🌱 Nashua Daily: Holiday Gifts Needed; Thanksgiving; More

Happy Tuesday, people of Nashua! It's Tony Schinella. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in town today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny; windy, cooler. High: 40 Low: 26.

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Here are the top stories in Nashua today:

1. Nashua Dietitian: Use Tips To Stay Healthy During Holiday Season (Nashua Patch)
2. Who’s Hiring Throughout Nashua: This Week’s Newest Job Openings
3. Nov. 22: NH DHHS COVID-19 weekend update – 2,887 positive results with 266 in Manchester; 10 deaths reported (Manchester Ink Link)
4. Nashua Public Library: Holiday Closings At Nashua Public Library (Press Release Desk)
5. Peter Smith Obituary (2021) - Westford, MA - Lowell Sun (Legacy.com)
6. Shop Solutions November 2021 (Engine Builder)
7. Nashua: See This Week's Upcoming Events In The Area
8. Rene Vayens Obituary (1951 - 2021) - Penacook, NH - Concord Monitor (Legacy.com)
9. Lockheed (LMT) Wins $585M Deal to Aid F-35 Aircraft Program (Zacks.com)
10. Target To Keep Stores Closed On Thanksgiving Permanently (CBS Boston)
11. Thanksgiving Grocery Hours: Which Stores, Pharmacies Are Open?
12. Nashua Area Red Cross Blood Drives Coming Up Soon
13. New Hampshire has the #1 smallest Native American population in the U.S. (The Laconia Daily Sun)

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Today in Nashua:

• Board of Public Works Pension Trustee Meeting (12:30 PM)
• P.U.S.H.: P.U.S.H. Turkey Brigade - Nashua School District (2:45 PM)
• Nancy Cox: Homecoming Dance - Nashua School District (7:00 PM)
• Board of Aldermen - Nashua City Hall (7:30 PM)

Nashua Patch Notebook

• United Way of Greater Nashua: "Thank you to our 20 volunteers who assisted with the Nashua Division of Public Health & Community Services's very successful Youth Vaccination Clinic last Saturday at Elm Street Middle School's cafeteria. Their next youth vaccination cli..." (Facebook)
• Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter, Inc.: "The holidays are on the way! Give a child the gift of warmth this season with the NSKS Holiday Gifts Program! We are requesting hats, water resistant gloves/mittens, and snow pants in various sizes for children in our community. Check ou..." (Facebook)
• United Way of Greater Nashua: "Thanks to our friends at PRL for their generous donation of nonperishable items to restock our Little Free Pantry hosted by The Greater Nashua Dental Connection GNDC! We love working with community partners to fight food-insecurity! Chec..." (Facebook)
• YMCA of Greater Nashua: "KIERAN’S KOVERS: We’re again helping Kieran Hummer this year collect new or gently used blankets, as well as new socks, hats and gloves. Kieran’s Kovers has donated over 3000 items to aid in helping keep the homeless warm. All blankets a..." (Facebook)
• United Way of Greater Nashua: "Thanks to our great volunteers Gurpreet, Swaroop, Nicholas, Clayton, Kayla, and Kaitlin at this Saturday's food drive at Hannaford Supermarkets! Food from this drive will go to St.John XXIII Food Pantry - "The Hudson Community Food Pantr..." (Facebook)
• Nashua Senior Activity Center: "You won't want to miss the annual visit of Gerald Charles Dickens to Nashua!" (Facebook)
• YMCA of Greater Nashua: "Help us help you by sharing our job openings with your friends, colleagues and neighbors. We have some great open positions. We thank you for your patience as we cope with staffing shortages. Come work for the YMCA and your membership is..." (Facebook)
• Nashua Public Library: "Blast into the past as you try out the November Family and Teen breakout rooms! (Links below.) Can you solve the puzzles about our library's history? 🔒🤔 Family Virtual Breakout - https://nashualibrary.org/expl... T..." (Facebook)
• YMCA of Greater Nashua: "DYK that the YMCA of Greater Nashua has expanded the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program to eligible Medicare participants as a covered benefit? Visit https://nmymca.org/programs/healthy-living/, email kadie@nmymc.org or call 603.882.2011..." (Facebook)
• YMCA of Greater Nashua: "Keeping You Safe at the YMCA: First in a series of videos on how the YMCA is keeping members, staff and the Greater Nashua community safe while they visit our YMCA facilities. Chief Operating Officer, Joe Manzoli discusses facility clean..." (Facebook)

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Events:

• Pastry Pre-order Event!! (November 24)
• 41st Amherst Lions Club Annual Craft Fair and Silent Auction (November 24)
• Celebrate Thanksgiving With 15 Percent Off Floral Centerpieces (November 26)
• Retired Collectible Basket Sale (November 27)
• Red Cross Blood Drive (November 30)
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Announcements:

• St. Philip Pastry Pre-order Event! (Details)
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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...

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