5 Things: Show Off Your Photography Skills

1. Last day to enter. Today is your last opportunity to upload photos to our Best Halloween Costume in America contest. Follow the link here for rules and to share your photos. One New Hampshire winner, chosen from our 12 New Hampshire sites to represent New Hampshire in the nationwide contest. The New Hampshire winner will take home $250 and be entered for a chance at $5,000.

2. Show us your photos. Do you like to take photos? Whether scenic shots, photos you snapped at a local event or something interesting you saw in town, we have a community photo gallery for show what they see through the lens. Check out our Pics and Clips gallery and upload your own photos and videos as you wish. When you do, email Carolyn.Dube@patch.com and let her know and get your photos featured in the top spot on the front page.

3. So you want to write a novel? It's not too late to get in on the NaNoWriMo action. NaNoWriMo stands from National Novel Writing Month. Mark your calendar for Tuesday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and join other NaNoWriMo participants for a two-hour write-in. Use the Merrimack Public Library's meeting room as a quiet place to write without distraction. Coffee an snacks provided. Learn more about NaNoWriMo online.

4. Conservation Commission to meet. The Merrimack Conservation Commission will meet tonight with the Cloud 9 K9 to discuss a change of use at Discuss for change of use to convert approximately 1,545 s.f. of first floor retail space (formerly Paul’s Cleaners; Unit 1 & Ryly’s Gourmet; Unit 2) to Cloud K9, a business offering grooming, home-based boarding and daycare services for dogs. The parcel is at 385 D.W. Highway and lies within the C-1 and
Aquifer Conservation Districts. Get the full agenda for tonight's meeting on the town website. The Conservation Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Hall Conference Room.

5. Weather watch. Today's forecast calls for mostly sunny skies, with a high near 46. Tonight, mostly clear, with a low around 27.