It starts this week, signaling in many minds the end of summer.
What, on July 24 or 25?
Well, OK, but it does start the second and final phase of summer: New England Patriots training camp.
All the drafting, the trading, the free agent signings, the second guessing, the coaching staff ...
JULY 23, 1952 – “Tommy Leonard’s Team No. 2 jumped into the lead in the first match of the second half of the Nashua Country Club Twilight League last evening. Their 13-1/2-7-1/2 victory over Ben Bernard’s Team No. 1 gave them a two-point lead over Dr. Maxwell’s Team No. 8.
John ...
Here’s some mid-July tids and bits to munch on while at the beach or making the turn after the front nine:
We may finally be having summer temperatures, but we’re going to give you a summer cooler Sunday evening: It’s the third annual New Hampshire Girls High School Hockey Invitational ...
JULY 15, 1952 – “Maurice Chasse pitched a no-hit, no-run game as Ward Three defeated Ward Two, 9-0, in a Ward League game at the North Common last night.
“Chasse had complete mastery over the the Ward Two team.”
JULY 16, 1962 – “While the Hudson Junior Legion baseball team was ...
Here’s a few tids and bits as we move on from the Fourth and see the summer speed up to the start of training camp in less than three weeks, good grief:
– The state American Senior Legion tournament is at Holman beginning July 22, and two of the top teams could be Merrimack Post 98 and ...
It has been a debate since Holman Stadium opened in 1937:
Is Nashua a baseball town?
Thankfully, the powerful engines driving each side of that topic have cooled considerably.
Maybe that’s why the following observation from John Stylianos 75 years ago caught one baseball scribe’s ...