🌱 Nashua Daily: Surveillance Footage Shows Good Samaritan Hit By Car

Rise and shine, Nashua! Tony Schinella here. It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around Nashua today.

First, today's weather:

Variable cloudiness. High: 59 Low: 39.

Here are the top stories in Nashua today:

1. Six NH seniors named semifinalists in U.S. Presidential Scholars Program (The Union Leader)
2. Pot Bill Goes Up In Smoke In New Hampshire State Senate
3. DHHS: 452 New COVID-19 Cases, 1 Death, 23 HospitalizationsInDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org)
4. A Hilltop Home, With Frontage, Overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee: NH Wow
5. The Cheapest City to Get Groceries in Every State (24/7 Wall St.)
6. Mother’s Day 2022 Gifts: What Do Nashua Moms Really Want? (Nashua Patch
7. Indictments; Children's Day; Pot Bill Goes Up In Smoke: PM Patch NH)
8. Felon Indicted On Nashua Threat, Weapon Charges: Superior Court (Nashua Patch)
9. Rochester Elks assist veteran, Juneteenth celebrations: Community news update (Seacoastonline.com)
10. Roger Demers (Ocala News)
11. 🌱 Bedford 4 Ukraine + Craftworkers Spring Fair + Marijuana Vote (Patch)
12. N.H. Senate rejects lobster licenses for recreational scuba divers (New Hampshire Public Radio)
13. Senate votes down cannabis legalization bills, dashing supporters' hopes for 2022 (New Hampshire Bulletin)
14. 🌱 Hampton-North Hampton Daily: Summer Tour Updates; Drug Takebacks (Patch)
15. R. Bruce Officer | Obituary (Salem News)
16. Linear Retail Properties acquires 270 Amherst St. for $10.1 million - a 39750 s/f shopping center located on Rte. 101A in Nashua, NH (New England Real Estate Journal Online)
17. Surveillance video shows moment Good Samaritan was hit by car in Nashua (WMUR Manchester)

Today in Nashua:

• Live Music with The Humans Being (4:00 PM)
• Live Music with Humans Being (9:00 AM)
• Semi Annual Psychic and Craft Fair (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Humane Society for Greater Nashua: "𝗘𝗻𝘇𝗼 says good morning and happy Friday! He's a Flemish Giant rabbit and he's hoping his new family finds him soon because he has so much love to give. Learn more about him by visiting our website! 🐰 https://www.hsfn.org/available-s..." (Facebook)
• Humane Society for Greater Nashua: "Meet some of the new faces here at HSFN! Thanks to a recent transport, there are a lot of choices for those looking to adopt a new canine buddy. Visit our website to see them all! https://www.hsfn.org/available... Walk-ins welcome. We..." (Facebook)
• Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter, Inc.: "Beans! Beans! Beans! We need bags of dried beans. Any variety, any size package. If you want to get a huge bag, rest assured that we will re-package them into sizes our clients can carry. Drop off at 2 Quincy Street." (Facebook)
• Nashua Senior Activity Center: "What wonderfully thoughtful flowers from our friends Zis-Sweeney and St. Laurent Funeral Home!" (Facebook)
• Nashua Public Library: "We love these vintage posters from the library archive! We are not sure who designed and screen printed them... any ideas?" (Facebook)
• YMCA of Greater Nashua: "United Way of Greater Nashua Treasurer Peter Chaloner stopped by the YMCA’s administrative office to drop off a check that comes directly from employee payroll designations for their 2021 Campaign. Thank you to the Enterprise Bank employ..." (Facebook)
• Nashua Public Library: "Check out this opportunity to make new friends at the Arlington Street Community Center!" (Facebook)
• United Way of Greater Nashua: "Today is the last day of our United (w)E-Recycle event! Help us go out with a bang by inviting your loved ones to join you in recycling your old electronics and donating your working laptops for students in need. We will be collecting ap..." (Facebook)
• YMCA of Greater Nashua: "SUMMER HIRING BONUS NOW ACTIVE: Want to work for an organization that's making a difference this summer? Join the Y as a summer staff member and earn yourself an additional $1000 this summer. Click on the link for more info and the quali..." (Facebook)
• Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua: "Our Club teens had a fantastic tour of Salem State University, learning all about the degrees they offer and the application process, then afterwards taking a fun-filled visit to Pioneer Village! The trip was both enlightening and fun! #..." (Facebook)
• The Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce: "Posted by on behalf of the V.A. in Manchester. Attention US Veterans! The V.A. out of Manchester is hosting an info day on Tuesday, May 10 from 12-2:30pm at our Chamber office at 60 Main St #200 in downtown Nashua. Info on V.A eligibilit..." (Facebook)
• The Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce: "Small Business Week starts this Sunday! We have a challege each day for you Greater Nashua! #supportsmallbiz" (Facebook)
• United Way of Greater Nashua: "FRIDAYS UNITED coming to you from South Carolina... let's talk about Small Business United." (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Bridge St: "HELLO EVERYONE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL 25 YEARS DOING PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CONCRETE REPAIR PAINTING PAVING SEALCOATING CRACK SEALING PATCHES LANDSCAPING RETAINING WALLS CLEAN UPS - WE ALSO HAVE A DUMP TRUCK FOR DUMP RUNS LANDSCAPE DELIVER..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Bridge St: "🛑Attention🛑 - i deleted my post on accident today but I'm looking for a lady who commented on it earlier today. My post was about not going in to peoples houses alone. The lady Im Looking for said her daughter runs a cleaning service a..." (Nextdoor)
• Chief of Police Joseph Hoebeke, Hollis Police Department: "DRUG TAKE BACK/COFFEE WITH A COP IS TOMORROW (4/30/2022) - Please join us tomorrow, April 30, 2022, for the DEA National Drug Take Back Event, which will be held at the rear of the Hollis Police Department between 10 AM and 2 PM. We wil..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Downtown: "I'm looking for plastic milk crates to put my potted plants on. - Does anyplace give them out free. I can get them at lowes but free is always better." (Nextdoor)

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Events:

• Church FUNdraising Auction is back (April 30)
• Live Music with The Humans Being (April 30)
• Modern Music Gala Featuring the Works of Steve Peisch (May 1)
• STAINED GLASS CLASSES- 1 May – 6 June 2022 Late Spring 2022 SESSION (May 2)
• Kreiva Academy 2022-2023 Information Session and Tour (May 4)
• OPEN HOUSE: The Harkness House, New Private Middle School in Nashua (May 5)
• April showers bring May flowers Craft & Artisan Show (May 7)
• Mother's Day Candle Bar + Flower Workshop (May 7)
• Hire A Pro To Tackle Mom's To-Do List (May 8)
• Gary Negbaur: Jazz, Blues, and American Roots (May 21)
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Job listings:

• Great summer job for students - Crew Helper (Details)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Saturday! See you 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...

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