🌱 Patch AM: How Exeter’s oldest dry cleaner is facing its next big decision

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In today's newsletter:

• How Exeter’s oldest dry cleaner is facing its next big decision
• Which Exeter athletes are standing out in this week’s regional honors?

Also on today's calendar: Great Bay Food Truck Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do optometrists live so long? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: An a.m. shower, then breezy, with a high of 57 and low of 39 degrees.
• Monday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 68, low: 48.
• Tuesday: Breezy and warm with some sun, with a high of 76 and low of 55 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Nearly a century later, a family legacy lives on at NH's oldest dry cleaner (unionleader.com) — Blue Ribbon Dry Cleaners on Portsmouth Avenue, founded in Exeter in 1929, is still family-run and navigating big industry changes while its owners weigh retirement and possible redevelopment of the property. The shop’s roots stretch back to a 1919 downtown Exeter tailoring business, and six generations have worked there, preserving both old-school dry-cleaning methods and plenty of colorful customer stories.    

• Winnacunnet baseball, softball players take home Athletes of the Week (seacoastonline.com) — Exeter High School athletes get a nod in this week’s Seacoast Athletes of the Week, as past winners include Exeter’s Riley Benevides and Ethan Battles and nominee Autumn Fabiano. The latest honors go to Winnacunnet’s Harvey Reynoso and Lucy Gelbstein after standout baseball and softball performances in late April, edging out other regional contenders in online voting.    

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📸 Around Exeter

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Exeter

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 9

• Great Bay Food Truck Festival →
  Stratham Hill Park, 270 Portsmouth Ave, Stratham
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday May 4

• EACC Mascot Program: Rock Solid Partnerships
  Exeter Chamber of Commerce, 120 NH-111, Exeter
• NH Energy Week Kicks Off in Kensington →
  Kensington Town Hall, 95 Amesbury Rd, Kensington
  5:30 am

Tuesday May 5

• Junior Science: Amazing Animals →
  The Children's Museum of New Hampshire, 6 Washington Street, Dover
  1:30 pm
• Book Launch: Victoria Arlen at Water Street Bookstore →
  Water Street Bookstore, 125 Water St, Exeter
  6:00 pm

Wednesday May 6

• Epoch Happy Hour
  Epoch Restaurant and Bar
  4:00 pm

Friday May 8

• May 8/9 New England Craft Market at LaBelle Winery (Derry, NH) →
  LaBelle Winery Derry Event Center, 14 NH-111, Derry
  4:00 pm

Saturday May 9

• Indoor Yard Sale →
  Stratham Municipal Center, 10 Bunker Hill Ave, Stratham
  8:00 am
• May 8/9 New England Craft Market at LaBelle Winery (Derry, NH) →
  LaBelle Winery Derry Event Center, 14 NH-111, Derry
  10:00 am
• 2026 Exeter Alewife Festival →
  Founders Park, 20-98 Pleasant St, Exeter
  10:00 am

Friday May 15

• It's Alive Stuffy Puppets →
  218 Main St, Epping
  3:30 pm

Saturday May 16

• Stuffed Animal Puppets- It's Alive for Adults! →
  218 Main St, Epping
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello, my name is Stephanie.
  I am a fully insured pet sitter based in Exeter, NH, with decades of experience providing reliable and attentive care for both dogs and cats. I am… (Nextdoor Front St)

• The Adecco Group posted a job opening for Machine Operators in Exeter. Apply here.
• Genesis HealthCare Corporation posted a job opening for Dietary Aide in Hampton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Exeter here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Stratham

• Best burgers in Seacoast NH and Maine? 18 places locals love (seacoastonline.com)
• Stratham man faces potential life‑without‑parole sentence in child assault case (fosters.com)
• New Hampshire Senate Sends Campus Carry Bill to Study Hall (bearingarms.com)

Hampton

• The Summer You've Been Looking for Is at Hampton Beach (wcvb.com)
• Rates and Rights: Temporary rates are a permanent problem for utility customers (concordmonitor.com)
• Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Sells 17,405 Shares of Planet Fitness, Inc. $PLNT (marketbeat.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because they dilate. (Thank you Phil M. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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