Mask Mandate Updates; Homeless Camp Explosions; More: PM Patch NH

Concord NH

24 August, 2021

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CONCORD, NH — State emergency management officials said Monday while Henri was limited in its damage, it was a good test run. The New Hampshire Department of Safety Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management shut down its partial operations around 10 p.m. There was a flood watch still in place for four counties due to the swaths of rain the storm brought. "Henri provided a good test for hurricane season and proved just how quickly conditions and forecasts can change," Jennifer Harper, the director of New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management, said. "We were fortunate to only see some limited short-term power outages. This storm gave residents and visitors a chance to take a look at their emergency plans and kits and make the updates they needed. With Hurricane season not ending until November, we still have a lot of time left and need to be prepared." Hurricane season runs through Nov. 30. Here are some other things going on in New Hampshire right now. Bring Your Mask To Market Basket If you did not notice, New Hampshire's largest supermarket chain updated its mask policy last week. All Market Basket stores are now "highly" recommending face coverings, regardless of vaccination status. Before, signs at stores said vaccinated shoppers were not being requested to wear masks. This change in policy (the new, new, new normal, if you will?) appears to have been made not long after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended all vaccinated people also begin wearing masks again indoors. Two recent visits revealed many shoppers and employees were not wearing face coverings despite the new request. Nearly All NH Communities Accept Fed Funds According to the Community Development Finance Authority, 99 percent of all New Hampshire communities will receive funds from the $1.4 billion American Rescue Plan Act. All but three of the state's 229 communities applied for the funds. A number of organizations, including CDFA as well as the state's municipal association, county associations, and others assisted communities in applying for the funds. The aid will be used to assist households with food and housing insecurity, small business assistance, affordable housing development or redevelopment, broadband and water and sewer infrastructure, lost public sector revenue, and public health support, too. Warring Wholesale Clubs In Nashua According to the New Hampshire Union Leader, representatives of BJ's and Costco are dueling with planning board letters about Costco's proposed project for East Spit Brook Road. SEA Backpack Donation The state employees' union is donated more than 100 backpacks to children in need in New Hampshire. The org's Campaign for Public Good set out to collect at least 50 this year due to issues connected to the COVID-19 pandemic and charities collecting backpacks. Employees, however, collected double the goal. The backpacks were given to the New Hampshire Department of Education, which will distribute them to school nurses around the state for students who need them. The education department has been collecting hundreds of backpacks for a number of years, thanks to the work of Diana Fenton, of the department's bureau of governance, as well as others. SEA/SEIU 1984 President Rich Gulla with some of the donated backpacks. Safe In New Hampshire The Manchester family, trapped in Afghanistan, are back in the Granite State, according to WMUR-TV. Get Your Marketplace Ads Now Do you like Patch? Do you need an inexpensive way of marketing your business, service, or other interest? Check out Patch's new Featured Local Business ads. Visit the Marketplace link on your favorite New Hampshire Patch site for more information or click on this link. Congrats, Students Enya Gu, a senior at Nashua High School South, and Eliana Mlawski, a senior at The Governor's Academy, a boarding school in Massachusetts, have been named to the Bank of America Student Leaders Program, ManchesterInkLink.com said. RIP ... Charlie Watts. BTW, Keef is still alive. Here is everything published on Patch in New Hampshire during the past 24 hours. Thank you for reading! Nashua Re-Institutes Mask Mandate At City Hall On Wednesday NASHUA, NH — Starting Wednesday, face coverings and masks will be required of every visitor and employee at Nashua city hall. The reinstitution of the mask mandate was issued on Tuesday, due... Read more Nathan 'Nate' Cashman Remembered As One Of The Kindest Persons BEDFORD, NH — Nathan Cashman was killed in Bedford in what a witness called a "machete attack" at the Country Inn & Suites in Bedford on Saturday. Richard Rapazzo who was friends with... Read more 4 New Hampshire Malls Offer Back-To-School Deals, Donations NASHUA, NH — Four of the state's largest malls are offering special deals and offerings as part of their push to help Granite State students get ready for back-to-school. During the next... Read more Capital Region Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Charges CONCORD, NH — A capital region drug dealing pleaded guilty to methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking in U.S. District Court on Monday. Adam Beck, 26, of Boscawen offered the plea after... Read more Concord Man Indicted On Fentanyl Dealing, Possession Charges: Doc CONCORD, NH — The following people were indicted recently in Merrimack County Superior Court. Shawn Russell, 37, of Concord, incarcerated at the time of the indictment, on a felony conspiracy... Read more Explosions Reported At Concord Homeless Camp: Watch CONCORD, NH — Concord firefighters and police are investigating explosions and a fire at the homeless camp behind the Everett Arena on Loudon Road on Monday. At just before 4:30 p.m., Tower... Read more Nashua College Students Graduate, Named To Dean's Lists NASHUA, NH — The University of Rhode Island celebrated more than 4,000 of its newest alumni during the University's 135th Commencement. More than 3,700 undergraduate degrees and 680 graduate degrees... Read more Commission To Create New Police Misconduct Panel Holds First Meeting By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org... Read more 2021 Fall Foliage Peak Map: When Leaves Are Best In NH NEW HAMPSHIRE — The autumnal equinox is still about a month away on the calendar, but it's not too early to start planning a fall leaf peering tour in New Hampshire using the 2021 Fall Foliage Prediction... Read more Bedford Hotel Victims ID'd; Largest Wind Farm Sold: PM Patch NH CONCORD, NH — When sending your student off to college, parents often look at the safety of campuses. And now, a new study hopes, to help parents with some of that research. YourLocalSecurity.com... Read more ALSO READ: Peterborough Loses $2.3M To CybercriminalsPoll: NHGOP Voters Love Trump, Hate CRT, Want Secure BorderCould You Be Hampton's Voice For Everything Local?Amherst Town Library: The Story Of The Horseback Librarians - RecordingChamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: New Hampshire Art Association Welcomes New Gallery Manager, Amanda Kidd SchallThree Retirement Planning Tips For WomenTown Of Bedford: Road Construction Advisory - McAllister Road And Stowell Road- August 24, 2021Could You Be Londonderry's Voice For Everything Local?Williams: 'Hurricane Biden' Hits N.H. 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