New Hampshire has joined other states throughout the country in banning dine-in service at restaurants and bars, reports The Eagle Times.
The move is yet another attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19. Eateries will be limited to take-out, delivery, and drive-thru. The directive will currently last until April 7, and happens just one day after Massachusetts implemented a similar ban.
Public gatherings of 50 or more are now banned as well.
A Charlestown, New Hampshire woman has been arrested following a stabbing incident in Bow, reports Patch.
On Saturday, March 14, 2020, Cassandra Boardman, 27, of Charlestown was arrested and charged with felony first-degree assault. Bow Police received reports of an altercation and of a citizen being stabbed around 9:30 AM on Bow Bog Road. The victim was reportedly sent to a local medical facility to be treated for non-life threatening injuries. Boardman was taken into custody without incident.
She is being held in protective custody and will be arraigned Monday in Merrimack County Superior Court.
Vermont Governor Phil Scott has announced a Continuity of Education Plan for the dismissal of all state schools, reports WCAX.
The plan orders the cancellation of all school activities by Wednesday, March 18. The directive is planned to last until April 6, but could go on longer. Local districts will be tasked with three objectives to support state response; food and special needs services for children, providing childcare options for health workers and other essential personnel, and systems for continuing education during the off-period. Scott states that no students are required to attend on Monday and Tuesday if parents or guardians deem this to be unsafe. Education professionals are asked to report to work as scheduled to help the effort.
Governor Scott said that while he hopes schools can begin again on April 6, the possibility of a longer delay is there.
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has ordered the closure of all public K-12 school districts throughout the state to close, reports 7 News Boston.
On Sunday, Sununu released an emergency order to move all schools to temporary, remote instruction from March 16 to April 3. In a press release Sununu states,”We have worked carefully to ensure many of the other issues surrounding this change are addressed, such as food insecurity, workforce issues, IEPs, childcare, and child welfare services.”
The state of the virus, and how schools will be effected will be re-evaluated on following the three week stoppage.
Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire has moved to online classes for the first half of their spring term, reports The Dartmouth.
Classes will be held online, off-campus through May 1. The move comes after every other Ivy League school, as well as many other colleges and universities across the country, made similar decisions. For the next five weeks, the campus will remain for full faculty and staff. Undergraduate students have been asked to leave, while Graduate students will remain, doing classes both online and in person for clinical or lab sessions. Undergraduate students who must stay due to medical, visa status, or other reasons will be permitted to stay.
All are asked to prepare for the potential of the entire semester being online, as well as some other classes for first year students.
A Newport, New Hampshire High School staff member who was feared to have COVID-19 has tested negative, reports The Eagle Times.
Earlier Thursday, school officials learned that a staff member with minimal student contact had been tested for the virus. Students were sent home at 11:30 AM from the High School and 12:30 PM from Richards Elementary. The staff member tested negative for coronavirus, but positive for the flu.
According to Superintendent Brendan Minnihan, classes will resume on Friday. The school was reportedly disinfected and cleaned throughout the day Thursday.
A Claremont, New Hampshire man has plead guilty to allegedly throwing a homemade bomb into a home, reports the NewsTimes.
29-year-old Dalton Rowe plead guilty on Wednesday to multiple charges including reckless conduct with a deadly weapon and possession of an infernal machine. The incident reportedly took place on October 22, 2019. According to prosecutors, Rowe entered a house while screaming for his “significant other”. Upon being told she was not there, he drew two knives and threatened the tenants. He was kicked out, then returned 20 minutes later to throw the device into the building. Rowe was reportedly intoxicated at the time.
As part of his sentencing, he will be considered for substance abuse treatment during his second year in prison.
He has been ordered to spend between 3.5 to 7 years in prison for the infernal device, and at least two years in prison for his other offenses.
A historic building in Springfield, Vermont is set to be demolished by years end, reports The Vermont Journal.
The Jones & Lamson Building, an approximately 270,000 square foot building, will begin to be torn down once funds have been appropriated. The current balance of a 1999 fund to be used towards the handling of the building is $755,066. It is planned that $25,000 will be taken out of reserve funds to fulfill the $1 million grant application to tear it down.
The building has rested empty since 1986, not long after Springfield began to fall off as a manufacturing powerhouse which was reportedly on Nazi Germany’s list of United States bombing targets.
TSCA, a division of the EPA, will need to sign off on the Site Stabilization Plan, which will address how the land is used once the building is torn down.
Governor Sununu and other health officials have advised against cancelling or postponing public events due to COVID-19, reports WMUR.
During a conference Wednesday, officials reported that there are now five confirmed cases in the state, following a Bedford, NH resident’s positive diagnosis. Two of the five point to travel risk for their virus contraction, while the other three are reportedly from having direct contact with a COVID-19 positive patient. So far 74 tests in the state have come back negative, with 11 pending results. Sununu stated that the state is not recommending the cancellation or postponement of public events at this time.
At this time, approximately 254 people are being monitored in the state, while worldwide it has been classified as a pandemic.
Charlestown, New Hampshire will students will remain under the Fall Mountain School District after voters reject withdrawal, reports Sentinel Source.
In Charlestown, which holds more than 40% of the district’s students, the push to withdraw was voted down by a count of 905-509, and it was voted down as a whole across the district 2620-611. Also being voted through was a higher operating budget for the school district as a whole, up almost 4% to $32,428,708.
Other towns in the district include Acworth, Alstead, Langdon, and Walpole.
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