🌱 Northwood Marine veteran helps lay wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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• Northwood Marine veteran helps lay wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Today's riddle: Knock-knock! Who’s there? Irish. Irish who? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Breezy with a touch of rain, with a high of 76 and low of 53 degrees.
• Wednesday: Showers around; not as warm, temps: high: 65, low: 49.
• Thursday: Rain, mainly later; breezy, with a high of 62 and low of 43 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Service, Sacrifice and Sisterhood: Veterans Honor Their Own (einpresswire.com) — Northwood resident and Marine veteran Michele Skanks was among four women veterans chosen to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a recent Lone Eagle Honor Flight to Arlington National Cemetery. More than 50 women from across the country took part, sharing reflections on service, sacrifice, and the bonds of sisterhood formed through military life and remembrance.
   

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Friday May 8

• ConVal at Coe-Brown Academy →
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Other local events

Saturday May 9

• Prom - Ticketed Event
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Tuesday May 5

• HomeSchool - Clay! Introduction to Slab and Coil!
  Creative Community Space, 218 Main Street, Epping
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  Deerfield Community School Deerfield, NH 03037
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  Lee Public Library, 9 Mast Road, Lee
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Wednesday May 6

• Safe Harbor Swim School is opening at the Best Western in Portsmouth →
  Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce, 580 US Highway 1 Bypass, Portsmouth
• MORNING MIXER MAY 2026: Our Place →
  Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce, 105 Durham Rd., Dover
  8:00 am
• Art Explorers Club! →
  Creative Community Space, 218 Main Street, Epping
  10:00 am
• Caregiver Café for Family Caregivers Strafford →
  Hill Library, 1151 Parker Mountain Rd, Strafford
  10:30 am
• Coe-Brown Academy JV Baseball @ Pembroke →
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🗞 Nearby News

Epsom

• Epsom to acquire old train depot building (concordmonitor.com)

Rochester

• Navy veteran, Citizen of Year Bob 'Cider' Berry chosen Memorial Day grand marshal (therochestervoice.com)
• The Meaderboro Murder of 1843 (miltonobserver.com)
• Return of the Encore: T/C Arms Brings Back Its Iconic Single-Shot (americanrifleman.org)

Newmarket

• Vote for Seacoast boys, girls Athletes of the Week for April 27-May 1 (seacoastonline.com)
• Meteor shower linked to Halley's Comet peaks this week (seacoastonline.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Irish you a happy St. Patrick’s Day! (Thank you Eileen C. for sending it in!)
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