🌱 Pumpkin Festival + Trick-Or-Treat: Milford A.M. Digest

Happy Monday, Milford! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and warm. High: 70 Low: 52.

Here are the top stories today in Milford:

1. Pumpkin Festival lights up Milford | Attractions (The Union Leader)
2. 2021 Halloween trick-or-treating dates, times in New Hampshire (WMUR Manchester)
3. NH attorney general says taking federal COVID-19 vaccine funding does not bind state to ‘broad directives’ (WMUR Manchester)
4. Town Of Milford: Town Clerks Office Will Be Closed On Monday, October 11th. (Press Release Desk)

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Today in Milford:

• Columbus Day - The Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (12:00 AM)
• DDGL Meeting (Virtual, Rescheduled) - The Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (6:30 PM)
• Milford DeMolay Business Meeting - The Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (6:30 PM)
• Pulpit Rock #103 Stated - The Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (6:30 PM)
• Fraternal Lodge #71 Stated Meeting - The Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (6:30 PM)
• Saint Andrews #56 Stated Communication (7:00 PM)

Milford Patch Notebook

• Milford Pumpkin Festival: "32nd Milford Pumpkin Festival Pumpkin Runner Power Team! Thank you for continuing the tradition of kicking off opening night festivities by lighting up Town Hall, while adding a new twist! This community is phenomenal!! Gratitude! 🎃💜" (Facebook)
• Milford Pumpkin Festival: "We love the Gourd Guards!! Thank you members of the Benevolent No. 7 Masonic Lodge! Benevolent 7 Masonic Lodge, Milford, NH" (Facebook)
• New Hampshire Freemasons: "Masons Honored with Awards for Year of Service Yesterday nearly sixty Masons, friends and family gathered at Humane Lodge No. 21 in Rochester to honor their long-time members. Worshipful Brother John Bartoszak began the afternoon with th..." (Facebook)

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— Jason Claffey

About me: I grew up in Massachusetts outside Boston and started my journalism career at 19 when I earned an internship in the sports department of The Boston Globe. I graduated from Boston University in 2007 and became a reporter at Foster's Daily Democrat in New Hampshire before joining Patch in 2010. I've covered three New Hampshire primaries and won awards for environmental reporting and Sunday staff excellence from the New England Newspaper & Press Association.

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