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Connors to the rescue; South Dakota Legion finds a way

Here are some local and regional tids and bits for your Sunday into Monday, the pre-Memorial Day week: - Over the weekend it was announced the New England Senior Hockey League was folding – in part due to the pandemic – leaving a lot of hockey players and teams out of luck, having already ...

For Green Meadow’s Delisle, age is just a golf score

Green Meadow Golf Club general manager Pete Dupuis would see a familiar car drive into the parking lot a couple of times the week before last. He'd try to run out, but the car would be gone. Who knew that Roland Delisle, 94 years young, would be tough to catch. But that's how anxious ...

Let’s hope the local soccer Eagles’ pain turns into joy

Nashua's Jared Barbosa never usually has a bad day. He's always upbeat, his glass, even during a pandemic, is always half-full. But he certainly has to feel like that glass is slowly leaking water now. The semi pro developmental soccer team that he was hoping would be the crown jewel of the ...

Time Travel: Big weekend for Nashua High in 1960

MAY 16, 1960 – “It was a successful weekend for Nashua High sports. Buzz Harvey's baseball team posted an impressive 11-0 divisional win over Keene, Fran Tate's powerful track team had little trouble turning back Central and West in a tri-meet here, and Tony Marandos' Purple Jayvee diamond ...

Greenwood: Governors, unions and agents need to get a grip on reality

Maybe the pandemic makes the jack-asses among us bray even louder, but we are enduring several of them this week From highest volume to lowest, we offer these candidates: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sounded like a soulless huckster at a Wednesday press conference in response to a question on ...

Time Travel: Group petitions Nashua for a Greeley Park golf course

MAY 14, 1955 – From Fred Dobens' 'Around the Town' column: “A petition will be filed with the Park Commission within a short time requesting that part of Greeley Park be set aside for the building of a nine-hole course. “The sponsors of the petition say that a lot of people play golf in ...