🌱 Nashua Daily: Spending Ban Could Stop Commuter Rail; Obits

Up and at 'em, Nashua! Tony Schinella here. It's Wednesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Some sun, then clouds. High: 48 Low: 37.

Here are the top stories in Nashua today:

1. Fewer than 10% of COVID-19 cases in N.H. are new BA.2 omicron variant (Nashua Telegraph)
2. Fugitive Surrenders; Gas Tax Holiday Coming Soon? PM Patch NH
3. Raoul J. Lacasse | News, Sports, Jobs (Nashua Telegraph)
4. Hidin' Hassan? NH Senator Still Keeps Office Closed to Public (NH Journal)
5. Our Gourmet: Indian with casual class in downtown Nashua (The Union Leader)
6. 6 New COVID-19 Deaths, 89 New Cases, 27 Hospitalizations TuesdayInDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org)
7. Roger Brown's State of Sports: Max Brosmer expects to be quarterbacking UNH this fall (The Union Leader)
8. Frustrated NH Dems Ask: Where Is 'Leader' David Cote? (New Hampshire Journal)
9. Nashua Area Real Estate Roundup (Nashua Patch)
10. Karen Andrews Obituary (2022) - Nashua, NH - Concord Monitor (Legacy.com)
11. Irene M. Franklin Obituary (SouthCoastToday.com)
12. 🌱How Rail May Be Derailed + Surprise Seafood Study + Rise Wealth (Patch)
13. Another New Hampshire Fugitive Surrenders To U.S. Marshals (Nashua Patch)
14. NH: A proposed spending ban could stop commuter rail in its tracks (Mass Transit Magazine)
15. 🌱 Nashua Daily: Working To Reduce Overdose Deaths; Braver Angels (Patch)
16. 🌱 Salem Daily: Do Some Land-Use Policies Harm Granite Staters? (Patch)

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Today in Nashua:

• The Basics of Estate Planning (6:00 PM)
• Nashua's BEST Trivia Night at Millyard Brewery (7:00 PM)
• Pennichuck - Audit, FInance and Risk Committee (4:30 PM)
• International Soccer Club: ISC Soccer (5:30 PM)
• Girl Scout Troop 51605: Girl Scouts Troop 51605 (6:00 PM)
• Task Force - Nashua City Hall (7:15 PM)
• Ian Theriault: Nashua Police Basketball (8:00 PM)

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• The Basics of Estate Planning (March 23)
• Nashua's BEST Trivia Night at Millyard Brewery (March 23)
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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...