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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With an umbrella in hand, Marcy Kelley welcomed students as parents dropped their children off in the parking lot of Bow Elementary School.After the first bell rang, she walked the halls of the building greeting staff and checked in on classrooms to...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Assistant principals don’t typically serve students food, but at Bow High School, lunch duty is a daily responsibility for Matt Fisk.Last Wednesday, Fisk dished out Big Mac subs and cheese nachos and checked in with students as they passed through the...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Horseback riding, Greek mythology, the soccer field, a New Hampshire-inspired repressive society.For 31 Bow Memorial School students who participated in a writing workshop led by legendary young adult author Gordon Korman, wherever things could go...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Bow residents brought the town one step closer to installing the state’s largest combined municipal solar development.As part of the solar project, the energy committee, along with Kearsarge Solar LLC, a Massachusetts-based energy company, has...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Taller cell towers could be on their way in Bow as residents voted in favor of a zoning amendment to more than double the allowable height.Bow residents OK’d the new zoning on election day that will raise the permissible height to 190 feet from 90...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A proposed combined solar development in Bow would have nearly twice the capacity as the largest array in the state.Currently, Manchester’s 3.3-megawatt capacity installation on a former landfill is the state’s largest single development. Bow’s...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The rhythmic sounds of music from different countries blended with the aroma of French pastries and homemade beef empanadas at Bow High School, transforming the school’s halls into a global street festival of sorts.Among a colorful display of national...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The learning environment at Bow Elementary School is set to change with a renovation project adding classrooms and upgrading safety measures in the building.For several years, the school has dealt with a space shortage, leading to unconventional...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Heidi Pauer’s work-life balance went askew as her life circumstances shifted, leaving her mentally drained.She wanted to get her priorities sorted and get back on track.“I just needed something to shift because what was working before wasn’t working...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With the start of the school year just days away, school districts are still racing to complete their hiring for teaching and support staff positions.The school district that covers Weare, Henniker and Stoddard has at least four vacant teacher...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

It wasn’t Norah Garland’s first time at Bow High School graduation. But instead of joining the band as she’s done in years past, she traded her flute and piccolo for a cap and gown.In many ways, the Falcons’ graduation resembled the joyous culmination...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Every time Dean Cascadden walks through the hallways of Bow High School, he defies the stereotype of a detached administrative figure.It’s not uncommon to see the superintendent for the Bow and Dunbarton school districts engage in conversations with...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Eleana Colby, a newly elected Bow select board member and parent of five children, left a community listening session on possible changes to the state’s minimum standards for education last week feeling disappointed as it fell short of expectations.“I...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

After months of discussion and review, the Bow school district in a unanimous vote has decided to keep the controversial book “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe on the high school’s library shelves.Navigating gender dysphoria, self-discovery and sexuality...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The town of Bow needs a new chair of its Select Board.Eleana Colby defeated the sitting Select Board Chair Bruce Marshall by a margin of over 200 votes during town voting late last month, adding a second woman to the five-member board. Previously, the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

While Bow residents approved the every item on the warrant at the school district’s annual meeting held on Thursday evening, the school board’s decision to propose the renovation of Bow Elementary School this year was met with frustration from...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Over the past year, the Bow Fire Department has experienced a number of personnel issues, and the resignations of call members have made it more challenging to fill shifts.A 4.1% increase to the fire department’s proposed budget would add a part-time...

By CAITLIN ANDREWS

Brian O’Connell, currently the assistant principal at Timberlane Regional High School, will replace Dr. John House-Myers as the principal of Bow High School.The Bow School Board made the hire official during Thursday’s meeting.O’Connell is in his...