🌱 Somersworth and Rochester communities remember longtime church member Joann Schafer

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• Somersworth and Rochester communities remember longtime church member Joann Schafer

Today's riddle: What can you catch but not throw? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Warmer; rain in the morning, with a high of 71 and low of 50 degrees.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and warmer, temps: high: 83, low: 59.
• Wednesday: Variable clouds with a shower, with a high of 83 and low of 54 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Joann Schafer ... retired from Moore Business Forms; at 92 (therochestervoice.com) — Rochester readers may recognize Joann Schafer from her longtime devotion to the First United Methodist Church of Rochester, where she was an active prayer-chain supporter. The 92-year-old former Somersworth resident, Moore Business Forms retiree, and Golden Age Club member is remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who cherished time with younger generations.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rochester

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Thursday May 28

• Pho Zaap Ribbon Cutting
  Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce, 101 North Main Street, Rochester
  10:30 am

Friday May 29

• Eaglemania, The World's Greatest Eagles Tribute Band
  The Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester
  8:00 pm

Saturday May 30

• Wolfman Jack, a Grateful Dead Tribute
  Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday May 25

• Memorial Day (Studio Open) | Sole City Dance | Somersworth NH →
  Sole City Dance, 187 NH-108, Somersworth
  4:00 pm

Tuesday May 26

• Kinship Connect – Somersworth →
  Goodwin Community Health, 311 NH-108, Somersworth
  10:00 am
• Caregiver Café for Family Caregivers Barrington →
  Barrington Public Library, 426 Calef Hwy, Barrington
  11:30 am
• Family Movie Matinee - GOAT
  Goodwin Library, 422 Main Street, Farmington
  4:00 pm
• Paint Nite Brand Creative Events →
  Smokin' Barrels, 904 Calef Hwy, Barrington
  6:00 pm

Wednesday May 27

• Safe Harbor Swim School is opening at the Best Western in Portsmouth →
  Best Western, 580 US Highway 1 Bypass Interstate Traffic Circle, Portsmouth
• Ain't Too Proud- The Life and Times of the Temptations
  Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Ogunquit Playhouse 10 Main St Ogunquit, ME 03907

Thursday May 28

• LEVERAGING THE CHAMBER: Messaging with the Chamber →
  Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce 550 Central Ave Dover
  8:30 am
• Free Stress Relief Community Acupuncture
  Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Dover Chamber of Commerce
  3:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Somersworth

• N.H. track: Exeter boys, girls sweep Seacoast Championship (seacoastonline.com)
• 9 Underrated New Hampshire River Towns That Combine Scenic Beauty With A Pleasant Cost Of Living Advantage (takingthekids.com)

Dover

• Dover halts drone use for sewer inspections after privacy concerns (fosters.com)
• N.H. trooper uses cruiser to stop wrong-way driver, crashing head-on (police1.com)
• Kyle Busch died after severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, his family says (nhpr.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A cold (Thank you Stanley G. for sending it in!)
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