New Hampshire has not experienced the shortage of coronavirus vaccines seen in many places across the United States, but there remain many people classified as 1B who have not been able to schedule shots. Some people spend hours on “hold” when calling to make appointments.
This weekend will offer a good opportunity to catch up when the state provides 10,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, recently approved to combat COVID-19, to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, which will serve as a mass inoculation point by appointment only on Saturday through Monday.
The state is offering those who have not yet received their vaccine a chance to book an appointment or move up their time slot, with the Speedway being able to handle about 4,000 shots a day.
Children’s Auction Supports TTCC
The Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction has awarded a $7,500 grant to the Tapply-Thompson Community Center in Bristol to support its summer camp, after-school programs, and sports.
Director Les Dion said the grant will used to provide scholarships for activities as well as supporting the Every Child Is Ours program, a collaboration with the Bristol Police Department, which provides 131 bags of food to local students each week.
Monkey Wrench For State School
Plans for the redevelopment of the property formerly housing the Laconia State School have hit a speed bump with a bill attached to Governor Chris Sununu’s 2022-23 budget proposal. The bill would provide unrestricted authority to the Governor and Executive Council to dispose of the property by sale or lease, or some other arrangement.
The state previously tried to sell the property, but gave up in 2017 after finding no buyers, in part because of questions about potential hazardous waste on the site. Mowing the property alone has cost the state between $3 and $4 million, according to Laconia Mayor Andrew Hosmer, who serves on a seven-member commission established to develop a plan for the property.
Hosmer expressed frustration at the budget bill that could scuttle the commission’s plans to develop the property commercially and provide middle-income housing that would benefit Laconia’s tax rolls.
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