Community Corner
🌱 Interested in trucking winter sand for Gilsum? Here’s how to bid.
Happening soon: Growth By Giving Music Fest on the Gilsum Patch calendar

Good day Gilsum! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Interested in trucking winter sand for Gilsum? Here's how to bid.
Also on today's calendar: Slavic Soul Party.
Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Humid; a few morning showers, with a high of 81 and low of 57 degrees.
- Friday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 81, low: 56.
- Saturday: A shower or two; not as warm, with a high of 74 and low of 53 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• INVITATION TO BID Gilsum Winter Sand Trucking 2026 (gilsum-nh.gov) — Gilsum is seeking sealed bids from contractors to truck winter sand for the town's Highway Department, with proof of insurance required. Official bid sheets are available on the town website and at the Town Office, and completed bids must arrive at the Selectmen's Office by noon on September 14, 2026.
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📸 Around Gilsum
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gilsum
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★ Featured events ★
- Growth By Giving Music Fest →
Tempesta's Restaurant, 401 Winchester St, Keene
12:00 pm
Sunday September 6
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Other local events
- Slavic Soul Party →
The Colonial Theatre, Keene NH, 95 Main St, Keene
7:00 pm - Talib Kweli →
The Colonial Theatre, Keene NH, 95 Main St, Keene
7:00 pm
Saturday September 12
Saturday September 26
📣 Gilsum Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Open Garden Weekend
Distant Hill Gardens , 507 March Hill Rd, Walpole, NH 03608, US
10:00 am - Garden Design Workshop
Distant Hill Gardens
10:30 am - FM Cooperative Review Committee
Fall Mountain Regional School District Alstead, NH 03602
5:30 pm - Vilas Open House
Alstead Primary School Alstead, NH 03602
6:00 pm - Geskus Photo Day
Keene School District Keene, NH 03431
8:45 am - GBNEMBA Bike Park Blitz #4 - Granite Gorge Mountain Park →
Granite Gorge Mountain Park, 341 NH-9, Roxbury
9:30 am - GBNEMBA Bike Park Blitz #4 - Granite Gorge... →
Granite Gorge Mountain Park, 341 NH-9, Roxbury
9:30 am - Mushroom Meander with the Morel Quandary Club at McCabe Forest →
McCabe Forest Trailhead, 2-84 Elm St Ext, Antrim
3:30 pm - Monadnock Clean Energy Fair →
Keene Parks & Recreation Department, 312 Washington St, Keene
10:00 am
Saturday September 5
Sunday September 6
Monday September 7
Thursday September 10
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
Sunday September 13
Thursday September 17
Saturday September 19
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- SPECTRUM posted a job opening for Retail Sales Specialist in Keene. Apply here.
- Maurices posted a job opening for Retail Assistant Manager - Part-Time in Keene. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gilsum here.
🗞 Nearby News
Keene
- Your Labor Day weekend in NH: Fast cars, UFOs, and a music festival in Keene (nhpr.org)
- Brattleboro VA Outpatient Clinic resumes normal operations (unionleader.com)
- Art In The Park Returns This Weekend with More Than 80 Artists, Live Music and a Taste of Tradition (mykeenenow.com)
Walpole
- Walpole Candidate Robbie Mahrou to File for NH-02 Ballot Access (thewalpolean.org)
Ok Gilsum! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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