Posts by Ryan Lessard
Have an idea what kind of beer you like but need help finding a new craft brew made locally? There’s an app for that — or rather, there will be soon.
Police come up empty and family loses grip on hope as Derry woman remains missing for 4 months
Law enforcement agencies are scrambling to get a seat in a popular training program called Crisis Intervention Training (CIT), but access is limited, applicants are being added to a waitlist, and the price can be high for a department to run a class. But police and mental health experts say it’s worth it.
Londonderry Police arrested a man they say drove his pick-up truck into a person driving a lawnmower at a condominium complex on Bayberry Lane Monday afternoon, and then fled the scene.
While local small breweries are all struggling to adjust to the upside-down economy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Able Ebenezer Brewing Company in Merrimack had their best two months of sales in April and May, thanks to a lot of hard work producing beer at a rapid clip and leveraging their in-house distribution team to offer direct home deliveries.
A motorcyclist from Hudson was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash in Londonderry.
In an effort to address the city’s growing population of unsheltered people living in makeshift campsites, a homeless outreach team of clinicians, firemen, social workers and mobile mental health specialists was assembled two months ago, with members hailing from charitable organizations, the community mental health center, city employees and more.Â
Backyard Brewery in Manchester survived the last couple of months of being limited to take-out, like many others in the industry have done; by canning more beers. But since the seven-barrel brewpub traditionally only served beers on tap, canning all their beers was a huge change.
Rockingham Brewing Company in Derry weathered the storm relatively well with an increase in canned beers and support from local customers, but it’s been a whirlwind to keep up with the changes.
Law enforcement officials, minority leaders and members of the public are taking a hard look at the way police officers are trained in New Hampshire, how that compares to other states, and what can be done to improve instruction time and mandatory curriculum surrounding race relations, proper use of force and deescalation techniques.