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Merrimack News

Hospice volunteers needed

MERRIMACK – Home Health & Hospice Care (HHHC) is looking for people interested in volunteering their time to work in the hospice program with home and nursing home hospice clients in Southern New Hampshire. The 33-hour Hospice Training Program will begin Wednesday, Feb. 22, from ...

More New Hampshire residents can qualify for heating help

More residents of Hillsborough and Rockingham counties can now qualify for help in paying their heating bills this winter because of recently increased eligibility guidelines, said Tracy Desmarais, energy director at Southern New Hampshire Services. “We welcome this decision by the ...

Science behind the smile

AMHERST – Why is the United States never in the top 10 in worldwide surveys of happiness? Can money buy happiness? And what is happiness? Maria Sanders, who teaches philosophy at Plymouth State University, has been tackling those weighty questions for years. The “Quest for ...

Watching for the Sky show

LYNDEBOROUGH - It's hard to think of a more romantic meeting story: Regina Conrad and Paul Hider first met on an eclipse-watching cruise in the South Pacific in 2005. She was living in New York. He lived in New Hampshire. Their wedding favors were flat plastic eye protectors for viewing the ...

Local Eagle Scout recognized at reception

MERRIMACK - On Jan. 12, Daniel Webster Council held the 2017 Eagle Scout Recognition Reception at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College. This event honored the 218 Scouts who attained the rank of Eagle in 2016 of whom 15 Eagle Scouts are from Merrimack. The Scouts from ...

School holiday drive helps needy children

MERRIMACK - The Learning Experience, the nation's fastest growing Academy of Early Education for children 6 weeks to 6 years old, in Merrimack (located at 706 Milford Road), accepted donations of toys, gift cards, games and personal items leading up to the holidays to give to children in need ...