🌱 Boy With Autism Wins Student Council: Windham A.M. Digest

Hey, Windham! Let's get you all caught up to start this Friday, October 8 off on an informed note. Here's what's happening today in Windham.

First, today's weather:

Nice with plenty of sunshine. High: 72 Low: 55.

Here are the top stories in Windham today:

1. Windham boy with autism wins student council seat after delivering self-written speech (WMUR Manchester)
2. Windham fire officials spark safety during open house (Eagle-Tribune)
3. Anti-mask New Hampshire parents turn to petitions to pressure schools (Valley News)
4. Five takeaways from WHS' loss to Windham in rematch of last year's DI state championship (Seacoastonline.com)
5. Windham superintendent says DHHS isn't sharing COVID-19 data with schools (WMUR Manchester)
6. Kathleen Hammar Obituary (1939 - 2021) - Windham, NH - Lowell Sun (Legacy.com)

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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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