Upcoming Programs & Events

Thursdays, June 26th - August 21st

6:00 pm

Abbie Griffin Park

FREE

Kick off your weekend early with the Merrimack Parks & Recreation Department's NEW night for our free weekly Summer Concert Series — now held on Thursdays at Abbie Griffin Park!

We’re excited to introduce the newly renamed Thursday Night Live! Join us each week starting at 6:00 pm for live music featuring a variety of musical styles. 

Come on down and bring your family & friends along with your lawn chairs, and dinner and enjoy "Thursday Night Live each week"

Tuesday, August 5th 

5:30 - 7:30 pm

Merrimack High School 

National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that  promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to  make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. National Night  Out enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement  while bringing back a true sense of community. Furthermore, it provides a  great opportunity to bring police and neighbors together under positive  circumstances.  This is a free community event with food, games, crafts, music and more.  

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Naticook After School Program for the 2025–2026 school year.

The Naticook After School Program provides a safe, supportive environment for children in grades K–6 during the after-school hours. The program follows the Merrimack School District calendar.

For the upcoming school year, bus transportation will be available for students attending the following schools:

• Mastricola Elementary School 
• Thornton's Ferry Elementary School 
• Reeds Ferry Elementary School 
• James Mastricola Upper Elementary School
   

Families may choose to enroll their child for 1 to 5 days per week, based on their needs at a rate of $26/day for the first child in the household and additional children at a rate of $21/day. 

Registration requires a deposit of just $1 per day. Program fees will be billed on the last day of each month. Advanced registration is required and spaces are filling fast.

Saturday, August 16th from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm -
Monday, August 25th from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tuesday, August 26th from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday, August 27th from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

$495.00 PP

Wasserman Park Beach

The  American Red Cross Waterfront Lifeguard Certification course provides participants  the knowledge and skills to prevent recognize and respond to aquatic  emergencies in both shallow water (less than 7 feet) and deeper water (7  feet or more) and to provide professional level care for breathing and  cardiac emergencies injuries and sudden illnesses until EMS personnel  take over. 

Participants  who successfully  complete this course receive an American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification (including deep water) with CPR/AED for Professional  Rescuers and First Aid valid for 2 years and Waterfront  Skills valid for  2 years.