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🌱 What Rockingham parents should know before the Oct. 13 merger meeting

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Cheers Rockingham! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Rockingham parents should know before the Oct. 13 merger meeting
  • How to grab one of just 40 seats for Rupert Wates

Also on today's calendar: Bellows Falls Community Meal and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 74 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 76, low: 48.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 66 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• LMH exits Green Mountain merger group; First Group 7 meeting Oct. 13 (chestertelegraph.org) — Rockingham families are part of Group 7's school merger study, whose first meeting is set for Tuesday, Oct. 13 at Bellows Falls High School with in-person and Zoom public comment. The article explains why Ludlow-Mount Holly switched groups, how "good faith" participation will be judged, and what penalties districts could face if they obstruct the process.
   

• Rupert Wates plus The Early Risers at Stage 33 Live (fact8.com) — A small listening room in our area is hosting acclaimed songwriter Rupert Wates with folk duo The Early Risers on Sunday, Oct. 18, with only 40 tickets available. The nonprofit venue, supported in part by the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project, emphasizes intimate, original performances and runs entirely on volunteers and donations, offering a low-key, no-bar environment for focused listening.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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