Monday Essentials: Car Wash Being Proposed at Mobil on the Run

Middle School sports tryouts today. Tryouts will be held this afternoon for boys soccer, field hockey and boys and girls cross country, all at the middle school today, Aug. 26, at 2:30 p.m. Girls soccer tryouts will also be held at 4:30 p.m.

Final summer concert. The end of summer is upon us and this week will be the final concert in the Merrimack Parks and Recreation Department's annual summer concert series. The Fountain Square Ramblers will perform for the summer's final crowd. Their Dixeland style of music formed the sound track for America's Jazz Age, the "roaring 20's of bootleggers, flappers, victrola's and the talking picture! Bring a picnic basket and blanket, your family and friends and join for a night of toe tapping music that everyone will love!

Fresh food. The Merrimack Farmer's Market will return again on Wednesday from 3-6 p.m. in the Commons parking lot, where Tractor Supply is. See what they have to offer in these final weeks of the program the Farmers Market will be over before September ends. Don't miss it. 

Zoning Board meeting. The Merrimack Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Matthew Thornton Room. On the agenda is a request for special exception to add a drive through car wash at the Mobil on the Run at 468 Daniel Webster Highway. Get the full agenda on the Merrimack town website.

Learn to cook with herbs. The Merrimack Garden Club's next meeting is Tuesday, Aug. 27 at St James Church, 646 Daniel Webster Highway. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., meeting starts promptly at 7 p.m. and Liz Barbour from Creative Feast will be the guest. The program will include a two-course cooking demonstration along with a slide presentation on cooking and gardening with herbs. There will be tasting samples and recipe cards for the group. To find out more about Liz Barbour’s Creative Feast “Bringing the Culinary Arts to You” go to www.thecreativefeast.com. Guests are welcome for a $5 cover charge.