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CONCORD, NH — Here are some share-worthy stories from the New Hampshire Patch network to discuss this afternoon and evening.

This post features stories and information published since Friday night.

Teen Drowns In Merrimack River | Child Rapist Sent To Prison | Drug Busts | Crashes | More: Nearby News NH: Investigators jumpstart search for teen who has been missing for 42 years; Canadian wildfires bring smoke to NH; fatal motorcycle crash.

New Hampshire Lottery Says Mega Millions Jackpot Projected At $707M For Tuesday Night Drawing: The one-time cash payout is projected at $307.7 million — while the odds of winning are 1 in 290,472,336.

Manufacturing Job Fair | Music Bingo | Free Concerts And Movies: Week Ahead Events On Nashua Patch: Also: Merrimack Historical Society celebrates the 250th; Osher Lifelong Learning Institute previews; French conversation; storytimes.

City Of Portsmouth Addresses June Storm Damage And Public Safety In City's Urban Forest: Fast-moving thunderstorms on June 18 are believed to have produced a microburst over downtown Portsmouth, causing significant damage.

1 Injured, 1 Arrested During Downtown Rollover Crash | Another Air Quality Alert | More: PM Patch NH: Fun things to do this weekend; assaulter hit with civil rights violation; the RE market on the Seacoast is sunburn-hot; new weekend movies.

2026 Political Posts

• Rep. Read’s Rules of the Road: Kill Someone, Keep Driving: Rep. Ellen Read's claim of legislative immunity is undermined by the fact the Legislature was not in session in 2024 when she was stopped.
• Warmington Backs State Investment In Childcare And Pre-Kindergarten On Campaign Trail: Democrat Cinde Warmington supports reallocating funds from the education freedom accounts program to public schools to pay for pre-K.
• A New Law Puts School District Tax Caps On The November Ballot. Here's How It Works.: Should voters freeze our local school district’s property taxes?
• New Hampshire's So-Called ‘Bathroom Bill' Vetoed Again, One Of 29 Vetoes For The Year: The House and Senate will meet to take up the vetoes later this year, at a date not yet determined. Each veto requires a 2/3rds majority.

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🌱 Patch AM: How Canobie Lake Park is opening doors for MWL workers this summer

7 Benefits Seniors Are Entitled to But Often Forget to Claim

🌱 Patch AM: Which Granite State events feature Merrimack’s 250th celebration next week?

‘Hard To Believe It's 30 Years’: An Uncle Remembers The Night TWA Flight 800 Went Down Off Long Island's Coast

🌱 Patch AM: Why did a lawmaker’s 100 mph drive through Windham spark controversy?

Bedford-based NH4Ukraine.org begins its 5th year providing humanitarian aid in Ukraine

🌱 Patch AM: Why a House ethics fight now involves Londonderry’s Speaker Packard

Dozens Of Homes And Properties In Concord And Penacook Were Sold In June 2026

🌱 Patch AM: How Unitil’s Kingston solar farm could lower bills for Hampton customers

“The Odyssey” Review: Christopher Nolan Delivers A Powerful Mythic Epic Of Human Extremity

🌱 Patch AM: How Banana Ball and a new hire could reshape Manchester’s future

The More Researchers Look, The More Contaminants They Find In New Hampshire's Loons

🌱 Patch AM: How Exeter players helped turn a Portsmouth hoops tourney into healing

🌱 Patch AM: 10th Annual Southern NH Food Truck Festival (Milford, NH) and 10 more events

Portsmouth Public Library: Ask The Experts: Career & Skills, July 29

🌱 Patch AM: Open Studio and 14 more events

🌱 Patch AM: How Amherst’s county meetings helped launch New Hampshire’s Revolutionary War hero

Favorite Ice Cream Flavors Revealed, But The Best Part Wasn’t The Scoop

🌱 Patch AM: What Concord fans should know as Memorial Field bleachers come down

🌱 Patch AM: Rise and Shine Yoga and 12 more events

Stealing Is Wrong, But Food Theft Isn’t As Clear-Cut [The Question]

🌱 Patch AM: What did Drake Maye reveal while visiting Londonderry High School?

🌱 Patch AM: What Manchester-linked stories topped New Hampshire’s news last week?

City Of Portsmouth: Event Parking Shuttle For Sail Portsmouth 2026 Maritime Festival

🌱 Patch AM: How a former Manchester funeral home will become new apartments

🌱 Patch AM: How Londonderry is turning “No Bad Days” into real help

Holding $2 Million In Real Estate? What To Know About Family Trusts

🌱 Patch AM: How big lottery dreams are drawing crowds to a Merrimack market

🌱 Patch AM: How Hampton’s Fred Rice helped shift gun rules at the State House

Dog Turns On Toaster, Sets House On Fire: Weird News & Oddities

🌱 Patch AM: Why Nashua just landed among 2026’s best cities for engineers

🌱 Patch AM: How an Exeter teen bassist ended up on Fenway’s biggest stage

Giving Back to our Community

🌱 Patch AM: Flashback Film Fest At The Museum and 13 more events

State Rep Deborah Aylward. Wow! What a Day in Concord and Beyond… . ..

🌱 Patch AM: How a Bedford nonprofit just won big fighting child hunger

🌱 Patch AM: See the six-figure classic Corvette currently for sale in Salem.

Park Etiquette For Group Exercise, Dog Walkers, Cyclists And Families: Block Talk

🌱 Patch AM: Want to join Concord’s leg of the Five Hikes Challenge?

🌱 Patch AM: How Nashua cases figured into last week’s biggest NH crime stories

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