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Knights, city plan for Fourth

Here’s a few tids and bits in your Easter basket to chew on besides the chocolate and jellybeans: – Great move for the Nashua Silver Knights to be part of the city’s July 4 festivities, even if it is an ultra early game at 11 a.m. It’s a win-win, as the team provides the early day ...

Time Travel: Big-league players need more ‘fight’

APRIL 15, 1952 – “ ‘There’s not enough fight, spirit or determination to win among ballplayers today,’ commented a former Nashua professional diamond star of some four decades ago. “He is Wilfred H. ‘Billy’ Page, 69, of 16 Dinsmore St., who played second base and caught in the ...

Get ready for the marathon days in a sprint of a season

Spring will have sprung completely on Monday. Not that the local high school spring sports season had a week that didn't count. Oh, just the opposite, as we've had a few tennis matches and a couple of outdoor track meets. But the floodgates open beginning Monday. And out of hibernation come ...

Toronto owns AL East

The millionaires are now back on the field for the billionaires – and all of us paupers – to watch. Major League Baseball is back full force this weekend, your Boston Red Sox are in the Bronx, not locked out but likely dialed in. Spring has indeed sprung – heck, high school baseball ...

Time Travel: Harvey works on his passing game

APRIL 8, 1947 – “Windy weather yesterday did not prevent candidates out for the Nashua High School football team from working out and indulging in a scrimmage session. The first practice session since last Thursday saw the boys off form as coaches Buzz Harvey and Tony Marandos put them ...

It feels that now is the time for Eagles soccer to fly high

Now we get it. The Eagles of the International Soccer Club of Nashua aren't about the dollars and cents. They are about the game, as well as the opportunity, that ISC chief Jared Barbosa has tried to give many youths and young adults in the game of soccer. Last Saturday's 1-1 season opening ...