🌱 Patch AM: How Brookline’s Melendy Pond fight is reaching a Milford doctor’s office

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In today's newsletter:

• How Brookline's Melendy Pond fight is reaching a Milford doctor's office

Also on today's calendar: Alexander's Jazz Time Band Concert and Vintage Pop-Up Market and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 58 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, a shower in the p.m., temps: high: 72, low: 63.
• Sunday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, with a high of 74 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Melendy Pond roads neglected by town (cabinet.com) — A longtime Melendy Pond resident in nearby Brookline says poor road maintenance and uncertainty over his lease have hurt his health so much he's now seeing a doctor at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Milford. He and another resident describe years of minimal plowing, delayed repairs, major home investments, and mounting rent disputes as the town tightens control over the pond properties.
   

📸 Around Milford

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Milford

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22
• Alexander's Jazz Time Band Concert and Vintage Pop-Up Market →
  Andres Institute Sculpture Park, 106 Rte 13, Brookline
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday August 28
• Old Towne Tavern →
  Olde Towne Tavern, 437 Nashua St, Milford
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• August 29/30 Seacoast Food Truck Festival - Kittery Premium Outlets →
  Kittery Trading Post, 301 US-1, Kittery
  11:00 am
Sunday August 30
• August 29/30 Seacoast Food Truck Festival - Kittery Premium Outlets →
  Kittery Premium Outlets, 375 US-1, Kittery
  11:00 am
Saturday September 5
• MILFORD - Sept. 5/6 Gluten Never Ever Expo →
  The Hampshire Dome, 34 Emerson Rd, Milford
  10:00 am
Sunday September 6
• MILFORD - Sept. 5/6 Gluten Never Ever Expo →
  The Hampshire Dome, 34 Emerson Rd, Milford
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 8
• Souhegan Valley Chorus Fall Open Rehearsal →
  First Congregational Church Union, 10 Union St, Milford
  6:30 pm
Sunday September 13
• Corey McLane: Stonecutters Pub →
  Stonecutters Pub, Downstairs, Milford
  4:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• JACK HARTMANN →
  The Hampshire Dome, 34 Emerson Rd, Milford
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21
• Little Listeners Storytime (Ages 0-6) In-Person
  Hollis Social Library Meeting Room,
  10:30 am
• French-Inspired Dinner Party With Live Jazz (8/21/26 – Amherst) →
  LaBelle Winery Amherst Event Center, 345 State Rte 101, Amherst
  6:30 pm
Sunday August 23
• Ocean-Inspired Resin LED Light DIY Workshop (8/23/26- Amherst) →
  LaBelle Winery Amherst Event Center, 345 State Rte 101, Amherst
  1:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Little Wigglers Storytime (Ages 0-6) In-Person
  Hollis Social Library Meeting Room,
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Amherst

• The Anti-Fluff Leadership Blueprint for Exhausted Execs (customerthink.com)
• EBI News for August 19, 2026 – Stantec enhances environmental services across Australia (ebionline.org)

Hollis

• NH patents through August 16 (concordmonitor.com)

Merrimack

• Darbster Rescue finds new home for adoptions at Merrimack Premium Outlets (unionleader.com)
• PFAS/Clean Water Act: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Conservation Law Foundation Petition for Review of Manchester, New Hampshire NPDES Permit (jdsupra.com)
• Matthew J. Scibilia (reverejournal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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