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Time Travel: Rental plan for Holman Stadium

AUGUST 20, 1947 – “Rental of Holman Stadium by Nashua High School during the football season will be based pm a fixed percentage of the gate receipts, Elmer F. Blakey, chairman of the Park-Recreation Commission said this noon. “While the commission chairman did not reveal today what the ...

The Silver Knights weren’t the only big winners on Friday

There were four teams playing in front of small crowds in this new creature called the Futures Collegiate Baseball League back in 2011, 11 years ago. Nashua, Seacoast (Rocherster), Martha's Vineyard and Torrington, Conn.were the teams in the inaugural season. Hey, you have to start somewhere, ...

Fall? Already?

Summer’s over, kids. Well, more or less. The fall high school sports season, or more specifically the preseason, is upon us. Football teams were set to open up on Friday, and likely by the time you read this, a couple of practices, along with meetings, etc. will have been held. All the ...

Time Travel: It’s Field Day at Fields Grove

AUGUST 13, 1952 – “Events at the annual Aquatic Field Day at Fields Grove will get underway at 2 this afternoon. Under the direction of swimming instructor Terry Viens all children between the ages 4 and 14 will compete in a program of all types of swimming and diving contests. “... ...

Nashua’s Meesig joins Knights’ playoff party with clutch performance

The only way this could have been better were if it was a deciding Game 3 of the FCBL Finals. But the Nashua Silver Knights' Game 2 6-5 win over Vermont on Thursday night goes down as yet another Holman Stadium classic. It was a few games in one, the Lake Monsters' early 4-0 domination, then ...

Silver Knights don’t want to watch someone else celebrate at Holman

There was a school of thought among some before the Future Collegiate Baseball League semifinal playoff matchups were set that perhaps the Nashua Silver Knights would be better off playing top seed Vermont than New Britain. Joke's on them. Be careful what you wish for. Use any cliché. Nashua ...