🌱 Patch AM: How Merrimack quietly stitches into New Hampshire’s 250th celebration.

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In today's newsletter:

• How Merrimack quietly stitches into New Hampshire's 250th celebration.

Also on today's calendar: 15th Annual Car & Truck Show and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Clouds and sun; not as warm, with a high of 67 and low of 47 degrees.
• Sunday: Cooler with periods of rain, temps: high: 61, low: 51.
• Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 69 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• America at 250: New Hampshire: The Granite State (antiquetrader.com) — Merrimack gets a brief spotlight in a feature on New Hampshire's deep history, with an 1827 needlework sampler from "Merrimack" among the collectibles tied to the state's past. The piece surveys Indigenous history, the Revolution, industry, tourism, and art, and highlights 250th-anniversary events at museums and historic sites around New Hampshire through 2026.
   

📸 Around Merrimack

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Merrimack

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• 15th Annual Car & Truck Show →
  Walmart Supercenter, 85 NH-101A, Amherst, NH,
  9:00 am
• Rainbow Bazaar Doll, Bear, and Toy Show →
  Brookline Event Center, 32 Proctor Hill Rd, Brookline
  9:30 am
• Trombly 2nd Annual Pig Roast →
  150 N River Rd, Milford
  12:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• Purrfect Thrift's Harvest & Holiday Market – Where Holiday Shopping Begins →
  15 Bockes Rd, Hudson
• Pay It Forward Card Show →
  Leominster-Fitchburg Lodge of Elks, 134 N Main St, Leominster
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday September 19
• MFF Annual Fall Yard Sale →
  Merrimack Town Hall, 6 Baboosic Lake Rd, Merrimack
  8:00 am
Sunday September 20
• The BIG GAME →
  TBA
  4:00 pm
Friday September 25
• ThetaHealing® Basic DNA Training (Level 1) 3 Days →
  Auria Wellness, 515 Daniel Webster Hwy, Merrimack
  11:00 am
• Friends of the Merrimack Public Library Fall Book Sale - Merrimack, NH →
  Merrimack Public Library, 470 Daniel Webster Hwy, Merrimack
  5:15 pm
• Friends of the Merrimack Public Library Fall Book Sale Merrimack, NH →
  Merrimack Public Library, 470 Daniel Webster Hwy, Merrimack
  5:15 pm
Saturday September 26
• Friends of the Merrimack Public Library Fall Book Sale - Merrimack, NH →
  Merrimack Public Library, 470 Daniel Webster Hwy, Merrimack
  9:00 am
• The Craftworkers' Guild Harvest Shop →
  3A Meetinghouse Rd, Bedford, NH, 03110
  10:00 am
• Level 1: Sound Healing Training & Certification Weekend →
  Auria Wellness, 515 Daniel Webster Hwy, Merrimack
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• MacDonald: Gordon MacDonald, Lessons, And Elections —Steve MacDonald Read on Patch
• MacDonald: The Left's Growing Culture of Death —Steve MacDonald Read on Patch
• Obituary: William (Bill) Volante —michael w volante Read on Patch

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🗞 Nearby News

Amherst

• Carolina Panthers offensive lineman spent formative summers at Camp Young Judea (jewishjournal.org)
• Amherst, NH School Board — September 17, 2026 (meetingwatch.org)

Bedford

• Bedford Sen. Ricciardi Named New England Water Works Association Legislator of the Year (patch.com)
• Bedford Town Council accepts Indian Rock Road as a public way, to be included in road mile inventory (unionleader.com)

Londonderry

• Man From Pelham Dies After Crash On Interstate 93 In Londonderry (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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