New Hampshire Magazine
February 18, 2021
Photo by Stillman Rogers
For those not used to the “you can’t get there from here” ways of New England, one town that’s actually made up of three distinct villages probably seems confusing and it kind of is. Even as a native, for a long time I was confused about Contoocook, with its shops and restaurants, and the village of Hopkinton, with the town hall and churches. But it’s not that unusual in New Hampshire.
All these split towns began in the same way with individual village centers where clusters of early settlers built their homes and farmed their land. As the populations grew, common needs made these tiny villages impractical, and they eventually incorporated into a single town. That’s why there are three Hopkintons, one named Contoocook.
Pandemic highlights the link between work barriers, child care
February 9, 2021
‘I never envisioned myself being the stay-at-home-mom type,’ says Renee Epler who worked for over 10 years as a nurse in critical care at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, then in the emergency department at Springfield Hospital until the coronavirus pandemic began. She’s shown here with her 10-year-old daughter Autymn. (Valley News/James M. Patterson)
Renée Epler has been a nurse for 24 years. During that time, she’s worked in hospital settings ranging from critical care to oncology, emergency departments and operating rooms.
But around Thanksgiving, after months of working to arrange her schedule, using vacation time and finding extended family to help with child care, the 51-year-old Epler decided to step away from her full-time job and shift to per diem status at Springfield Hospital in Springfield, Vt.
The COVID-19 economy has kept an outsized number of women out of the workforce
“I never envisioned myself being the stay-at-home-mom type,” said Renee Epler, who worked for more than 10 years as a nurse in critical care at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, then in the emergency department at Springfield (Vt.) Hospital until the coronavirus pandemic began. She now takes per diem work at the hospital so she can be home to help her daughter Autymn, 10, who is on an individualized education program, with her schoolwork three days a week. Epler and Autymn sat down to work on math together at home in Springfield late last month. James M. Patterson / Valley News
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“The optimism displayed at the Atlanta Market in January is maintaining its momentum through the first quarter,” notes Bob Maricich, IMC CEO. “As such, we are expanding the March buying opportunity in Atlanta – in dates and scope to give retailers and designers more time to discover, connect and sho
All above board â The boards of the big 6 and comparative performance By Paul The Esk Share:
Six clubs have been ever present in the Premier League. Of the six, Manchester United and Arsenal dominated the honours boards in the early years, before Chelsea on the back of Abramovichâs funding starting competing and winning. Always part of the âSky 4â despite not having won the Premier League, more recently Liverpool made it to the winnerâs circle.Tottenham have huffed and puffed, occasionally threatening but never quite made it, and then thereâs Everton. Once in the top 4, several times 5th or 6th, considered for many years the âbest of the restâ, fell short of that in the post Moyes era, but now threatening a resurgence on the pitch under the tutelage of Carlo Ancelotti. In addition to the six ever-presents thereâs Manchester City who through the ownership and stewardship of Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan are seek