Freesia, a very good dog, inspires donation to her NH trainers

read more…: Freesia, a very good dog, inspires donation to her NH trainers

Freesia is a “facility dog,” rather than a service dog, which means she belongs to a community, rather than one individual. “While our service dogs profoundly affect the life of one person, our facility dogs touch the lives of many,” said Kathy Metz, executive director of ACTS, in a news release announcing the donation.

Trail project opens the outdoors to people with disabilities

read more…: Trail project opens the outdoors to people with disabilities

“I didn’t know of that many places that we could go with her wheelchair,” said her mother, Melinda Ricker, who with her husband has three other children. “Our family has always been a big hiking family. It was hard to have to leave that part of our lives behind and not even be able to offer it our other children as much as we would have liked to.”

Salem police charge couple living in ‘filth and squalor’ with child endangerment 

read more…: Salem police charge couple living in ‘filth and squalor’ with child endangerment 

When a school nurse identified a number of concerning signs with one child, such as their hygiene, dirty clothes, bug bites, as well as the need for their sibling to have their hair cut at school, they reported the issues to the Division of Children, Youth and Families.

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