medical examiner’s office, at one time, held the public’s trust. Events of the past few months have revealed that our trust has been misplaced and misguided.

11/19/04 - The following people passed away recently. . .

11/19/04 - Area police made the following arrests and conducted the following business recently...

11/19/04 - Timberlane Regional High School put the cap on a pleasantly surprising field hockey season as goalie Renee Clavette was named Class L Player of the Year as well as being named to the Class L first team All-State squad.

11/19/04 - You couldn’t have asked for much more when the postseason award were handed out as the two-time Class M champion Sanborn Regional High School boys soccer team placed three players on the Class M All-State first team, while two players were named to the All-State second squad and one was an honorable mention pick.

11/19/04 - HAMPTON - The Seacoast United Soccer Club will have a strong showing at this weekend’s Super Y League North American Finals in Orlando, Fla.

11/19/04 - The Raymond High School boys and girls soccer teams placed a total of eight players on the Class M All-State squads, as three girls and two boys were named first team All-State and three more players were chosen for their respective All-State second teams.

11/19/04 - Yes, skiing can be a very expensive sport. On the other hand, there are always ways to save money and get more time on the slopes.

11/19/04 - Atkinson’s Miae Jacobs was the top finisher in the women’s field at the Bruce Ellis Memorial 5K Road Race in Exeter. Jacobs ran 19:06 to finish 13th overall.

11/19/04 - Star Speedway will crown its 2004 champions this weekend, celebrating Bobby Gahan’s championship in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Pro Stocks, among other things.

11/19/04 - Timberlane Regional High School graduate and Atkinson resident Lindsay Harrington finished third among the nation’s Division II scoring leaders, sparking the Bentley College field hockey team to the NCAA Division II finals where the Falcons fell 3-2 in overtime to three-time defending champion Bloomsburg State.

11/19/04 - RAYMOND - Sheila Brown of Raymond has one serious case of puppy love. She is a volunteer during her free time at the Wagging Tails Dog Rescue League.

11/19/04 - RAYMOND - Since his teen years working as a dishwasher, Eric Kenney has kept the dream of owning his own restaurant in his mental back pocket. About two months ago, Kenney’s intangible vision became a brick and mortar reality. Kenney and his wife, Noreen, became the new owners of the Blue Iris in Raymond.

11/19/04 - PLAISTOW - A quick Internet search for "scrapbooking" yields 619,000 hits and a glimpse into how popular this trendy, evolving hobby is. This niche within the craft industry has spawned scrapbook specialty stores all over the country, including Plaistow.

11/19/04 - The September issue of Tradewinds, a newsletter published by the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce, includes a quote by E.M. Kelly, distinguishing the boss from the leader. The former says, "Go!" while the latter says, "Let’s go!"

11/19/04 - SOMERVILLE, Mass. - A deathbed murder confession from a Massachusetts woman led to the discovery of her husband's remains Thursday inside a freezer, where his body has been for up to 14 years, authorities said.

11/19/04 - WORCESTER, Mass. - Tunnel experts hired by the Turnpike Authority have discovered a second section of the Big Dig's Interstate 93 tunnel with a defect similar to the one that caused a major leak in the tunnel in September.

11/19/04 - BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops sweeping through Fallujah on Thursday found what appeared to be a command center used by followers of Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and a U.S. general expressed confidence the battle for the city has "broken the back of the insurgency."

IRS audits of wealthy bring in $43 billion

11/18/04 - PORTLAND, Maine - A 51-year-old woman arrested last month as a suspect in a 1976 Florida murder was married last weekend in a jailhouse ceremony.

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