🌱 Merrimack Daily: Opioid Settlement; Ban On School Masking?

Good morning, neighbors! It's me again, Tony Schinella, your host of the Merrimack Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and very cold. High: 26 Low: 2.

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Here are the top stories in Merrimack today:

1. Robert Cannon Obituary (2022) - Woburn, MA - Boston Herald (Legacy.com)
2. 2021-22 NHBCO all-division basketball teams in Division I, II (The Union Leader)
3. New Hampshire snow totals by town: Feb. 25, 2022 (WMUR Manchester)
4. Indictment made in connection to 2020 murder, body found in Methuen (Eagle-Tribune)
5. Lois Hochard Straub Kopiski | News, Sports, Jobs (Nashua Telegraph)
6. House Republicans continue pressing for bill to ban school mask mandates (New Hampshire Bulletin)
7. New analysis shows higher cancer risk for Merrimack residents between 2005 and 2014 (New Hampshire Public Radio)
8. N.H. logger faces multiple charges for tax evasion related to timber harvests (New Hampshire Public Radio)
9. 3 New COVID-19 Deaths, 807 Cases, 92 Hospitalizations FridayInDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org)
10. NH to receive $115 million of $21 billion opioid agreement in settlement with pharmaceuticals (Manchester Ink Link)

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Today in Merrimack:

• Taxes in Retirement Seminar 2/28 & 3/3 (6:30 AM)
• AARP Tax-Aide Program - Merrimack Public Library (8:30 AM)
• Art for CHAD - Merrimack Public Library (9:00 AM)
• Facebook Storytime - Merrimack Public Library (10:30 AM)
• Staff Use - Merrimack Public Library (11:15 AM)
• Cribbage Anyone? - Merrimack Public Library (2:00 PM)
• Elementary Explorers - Merrimack Public Library (4:00 PM)
• Friends of the Merrimack Public Library via Zoom (7:00 PM)

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That's it for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— 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...