Drug Compounding Industry Could See More Oversight

1. Drug oversight. According to a Framingham Patch article, "A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would increase federal oversight for companies that compound and sell sterile drugs across state lines ...The proposed legislation was introduced following a deadly meningitis outbreak that killed more than 50 people and infected another 700 in 2012 (including here in New Hampshire.) The outbreak was traced to contamination found in steroid injections made by Framingham-based New England Compounding Center." Read more on this new legislation.

2. Show your pride. Did your child just graduate from college? Make the Dean's list? Earn a Master's degree? Announce it on Patch! An announcement is free and easy to post. Either click here or hover over the news tab above and click "Announcements" in the drop down menu. Click on the "Add an announcement" button and fill out the template with the pertinent information. Add a photo if you have one and click "Post My Announcement"  and it will go live on the site. Questions? E-mail carolyn.dube@patch.com

3. Share your graduation photos. In honor of the upcoming commencement ceremonies, we thought it would be fun to put together a photo gallery of graduations from the past. Photos do not need to be of Merrimack graduations, but can be of you or your kids at their high school graduation ceremonies. There is a graduation photo gallery started here with some pictures from the first two MHS ceremonies we covered at Patch. Add your photos by clicking the "upload photos and videos" button

4. Bark for your park. Petsafe is going to award a town/city with $100,000 to build a dog park in their town. Through the end of May, please log in and vote for Merrimack to win this contest so it can build a place for the dogs to run!  Winning this money would allow Merrimack to build the best dog park it can design with plenty of parking for eveyone and lots of great stuff for the dogs and residents to enjoy. Log in to Petsafe.net/barkforyourpark and vote daily. You can also vote on  Facebook.

5. Memorial Day weekend weather outlook. Unfortunately, it's not looking great. Here's your weekend outlook according to the National Weather Service. Hopefully you're reserving your cookout for Monday.

• Today: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Patchy fog before 1 p.m. High near 64. 
• Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Patchy fog between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. Low around 47.
• Saturday: Showers. High near 55.
• Saturday Night: Showers before 10 p.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10 p.m. and midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy fog after 2 a.m. Low around 42. 
• Sunday: Showers likely, mainly before 11 a.m. Patchy fog before 8 a.m. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 54.
• Sunday Night: A chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
• Memorial Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.
• Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.