The word out to Health Care Providers and drug treatment centers. The infections have hit four male heroin users in the South Central part of the state. The bacteria responsible causes strep throat, but when injected directly into the blood stream, it attacks muscles and organs. Doctors say while the general public is not in any real danger, its important to track down the source. It is possible these people may have had some social contact we are investigating maybe they had close contact with one another. The we are also concerned about whether the drugs were contaminated. Reporter now that New HampshireHealth Care Providers are being made aware of the infection, the quick reporting of cases should help prevent a wider outbreak. Anchor firefighters investigating this house fire in middleton. The family who owns the home on forest street was in a trailer next door when the flames broke out. They tell investigators there was an electrical problem then they saw the house was on fire. Anchor with tensions running high ahead of next weeks Election Officials in New Hampshire are getting questions about whether its legal to bring a gun to the polls. Newscenter 5s David Bienick is live in nashua with why the answer is complicated. David . Reporter the short answer is yes. Here in New Hampshire, guns and ballots do mix. Where it gets complicated is when youre polling place brings you to a school and students. New hampshire is one of some 30 states with open carry laws meaning its usually perfectly legal to carry a gun in plain view without any special permit. And that includes when casting a vote. As far as New Hampshire election law is concerned there are no specific prohibitions on bringing a firearm into a polling place. Reporter however, many New Hampshire polling places are located in schools. And since 1990, a federal law has banned all guns on school have a concealed carry permit enters a School Facility for the purpose of voting, they may be in violation of federal law stop reporter but New Hampshires attorney General Office says since its a federal law its up to the feds to enforce it. And will they . No, there will not be federal agents posted at polling places. Reporter instead, the u. S. Attorneys office and the fbi say, they will be focused on responding to reports of voter intimidation, in all forms. We will have a coordinated effort to try to make sure that nobody is intimidated in that the election goes unimpeded. There is much a do about nothing. Reporter attorney penny dean, who specializes in Second Amendment cases, says in a state like New Hampshire few people would be surprised to see a gun holstered on a voters hip. And she says nobodys ever made a federal case about it, at least not yet. This particular issue. Reporter just to be clear, authorities have not received any threats of violence on election day. To make sure it stays that way the state is encouraging towns , to post a Police Officer at each polling place. Live in nashua, David Bienick, Wcvb Newscenter 5. Anchor and taking a look at first alert traffic. Youre looking live at the zakim bridge. Directions lets take a closer look around the boston area where we are dealing with the change in the tollbooth. If you are on 93 northbound it is a typical 35 minute ride. Southbound from mass ave to route 3, 93 newton corner, but this is not bad for 128 southbound. Its a quick 17 minutes. Tolls from 95 full take you about a half hour and slight delays on the south side of 495. Not bad. Anchor meeting because it is getting dark people are heading home early. A plus tonight takes us Lawrence Academy in groton. Anchor the High School Senior who has committed herself to keeping a friends memory alive. Anchor keeping warm. The group making sure no one goes cold this winter their simple act of kindness. Pepper, was sloppy, radishes. Anchor plus, a new recipe to relieve painful cramps. Why a Harvard Brain scientist and a Nobel Prize Winner say it works. Great price on this boneless chicken yeahno bones about it. Es. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. Thousands of low prices. . Why do banks treat you and your money like this . They nickel and dime you with fees and minimum balances. Capital one wont do that. Theyve reimagined banking, and built a Checking Account thats free of all that nonsense. No fees. No minimums. No gotchas. This price is so low. Me eat my greens . No, just trying to save you some green. Whaaat . thousands of blue tags. Thousands of low prices. Anchor we continue to follow breaking news, arrests made after a protest near the statehouse. Organizers say there are nearly 200 people at the building, but some are inside. We are told that 12 people made it out to talk about the need for more fun theyre the same group that protested yesterday. Well continue to follow the story. Anchor just a senior in high school this weeks a plus student has been running a Nonprofit Organization for 11 years. Anchor after her childhood friend died of cancer. She wanted her memory to live on. Newscenter 5s Antoinette Antonio introduces us to taylor goodmanleong of Lawrence Academy. On every single childs face, for the joy it brings to their lives when their families are going through rough times. There are many reasons taylor goodmanleong has dedicated her life to giving to kids in need, but she started doing it for the love of erika. I just remember even in the times she was diagnosed with cancer and even though she was sick she would always be really positive. Reporter the sixyearolds were best friends, taylor bringing erika gifts when she was in the hospital, to help brighten those days. They made it their mission to do the same for others, and when erika passed away from brain cancer, taylor vowed to keep her spirit alive. Just a first grader, she founded the nonprofit for the love of erika, delivering more than 13,000 gifts to kids in hospitals and homeless shelters over the past 11 years. Im actually right here. Reporter along the way, earning several awards and accolades and wowing teachers and administrators at lawrence so then you come across a kid like taylor and youre like, you what . You run your own nonprofit . Thats awesome. Reporter spending countless hours a week sorting and wrapping presents, and maintaining a full load of honors classes. Taylorgoodman leongs kindness, generosity, and years of selfless giving make her this weeks a plus. Taylor is so modest that during our interview she almost forgot to mention that she was recently inducted into the caring hall of fame in d. C. , along with muhammad ali, gabby giffords, and bill clinton, among others. Antoinette antonio, Wcvb Newscenter 5. Anchor know an exceptional student worthy of an aplus . Submit a nomination right now at wcvb. Com just click as seen on. Anchor new tonight in your health, soothing painful cramps with a drink. Anchor the spicy recipe meteorologist whats going to be changing as the temperature. Before this time tomorrow you will notice a difference on the warmth from th with advil, youll ask what muscle strain . Advil makes pain a distant memory nothing works faster stronger or longer what pain . Advil. You wouldnt believe whats in this kiester. A farmers market. A fire truck. Even a marching band. And if i can get comfortable talking about this kiester, then you can get comfortable using preparation h. For any sort of discomfort in yours. Dinner may i be excused . Get the new xfinity tv app and for the First Time Ever stream live tv, watch on demand, and download your dvr shows anywhere. Anchor it doesnt matter how fit or strong you are, fighting painful muscle cramps can be a struggle. You may think about more water or bananas, but researchers created their own solution. I always would drink a lot of water, even bananas. Anchor training for her first marathon, Tracy Evangelos worried about cramps slowing her down. I particularly get a lot in my feet. Reporter diagnosed with multiple sclerosis nine years ago, tracy didnt need an extra challenge. She looked for a solution, and found hotshot, a small spicy drink designed specifically to treat muscle cramps. You feel that sigh of relief. And its like oh, its gone away. Bruce bean developed the recipe with his friend, Nobel Prize Winner dr. Rod mackinnon. Hot pepper, radishes, wasabi, a whole list of things. Reporter the spicy flavors target cramps at the source. Scientifically, we always thought it started in the muscle. Now we know it starts in the nerve and the way to treat it is through the nervous system. Reporter that discovery, a total turnaround from what doctors learn in medical school, and how trainers usually treat helpless athletes in agony on its actually like a miniseizure of the neuron that controls the muscle. Reporter those neurons have receptors, and the scientists discovered how certain spices can overload those receptors, creating a numbing effect. That feeds into the brain, into the spinal cord, and ultimately damps down the hyperexcitability of the motor neurons. Reporter that process can take only minutes. You feel the glow simultaneously with the cramp diminishing. Its a really cool sensation actually. Orders, olympic marathoner shalane flanagan, a marblehead native. And more than half of the teams in the nfl. It contains no caffeine. It contains no ephedrine. It containabsolutely nothing thats on the banned list for sports use. Reporter scientists hope they can use this same research to develop treatments targeting other types of cramps. On the short list, patients suffering from als and ms. So far, tracy says hotshot is working for her. It kind of perks you up a little bit. Just feeling like that it gets your heart rate going and youre ready to jump out the door and hit the pavement. Reporter right now and sells online for 35. Emily riemer, Wcvb Newscenter 5. Anchor all it takes is a little bit of mindovermatter to avoid the posthalloween candy temptations around the office. Doctors say out of sight, out of mind is one way to approach those midday cravings. But that can be difficult, so make sure youre prepared. They suggest eating a solid breakfast thats high in protein and healthy fats to reduce the cravings during the day. You can also try sipping on some cinnamon tea. Cinnamon is known to help to reduce sugar cravings and can help regulate blood sugar. Anchor halloween on a plane . Not ideal by any means for a 3yearold, but one father going the extra mile to make it extra that father on a flight from boston to San Francisco approached passengers during the flight last night, and handed them treats with a small note attached. He said he didnt want his daughter to miss out on the holiday, so he asked them to give out the candy as she came by. How sweet is that . Then he took her down the aisle trickortreating. It was probably a whole lot warmer on that airplane then in our neighborhood. An loved it. If you saw the picture of her, she was adorable. Meteorologist that is very sweet. And who knows, maybe 25 years from now we will be going down a different aisle. Anchor aw, harvey meteorologist anyway. Lets talk about november. We talked about november the first this is how it goes on were close to that. The average high in boston is only 47, four inches of moisture with a little over an inch of snow. Once we change the clock this weekend and by the end of the month we are almost to the earlier sunsets of the year. Well it was chilly early this morning, 21 in orange, barely above we have made a recovery, around 50s, we will start fall back but not at the levels of last night. Wind is coming to the south which will help prevent freefalling temperatures. The air mass is just warming up, it incredible warmth this time of year all the way out to st. Louis and chicago, sioux city, the 70s that we should get at least the 60s tomorrow, and if there is a notch sunshine a could touch 70 in spots. The wind will not be too strong. Mainly clear now but there are some clouds off to the west and i do expect some clouds tomorrow but i also expect some sun mixed in, with a mild westsouthwest wind. This front will come through late thursda t some moisture in the form of showers and thunderstorms. When that happens, there is some cloudiness and also breaks. Then on thursday we start out with a mix but we will have some cloud take over most of the day. We will probably get a band of day and to thursday evening before it moves offshore and the wind picks up for a blustery, chilly day coming up on friday. As we check out the next seven days, about 67day and to thursdg before it moves offshore and the wind picks tomorrow, right around 60 on thursday, windy and much chillier on friday, probably sailing to get back to 50 degrees. Of course this is the weekend we turn the clocks back friday, probably sailing to get back to 50 degrees. 2 00 a. M. Sunday before you go back to 1 00 a. M. The sunrise gets better for a little while, exclude 24 in the morning. Breezy on sunday, a chilly weekend, slightly below normal, then moderation. 2 00 a. M. So far it looks pretty goodr election day around here. This is giving you a glimpse of temperatures around the country around texas or the pacific anchor youve heard the phrase ladies who lunch. Now add ladies who lunge, with swords. Anchor theyre practicing their sport at west concords marx fencing academy. Some people think it is the way we approach it is intensity of the fight. Repoer she took her first stab at fencing a few years ago at the university of chicago. There was a boy on the team i liked, and i tught if i go to practice maybe i will spend time with them. And it turned out that i fell in love with the sport instead. Reporter she has gone on to compete nationally and is a academy in west concord. Come on, grandpa. Ready . Reporter he started the academy with his wife, a fivetime olympian and former u. S. Champion. He has a staff that is equally distinguished. One was a silver medalist at the 2000 olympics in sydney. He was number one in the world for days. Reporter he has coached 50 national champions. He are quick to get the point. For young people it is pretty easy. Its beating up on your little brother. Aside from that, once you start doing it, doesnt matter if you are fast, strong, tall, short. Its everybody. Anchor i love everything about fencing. West concord is just one of the neighborhoods chronicle visits tonight. Well also see why small happening hoods, chronicle at 7 30. Still to come tonight, a simple act of kindness. Anchor the group leaving behind some necessities to keep those in need warm in the cold. But first lets see whats coming up new at 6 00 with maria and ed. Anchor we are following breaking news tonight. Anchor why some protesters are being arrested. And a new hamre how a video of her in a trump Halloween Costume led to her being yanked out of the classroom. The gangsters that have come into the state to get in on the gravy train to see how much money they could make. Anchor Bay State College editions sticking up against legalizing pot. Anchor and thousands of Christmas Gifts for military families lost in a huge fire. Kate my mom and i love shooting hoops. But she could still learn a few things from me just like ive learned a lot from her. Mom helps with homework. Bad guys in jail. Now, mom helps make laws that help people especially when they need it most. Im really proud of her. And shes taught me that with hard work i can do. Anything. Kelly im kelly ayotte, kate and im kate. Kelly kate and we approved this message. Massachusetts has many great public schools, and we took it for granted that our kids would go to great public schools. But some kids arent so lucky. Where they live, they dont go to a great school, and they have no choice. Public Charter Schools give parents a choice and are a pathway to success for these kids. If you like your school, question 2 wont affect you. But question 2 will change the future for thousands of kids who need your help. Please join me and vote yes on question 2. Anchor Glamour Magazine celebrating womens achievements over the last year. Gwen stefani among the 2016 women of the year announced today. The magazine will also recognize olympic gymnast simone biles, the black lives matter cofounders, and its very first man of the year, bono. All of them featured in the december issue, recognized for their work to improve life for some unusual ornaments adorning the trees and fences at Veterans Park in machester, New Hampshire. Anchor volunteers have spent the past year knitting and crocheting hundreds of scarves, hats and mittens for the Second Annual scarves in the park event. The items were placed on trees and fences today for the taking. Last year, organizers had 75 scarves to give away, but this year, theyre distributing more than 400. A massive effort led by a local church who avoid distribution at Thrift Stores to make sure they reach everybody in nee we also know that some people wont necessarily go in those places and we just feel its important for us not to vet everybody to see if they are worthy of our help. Anchor the church says theyve gotten people throughout the town to knit scarves but what they would really like to see is this project expand to other churches around the country. Newscenter 5 at 6 00 starts now, on newscenter 5 anchor a sevenyearold attacked in her own home. Reporter what they did and how they disguise themselves. Anchor questioning question 4. The guys that have come in to get in on the gravy train. Reporter the other religious leaders lining up against pot and the ongoing campaign. Meteorologist the nighttime chill it will be. Anchor an effort to help christmas hopes spurned. From bostons news leader, this is Wcvb Newscenter five at 6 00. Anchor we begin with breaking news at 6 00, protesters being arrested near the statehouse. Anchor they say they are trying to call attention to the need for more funding for the disabled. Reporter good evening. Right here, down mccormick, there are anywhere from 60 to 80 people inside the lobby. Another 10 to 20 on the 11th floor, many of whom are in wheelchairs. This is the only shot earlier inside the lobby, people blocking the entrance and exits into they have been a year for about an hour, and they are protesting changes that the secretary made over the course of the the next several years. This is a group called adapt, and one of the main concerns they have is the treatment of people with disabilities and special needs. You may recall just yesterday, this was the same group that treatment of special needs children. They are back out here today, a meeting. According to the group, this has not been confirmed by police or the office, that they were having a meeting with her when she abruptly left the meeting, showed up with three state police troopers, and the meeting ended. 10 to 20 people upstairs on the 11th floor doing the same thing they are doing here in the leave the building, blocking the entrances and exits. Another 5060 folks protesting many different issues the community with disabilities has that they believe are not being dealt with by legislators, congresspeople, or even the state in any capacity. Theyre simply asking for fair and equitable treatment. Well have much more information. We have a couple cruise together