🌱 Boots, Brews, & BBQ Country Concert at Mel's Funway Park and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Cannaversary '26 at GraniteLeaf Cannabis
• Boots, Brews, & BBQ Country Concert at Mel's Funway Park at Mel's Funway Park

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhinoceros? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 69 and low of 60 degrees.
• Thursday: Cloudy with showers around, temps: high: 68, low: 62.
• Friday: Warmer with a shower, with a high of 81 and low of 59 degrees.

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Saturday August 1

• Cannaversary '26 →
  GraniteLeaf Cannabis, 349 Dover Rd, Chichester
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday August 15

• Boots, Brews, & BBQ Country Concert at Mel's Funway Park →
  Mel's Funway Park, 454 Charles Bancroft Hwy, Litchfield
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday July 29

• Bone Builders →
  Francestown Town Hall, 2 New Boston Rd, Francestown
  9:30 am
• Baby Storytime
  Peterborough Town Library -
  10:30 am
• Tech Drop In Help
  Peterborough Town Library - Kelly Room
  12:00 pm
• Afternoon Games for Adults →
  George Holmes Bixby Memorial Library, 52 Main St, Francestown
  3:00 pm
• Random Acts of Flowers
  Peterborough Town Library - 1833 Room
  3:30 pm

Thursday July 30

• Starting the School Year with Nature as Your Co-Teacher →
  Harris Center for Conservation Education, 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock
  9:00 am
• The Scrap Heap →
  Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St, Peterborough
  5:00 pm
• Yoga with Andrea Grant →
  Francestown Town Hall, 2 New Boston Rd, Francestown
  5:30 pm
• Beginner Ballroom Dancing →
  Francestown Town Hall, 2 New Boston Rd, Francestown
  7:00 pm

Friday July 31

• Literary Book Club
  Peterborough Town Library - Eben Jones Classroom
  11:00 am

Saturday August 1

• TOADSTOOL BOOKSHOP →
  Toadstool Bookshops, 12 Depot St, Peterborough
  11:00 am

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Monadnock Community Hospital posted a job opening for Housekeeper I - Full Time Second Shift in Peterborough. Apply here.
• First Student posted a job opening for Driver Non-CDL in Hillsborough. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bennington here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Antrim

• New property sales listings from February through March (ledgertranscript.com)
• Local caterers face rising ingredient costs amid wedding demand (ledgertranscript.com)

Francestown

• BUSINESS QUARTERLY: The financial lessons in wedding planning (ledgertranscript.com)
• Newsmakers: MVSB promotes Miller to assistant VP (unionleader.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: ‘Ell if I know. (Thank you KYLE B. for sending it in!)
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