Drug Takeback Day Coming This Month

Drug takeback day. On Saturday, Oct. 26, the Merrimack Police Department in cooperation with Merrimack Safeguard will participate in the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration Office of Diversion Control National Take Back Initiative. The Merrimack Police Department will be a collection site for those who wish to dispose of unwanted and unused prescription medications. Collection time will be between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for those wishing to participate in the service. Even if you can't participate in this event, the police department has a drug collection box in the lobby at the police station where residents can drop off prescription and non-prescription drugs no questions asked, 24 hours a day.

Autism Speaks Fundraiser at UNOs: Stop by any UNO location on Wednesday, October 9, from 11:30 a.m. until 1 a.m., and 20 percent of your bill will be donated to Autism Speaks.  Please print out and bring the ticket uploaded here, or show it on your cell phone to ensure your meal is counted toward the Autism Speaks fundraiser! Two Nashua UNOs: 304 DW Highway and 593 Amherst St.

Are you having a yard sale this weekend? Share your yard sale information with Patch readers on our yard sale map. The yard sale season is quickly coming to an end. Make sure to maximize exposure of your sale before you pack it in until next summer. Upload your yard sale information here. We'll publish the map this weekend. 

All about the Benjamins. Ben Franklin gets a makeover, sort of, with the newly minted $100 bills, which went into circulation as of Oct. 8. The bill represents the most technologically advanced U.S. currency ever produced, according to newmoney.gov. There are two new security features - a blue security ribbon on the front of the note is 3-D and contains images of the Liberty Bell or the number "100," each in vertical rows. When the bill is moved back and forth or side to side, a row of 100s moves to the ribbon's center position, replacing a row of bells. Also, the front of the bill has a color-shifting inkwell that changes from copper to green.

Weather watch. Another sunny and warm autumn day on tap today. The National Weather Service is calling for mostly sunny skies with a high near 64. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low around 41.