Since the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was rolled out April 3, banks in New Hampshire have been working with their customers around the clock and actively lending to small businesses.
In the nation’s 199 rural counties where seasonal housing accounts for 25% or more of all housing units, average cases per 100,000 people were more than twice as high as in other rural counties.
Willing Hands, a Norwich-based nonprofit that distributes fresh food — much of it fruits and vegetables from grocery stores that otherwise might go to waste — was already stopping in West Fairlee on Tuesdays.
SoClean in Peterborough has opened a supply line to get 250,000 masks into the hands of front-line health care and emergency service workers across the state.
Grocery stores say though they’ve been trying to outfit all their employees with masks, the masks were simply in too high of demand, with priority being given to hospitals and health care workers.
As a result of the coronavirus crisis, police chiefs in the Capital Region say that since mid-March there has been a shift in the types of calls they’re responding to in their communities.
Those planning weddings don’t know when it will be safe to gather in groups, so they are uncertain if they should reschedule or even what date might be safe to pick if they do want to shift plans.
Retail, restaurant and hotel workers are flooding the New Hampshire unemployment system to apply for benefits during the statewide emergency shutdown to stem the spread of coronavirus.
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire, the Libertarian Party and others are keeping a close eye on the broadening reach of state government to make sure civil rights are not overly infringed and resources are fairly distributed.
Seniors across the state are finishing their college career remotely, with all pomp and circumstance postponed. Meanwhile, the future is suddenly shrouded in uncertainty.
Perhaps because high schools are not dealing with the travel issues college students would face returning to their campuses for commencement New Hampshire high schools seem to be giving the situation a little more time.
Jim Desjardins, owner of Salem dry cleaners Daisy Cleaners, has been offering police, fire and ambulance workers, nurses and doctors free cleanings of their uniforms for the duration of the pandemic.
With no certainty as to how long the pandemic will last or the stay-home orders will remain in place, Realtors still say they remain optimistic that whatever slowdown the market experiences, it will be short lived.