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Morning, Merrimack! Tony Schinella here. It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in Merrimack today.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy with showers around. High: 65 Low: 37.

Here are the top stories in Merrimack today:

1. Search Underway For Missing Elderly Woman In Merrimack (Jeffrey Hastings)
2. Driver Abandons 100 Grams Of Fentanyl After Trooper Chase: PM Patch NH
3. Teacher From Amherst First To Face ‘Howie Leung Loophole’ Law Charges
4. COVID Cases Rising Across New England. Here's Where Community Transmission Is Highest (NBC10 Boston)
5. Check out the 60+ restaurants ready to tickle your taste buds at the 2022 Taco Tour (Manchester Ink Link)
6. Proposed Central Street building gets new set of variances (Manchester Ink Link)
7. Family sues Amazon after fatal truck crash (FreightWaves)
8. Rindge church hosts Make a Blanket Day for charity (Monadnock Ledger Transcript)
9. Haverhill's Roberts relies on mental edge to excel on track (Eagle-Tribune)
10. Rick (Richard) Elliott | News, Sports, Jobs (Nashua Telegraph)
11. EARTH DAY: Cleanups, events, festival fill the April calendar (The Salem News)

Today in Merrimack:

• Easter Event - Eggciting Egg Hunt (10:00 AM)
• Meat Raffle (4:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Merrimack Police Department: "UPDATE**** He is home safe now, thank you! Do you recognize me? I was found in the area of 2 Hitchinpost lane around 1pm. Male, blue shark collar! If you know who I belong to please call dispatch at 603-424-3774" (Facebook)
• Merrimack Tomahawks Wrestling: "As the MHS wrestling team wrapped its season with an awards ceremony last night, we would like to thank Merrimack TV. Merrimack TV has been a part of growing the stature of MHS wrestling over the last two seasons. Beginning with last sea..." (Facebook)
• Merrimack Public Library: "Seaglass Summer by Anjali Banerjee" (Facebook)
• Merrimack Public Library: "👩‍🎨🖌Celebrate World Art Day with us by checking out one of our fabulous Art Museum Passes! The Merrimack Public Library offers discounted tickets to the Currier Art Museum, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and The Boston Museum of..." (Facebook)
• Arts In Reach (AIR): "GOOD GANG is going to Bedrock Gardens next week and it is not too late to sign up! Can't make this GOOD GANG HANG? Sing up to be part of the action and check out future opportunities to DO GOOD & HAVE FUN! https://artsinreach.galaxydigit..." (Facebook)
• SJN Merrimack: "Most Merciful Jesus, whose very nature it is to have compassion on us and to forgive us, do not look upon our sins but upon our trust which we place in Your infinite goodness. Receive us all into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Hear..." (Facebook)
• YMCA of Greater Nashua: "EASTER SUNDAY REMINDER: The YMCA is closed Easter Sunday (April 17). We hope you have a Happy Easter with your family and friends while our staff takes the day spend it with theirs. #nmymca" (Facebook)
• Merrimack Public Library: "👩‍🎨🖌Celebrate World Art Day with us by checking out one of our fabulous Art Museum Passes! The Merrimack Public Library offers discounted tickets to the Currier Art Museum, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and The Boston Museum of..." (Instagram)
• Miss Merrimack Scholarship Program: "The theme of this year's Miss New Hampshire competition is icons! One of my favorite performers is Tina Turner. She is an accomplished singer, actress, writer, as well as the Queen of Rock and Roll! Looking forward to performing a jazz d..." (Facebook)
• YMCA of Greater Nashua: "Happy Passover from all of us here at the YMCA. We hope as Passover begins this evening that you are able to reconnect, share and celebrate with friends and family. #nmymca #Passover2022" (Facebook)
• YMCA of Greater Nashua: "[WEEKLY MEMBER NEWSLETTER] See what is happening, present & future, at the YMCA and how you can be part of it all. Find your passion. Find your Y. https://mailchi.mp/nmymca.org/... #NMYMCA #StrongerTogether" (Facebook)

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— Tony Schinella

About me: Award-winning journalist and broadcaster for Patch.com in NH (off and on) since June 2011. Community coverage includes Concord, Hampton-North Hampton, Merrimack, Nashua, Portsmouth, and Salem. Reachable at tony.schinella@patch.com. Career highlights available on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/an...