Celebrating a legacy and a new canine companion Local family presents diabetic alert dog to young girl click for larger version) June 03, 2021MEREDITH A young girl with diabetes now has a medical support dog thanks to the efforts of a local family in memory of their loved one whose life was improved by her own canine companion. The family of Mandy Grier has been working to raise money to get a child a diabetic alert dog and was able to achieve that goal much earlier than expected thanks to the generosity of many people. On Saturday Mandy's family celebrated this milestone with an event at the Meredith town docks that formally presented a golden retriever puppy named Luna to Norah Boissonnault of Strafford.