Sunday’s rally had the same message as the first two: “ICE must release all civilly-detained immigrants now to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the jail and in the wider community.”
There have now been 1,864 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire, with 101 persons currently hospitalized.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Plymouth State University (PSU) senior nursing students quickly adjusted to virtual simulations and other alternative methods to complete their final semester of clinical training. On April 24 these nursing students graduated early – a full month ahead of schedule – allowing them to begin working on the front lines in the state’s hospitals and other health care settings.
Assuming you can cut hair because you’ve been going to a barbershop all your life is akin to thinking you can edit a newspaper because you’ve always had a subscription. But you have to start somewhere, and thinking about what my barber does, even if I didn’t know how to do it, got me going.
Part of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the almost constant flow of new information from new medical studies to potential cures published about COVID-19. But which ones are trustworthy and which ones are worth healthy skepticism?
There have now been 1,787 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire.
Great NH Restaurants, comprised of T-BONES, CJ’s Great West Grill, and Copper Door, is finding ways to put employees back to work while helping their local communities.
The state Department of Corrections’ website showed Friday that 11 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, but so far no inmates have been sickened.
NH Police Association Pipes and Drums, NH State Police, Manchester Police, and Londonderry Police delivered lunches Friday to front-line workers at Catholic Medical Center and Elliot Hospital.
During vacation, we strongly urge you to continue social distancing. This is not the time to gather in groups or ease up on other precautions. As a reminder, parks are open but playgrounds and hard courts (basketball and tennis, for example) remain closed in the city.
Retailers would like the state to move toward customers coming into stores by appointment-only and continuation of curbside pick-up sales, but allow for cash sales as the state begins to reopen from its closures due to the pandemic.
Phase one could begin with outdoor dining as early as May 5, the day after the governor’s executive order closing restaurants to the general public and restricting operations to take-out service is scheduled to expire.
On Monday night, Laconia City Councilors will be asked to approve the 97th Progressive Laconia Motorcycle Week for Aug. 22-30 if it cannot be held June 13-21 because of the COVID-19.
Citing “unseasonably high numbers of visitors” during the COVID-19 health crisis, the White Mountain National Forest announced Friday it was closing a number of picnic areas, shelters, and dispersed recreation sites. including the popular Lower Falls area on the Kancamagus Highway.
There have now been 1,720 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the dairy industry saw two of its major markets — restaurants and schools — dry up overnight leading to a surplus of milk nationally and the dumping of millions of pounds of milk that could not be sold.
On Thursday, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) applauded passage of interim emergency coronavirus relief legislation, while encouraging members of both parties to continue working together on the next comprehensive coronavirus response package.
Following reports of scammers seeking to steal Americans’ identities and COVID-19 stimulus payments, U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Ron Wyden (D-OR), are calling for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to continue strengthening its fraud prevention efforts and further educate Americans about these scams.
The New Hampshire Department of Education estimates about a dozen school districts are ending the school year early, due to challenges of remote learning.
The Governor’s Economic Re-Opening Task Force, which will develop a plan and oversee the state and private-sector actions needed to reopen New Hampshire’s economy, while minimizing the adverse impact of COVID-19 on public health, will conduct its next remote meeting from 3 – 5 pm, Friday, April 24.