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Merrimack News

Dressing girls around the world

The heartbreak that surely is a part of swaddling a Haitian newborn in newspaper because there is no better fabric is similarly matched by the greed of human traffickers on the prowl for young Haitian girls unkempt and clothed in rags. Currently, a “Dress a Girl Around the World” campaign ...

More than land

AMHERST – Canada can be thought of as cold, beautiful and remote, its people reserved, humble and tolerant. Bigger and emptier than the United States, it has 40 percent more land mass and only one percent of our population. Both countries were settled by roughly similar European ...

New Digest for March 2

Gently worn formal wear wanted – The YMCA of Greater Nashua is partnering with the Faith Hope & Love Foundation to collect gently worn formal wear. The foundation hosts its annual ‘Formal Wear for a Fancy Affair’ event providing formal wear to young men and women looking to attend ...

ASD announces first semester honor roll

NASHUA – The Academy for Science and Design Charter School (ASD), the state’s top-performing public school, and largest STEM-specialty school serving students in grades six through 12, announces its semester one honor roll for the 2017-18 school year, which included students from ...

Merrimack Senior Citizens Club elects new board of directors

A festive installation dinner, enjoyed by dozens at Merrimack’s John O’Leary Adult Community Center on Church Street, brought together on Saturday, Feb. 17, a newly named board of directors for the Merrimack Senior Citizens Club. The men and women will share a multitude of duties throughout ...

Merrimack tops ASD in Granite State Challenge contest

DURHAM – Do you know which New Hampshire town is the burial place of Willa Cather? The answer is Jaffrey. That was one of the few questions that stumped this week’s contestants, Merrimack High School and the Academy for Science and Design out of Nashua, on this week’s spirited and ...