🌱 Patch AM: Don’t miss Merrimack’s free costumes and kids’ rock event Saturday

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• Don't miss Merrimack's free costumes and kids' rock event Saturday

Also on today's calendar: 14th Annual Monadnock International Film Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Warmer; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 84 and low of 52 degrees.
• Saturday: Sunny and less humid, temps: high: 71, low: 44.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 65 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Top 5 Weekend Events in Greater Nashua - 10/02 (macaronikid.com) — Merrimack families have two kid‑friendly events right in town this Saturday: free Halloween costumes at the Merrimack Public Library's Klumpp Room and a "Ready to Rock" program with Merrimack Parks and Recreation on Naticook Road. The roundup also highlights pumpkin picking in Milford, a craft day in Milford, and a multicultural festival in downtown Nashua, all happening October 3.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Merrimack

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• 14th Annual Monadnock International Film Festival →
  SHOWROOM, 20 Commercial St, Keene
  9:00 am
Saturday October 3
• The Craftworkers' Guild Harvest Shop →
  3A Meetinghouse Rd, Bedford, NH, 03110,
  10:00 am
• Coins, Stamps & Collectibles: Free Appraisal Day at the Spellman Museum →
  Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, 241 Wellesley St, Weston
  10:00 am
Sunday October 4
• Mystic Autumn Fair →
  DoubleTree by Hilton Nashua, 2 Somerset Pkwy, Nashua
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• Open Hours 10:00am - 2:00pm →
  Merrimack Historical Society, 10 Depot St, Merrimack
  10:00 am
• Chakra Clearing with Joseph Carringer →
  Auria Wellness, 515 Daniel Webster Hwy, Merrimack
  1:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• The Craftworkers' Guild Harvest Shop →
  3A Meetinghouse Rd, Bedford, NH, 03110
  10:00 am
• Needle Felted Ornament Workshop →
  A Fiber in the Woods, 301 Daniel Webster Hwy, Merrimack
  10:00 am
• Photography Weekend Intensive - Amherst, NH - Oct 10-11 →
  10:00 am
Thursday October 15
• Trance Healing Soundbath with Lauren Rainbow and Jeffrey Warren →
  Auria Wellness, 515 Daniel Webster Hwy, Merrimack
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Harvest Fair →
  St. James United Methodist Church, 646 Daniel Webster Hwy, Merrimack
  9:00 am
• OCT. 17/18 11th Annual Great New England Fall Craft & Artisan Show -Milford, NH →
  The Hampshire Dome, 34 Emerson Rd, Milford
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Amherst

• Woman From Amherst Arrested On Threat And Criminal Trespass Charges In Concord (patch.com)
• Amherst, NH Conservation Commission — October 28, 2026 (meetingwatch.org)
• GoFundMe Effort Created For Nashua Man Killed In Crash On Route 101 In Amherst (patch.com)

Bedford

• High School Soccer: After strong, surprising start, Memorial... (unionleader.com)
• GR8PL8: New Hampshire car owners are driven by vanity (nhpr.org)
• New Hampshire rain totals for Sept. 29, 2026 (wmur.com)

Nashua

• Nashua Woman Indicted In Pry Bar Attack Case: Hillsborough County Superior Court Indictments (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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