5 Things: Snow Is on the Way

Happy Friday. Who's psyched for the weekend?! Here are five things you should know as you kick it off.

1. Merrimack Networkers Christmas lunch. Celebrate the first six months of networking with a Yankee Swap and Christmas lunch at the D.W. Diner today from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Please bring a $10 Yankee Swap gift. Fun times, even if you have not been to a Merrimack Networkers event, you can come along and see why building relationships is so important to networking.

2. Kindergarten registration. Merrimack School District will begin kindergarten enrollment in a little less than a month. The registration process will begin with parents picking up registration packets at their neighborhood school from Tuesday, Jan. 8 through Friday, Jan. 11, between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Registration materials for kindergarten and grade one students will be returned to their respective school between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Get more details on the SAU 26 website.

3. Do you have something to say? Patch is looking for bloggers. Whether you're looking to start a blog about a topic that means a lot to you or you already have an established blog and want to grow your audience, we want to hear from you. Follow the link to blog on Patch and get started today. Questions? E-mail carolyn.dube@patch.com.

4. Deck the House. We have three houses in the running to be Merrimack's best decked out house and there is still time to enter! Houses must be nominated by their owners before 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16. Don't wait till the last minute though because in order to win the bragging rights as Merrimack's winner, your entry must have the most votes by then as well. Merrimack's winner will go head to head with up to 905 community winners across the country in a contest to become one of 24 finalists who will win $500 toward their December electricity bill, decided by a panel of judges from Patch. The 24 finalists will go head-to-head beginning on Dec. 18 in a contest decided by Patch readers. The house with the most votes will win $100,000 to donate to Merrimack's schools. Enter your home today.

5. Weekend weather. Ready or not, it looks like winter is on the way, so if you aren't ready for snow, enjoy today and Saturday because we may have a few days of the white stuff on the way beginning Sunday.

• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 45.
• Friday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26.
• Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 38.
• Saturday night: A slight chance of snow after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.
• Sunday: Snow likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 33.
• Sunday night: Snow likely before midnight, then snow and sleet likely. Cloudy, with a low around 29.