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School Delay Issued for Merrimack

Breaking: Wind chills as low as -28 degrees below zero are expected this morning.

AMHERST, NH — The Merrimack School District has issued a two-hour delayed opening due to the extremely cold wind chill factor, according to an alert. There will also be no a.m. kindergarten for the day. Merrimack PTA kindergarten and preschool will also open at 10:30 a.m. The Academy for Science and Design also has a two-hour delay.

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The delay was issued due to dangerously cold temperatures around the state, including wind chill factors of -28 degrees below zero, with wind gusts up to 40 mph this morning, according to weather forecasters.

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