🌱 Concord Daily: Youth Of The Year; Hospital Merger Rejected; Obits

Welcome back, Concord! It's Tony Schinella. Here's everything you need to know to get this Saturday started. Here are the most important things going on in town today.

First, today's weather:

Very warm with clouds and sun. High: 88 Low: 63.

Here are the top stories today in Concord:

1. Suspicious Death Investigation; Indictments; More: PM Patch NH (Concord Patch)
2. Susan Saltmarsh Obituary (1924 - 2022) - Pembroke, NH - Concord Monitor (Legacy.com)
3. Voter Committee Gets Primer on Process; Three Input Sessions Announced (InDepthNH.org)
4. Concord Men Indicted On Various Gun Charges: Superior Court Roundup (Concord Patch)
5. NH Chronicle: Teen wrestling phenom Skylar Hattendorf (WMUR Manchester)
6. New Hampshire Chronicle: Hitting the open road with The Iron Maidens of New England (WMUR Manchester)
7. Mowers cleared of violating NH state law after double votes (WRIC ABC 8News)
8. New Hampshire AG: Double-voter Mowers didn't break state law (Spectrum News)
9. NH Chronicle: The enchanting paintings of Samuel L. Gerry (WMUR Manchester)
10. NH Chronicle: The Red Alert Skate Park (WMUR Manchester)
11. NH Chronicle: The charming members of The Gents Club with a moving motto (WMUR Manchester)
12. Charitable Trusts Unit Objects to the Proposed Merger Transaction Involving Dartmouth Health and GraniteOne Health | News Releases (NH Department of Justice)
13. SoS Announces Candidacy Filing Period for State Primary and General Elections (InDepthNH.org)
14. Prescribed Fire Planned at Joy State Forest to Improve Wildlife Habitat (NH Fish and Game Department)
15. After Roe leak, abortion becomes hot election issue in N.H. and elsewhere (WBUR News)
16. New Hampshire Boys and Girls Club names 'Youth of the Year' (WMUR Manchester)
17. ‘The (First) Night Of The Fair’: The Return Of Concord’s Kiwanis Fair (Concord Patch)

Today in Concord:

• UU Church Plant & Yard Sale with the Wholly Rollers playing LIVE (9:00 AM)
• South End Plant Sale (7:00 AM)
• 2022 Season Opening for Rail-Bike Tours (8:00 AM)
• Contoocook Winter Farmers Market - Every Saturday (9:00 AM)
• Plant and Yard Sale (9:00 AM)
• Spring Into Warner (9:00 AM)
• Storytime Saturdays at the Heights Branch (10:30 AM)
• Cafe Murder Dinner Theatre Fundraiser (5:00 PM)
• Concord Chorale Presents I am a Voice That Sings (7:00 PM)
• The Suncook Valley Chorale Concert (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, The West Side: "Is anyone missing a grey and white striped cat? - He/she was just in my yard on Thayer Pond Rd." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, WestSide Concord: "I have 3 yards of mulch to spread. - Looking for someone" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Concord South End: "Does anyone know more about the psychiatric prison? - I see surveyors right behind the hospital." (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Saturday! I'll be back in your inbox tomorrow morning with another update.

— Tony Schinella

About me: Award-winning journalist and broadcaster for Patch.com in NH (off and on) since June 2011. Community coverage includes Concord, Hampton-North Hampton, Merrimack, Nashua, Portsmouth, and Salem. Reachable at tony.schinella@patch.com. Career highlights available on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/an...

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