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[ Friday, August 7, 2020 ] Amoskeag Health celebrates National Health Center Week with ‘Show Us Your Healthy’ photo collage project Around Town
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Friday, August 7, 2020

Amoskeag Health celebrates National Health Center Week with ‘Show Us Your Healthy’ photo collage project

Friday, August 7, 2020 Amoskeag Health 0

Residents of the Greater Manchester area are invited to send Amoskeag Heath a photo showing what being healthy means to you. READ MORE

Aug. 7: Mobile food pantry drive-thru event at Comcast parking lot in Manchester

Friday, August 7, 2020 NH Food Bank 0

With the need continuing to rise, the New Hampshire Food Bank and volunteers from the New Hampshire Army National Guard 3643rd Brigade Support Battalion will host a drive-through mobile food pantry today, Friday, August 7, 1 p.m., at the Comcast Parking Lot, 676 Island Pond Road, in Manchester. READ MORE

Hooksett Stone House to be demolished

Thursday, August 6, 2020 Andrew Sylvia 2

With no agreement between the Hooksett Heritage Commission and the applicant for a new storage facility possible, the historic Stone House on Hooksett Road is set to be demolished. READ MORE

July jump in opioid overdoses ‘concerning,’ only a small handful were calls to homeless camps

Thursday, August 6, 2020 Carol Robidoux 0

July opioid ODs in Manchester were the highest this year. There were 48 suspected opioid ODs in Manchester during July 2020. That is the highest number of opioid ODs for one month in 2020 and the highest monthly total since June 2019. READ MORE

Two water main breaks keep city water crews busy

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 Jeffrey Hastings 0

Around 5 p.m. a 12-inch water main broke on South Beech Street near Spring Garden Street. Water shot up into the air and began flooding the streets. Manchester Water Works responded and excavated the street, and were able to repair the main. READ MORE

Week-long ‘Big Tent Revival’ raises concerns over religious freedom versus public safety

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 Meghan Pierce 0

Attendees of an upcoming week-long ‘big tent revival’ plan to spread the Gospel to cities and towns, including Manchester. Meanwhile, New Ipswich leaders are more concerned about the possible spread of COVID-19. READ MORE

Eversource responding to nearly 700,000 power outages across its service territory

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 Eversource Energy 0

Eversource working to restore power tropical storm pounds New England. READ MORE

Ground broken for Boys and Girls’ Club expansion

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 Andrew Sylvia 0

Tuesday’s ceremony put the end in sight for what has been a four-year journey to expand the Union Street facility. The new expansion was supposed to break ground in April until the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. READ MORE

Heavy winds knock out power, take down trees across the city

Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Carol Robidoux 0

A tropical storm featuring heavy winds and rain made its way through Manchester Tuesday and knocked out power to more than 53,000 Eversource customers across New Hampshire by 9:30 p.m., including nearly 2,000 in Manchester. READ MORE

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Employees donates more than $10K collected during Q2 to local non-profits

Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Bar Harbor Bank & Trust 0

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust employees are donating more than $10,000 collected in Q2 from its employee-driven charitable giving program, Casual for a Cause, to 14 non-profits serving Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The non-profits receiving donations were selected by and voted on by the employees. READ MORE