In a time of crisis, New Hampshire communities have stepped up to support one another and ensure that we continue to function under extraordinary circumstances.
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.
How state officials plan to dole out this federal money and who in Concord has authority to decide who gets what has touched off a profound legal dispute.
When Morgan Carpenter and Eliot Pelletier picked Aug. 8 as their wedding date, they pictured a big summer celebration full of family and friends. That was in January, before the coronavirus clamped down on the world and made all large gatherings unsafe.
Shedding your clothes in the mud room is routine for farmers, chimney sweeps, auto mechanics and other folks who wind up routinely filthy, but in those cases the need is obvious. What’s different with coronavirus is that it’s undetectable so you can’t be sure what is necessary.
Although courthouses throughout the state have suspended most in-person hearings and greatly limited foot traffic, the alternative sentencing program is still up and running with critical services available to those working toward long-term recovery.
At the heart of their problem is the lack of tests to know who actually has COVID-19 and who has only an unrelated cough and fever. Without that knowledge, they have to assume that every person with symptoms is “a positive” – infected with coronavirus – and act accordingly.