Posts by Pat Grossmith
Oftentimes, when a teen is reported missing police generally will think it is a runaway. But Laureen’s case was different. She had left without taking any money or any possessions with her, not even the new pair of sneakers she had received for her birthday.
The state knows of only two homeless people who have tested positive for COVID-19, state Department of Health and Humans Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette said Thursday during the Governor’s news conference concerning the virus.
Residents of the New Horizons homeless shelter lined up Friday morning to be tested for the novel coronavirus at a mobile test site set up in the alley behind the facility.
On Friday, from 7 to 8 p.m., WMUR is partnering with iHeartRadio for a fundraiser called “Project Community: New Hampshire Together From Home” to raise money for the NH Food Bank. A $1 donation is equal to two meals.
Eleven months ago, Kristie Chapman ventured on a new life, one drug-free and without calling the streets of Manchester her home. She had turned her life around after participating in an intensive program through the Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District Drug Court. That came to a crashing end on Wednesday, April 8, when she was arrested for stabbing Michael McGann, 71, in the neck and robbing him of $194.
Holloway was to be arraigned on March 19 but because of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the court canceled it and no new date was scheduled.
While four Manchester police officers tested positive for COVID-19, no city firefighter, to date, has tested positive for the virus, according to Fire Chief Dan Goonan.
Four city police officers have tested positive for COVID-19 while others are in self-monitoring, police announced Monday.
An unexpected $100,000 gift from a local charitable foundation is allowing FIT/New Horizons to open a second shelter to reduce the number of homeless housed in its 199 Manchester St. facility.
Cathy Kuhn said alternative sites have been identified in the city to house the homeless but what is needed is staffing and funding. She said the city put in a request to the state asking the National Guard for help in staffing the facilities. That request, she said, was turned down.