Around the city, and in neighboring towns, large blue-and-white banners are appearing, with the intention of showing hope that the local network of health care will be preserved.
As the coronavirus crisis drains state coffers, policymakers will have to get creative with the revenue available — and will almost certainly debate new revenue streams.
The not-for-profit health system, has been focusing only on emergency, critical care and COVID-19 patients. It furloughed 600 employees, almost half its workforce. The first-step in the reopening of services may re-employ 50 to 75 of the furloughed employees.
Meghann Wuorinen of Peterborough wasn’t intending to start a garden this spring, then came the COVID-19 pandemic, which prompted the state’s stay-at-home order, soon after she was furloughed from her job.
Earlier this month, Gloucester artist Kathy Roberts hosted a “Drive-By Art Show.” She hung a clothesline with her artwork and set up easels on the sidewalk and on a table to bring color into the neighborhood.
The number of members requesting to be added to the NH Backyard Chicken Exchange Facebook group is skyrocketing, page administrator Christine Bemis said.
Girls Inc. partnered with Event United at Studio Lab for a virtual annual gala, raising $175,000 to support the organization’s mission and its programs.
Upper Valley libraries, long an important part of life in the region, have seen their roles as community centers cemented and expanded as stay-at-home orders prevail in the Twin States.