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SOMERSWORTH Despite the economic pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city granted more building permits in 2020 than any previous year in its history, according to city staff.
After years of watching people and developers get priced out of cities like Portsmouth and Dover, but at the same time seeing those folks go around Somersworth to Rochester and elsewhere, city employees and officials see this as a sign that growth and change are taking root in the Hilltop City. And quickly.
“We’ve never had building permits of this magnitude. It’s impossible,” longtime Code Enforcement Officer Tim Metivier said last week in the middle of a busy day of inspections. “Probably 10 of the 12 months (last year), we kept breaking records. Like, ‘Wow, we processed this many?’ and I’d look back in my data and see we’ve never done this many. And then the same would be true the next month.”
NH electors disappointed they couldn t attend Biden inauguration
Pandemic, security concerns keep crowd small for event Share Updated: 6:38 PM EST Jan 20, 2021
Pandemic, security concerns keep crowd small for event Share Updated: 6:38 PM EST Jan 20, 2021
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Show Transcript THIS DAY. JUST DISAPPOINTED THEY COULDN’T ACTUALLY BE THERE. EYES ACROSS THE GLOBE GLUED TO COVERAGE INCLUDING THOSE WHO CAST NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FOUR ELECTORAL VOTES. THE ATTENDING ATTENDING AND INAUGURATION SOMERSWORTH MAYOR DANA HILLIARD, WATCHING FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE HE IS PRINCIPAL. INDEED, THE PANDEMIC, AND ADDED SECURITY, AN INAUGURATION WAS ON STEVE SHURTLEFF’S BUCKET LIST. MARY CAREY FOLEY ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH THE NEW PRESIDENT WHO SHE HAS KNOWN FOR 35 YEARS, SINCE HER MOTHER WAS MAYOR OF PORTSMOUTH. I WAS PLANNING ON GOING WITH MY YOUNGEST SON NATE. IT WAS DISAPPOINTING. I WORKED SO HARD FOR SO LONG FOR HIM TO HAVE THIS DAY. AS MUCH
Opinion: Proud to cast New Hampshire’s electoral votes
Senator Donna Sourcy, Representative Steve Shurtleff, Mayor Dana Hilliard, and Mary Carey Foley
On Monday, we all headed to the Executive Council Chambers to participate in democracy and cast New Hampshire’s electoral votes. The process itself is mundane – involving a pile of paperwork, a few speeches, and a cloudy Monday morning, but the moment we cast four electoral votes – on behalf of all Granite Staters – for the next President of the United States, Joseph Biden, and the next Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris was one of the proudest of our lifetimes.