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4 unusual facts about Nashua


Company Picnic

Employees arrive at a Dunder Mifflin company picnic, where Michael (Steve Carell) plans to win back his ex-girlfriend Holly (Amy Ryan), whom he has not seen since she was transferred to Nashua.

Kent Taylor

Born Louis William Weiss in Nashua in northeastern Iowa, Taylor appeared in more than 110 films, the bulk of them B-movies in the 1930s and 1940s, although he also had roles in more prestigious studio releases, including I'm No Angel (1933), Cradle Song (1933), Death Takes a Holiday (1934), Payment on Demand (1951), and Track the Man Down (1955).

Microscan Systems

In September 2008 Microscan acquired the Siemens' Machine Vision line headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Providence Stakes

She would upset Saratoga, a horse that had run second on occasion to the Fitzsimmons trained champion Nashua.


Charles Lincoln White

He was pastor at Somersworth Baptist Church, New Hampshire from 1890-1894, and the First Church of Nashua from 1894-1900.

Citizens Action for Southern New Hampshire

Citizens Action for Southern New Hampshire, also known as "CASNH" (pronounced "cash" or "cas-nitch"), was a group of local progressive activists from the Nashua, New Hampshire area formed around the Nashua Democracy for America meetup in December 2004.

Everett Turnpike

North of Exit 7 in Nashua, the turnpike runs by itself and has no number, but parallels US-3, which is a toll-free local road variously known as Concord Street (within the city of Nashua) and the Daniel Webster Highway (within Merrimack and Bedford).

Gestetner

Gestetner acquired other companies during the years: Nashua (later changed to Nashuatec), Rex Rotary, Hanimex and Savin.

H. A. Boucher

Born in Nashua, New Hampshire to Henry Aristide Boucher, Sr. and Helen Isabel Cameron, Boucher's father died shortly after his birth from lingering effects of exposure to mustard gas in World War I at the Battle of Verdun in 1916.

Katherine Albrecht

Albrecht is the host of a two-hour radio talk show on Saturday afternoons on WSMN (1590 kHz) in Nashua.

Merrimack, New Hampshire

As a large, suburban community located directly between the state's two largest cities, Manchester and Nashua, Merrimack plays a disproportionate role to its size every four years in the New Hampshire primary; in almost every Fourth of July preceding a presidential election, every presidential candidate will march or have a float in the town's Fourth of July parade.

Nashua High School

Nashua High School North, a high school in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States

Nashua High School South, formerly known as Nashua High School, a high school in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States

Nashua River Rail Trail

Free parking is available in Pepperell where the trail crosses Massachusetts Route 113 and at the Nashua trailhead at Yudicky Park.

Nashua Valley Council

In 1965 the Fitchburg Area Council, between Lancaster and Acton, Massachusetts, merged with the Wachusett Council to form the present-day Nashua Valley Council.

Pittsfield Colonials

The new management promoted Brian Daubach, who became the hitting coach of the Nashua Pride during the second half of 2008, to manage the team.

Samuel A. Tamposi

In the mid 1950s, when Nashua’s Textron plant shut down, Tamposi moved his business to real estate, investing most of his money in an abandoned building.

Steve Vaillancourt

Shawn Jasper, R-Hudson, Rep. David Hess, R-Hooksett, and Rep. David B. Campbell, D-Nashua) was formed in order to compel Vaillancourt to form an acceptable apology to the House; Vaillancourt offered two unaccepted apologies, one offering never to mention any German words on the floor, until his third apology was finally accepted by the House.

Tyngsborough, Massachusetts

Pheasant Lane Mall (parts of parking lot in Tyngsborough, mall entirely within Nashua, New Hampshire - the J.C. Penney building was once slightly within the Tyngsborough boundary, until it was re-bricked for sales tax reasons and is now inches from the state line)

Wachusett Dam

The Metropolitan Water Board selected the south branch of the Nashua River in Clinton as the best site for Boston's new water supply over New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, Maine's Sebago Lake, and the Merrimack River.


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