This is just a test: Why your cell phone will shake and beep Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m.

read more…: This is just a test: Why your cell phone will shake and beep Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission have planned to test the national public alert and warning system on Wednesday by sending an alarm out through all smartphones connected to a cellular network. You will see a message accompanied by an alert sound and vibration: “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.”

3 years after she was swept from the courthouse homeless encampment, Lexi still struggles for survival

read more…: 3 years after she was swept from the courthouse homeless encampment, Lexi still struggles for survival

Three years ago I met Lexi Ramirez, who was among those people who were camped out at the Hillsborough Couty Courthouse because they had no place else to go. On Nov. 19 Gov. Sununu “solved” the problem when he paid Eric Spofford, formerly of Granite House, to take people away in vans and put them up at his place in Derry. Lexi and about 30 others were whisked away and told they could stay for three months.

Sharing is caring: 60 lap blankets from the heart for students at Wilson Street School

read more…: Sharing is caring: 60 lap blankets from the heart for students at Wilson Street School

“I knew that this was the last year for Wilson Street School – it’s closing after this school year,” Marilyn Pettigrew said a few weeks ago when she was met inside the school by school administrative assistant Deb Savary to deliver the colorful blankets.

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