Published: 6/9/2021 4:00:55 PM
The Department of Education has required school districts put into place a plan for the 2021-22 school year by June 23, and local districts are starting to make decisions about what the fall will look like.
Earlier this year, Gov. Chris Sununu announced all K-12 schools must offer a full-time, in-person learning as of April 19, and all local schools have been operating full-time since then, if they weren’t already, but still offered a fully-remote option.
Local school districts appear ready to carry on the five-day in-person schedule in the fall, according to current reopening plan discussions.
On Monday, the Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School Board made two adjustments to its current framework, effective immediately, and discussed a community survey asking parents their preferences for the fall.
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Published: 6/9/2021 4:13:10 PM
Miller State Park’s auto road is scheduled to reopen on June 11, heralding the completion of a number of major improvements to the park.
The 1.3-mile paved road connecting Route 101 to the summit of Pack Monadnock is a popular walking spot for locals and visitors. Over the past three years, local park users have been working with the DNCR, Eversource, and other state interests to devise a beautification plan for the park, to deploy in tandem with necessary upgrades to the utility lines that extend up the mountain.
Work started in April. Eversource removed some existing poles along the road, buried lines underground at the summit, and rerouted their lines to a visually inconspicuous path through the woods. “All line construction was completed on May 20th and it is energized and in service,” an Eversource representative wrote on Monday. The Auto Road was able to open to the public on weekends before closing this week
Three vehicles were towed off Route 202 in Peterborough this morning after a driver became distracted by a spider in their car.Peterborough Police were summoned to a three-vehicle crash outside New Hampshire Ball Bearings at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Police.
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Published: 12/27/2016 7:31:31 AM
While the name on the sign might be nationally recognized, for the Quinns, running a Dunkin’ Donuts is a family affair.
The store opened on Dec. 14, in the former People’s United Bank on the intersection of Route 101 and Grove Street. The franchise is owned by Adam Quinn of Hampstead and his father Michael Quinn. They also own stores in Brady’s Plaza on Concord Street and six others across the state. The Dunkin’ Donuts formerly located at the Big Apple store – about 500 feet west of the new location – was also their franchise, but was shut down to move to its new stand-alone store at the intersection.
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Published: 6/9/2021 2:03:43 PM
With temperatures up in the 90s all week long, heat-weary locals are eying their town pools, which are set to reopen this month.
Peterborough, Greenville and New Ipswich each canceled summer pool seasons last year, as many communities were still under tight COVID-19 protocols. This year, with transmission numbers in the state still dropping and an increasing amount of people completing vaccination protocols, all three pools are scheduled to open up for the summer.
Current Centers for Disease Control guidelines show that there is no evidence that COVID-19 transmits through treated water, but is still recommending general guidelines for pools that include social distancing, including in the water. Masks are still recommended when visitors can’t social distance, but shouldn’t be worn in the pool or while wet.