How Exeter’s worker shortage could change your trash pickup and road repairs
Can Exeter repeat as Seacoast’s only baseball state champion?
Also on today's calendar: Art talk with Sarah Koff and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Weather forecast:
Wednesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 52 degrees.
Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 87, low: 56. 🌶 Hot!
Friday: Very warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 86 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Seacoast DPWs face staffing crunch: 'Young people just don't want to get their hands dirty' (seacoastonline.com) — Exeter is struggling to fill multiple public works and utility positions, a shortage that could eventually affect services like trash collection, road work, and water and sewer operations. Local leaders describe how wage studies, new union contracts, and regional competition for workers are reshaping hiring, while generational shifts and high housing costs make it harder to keep Exeter fully staffed.
• These 3 Seacoast high school baseball teams can win a state championship (seacoastonline.com) — Exeter High School, last year’s lone Seacoast baseball state champion, is back in a deep Division I field where every Seacoast team qualified for the tournament. The story spotlights Dover and St. Thomas Aquinas as top title threats while noting Exeter’s strong pitching and the broader surge of Seacoast programs across all divisions.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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Why New Hampshire Law Forbids Municipal "Ratification by Lawsuit" —Jeffrey Clay Read on Patch
Continental Resources posted a job opening for Assembler in Exeter. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!