Hollis Flea Market

It must be the 21st century: The Hollis Flea Market has a web site. I especially love the "Success Stories & Testimonials" part...
PS: Just noticed that Seth Tebbetts has a testimonial there!!

Hollis in the NY Times!

OK, so this is from back in November '07, but it's still exciting!

The Hollis was featured in the New York Times! The dump of all things, of course. Apparently, there was controversy surrounding the decision to limit the time people are allowed to hang out at the town dump. Makes us sound like we enjoy picking trash! I guess we can put a "green" spin on it, that we all like to recycle.
(Thanks to Zach Holmes for this!)

NEW: Twitter Feed

I have added an account to Twitter to make it easier for you to follow the blog.
Go here to follow:
http://twitter.com/hbhs93

Candy Cane Greetings!

Since I don't post about myself too much...

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL FROM FLORIDA!

An interesting story goes with this photo: Mike and I were going for a walk on Clearwater Beach and happened to notice this sandcastle. It turns out a man was building this with the candy canes atop and was planning on bringing his girlfriend down to propose. He gladly snapped the photo for us. Later, on the return of our walk, we saw them celebrating with champagne. Congrats, anonymous couple!

New Blogger!

Yay! Kristie Courtemanche Cardullo is joining the blog. Welcome Kristie! She currently lives in Nashua with her husband and new son. But I guess she can tell you all about that!
If anyone else is interested in contributing, please e-mail me. The more the merrier!

No more icehouse?

OK, not really, just rebuilt. The icehouse is the red, once-decaying building on Rt. 122 in Woodmont Orchards. It was recently reconstructed with funding from the town's Heritage Commission. Find the full article and see the new model at the Nashua Telegraph site.

Nashuatelegraph.com: High school captures US News honors again

Nashuatelegraph.com: High school captures US News honors again: Yep, we're third in NH! Nice!

Brick Road

I suppose this is old news, but I stumbled on it today:



It's near the track, according to the "Livin' It Up in the HoBro" group on Facebook.

HBHS Thanksgiving Reunion

Facebook is the new reunion.com...so to speak! There has been a flurry of activity on Facebook, with HBHSers connecting left and right.
Jen Beaudry of class of '94 (correct me if I'm wrong...) is organizing a reunion for HBHSers over the Thanksgiving weekend. Go to the Facebook group she created, HBHS Thanksgiving Reunion.
Looks like the info for the get together is as follows:

A very INFORMAL get together around Thanksgiving to catch up with old friends. Heck, if we are all going out drinking anyway.. let's all do it together!

When: Friday November 28, 2008

Where: Sky Lounge
522 Amherst St # 20
Nashua, NH 03063
(603) 882-6026

Time: 8:00-ish

HBHS is Silver!

HBHS is award-winning! US News has given HBHS a Silver award. Go here for the full article.
Newsweek magazine has also ranked our high school among the top 1300 schools from across the country. See this article here. We are #1042 this year.

Nashuatelegraph.com: Beaver Brook

Thought I would peruse the Nashua Telegraph site this morning and found a great news clipping! "Beaver Brook adds acres with two more parcels", reads the headline. And a large two parcels at that! The article states that the two parcels add 500 acres in Hollis and 190 acres in Milford to the association. These easements protect the land from development for more than 100 years. Great news for the trees!

Facebook Group

Hello all! I recently discovered Facebook, so I have started a group on there for us. If anyone would like to join, go here!

Strange Horizons

Seems we have quite a talented crew...not that you didn't know that already! Bill Kte'pi has some pieces of fiction published on the Strange Horizons website. Nice!

Heather Bell

Found an update on Classmates.com, which I honestly haven't been on in years!
From Heather's Profile:

"LifeHmm...what's new with me? Let's see..I'm currently going for my 2nd degree (1st one in Software Engineering--the job market just isn't that great) in communications. I feel like a perpetual student. I live with someone and it's going well. I'm a mortgage banker and have been for what seems like forever now. My 2nd home is the gym. I am in the process of trying to sell my condo. I love it, it's in an old mill building, but the oddest thing happened: my relationship is progressing and we're moving on to the next step; so on to bigger and better things (I hope). Up until recently, I lived across the hall from Meghan Fuller--anyone remember her? She is getting married in Oct. 2007 so she just moved out, too. I can't shake the Hollis crowd--come to find out, Meghan lived in the same condo project I did before moving 2 years ago and we never knew it! My favorite hobby is riding around on my rice rocket (2005 Suzuki GSXR1000). I guess I have to grow up a bit. If I don't go flying off it, I'll see everyone at the next reunion (was there ever a first reunion)? No kids, never been married, trying to keep it that way--having a lot of fun traveling the world. As stated, probably need to grow up a bit :) BUT, we ARE GenXers..."

And the biggest find of the day is...

Information that Meghan Fuller has tied the knot! Ok, so it was 4 1/2 months ago...October 27, 2007 in New Hampshire. And that's all I have time to track down right now.
Congrats to Meghan and her new husband John Hanna Jr.!!
Read all about it from Meghan herself on her company's blog.
If anyone has pix or more info to share, e-mail me (gailanders@gmail.com) or post on the yahoogroups site.

Asha NYC Fundraiser

Well, it's too bad I didn't see this a couple of weeks ago: Jessica Zall helped to coordinate a fundraiser for Asha in NYC on February 23rd.
See their newsletter for photos and info about the organization. Is that you, Jessica, on the bottom right?

Campaigns

According to the Election Night HQ page, Marc Squires has been named the Hollis Town Chair for the McCain bid for the Presidency.
Anyone else involved in the polital scene out there?

More Wikipedia

I just came across the HBHS page on Wikipedia. The write-up is quite long and complete. However, it appears that some one more, shall I say, recent has written the profile of the school. Maybe one of us should add some info and "trivia"...

Sad News

Sam McElroy sent me this message a few weeks ago (Sorry, I don't check my yahoo mail often enough!):
"I'm sorry to bring you bad news, but thought it important to get the word out. We had a faculty meeting at HBHS yesterday morning and I learned that Carol Dochstader has terminal cancer. Her doctor has given her three months to live. She's currently living in Texas and is welcoming letters, cards, inspirational readings, prayers, etc. I know I sought and valued her guidance during high school and plan to send her a letter and thought others from our class might do so. Her address is: Carol Dochstader..."

Please feel free to e-mail me gailandersATgmail.com for the complete address.

Thanks for the update Sam. Our thoughts will definitely go out to Carol.

The New York Times Arts Slide Show Workspace: Donald Hall

As I was just perusing the New York Times website, I saw that our nation's current poet laureate Donald Hall lives in New Hampshire. On the site, they have a slide show entitled, Workspace: Donald Hall, showing his home and, yes, workspace. There is also a related article about the place.