NEW LONDON There was hope that this holiday season would be different.After a subdued 2020 that saw holiday craft fairs and in-person celebrations being canceled or scaled back, a lull in cases this summer appeared to herald a new phase of the.
BETHEL For decades, Nick and Heidi Nikolaidis, him originally from Greece and her originally from Germany, ran the Black Forest Cafe on Main Street.But they had to close the business in downtown Bethel about six years ago after Heidi Nikolaidis had.
In-person Bingo back at senior center >Thompson Senior Center Executive Director Deanna Jones, far left, reunites with people who played bingo over the phone during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the last Friday in June, older adults gathered at the center to play together in person for the first time in more than a year. (Deanna Jones photograph) Courtesy photograph
Modified: 7/5/2021 9:06:40 PM
WOODSTOCK Wonderful.
That’s how people who have played bingo over the phone through the Thompson Senior Center in Woodstock described the first game they played in person together the last Friday in June.
Bingo players are a dedicated bunch and during the COVID-19 pandemic, executive director Deanna Jones was determined to find a way to keep them playing. Phone bingo ended up being a fairly easy transition and it had a hidden benefit: People who live farther away could participate, especially in the colder months when bad weather might’ve kept them from making the drive to Woodstoc
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Report highlights Upper Valley housing shortage, calls for solutions
Modified: 5/1/2021 12:17:09 AM
WEST LEBANON About 10,000 new housing units are needed by 2030 to meet increased demand for homes in the Upper Valley, according to a new report.
Area planners say creative solutions will be needed to meet that goal, which is about three times more homes than were built in the region between 2010 and 2020, according to the recently released Keys to the Valley report, which is available online at keystothevalley.com.
“We have a housing crisis, and it is getting worse. It is not a small problem,” says the report, which was produced by the region’s three regional planning commissions the Lebanon-based Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission, the Woodstock-based Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission and the Ascutney-based Mount Ascutney Regional Commission.