NASHUA – Piano, keyboard and percussion are the musical specialties of Merrimack’s Marie Mendelow-Balcom, a music teacher for more than 30 years. Now, she’s offering African drum lessons to youth and adults who find that making loud noises in class is an activity ...
Planning is underway for the 20th annual Winter Carnival at Wasserman Park. The Merrimack Parks & Recreation Department and the Parks and Recreation Committee are proud to host this event scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 25, from noon-3 p.m. Enjoy a day of free family activities, including a ...
This month as part of the Fire Department updates, we are going to begin shift profiles, and the first look will be at B-shift. This group is led by Capt. Shawn Allison with help from Lt. Richard Barrows. Firefighters include Bruce Cornelius, Shawn Kimball, Brennan McCarthy, Bill Pelrine, John ...
In a photo caption on Page 4 of the Feb. 3 Merrimack Journal Trish Levitt’s name was misspelled.
The Merrimack Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the 2011 Business and Business Leader of the Year. A long-standing tradition, the award recognizes leadership, community involvement and local chamber participation. Recipients of Business of the Year and Business Leader of the ...
Creative Communication is accepting applications for its Spring 2012 Essay, Poetry and Art Contest. Thousands in prizes and awards will be awarded to students and schools in the area. The Essay Contest divisions are: Grades 3-6, 7-9, and 10-12, with 10 top winners in each division. To enter ...
Families and hockey players have been honing their skating skills at the Merrimack ice rink. The ice skating rink, located behind the tennis courts on O’Gara Drive, is open for the season. The recent weather conditions have made it possible to prepare the rink for ice skating. The ...
Submitted photo On Jan. 25, Richard Lehtinen, right, past president of the Merrimack Lions, presented a plaque to Dan Brown of Brown’s Village Depot for his invaluable assistance with the 2011 Scavenger Hunt. Brown allowed members of the Lions to sell tickets and check in ...
The Merrimack High School Theatre Department will be performing William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3 and 4, at 7 p.m., at 38 McElwain St. Merrimack. Tickets, which will be sold at the door, are $10 for students and seniors and $12 for ...
MANCHESTER – A festival of classic silent film romances is coming to area communities to celebrate Valentine’s Day. The films, starring such early Hollywood legends as Rudolph Valentino and Greta Garbo, will be accompanied by live music. The screenings include: ? Tuesday, ...
U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta has announced that his Senior Projects Director David Tille will hold public office hours in Merrimack. “As part of our efforts to serve the constituents of the First Congressional District, I encourage anyone who has a problem with the federal government, or ...
MANCHESTER – Manchester Community Theater/Second Stage will present the musical comedy revue “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” on Feb. 9, 11 and 12 at the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire Theatre, 698 Beech St. This adult-themed show looks at ...
Teresa Calabro, a Fisher College student from Merrimack, has been selected as a finalist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Project Debussy, a unique fashion competition featuring evening wear inspired by the music of the composer Claude Debussy. The contest was scheduled in ...
There is no Billy behind Billy’s Famous Pizza. But there is Anesti and Loui, and, according to readers, they make the best pizza in town. Billy’s, owned and operated for 11 years by Anesti and Loui Kalampalikis, was voted Merrimack’s best pizza by a wide margin ...
Italian American Foundation Scholarships The Italian American Foundation awards nearly 100 annual scholarships that range from $2,000 to $10,000 each in the humanities, medicine, business, engineering, music, Italian language and culture and other specialized fields. Scholarship winners are ...
Merrimack Concert Association, always seeking new members, extends an invitation to amateur and professional adult musicians, as well as high school students, to join the concert band and chorus. Rehearsals for the May 12 Spring Concert will resume in February. If you play a band instrument ...
MERRIMACK – Watson Park is going to the dogs. Six years after town residents Harold and Barbara Watson donated the park to the town as a recreational center, local officials are working to honor the couple’s wish to create the town’s first dog park. The project ...
Stifle the gossip if you see your neighbor riding in a police car. The person suited up in a bullet-proof vest, seated next to the driver, probably is one of two dozen local men and women enrolled in a 10-week Merrimack Police Department Citizens’ Academy, launched Jan. 18. The ...
There’s a new sweet spot in Merrimack – the Chocolate Cafe is the place to linger a while on the second floor of Swan Chocolates. A full renovation of the upper-level space, a part of the 1840s historical building, is complete. Chocolate lovers from Merrimack and elsewhere ...