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Tom Puskarich who operates Restoration Café at 235 Hanover St., said one of the unintended consequences of the city’s decision to prevent the homeless from camping in city parks and on sidewalks is that they are gravitating to areas where they are vacant, privately owned buildings. And that, he said, has affected his business.
For way too long these proven programs have had to hide in the shadows, due to general ignorance about their successes in maintaining a healthy community, and to the general stigma surrounding drugs which are consumed with needles (rather than just smoking or drinking).
For decades, I have been involved with many other advocates in efforts to end homelessness in NH and worked for many years in agencies involved with housing and low-income people. I grew up in and have worked in Manchester. I have also worked all over the state including Nashua, where I live now. Since homelessness is caused by multiple economic, social, and health-related factors, it is not easy to find effective solutions.
She said in her report that Biery’s statement about a “Manhunt” and the officers’ behavior that followed “turned what should have been professional situation into a child’s game, effectively bringing disrepute to him and the Manchester Police Department,” Smith wrote.
Mayor Jay Ruais announced Thursday that the latest data shows the city continues to see real results with programs for the homeless at the Engagement Center, along with increased citations and arrests for illicit behaviors in city parks.
MANCHESTER, NH – Manchester police officers confronted a man in an alley one night earlier this month, telling him they
After 2 ½ days of testimony, prosecutors rested their case against Alexandra Eckersley, the formerly homeless woman accused of abandoning her newborn son in 15-degree weather after giving birth to him in a makeshift tent in the woods.
Nineteen months ago, Alexandra Eckersley, 27, misdirected emergency workers searching for her newborn son, who she is accused of abandoning in a makeshift tent in temperatures hovering around 15 degrees, because she was afraid she would get in trouble, according to prosecutors.
Getting a new job can be a daunting task for anyone, let alone someone who has no fixed address. However, a new weekly event at the 39 Beech Street Engagement Center is aiming to change that.
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the “cruel and unusual punishment clause” of the Eighth Amendment does not prohibit cities from enforcing “no sleeping in public” ordinances among the homeless, even if they have nowhere else to go.