Merrimack, New Hampshire is located in Hillsborough County. It was named for the Indian word which means sturgeon. It was originally part of the 1673 Dunstable grant, which which addressed 200 square miles, including what is now Nashua, Hudson, Hollis, Nashua, and Tyngsborough. In 1672, while the land was still under dispute between Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Province of New Hampshire, Captain Jonathan Tyng and several others felled the first tree in what was then called "Upper Merimac," which was the beginning of the settlement which was the township of Old Dunstable." The town is made up of four villages: Reeds Ferry, Thornton's Ferry Souhegan Village, and South Merrimack. In 1746, Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth signed a charger which established that the land which essentially encompassed Thornton's Ferry would become the Town of Merrimac. At that time, fewer than 50 families had settled there.
Regular Blogs
A local orthodontist shares his knowledge of his profession to help educate those who read his blog. Topics include dental abscesses and their causes and cures, the dangers of using teeth to open bottles, prying open packages, and tearing packages open, including the story of late night star Jimmy Fallon and how he chipped his front tooth while opening a tube of scar tissue repair gel with his teeth.
http://elliottorthodontics.com/about-us/blog/
The local public library hosts details about books and authors as well as events held there with authors and experts. Announcements about plays and concerts are also found here, as well as when the annual Holiday Tea will be held. There are also posts about therapeutic music and some of the requests which are made of the Reference Desk.
http://referencemmkpl.blogspot.com
Money and finances are the topics of this weblog, which employ the wisdom and familiarity of those who work at the credit union with the topic. There are articles about the benefits of taking a "gap year" between high school graduation and college, how to add value to one's home after the children move out, the cost of going back to school for the average student, and some of the benefits of using a credit union rather than a bank.
https://www.merrimack-valley-fcu.org/blog
