🌱 Patch AM: How Salem’s rinks helped launch a future PWHL star

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In today's newsletter:

• How Salem’s rinks helped launch a future PWHL star
• How a Salem senator helped advance a major homeschool oversight rollback

Also on today's calendar: Room for What's Next: Designing & Building an ADU and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Where did the two roofs meet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Cloudy and cool; p.m. rain, with a high of 55 and low of 51 degrees.
• Sunday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, temps: high: 71, low: 49.
• Monday: Cooler; rain in the morning, with a high of 61 and low of 40 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• How a magical winter has Caroline Harvey set for 2026 PWHL Draft (hockeyjournal.com) — A rising global hockey star, Caroline Harvey traces her journey back to learning the game in Salem where she played on both boys’ and girls’ teams. Her early years at local rinks, surrounded by passionate teammates and families, helped shape the drive that now has her poised for the 2026 PWHL Draft and fresh off a national championship.    

• Senate passes bill to lift state oversight of homeschool education (nhpr.org) — A statewide bill to sharply reduce oversight of homeschooling has passed the New Hampshire Senate, with Salem Sen. Daryl Abbas backing the changes as strengthening parents’ rights. Democrats and education groups warn it enables “double-dipping” for families using Education Freedom Accounts while still accessing public school services. The measure may change further because senators added unrelated pharmacy benefit manager provisions.    

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📸 Around Salem

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Salem

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 16

• Room for What's Next: Designing & Building an ADU →
  Nashua Home Design Center, 520 Amherst St, Nashua
  10:00 am

Saturday May 23

• Arcidi Fishing Derby →
  431 Elm St, Milford
  8:00 am

Wednesday May 27

• Graduation Parties - Open House →
  Lanam Club Inc, 260 N Main St, Andover
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Monday May 11

• AFJROTC Awards - PAC
  Salem High School Salem, NH 03079
  6:00 pm

Tuesday May 12

• Spring Chorus Concert - SHS PAC Center
  Dr. L. F. Soule School Salem, NH 03079
  6:00 pm
• NJHS Induction
  Woodbury School Salem, NH 03079
  6:00 pm
• Salem Area Women's Club - 100 Years of Service →
  The Salem NH Historical Society, 310 Main St, Salem
  7:00 pm

Wednesday May 13

• Historic District Commission Meeting →
  Salem, NH Calendar, Old Town Hall Museum 310 Main Street, Salem
  3:00 pm
• SHS Band & Chorus Spring Concert
  Salem High School Salem, NH 03079
  6:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• Chorus Concert at SHS in the PAC
  Mary a. Fisk Elementary School Salem, NH 03079
  6:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• Rowan is opening at The Mall at Rockingham Park! →
  The Mall at Rockingham Park, 99 Rockingham Park Blvd, Salem
  10:00 am

Wednesday May 20

• Salem High Class of 1976 Awarding Multiple Scholarships →
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• J.Crew posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in Salem. Apply here.
• Bath and Body Works posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate-THE MALL AT ROCKINGHAM PARK in Salem. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Salem here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Windham

• Restaurants In Windham Offering Mother's Day Brunch Or Dinner (patch.com)

Derry

• The Weekender, May 7-10: Great New England Craft Market, Mother's Day Plant Sale, Gay Arm Wrestling + more (inklink.news)
• 'The Sheep Detectives' is a surprisingly poignant children's movie (roughdraftatlanta.com)
• Hugh R. Taylor Obituary May 7, 2026 - Cremation Society of New Hampshire (csnh.com)

Londonderry

• Restaurants In Londonderry Offering Mother's Day Brunch Or Dinner (patch.com)
• Keene State lacrosse players earn top LEC honors (keenesentinel.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: At a shingles bar! (Thank you Yann P. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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