Residents in most New Hampshire counties might wish to take into account carrying a masks once more, based on county-level steerage from the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.
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Eight of New Hampshire’s 10 counties at the moment are thought of to have a “medium” degree of neighborhood transmission, a change that displays rising instances within the state.
The neighborhood transmission degree elevated in Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Hillsborough, Rockingham and Strafford counties. Transmission ranges are nonetheless thought of “low” in Sullivan County and Merrimack County, which incorporates Harmony and surrounding cities.
Based on the CDC, residents of medium-risk counties ought to take into account various precautions as instances start to rise. Immunocompromised or high-risk folks ought to discuss with medical doctors about whether or not masks at the moment are crucial in public areas.
Those that ceaselessly work together with a high-risk particular person must also take into account common testing and mask-wearing.
State and native authorities must also implement security measures, akin to enhanced prevention measures in high-risk settings like homeless shelters and correctional services.
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Native well being officers might also wish to implement testing methods for individuals who could also be uncovered to the virus at work, college, or different neighborhood settings.
After a short reprieve from coronavirus surges, COVID-19 instances in New Hampshire are slowly rising once more. The variety of COVID-19 instances in New Hampshire has elevated 55% over the past two weeks, based on state knowledge.
Many consultants consider the rise is because of a subvariant, dubbed the “stealth variant” or “stealth omicron,” which is extra contagious than earlier variants and is at present the dominant pressure within the northeast.
In Harmony, virus ranges in wastewater have sharply elevated, based on the CDC’s surveillance system. Growing concentrations of the virus in wastewater is commonly an early warning that extra instances are on the way in which.
“She’s a beautiful old lady,” said Kevin Parker, 70. “We just wanted to help her.”
Parker, who also lives in Fitzwilliam, was one of the neighbors who joined the team to help repair the greenhouse. He said work got underway a few weeks ago, after he and another neighbor, Todd Reed, had assembled a team.
“It became like a barn raising thing for a couple of days,” Parker said. The repairs took about 15 hours, according to Parker, who has been spending summers in Fitzwilliam for as long as he can remember. Twenty-five years ago, he became a full-time resident.
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Todd Reed said the team of volunteers stripped rotten wood off the frame of the greenhouse and cut two pieces of 40-foot plastic to drape over the frame. Amanda Gokee/Globe Staff
Parker, who is a retired general contractor turned vegetable farmer, said Bullock is beloved in town, and when it became clear that she needed help, people were willing to volunteer.
“She’s been struggling,” he said. “The thing got ripped a couple of years ago. Rolls of replacement have been there since the fall, but no one got the ball going to help her.”
That changed this spring, when her longtime neighbor Todd Reed, 60, led the repair effort.
When Reed moved to Fitzwilliam in 1986, Bullock and her husband were the first people he met. Her husband passed away in 2017, but Bullock has kept the farm stand going on her own.
“She’s just one of the nicest, sweetest ladies you ever want to meet,” said Reed, who was happy to work on the repairs after Bullock called him and asked for help. He has an auto body repair shop and raises honey bees.
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Reed said the team stripped rotten wood off the frame of the greenhouse and cut two pieces of 40-foot plastic to drape over the frame. They also installed ventilation and a double-layer of plastic that can be filled with air in the winter to provide extra warmth.
Some people were there for their knowledge, while others were just needed to hold the huge piece of plastic, according to Reed.
“You’ve got to realize unrolling a piece of plastic that size, if you get any wind at all, it makes a pretty big kite,” he said. “You need people just to hold down the corners. They don’t necessarily need to know what they’re doing, they just need to be a body holding a corner.”
Thanks to his recruitment, he said there plenty of bodies: around eight to 10 people were there to help, which was enough to avoid the kite scenario.
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Frances Bullock’s farm stand has been a roadside fixture in Fitzwilliam for at least the past 40 years. Amanda Gokee/Globe Staff
Reed said the repair should last for about three to five years before it needs to get done again.
Bullock has already filled the greenhouse with annual flowers that she can sell this year.
“I’m really happy to have this,” Bullock said. She said the money from the farm stand helps her pay to heat her house in the winter.
Bullock said she started the farm stand about 40 years ago. “We grew more than we could eat and neighbors kept coming by looking for stuff,” she said.
Now, she said the ears of corn have become a favorite among her customers.
“Fitzwilliam is split politically but all the residents love the loons on Laurel Lake and Mrs. Bullock’s corn,” said Barbara Schecter, a longtime summer resident of Fitzwilliam.
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Residents said in the town of about 2,400, it’s typical for neighbors look out for each other.
“I’ve been helped through times, too,” Parker said. “It is a place where money’s not the first issue.”
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Amanda Gokee can be reached at amanda.gokee@globe.com. Follow her @amanda_gokee.
CONCORD, NH — Concord police are asking for the public’s help finding perps who have been stealing Kias and Hyundais around the capital city during the past two weeks or so.
On Wednesday, the Concord Regional Crimeline issued an alert about the stolen vehicle cases — eight in all, asking for tips.
“The thefts are occurring during the overnight hours, specifically in the Heights and Penacook sections of the city,” Sgt. Ben Mitchell of the Concord Police Department said.
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Mitchell and police advise residents to lock their vehicles and remain vigilant when safeguarding their property. Residents should also be aware of content circulating on social media showing others how to steal Kias and Hyundais.
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Anyone who has information relative to any criminal incident is asked to call the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100, or submit information online to the website at concordregionalcrimeline.com, or Txt TIP234 and their message to CRIMES (274637). Crimeline awards cash to anyone whose information leads to the arrest and indictment of criminals. All tips remain anonymous.
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