NEWPORT, N.H. Masks were once again optional at Newport’s middle and high schools on Friday after the School Board declined to continue a districtwide mandate that it had instituted last month due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the town’s.
CLAREMONT Two of the communities in the Upper Valley with the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates are now among the top three in New Hampshire for the most new infections.School and municipal officials in Claremont and Newport appear reluctant to.