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Alstead, New Hampshire Patch AM: a 3 min readGood day Alstead! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How an Alstead-born soldier became a Civil War lieutenant colonel.
Also on today's calendar: 14th Annual Monadnock International Film Festival and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you know the moon is going broke? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Cool with rain, with a high of 57 and low of 52 degrees.
- Tuesday: An a.m. shower; mainly cloudy, temps: high: 65, low: 51.
- Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 70 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Veterans Day series, In Service to America: Lt. Col. Dana W. King, answered President Lincoln's call for Civil War troops (inklink.news) — A Civil War profile spotlights Lt. Col. Dana W. King, who was born in Alstead before building a prominent military and civic career based in Nashua. The piece traces his journey from local schools to battlefield promotions, imprisonment and escape in the South, and later public service in Hillsborough County, connecting Alstead roots to statewide history. 
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14th Annual Monadnock International Film Festival →
SHOWROOM, 20 Commercial St, Keene
9:00 am
Friday October 2
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Other local events
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Wisdom and Action Must Go Together: A Retreat for the Order of Interbeing →
MorningSun Mindfulness Center, 81 Rose Apple Lane, Alstead
5:00 pm -
Stargazing Field Trip →
50 Bley Road, Alstead -
Day of Mindfulness Practice →
MorningSun Mindfulness Center, 81 Rose Apple Lane, Alstead
9:30 am -
Coming Home As Men: A Mindfulness Retreat for Men →
MorningSun Mindfulness Center, 81 Rose Apple Lane, Alstead
5:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Sunday October 11
Thursday October 15
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Open Garden Weekend
Distant Hill Gardens, 507 March Hill Rd, Walpole
10:00 am -
Homecoming Dance (Cafe & LGIA)
Keene School District Keene, NH 03431
7:00 pm -
Nurse Blake →
The Colonial Theatre, Keene NH, 95 Main St, Keene
7:00 pm -
Fire Prevention Day
Walpole Schools North Walpole, NH 03609
8:45 am -
Autumn Forest Bathing at Distant Hill →
507 March Hill Road, Walpole -
Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Live →
The Colonial Theatre, Keene NH, 95 Main St, Keene
2:00 pm -
Trombone Shorty →
The Colonial Theatre, Keene NH, 95 Main St, Keene
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The Blind Boys of Alabama →
The Colonial Theatre, Keene NH, 95 Main St, Keene
7:00 pm
Saturday October 3
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Saturday October 24
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- The Whelen Engineering Company posted a job opening for CNC Programmer III in Charlestown. Apply here.
- School Administrative Unit 29 posted a job opening for Head Coach - Girls Freshman Basketball in Keene. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alstead here.
🗞 Nearby News
Keene
- City opts for sightline fix over four-way stop in East Keene (sentinelsource.com)
- Keene Hospital is cutting 12 positions and plans to close an inpatient rehabilitation unit (newenglandnewspress.com)
- YMCA of Greater Nashua welcomes Joe Manzoli as New Chief Executive Officer (inklink.news)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's down to its last quarter. (Thank you Linda H. for sending it in!)
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