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The day after the FBI arrested six New Hampshire residents in connection with a multi-million-dollar cryptocurrency operation, a bitcoin automated teller machine located at a Republican state representative’s downtown bar ceased operation.

I’ve waited this long, so I guess it’s just another day in pandemic history. But the state’s highly-promoted Vaccine & Immunization Interface (VINI) is down for the count as of Monday morning. This day those people age 50-64 were supposed to be able to sign up and make an appointment. 

The new state-run vaccination site was down for maintenance over the weekend.

After watching the workings of state government in Concord for about 30 years, it is obvious New Hampshire likes to do it on the cheap.

There are currently 63 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 80,316 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

On Friday, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) toured the New Hampshire Food Bank’s mobile pantry to see one example of the impact the American Rescue Plan’s (ARP) passage last week is having in the Granite State.

An AR-15 rifle he was unloading fired just before 6 a.m. on Oct. 8 in his second-floor apartment at 448 Kelley St. sending a bullet into his downstairs neighbors’ apartment.

“Unfortunately there is the perception and concern we don’t value workers the way our neighbors do,” said the bill’s prime sponsor, Sen. Donna Soucy, D-Manchester. “New Hampshire workers in the service industry go to neighboring states where they are guaranteed to make a higher wage.”

The Executive Council is scheduled to vote on Formella’s nomination at their March 24 meeting.