Nashua update (Oct. 17): N-P volleyball’s resurgent season ends; Library holding a pumpkin vote

Good morning Nashua area readers. Here’s what’s happening in local news.

1. WEATHER — Well, it will be sunny. The National Weather forecast for today is sunny and breezy, with a high near 43 and a northwest wind 17 to 21 mph. Tonight will be clear, with a low around 20. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Wednesday will be sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph. (Extended Forecast)

2. Resurgent N-P volleyball team’s season ends — Nashua-Plainfield had been on a tear since mid-September. The Huskies won seven of their final 10 regular season matches. Riceville (25-16), however, ended N-P’s season Monday night in a Class 1A Region 5 matchup. The Huskies opened be winning the first set (25-23), but the host Wildcats took the next three (25-23, 25-15, 25-16).

N-P will lose two players to graduation, seniors Paige Ripley and Bailey Fisher.

Senior Bailey Fisher tips the ball over Riceville players Monday night in Riceville.

Click here for more Monday night scores.

3. AT THE LIBRARY

Teen Tuesday, 3:45-4:45 p.m., today, Nashua Public Library. Wii games, board games and snacks for 5th – 12th graders.

Vote for your favorite pumpkin — The libraries asked patrons to decorate a pumpkin as their favorite book character. The rules were: Paint it, dress it, accessorize it, but NO carving. A vote to choose the winner, who will receive a prize basket full of goodies, is happening from now until Oct. 22. Votes can only be cast in the library — no votes on Facebook will count. Pumpkins will be on display until the winner is contacted on Oct. 24.

Just one example of a book character pumpkin on display at the Nashua Public Library
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