🌱 Patch AM: How an unsupervised ATV ride in Exeter ended in the ER

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In today's newsletter:

• How an unsupervised ATV ride in Exeter ended in the ER
• Exeter's Bauer Hockey just scored a new sports-equipment patent
• Why Exeter's downtown made this list of standout New England main streets

Also on today's calendar: 100k Poets & Musicians For Change with the Arts Resistance Collaborative! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 65 and low of 50 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, showers around, temps: high: 72, low: 45.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 68 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Exeter ATV Rollover Sends Juvenile To Hospital With Serious Injuries (patch.com) — Emergency crews in Exeter responded Saturday after a boy was seriously injured in an ATV rollover on private property and taken to Portsmouth Regional Hospital. Officials say he was riding unsupervised without a helmet, and Fish and Game is using the incident to remind Exeter-area riders about safe OHRV operation and proper safety gear.
   

• NH patents through Oct. 4 (concordmonitor.com) — A new federal patent was awarded to Bauer Hockey in Exeter for sports equipment with adjustable characteristics, underscoring the town's role in sports-gear innovation. The roundup also notes another patent involving an Exeter-based inventor, alongside many other New Hampshire–connected technologies from medical devices to telecom systems.
   

• 9 Small Towns in New England with the Best Downtowns (worldatlas.com) — Exeter gets a spotlight here for its lively downtown, from brass band concerts on the bandstand to the American Independence Festival and the Festival of Trees. The piece highlights the American Independence Museum, Folsom Tavern's Beer for History series, and regular community gatherings that give Exeter residents reasons to come together in the town center year-round.
   

📸 Around Exeter

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Exeter

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10
• 100k Poets & Musicians For Change with the Arts Resistance Collaborative! →
  Exeter Town Hall, 10 Front St, Exeter
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday October 7
• Cribbage for a Cause
  WHYM Craft Pub & Brewery, 853 Lafayette Rd, Hampton
  6:30 pm
Thursday October 8
• The Gundalow Visits Exeter! →
  Swasey Parkway- Downtown Exeter, 316 Water St., Exeter
• Family Morning Out - Exeter →
  Exeter Parks & Rec, 10 Hampton Rd, Exeter
  9:30 am
• Exeter Farmers' Market →
  Swasey Parkway- Downtown Exeter, 316 Water St., Exeter
  2:30 pm
• Silly Skit Studio →
  The Children's Museum of New Hampshire, 6 Washington Street, Dover
  3:30 pm
• Epoch Happy Hour
  Epoch Restaurant and Bar
  4:00 pm
• EHS Open House
  Exeter High School Exeter, NH 03833
  5:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• Love Notes to the Great American Songbook →
  Exeter Public Library, 4 Chestnut St, Exeter
  11:00 am
Thursday October 15
• Gingerbread House Competition registration opens →
  120 Water St, Exeter
  9:00 am
Sunday October 18
• New England Fall Organ Festival →
  First Parish Cong Church, 218 Central Ave, Dover
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• Community Clothing Swap →
  Exeter Town Hall, 10 Front St, Exeter
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

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• Phillips Exeter Academy posted a job opening for Custodian (Evening/Night Shift, Tues - Sat) in Exeter. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Newmarket

• Sentinel Player of the Week: Nominees, Sept. 28-Oct. 4 (keenesentinel.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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