🌱 Patch AM: Can Salem snap its skid in Friday’s road showdown?

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In today's newsletter:

• Can Salem snap its skid in Friday's road showdown?

Also on today's calendar: Salem Friendship & Garden Club Monthly Meeting and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 63 and low of 52 degrees.
• Monday: Some rain in the morning, temps: high: 69, low: 50.
• Tuesday: Cooler with a stray shower, with a high of 59 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Football Recap: Bishop Guertin Takes Down Ranked Salem (maxpreps.com) — Salem High's football team fell 41–27 to undefeated Bishop Guertin on Friday, extending the Blue Devils' losing streak to four and dropping them to 1–4. Salem now prepares for another challenge on the road, heading to face Alvirne this coming Friday night as they look to turn their season around.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Salem

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 14
• 2026 Ribbon Cutting at Salem Police Department Building →
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Other local events

Tuesday October 13
• Arlington Mill Reservoir Watershed Based Plan Public Meeting →
  Salem, NH Calendar, 33 Geremonty Drive Knightly Meeting Room, Salem
  5:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Town Council Meeting (Budget Review) →
  Salem, NH Calendar, 33 Geremonty Drive Knightly Meeting Room, Salem
  6:00 pm
• soundbath and stars →
  17 Via Toscana, Salem
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Event of a Member: Monthly Salem Lions Club Meeting →
  Salem NH
• District 10 Monthly Business Meeting →
  St. David's Episcopal Church, 231 Main Street, Salem
  7:00 pm
Friday October 16
• PTA Monster Mash
  Dr. L. F. Soule School Salem, NH 03079
  6:00 pm
• Todd Trusty at Michael's American Bar and Grill →
  Michael's American Bar and Grill, 8 Stiles Road, Salem
  6:30 pm
• Michael's American Bar and Grill →
  Michael's American Bar and Grill, 8 Stiles Road, Salem
  6:30 pm
Sunday October 18
• Soul Stroll →
  Salem Historical Society, 310 Main St, Salem
Monday October 19
• Salem Friendship & Garden Club Monthly Meeting →
  Derry-Salem Elks #2226, 39 Shadow Lake Rd, Salem
  12:00 pm
Thursday October 22
• FREE EVENT - Salem Rec Trunk or Treat Event! →
  Ingram Senior Center, 1 Sally Sweets Way, Salem
  5:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Windham

• Shaw's in Windham, NH Ticket Giveaway (audacy.com)
• Hermon race track will conclude its season with its biggest payout ever (bangordailynews.com)
• New superintendent '110 percent in' on Tewksbury (homenewshere.com)

Derry

• 91b Fordway Extension #b, Derry, NH 03038 (zillow.com)
• Yacht Rock Legend and Oscar-Nominated Singer-Songwriter Announces Farewell Tour 50 Years After Landmark Debut Album (parade.com)
• Robert Frost: America's Poet and American Politics (colorado.edu)

Ok Salem! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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