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🌱 Patch AM: Nashua, Rumney Men Indicted On Child Sexual Abuse Images Charges: Hillsborough County Indictments

Also check out Photography Weekend Intensive - Amherst, NH - Oct 10-11 on the Nashua Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • Several Nashua residents face serious felony indictments in county court
  • What services can Nashua's main hospital system offer your family locally?
  • What threat forced a Nashua charter school into remote learning Tuesday?

Also on today's calendar: Photography Weekend Intensive - Amherst, NH - Oct 10-11 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 74, low: 47.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Nashua, Rumney Men Indicted On Child Sexual Abuse Images Charges: Hillsborough County Indictments (patch.com) — Nashua readers are updated on a series of Hillsborough County indictments, including several Nashua residents charged with possessing child sexual abuse images, drug offenses, and burglary in the city. The report also details related cases involving nearby communities like Merrimack, Hudson, and Milford, while stressing that indictments are not convictions and explaining how to request name removals from Patch police reports.
   

2. Southern New Hampshire Health - Nashua, NH Patch (patch.com) — If you rely on local care in Nashua, Southern New Hampshire Health's 188-bed hospital at 8 Prospect Street anchors a regional system offering primary care, specialists, diagnostics, and urgent, non-emergency treatment. With more than 500 providers and Magnet-recognized nursing, it focuses on keeping high-quality, comprehensive services close to home for southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts residents.
   

3. Arrest made after threat keeps students of Nashua school at home, officials say (wmur.com) — Students at Riverwood Academy in Nashua stayed home Tuesday after officials received a threat and shifted to remote learning while the FBI and Nashua police investigated. An arrest was made that morning, and the school says law enforcement has now deemed it safe to reopen, with more details on the out-of-state case expected from police Wednesday.
   

4. John E. Sununu pressed on loyalty to Trump in Nashua forum (wmur.com) — Nashua residents heard former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu field questions about his independence from Donald Trump and party leaders during a Rotary Club forum in town. He highlighted past bipartisan work and votes against GOP-backed gay-marriage bans, and discussed potential Canadian hydro projects to lower New Hampshire energy costs.
   

5. This Week 26/10/08 (hippopress.com) — Nashua families can catch Peacock Players' youth production of Between the Lines Jr. at the Janice B. Streeter Theatre starting Friday, Oct. 9, with multiple shows through Oct. 18. The schedule offers evening and weekend matinees, giving local kids and parents plenty of chances to see this coming-of-age musical close to home.
   

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  • Nashua Public Library Workers Seek Resolution and Fair Contract After Working 96 Days with No Contract —Tanya Prather Read on Patch
  • Since I'm new to the area and went to the Topsfield Fair yesterday, I decided to do a comparison today with the Fryeburg Fair in Maine.
    VERY different fairs! Fryeburg's parking was $5, compared to Topsfield at $15. Admission at Fryeburg was $15, compared to Topsfield at $20. Food… (Nextdoor North Nashua)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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