Posts by Pat Grossmith
On Saturday, 5,000 meal packs, each containing two lunches,  will be distributed to schoolchildren at five locations in the city, thanks to Southern New Hampshire University.
What is most touching, however, are the families who dropped off care packages containing notes of thanks and encouragement.
A Greater Manchester Alternative Care Site, set up in 72 hours for an anticipated surge in COVID-19 patients, was possible because of plans put into place by the city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) consisting of the mayor’s office and the city’s health, fire and police departments.
A 34-year-old Hooksett man is hospitalized in critical condition after he was found late Monday afternoon hanging in his cell in the Valley Street jail.
With New Hampshire recording its first death from COVID-19, and confirmed cases topping 100, plans are underway to find auxiliary health facilities across the state in preparation for a medical surge in cases that could overwhelm hospitals.
By Monday, all 178 school districts across New Hampshire will be educating the state’s 178,000 students remotely, according to Frank Edelblut, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Education.
The state’s largest school district is relying heavily on school bus drivers to not only bring lunches and breakfast to school children each day but their teachers’ assignments as well.Â
At the Manchester shelter, ideally, a second facility is needed to provide that amount of space to ensure their clients’ safety.
The fast-moving COVID-19 pandemic has claimed New Hampshire’s bar and restaurant industry at least until April 7 as Gov. Chris Sununu, by tweet, ordered their closure effective at the end of business Monday night.
The view from one of the fire trucks shows how quickly the Feb. 21 collision happened.