🌱 Patch AM: Andover Mass. Firefighter, Who Lives In Londonderry, Placed On Leave After Child Abuse Arrest

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• Londonderry firefighter-resident faces child abuse charges after intensive investigation.

Also on today's calendar: The Fixx @ Tupelo Music Hall and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 85 and low of 59 degrees.
• Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 83, low: 59.
• Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 70 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Andover Mass. Firefighter, Who Lives In Londonderry, Placed On Leave After Child Abuse Arrest (patch.com) — Londonderry residents are learning that local firefighter Adam Cole, who works in Andover, Massachusetts, has been arrested and charged with felony second-degree assault and child endangerment after a three-month-old suffered a seizure and brain bleed. Londonderry police, DCYF, and medical staff in Manchester and Boston conducted a multi-week investigation, and Cole is now free on bail and due back in Derry District Court in late September.
   

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Thursday September 3
• Bingo Night →
  Sunstone Brewing Company, 298 Rockingham Rd, Londonderry
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Tuesday September 8
• The Fixx @ Tupelo Music Hall →
  Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A St, Derry
  7:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• An Evening with Emerson, Lake & Palmer at Tupelo Music Hall →
  Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A St, Derry
  8:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Londonderry Pride Festival 2026 →
  Londonderry Town Common
  12:00 pm

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Monday August 31
• Capital Improvement Committee Regular Meeting - Presentations →
  Litchfield, NH Calendar, 2 Liberty Way, Litchfield
  6:30 pm
• Supervisor of the Checklist Session
  Merrimack Town Clerk 6 Baboosic Lake Rd, Merrimack, NH 03054, USA
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Dominoes Club!
  Chester Public Library 3 Chester Street, Chester, NH 03036
  1:30 pm
• Freshman Parents Info Night
  Pinkerton Academy Stockbridge Theatre, 44 N Main St, Derry, NH 03038, USA Pinker
  6:00 pm
• Planning Board Meeting
  Merrimack Town Clerk 8 Baboosic Lake Rd, Merrimack, NH 03054, USA
  6:30 pm
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  Bedford, NH Calendar, Town Meeting Room - BCTV 10 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford
  6:30 pm
• Board of Selectmen
  Town of Hudson 12 School St, Hudson, NH 03051
  7:00 pm
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  Litchfield, NH Calendar, 2 Liberty Way, Litchfield
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