Stratham News

Positive changes are coming to the Children in Need of Services law that the Legislature gutted two years ago, but the head of the Division for Children, Youth and Families has concerns about the added strain the changes will place on her office.

On June 9, Emily Avery, Valedictorian of the Graduating Class of 2013 of Exeter High School won the Bronze Medal at the Bishnu Charan Ghosh International Yoga Asana Cup sponsored by the International Yoga Sports Federation.

Children of all ages are invited to “DIG INTO READING” at Wiggin Memorial Library in Stratham by participating in the 2013 Summer Reading Program.

The Stratham branch of Optima Bank was awarded the Chamber of Commerce's Business of the Year award for the financial services and insurance category earlier this year, adding to an already impressively long list of awards for the relatively new bank.

Members of the Board of Selectmen, along with Jim Cushman, his sister Jane and brother David, signed closing papers at the beginning of the regular selectmen's meeting.

The Richie McFarland Children's Center invites you to their annual meeting to be held Monday, June 24, starting with an open house at their center on Sandy Point Road, followed by a brief business meeting at the Stratham Town Municipal Building located at 10 Bunker Hill Road.

Plans are moving along in the establishment of an easement for Stratham Plaza on the land behind the Municipal Center.

Sophie Jordan and Emily Donovan, students at Epping Middle School, joined other students for a film festival featuring short films produced by local youth at O'neil Cinemas in Epping Tuesday.

Image courtesy of the Russ Hammer Collection TAPPIN INTO THE PAST: This advertising piece for the Portsmouth Brewery, the smallest of the three breweries operating in Portsmouth in the last decades of the 19th century, shows the German influence on many American beer companies by the 1880s.

When ACT ONE directors Stephanie Nugent and Leslie Pasternack learned of Jason Crigler's inspiring story of recovery and heard his music, they asked him be part of the creative team giving "Make Sure It's Me," playwright Kate Wenner's work about blast-induced TBI experiences by American military service members, its full theatrical debut on the ... (more)

The Senate last week approved a $10.7 billion budget - $300 million less than the House - that did not include Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, something the House and Gov. Maggie Hassan support.The House Ways and Means Committee Tuesday increased its revenue estimates of what the state has to spend by about $50 million, something ... (more)

Members of the Board of Selectmen, along with Jim Cushman, his sister Jane and brother David, signed closing papers at the beginning of the regular selectmen's meeting.

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, the auditorium at the Dover City Hall morphed into a place of youth and beauty as the annual Miss Strafford County Scholarship Pageant was held.

House Bill 1, "making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2015," is the state's budget for the next two years.

There were only 30 graduating seniors from the Class of 2013 at the Great Bay eLearning Charter School, but more than 200 of their parents, friends and other relatives packed the field behind the former Exeter Area High School on Wednesday night to send them off into the world.

In the parking lot of Jay's Convenience Store on North Main Street stands a tan drop off box for unwanted clothing, textiles, and shoes.

Tyler "Ty" Bell, 21, died last month after completing a jump at the Rye Airfield, where he had spent about six years learning how to become a skilled BMX jumper.

The New Hampshire SPCA's is excited to announce that Paws Walk 2013 will take place Sunday, June 9 at Stratham Hill Park.

Southeast Land Trust Executive Director Brian Hart said the town is "one of the leaders in the region" for putting dollars into the protection of forests and farmland.

Kismet is a happy dog - quick to greet visitors with a joyful thump of her tail and a big goofy smile.