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.
The search for a new building to headquarter the Salvation Army of Greater Derry is down to the wire. Only four months remain until the organization that serves hundreds of homeless and disadvantaged people and families finds itself essentially homeless.
“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.”
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.
Led by New Hampshire Civics and the New Hampshire Institute of Politics here in the Granite State, the program gives fifth-graders first-hand experience with government — through campaigning, elections, and voting.
The Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Platinum Sponsor Pentucket Bank, has developed “The Great Yeti Quest,” a Chamber event specifically designed to encourage people to visit and support the businesses in their communities as they search for Yetis.
The site has been on the Superfund priority list since 1981 and this year’s review will be its seventh. It’s one of four New Hampshire sites that will undergo the legally required five-year EPA review this year. Superfund sites in Plaistow, Dover and Milford also will be reviewed.
A tiny team of Girl Scouts won the state FIRST LEGO League tournament in Windham on Sunday, Jan. 16, qualifying for the World Festival in Texas this spring.
The Goffstown Public Library has been awarded $28,080 in funding through the Institute for Museum and Library Services “Grants to States” program. The grant program is part of the American Rescue Act Plan of 2021 and is being facilitated by NH State Library, which received $2,297,692 for this grant, according to its website.
Crews were dispatched just before 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 12 for a report of fire at 21 Mercury Lane.