🌱 What forgotten stories lie in Boscawen’s old Poor Farm cemetery?

What's up Boscawen! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• What forgotten stories lie in Boscawen’s old Poor Farm cemetery?

Also on today's calendar: Shenanigans and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn’t take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 62 and low of 49 degrees.
• Monday: Some rain in the morning, temps: high: 69, low: 48.
• Tuesday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 58 and low of 54 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Vintage Views: It was a poor farm (concordmonitor.com) — A local historian reflects on Boscawen’s former Merrimack County Poor Farm and its cemetery, just north of town and near today’s county nursing home. The piece traces how the 1800s almshouse served the elderly, poor, and mentally ill, then follows a quiet walk among the old Boscawen gravestones, honoring the many largely forgotten residents buried there.
   

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📸 Around Boscawen

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Boscawen

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 29

• Shenanigans →
  Horace Chase Lodge, 53 N Main St, Boscawen
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 12

• Closed for Columbus Day
  Boscawen Public Library, 116 North Main Street, Boscawen

Tuesday October 13

• Book Discussion - Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
  Boscawen Public Library, 116 North Main Street, Boscawen
  2:00 pm

Thursday October 15

• Shenanigans →
  Horace Chase Lodge, 53 N Main St, Boscawen
  5:00 pm
• 072 - Horace Chase Stated Meeting →
  53 North Main St, Boscawen
  7:30 pm

Monday October 19

• Medicare 101
  Boscawen Public Library, 116 North Main Street, Boscawen
  6:30 pm

Tuesday October 20

• Homeschool Discussion Group
  Boscawen Public Library, 116 North Main Street, Boscawen
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday October 11

• Street Closure - Cars & Coffee on Capitol →
  Concord, NH Calendar Concord, NH 03301
  6:00 am
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Worship Services in Concord, New Hampshire →
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 90 Clinton Street, Concord
  9:00 am
• Warner Fall Foliage Festival Lumberjack Competition →
  Warner Fairgrounds, 2 West Main Street, Warner
  10:00 am
• Visit Us At The Warner Fall Foliage Festival! →
  MainStreet Warner Stage, 16 E Main St, Warner
  10:00 am
• Worship Service →
  Phillips Chapel, 79 Clinton St, Concord
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• There is road construction on SR-28 reported at...
  There is road construction on SR-28 reported at 2:22 PM. "Long Term Construction Project: Chichester, NH-28 at Depot St and Main St, Intersection… (Nextdoor )
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  There is road construction on SR-11 reported at 7:29 AM. "Construction: Andover NH-11 from Mile 51.2 to Mile 51.6: One Lane Alternating Traffic" (Nextdoor )

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🗞 Nearby News

Concord

• 149 Abbott Rd, Concord, NH 03303 (redfin.com)
• Kingston man indicted for threatening federal employee in Concord (newportdispatch.com)

Franklin

• Cemetery walk brings Old Hopkinton Cemetery to life (unionleader.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn’t take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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