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Individual developed symptoms after travel to Italy
Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has announced a fourth person in New Hampshire who is being tested for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The illness caused by the new coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan City, Hubei Province China, and has since spread to at least 50 other countries, including the U.S. The person recently returned from travel to Italy and notified their healthcare provider after developing fever and respiratory symptoms within 14 days of travel. They are currently isolated and being monitored by public health clinicians and do not currently pose a threat to the public’s health. Preliminary COVID-19 test results are expected possibly as early as tomorrow. There have not been any cases of COVID-19 yet identified in New Hampshire.
“We have heard concerns from communities about returning travelers from countries outside of China that are currently experiencing widespread transmission of COVID-19, such as Italy” said State Epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan. “Any returning travelers from countries that currently have a CDC travel advisory due to sustained or widespread COVID-19 transmission should monitor their health closely for development of fever or respiratory symptoms. If such symptoms develop within 14 days of travel to an affected country, the individual should seek health advice by phone from their healthcare provider and limit their contact with others. There is not currently a recommendation that individuals who have traveled to countries other than China should self-quarantine, but given the rapidly changing epidemic, these recommendations could change as the CDC adapts their response and traveler monitoring procedures. We are aware that some schools have students who traveled to Italy over February break and have instructed their students to stay home for 14 days from travel to affected regions. We will support schools in taking steps to protect their communities during this very dynamic and challenging situation, and we have released interim guidance to help school communities to address questions and concerns.”
Guidance to schools can be found here: https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/cdcs/documents/2019-coronavirus-schools-02292020.pdf
Instructions for returning travelers to self-observe for symptoms of COVID-19 are available here: https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/cdcs/documents/2019-coronavirus-self-observation-guidelines.pdf
DHHS has additionally worked to develop COVID-19 testing capabilities in the New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories (PHL) and has expedited the implementation process to ensure the State has the capacity to perform the test. Previously, all testing for COVID-19 was conducted by the CDC. We anticipate our PHL having testing capacity for COVID-19 by Monday March 2nd. The CDC is still conducting confirmatory tests on any presumptive positive test results to confirm states’ findings.
“We have asked all healthcare providers to screen patients presenting to healthcare facilities with fever or respiratory symptoms to determine whether those patients’ have traveled to countries identified with sustained community transmission of COVID-19 so that we can rapidly identify, isolate, and test patients with suspect COVID-19,” continued Dr. Chan. “As we implement the COVID-19 test at our Public Health Laboratories this week, and given the global expansion of the COVID-19 epidemic, we expect more testing to take place in the coming weeks as we work to identify infections and prevent spread in our communities.”
The U.S. expects to detect more introductions of COVID-19 through travel, as well as more person-to-person spread and community transmission of this virus. The CDC and New Hampshire are conducting aggressive containment efforts, including ongoing use of isolation and quarantine measures to decrease introductions and spread of the virus.
Because COVID-19, and all respiratory illnesses, are most commonly spread through respiratory droplets, residents should take the same precautions as those recommended to prevent the spread of influenza:
- Stay home and avoid public places when sick (i.e. social distancing)
- Cover mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing
- Wash hands frequently
- Avoid being within 6 feet (close contact) of a person who is sick
- Avoid sharing drinks, smoking/vaping devices, or other utensils or objects that may transmit saliva
- Disinfect frequently touched surfaces
There is sustained and widespread transmission of COVID-19 in several countries. The CDC has currently issued travel advisories for the following countries, but given the rapidly changing situation, these advisories are frequently changing:
- Level 3 Travel Warning (avoid all nonessential travel due to widespread community transmission): China, Iran, Italy and South Korea
- Level 2 Travel Alert (practice enhanced precautions due to sustained community transmission): Japan
- Level 1 Travel Watch (practice usual precautions but limited community spread has been reported): Hong Kong
For more information on COVID-19, please visit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/index.html. For the latest information from the CDC, please visit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.
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Although the store had been open and running since December 16th, 2019 on Friday, January 26, the Applegreen company opened its doors to the public in a grand opening event for their flagship store located at 491 Calef Hwy, Barrington NH. Applegreen is an Irish corporation, with over one hundred convenience stores/gas stations in the United States. Inside this branded store you'll find a Burger King, an Applegreen convenience store and a Mobile gas station with 5 islands (totaling 10 pumps), and two fast diesel pumps in the back.
This is the flagship store in which the Applegreen brand is being launched in the United States. This means that the Burger King isn't franchised out. Applegreen owns the franchise inside the store. This means that the convenience store isn't leased out. Applegreen owns it and manages it. It means the gas station is owned by Applegreen as well. When you're going to the store located at491 Calef Hwy, Barrington NH you're supporting the Applegreen Corporation - which stands for integrity, community and giving back.
The outside of the store featured a DJ for the day, free coffee, goodies and snacks, and gasoline at 1.99 per gallon. Inside the store, they had an End 68 hours of hunger raffle. The goal was to raise at least $2,000 that day to go to the Barrington chapter of End 68 hours of hunger. The local store was well represented, and there were people from the corporate branch as well – to facilitate the day, and to assure that everyone was well trained and responsive.
The building is well designed, fits within the community, and is set back from route 125, with plenty of space for access and parking. Burger King is located at the far left of the building, and there is a drive-through – located at the back and side of the building. Inside, the store is well put together. It is pleasant to be in. There is tile on the floor and plenty of space between the aisles. The stands aren't too high so you can see clearly around the store. There is a nice variety of convenience items, not just your run of the mill chips, but several different varieties in both large and snack portion bags. There's a great coffee island with an on-demand coffee machine as well as pre-made pots of coffee, plenty of options for the coffee diva and the cup of joe on the run folks too. Everything is done with excellence. There's three refrigerator units of beers and a wine-rack as well. Bags of ice are conveniently located in the freezer section inside of the store. You can find pretty much anything you could use at 10 o'clock at night.
At the open house, there were several people from corporate there. Their message was clear, Applegreen is in the community to stay and plans on looking for ways to give back. In Ireland, the Applegreen company has given over four million dollars to local charities and truly believes in investing in the local community. Currently, they are looking for any local teams that need sponsorship in the area, that they would like to pay for t-shirts and signage and do the promotion that they can do for a local team.
There are changes coming to Barrington, but if they're all done with excellence then they're going to help our community grow. This new business is already brought 30 more jobs into our town. Barrington is a bedroom community with no public transportation this is a positive change. With only a few major employers in town, it's beneficial to get some mid-sized ones in.
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Concord, NH – No New Hampshire residents have tested positive for COVID 19. The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services is taking steps to prepare for potential community spread of the new coronavirus disease known as COVID-19 in New Hampshire. There are also steps New Hampshire residents can take now to protect themselves.
“The COVID-19 outbreak was first identified in China, and it has since spread to multiple other countries, which has appropriately caused concern about the potential impact on our New Hampshire communities. We have not yet identified any cases of COVID-19 in our State, and we have been working closely with our healthcare partners to be able to rapidly identify any individuals suspected of having COVID-19 in order to prevent further spread of this new virus,” said State Epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan. “Given what we have seen in other countries, it is certainly possible that we could see community spread at some point in the U.S. and New Hampshire. Therefore, we continue to work with hospitals, emergency responders, community organizations, local health departments and public health partners to ensure they are prepared and have the resources they need to respond if and when the virus is present in New Hampshire.”
To date, NH DHHS key activities have included:
- Activating our Incident Management Team to coordinate our public health response with emergency services, homeland security officials, and other public health partners
- Identifying and investigating people with suspect COVID-19 and their close contacts
- Implementing illness monitoring and quarantine for travelers returning from mainland China
- Preparing and shipping specimens to CDC for testing while simultaneously working with CDC to implement the testing locally here in the NH Public Health Laboratories
- Providing technical guidance and information to healthcare and public health partners through health alerts, written guidance, and webinars
- Informing the public on prevention measures through media interviews and social media posts
- Planning for future potential for community transmission in the United States including addressing needs for medical surge, community mitigation, and providing housing, transportation, and wrap-around services (e.g. food) for people under isolation or quarantine due to illness or exposure
- Maintaining situational awareness for 2019 Novel Coronavirus across the globe and providing updates to stakeholders
- Maintaining daily communications with federal partners including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and other national organizations
- Maintaining regular communications with other state agencies, local health departments, and other partners
- Informing the public on respiratory disease prevention measures through media interviews and social media posts
“This is a rapidly changing situation and we are working closely with our federal, State and local partners to collectively address the challenges of COVID-19,” Dr. Chan continued. “We are closely monitoring the outbreak and remain committed to working with concerned residents, communities and health care providers, so we can be prepared to respond and protect the health and the well-being of our communities.”
To protect themselves against this new coronavirus and the many different respiratory viruses that we know circulate this time of year in New Hampshire, NH DHHS continues to recommend that all residents take the following precautions
Stay home and avoid public places when sick (i.e. social distancing)
- Cover mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing
- Wash hands frequently
- Avoid being within 6 feet (close contact) of a person who is sick
- Avoid sharing drinks, smoking/vaping devices, or other utensils or objects that may transmit saliva
- Disinfect frequently touched surfaces
For more information on COVID-19, including webinars, health alerts, and fact sheets, please visit www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/.
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Rouillard was among 5 WSU student artists accepted to be featured in the prestigious exhibition, competition
WORCESTER, MA – Worcester State University’s Visual and Performing Arts Department has announced that ‘19 WSU graduate Megan Rouillard, a native of Barrington, NH, has been selected for participation in the 11th annual Boston Printmakers Student Print Exhibition, a prestigious exhibition and competition featuring some of New England’s most creative student artists.
Rouillard, who majored in Biology at WSU, was one of 5 students in WSU Studio Art Professor Amaryllis Siniossoglou’s printmaking class who represented WSU in the recent show. Rouillard is presently a Ph.D. candidate at UConn Health, she said.
“My piece was inspired by the native wildlife of New Hampshire being impacted by climate change,” Rouillard said.
“WSU’s Visual and Performing Arts Department congratulates Megan, her fellow WSU students and all of the New England artists whose works of art were featured in the 11th annual Boston Printmakers Student Print Exhibition,” said Siniossoglou. “Each of our students’ pieces reflects their hard work, creativity, and vision. We’re honored to be part of the Boston Printmakers tradition again this year as it continues to recognize inspiring, rising artists.”
Rouillard’s piece was one of 132 prints by artists representing 17 colleges and universities. The Boston Printmakers is an international association of artists founded 72 years ago by a group of printmaking students and teachers to educate the public about fine art printmaking and provide opportunities to exhibit original prints. According to The Boston Printmakers, for many students, it is their first time showing their prints in a professional setting. For more information on the organization, please visit www.bostonprintmakers.org.
About the Worcester State Visual and Performing Arts Department
The Worcester State Visual and Performing Arts Department offers an interdisciplinary, student-centered, artistic education that prepares students for professional lives in the arts. Its educational spaces encompass the Fuller Theater, practice rooms for music, and art studios at the University’s Sagamore Studios. VPA students gain in-depth knowledge of their preferred art form -- art, music, or theatre – plus an understanding of what the arts have in common, and how they are performed and exhibited in the real world. Learn more at www.worcester.edu/VPA or connect with VPA on social media: Facebook/VPAatWorcesterState, Twitter and Instagram @WSUVPA. Follow our blog, The Artful Lancer, at WSUVPA.wordpress.com or subscribe to our YouTube channel, search WSU VPA.
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If you are planning on traveling to Northern New Hampshire, please read the following winter weather advisory:
Concord, NH – New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management reminds residents and visitors of New Hampshire to be prepared as a winter storm will impact parts of the state Wednesday night into Thursday afternoon and evening.
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Gray, Maine has issued a Winter Storm Warning for all of Coos and parts of Carroll and Grafton Counties from 11:00 P.M. this evening until 7:00 P.M. tomorrow. Heavy, wet snow and wind gusts up to 35MPH are expected in Coos, Northern Carroll and Northern Grafton counties with total accumulations of 5 to 10 inches. Southern Carroll County will see 4 to 7 inches of total accumulation.
The NWS has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for parts of Grafton and Belknap Counties from 11:00 P.M. this evening until 3:00 P.M. tomorrow. Wet snow is expected, with total accumulations of 3 to 6 inches and winds gusting as high as 35 MPH.
Southern New Hampshire can expect periods of heavy rain from 5:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. on Thursday, with some street flooding possible. Significant river flooding is not expected.
The NWS has also issued a Wind Advisory for Coastal Rockingham County from 5:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. on Thursday. East winds of 25 to 35 MPH with gusts up to 55 MPH are expected.
“Heavy, wet snow will cause hazardous travel conditions in the warning areas until Thursday evening,” NH Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director Jennifer Harper said. “Scattered power outages are possible in northern New Hampshire. Take time today to prepare your family for disasters.”
Report power outages to your utility provider:
Eversource.............................. 1-800-662-7764
Liberty Utilities....................... 1-855-349-9455
NH Electric Co-Op.................. 1-800-343-6432
Unitil………………................ 1-888-301-7700
If you see downed power lines, stay away and call 9-1-1.Customers without power should continue to call their service providers at least once daily until power is restored.
Director Harper provides these additional reminders:
- Slow down and move over for emergency vehicles.
- Do not crowd the plows or emergency crews.
- Clear all snow and ice off your car, including your roof, around lights, and license plates before traveling.
- Bridges, overpasses and exposed road areas are the most prone to icy conditions.
- Visit ReadyNH.gov to learn more preparedness tips to help you and your family stay safe.
Take the time now to prepare. Director Harper encourages everyone to plan ahead for disasters. The core steps toward preparedness are (1) make an emergency kit, (2) have a family emergency plan, and (3) stay informed by signing up for NH Alerts. Download templates and instructions for each of these preparedness steps online at ReadyNH.gov.
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Rochester, NH: Cornerstone VNA, nonprofit home health and hospice care provider, was recently awarded a $500 community grant from the Walmart Community Grants Team and Facility #1749 in Somersworth, NH. The grant funds will be used to purchase flowers and plants that a Cornerstone VNA Hospice volunteer will deliver to Hospice patients. These special deliveries are a touching way to help honor patients at end of life and bring them joy.
Nancy Nicolazzo, Hospice Volunteer Coordinator remarks, “We are so very grateful for the generous donation from Walmart that will make it possible for Barbara Kelczewski, Hospice Volunteer, to brighten the days of patients and their families by bringing them beautiful plants and flowers.” According to Somersworth Walmart Assistant Store Manager, Zac LaRoche, “We are happy to support a tremendous cause, anyway we can help, we are happy to be here for you!”
For more information about the Hospice Volunteer program at Cornerstone VNA, contact Nancy Nicolazzo, Chaplain/Hospice Volunteer Coordinator at 603-332-1133 x1239 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
About Walmart:
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save money and live better - anytime and anywhere - in retail stores, online, and through their mobile devices. Each week, nearly 275 million customers and members visit our more than 11,300 stores under 58 banners in 27 countries and eCommerce websites. With the fiscal year 2019 revenue of $514.4 billion, Walmart employs over 2.2 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy, and employment opportunity. Additional information about Walmart can be found by visiting corporate.walmart.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/walmart and on Twitter at twitter.com/walmart.
About Cornerstone VNA:
Cornerstone VNA is a nonprofit organization currently serving Rockingham, Strafford, Belknap and Carroll Counties in New Hampshire and York County in Maine. The team at Cornerstone VNA provides award-winning care and support through five distinct programs: Home Care, Hospice Care, Palliative Care, Life Care-Private Duty and Community Care. For 107 years, Cornerstone VNA has been committed to bringing services to people of all ages so that families can stay together at home, even when facing the challenges of aging, surgical recovery, chronic or life-threatening illnesses or end-of-life care. To learn more about Cornerstone VNA, visit www.cornerstonevna.org or call 800-691-1133.
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Recognized as one of the Barrington’s Best for employment opportunities, Turbocam is one of the largest employers in our area. With two campuses in Barrington alone, and over 10 locations across the world, it’s easy to recognize how in a small town, a company like Turbocam can make a big impact.
But the impact of the founders – Marian and Suzie Noronha, goes way beyond starting a business that employs over 1000 people. They started their journey over 35 years ago when they moved from the Upper Valley to the Durham area to help grow a church at UNH. From its inception as a small church with a group of founders, that church has evolved and grown over the years – now housed in a former car dealership, New Frontiers Church has a lasting impact on the Seacoast community.
As a couple, both view business as a mission ground. Businesses can move in places that a regular person could not go, or even a church cannot reach. They impact the lives of people – the employees, the customers, and suppliers. The Noronhas focus on blessing the communities where they live, and through their work.
The charitable contributions of this family and their business, have a long-lasting and far-reaching impact. Internationally, in 1999 they began by purchasing people in Nepal out of slavery. Not only did they purchase these families out of slavery, but they also paid off their debt, and bought them land to settle on. They helped provide the infrastructure necessary for living a healthy, independent life. Since then the investment in the community has branched out into providing wells, building schools, teacher training, and infrastructure development.
Locally, Turbocam tends to invest in already developed charitable giving, investing in pioneers, rather than pioneering the work themselves. They pour into their employees’ charities of choice, providing matching donations from the cafeteria purchases. Of ten charities selected, most are recurring, with one new charity a month. Originally, the donations were placed in buckets, but it got to be quite a handful managing all of them. The new system is quite sophisticated, employees select their food and/or drinks from the refrigerators, and when they pay, scan their items, as well as the charity they choose. A matching donation is provided to the selected charity and everything is tallied electronically.
Each employee has an opportunity to volunteer (often done as teams) for a day a year, to their charity of choice. Work has been done at Lydia’s House of Hope, gutting and renovating two of the rooms and fully furnishing them, and currently, they are working on the attic space to make that habitable. They’ve partnered with the local chapter of End 68 Hours of Hunger and SOS recovery. Just by perusing their Facebook page you can see the culture of giving.
It takes many drops of water to fill a bucket. While one big thing done by 1 or 2 people (like Bill Gates) can make a difference, a series of small, incremental changes can cause a flood of kindness as well. Turbocam is a place like that – with a culture that will change the world.
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Wayne Picard, owner of the Good and Plenty Restaurant on Route 125 in Barrington, has been in the restaurant business for nearly 50 years. “My dad owned Suzelle’s Restaurant in Somersworth and I started working for him when I was 13,” Picard says. At the time he worked every weekend, doing whatever needed to be done. He recalls once being given shoe polish and told to re-blacken the bottoms of scuffed booths. Eventually, he rose to head cook at Suzelle’s until the restaurant closed its doors in 1991.
Within a few years, Wayne Picard started a new restaurant: Good and Plenty in Barrington. “I was working down the street and I saw a ‘for lease’ sign on the building,” he explains. “I put my van up for hock to borrow money and I borrowed money from my sisters and I leased the building.” That was 27 years ago. The restaurant opened its doors on the day after Thanksgiving in 1993.
The restaurant got its name “Good and Plenty” not from the famous candy of the same name but from his dad, who had visited a restaurant in Amish country by that name. “I liked it,” Picard says. “Good food and plenty of it. That’s what we wanted to do.”
Picard notes that one of the things Good and Plenty is known for is making a lot of its food inhouse from scratch. “We cook our own turkeys, gravies, soups, chowders. We make our own coleslaw. We started with fresh French fries because we didn’t have anywhere to store the frozen ones. We had no walk-in cooler, just a few chest freezers.” Picard explains that when he did put in a walk-in cooler, he tried serving frozen fries. “People let me know right away that they didn’t like it.”
One of the restaurant’s specialties is the prime rib, which is available with breakfast every Friday through Sunday. Another is a New England boiled dinner. While most restaurants only have this local favorite around St. Patrick’s Day, Good and Plenty offers it every Wednesday and Thursday for lunch.
“Breakfast is our busy time,” he notes. “We probably average around 100 meals a day on a slow day. On a weekend in the summer, it can be around 200 to 225, just breakfast and lunch. We always made our money on the weekends during the summer, when there are a lot of transient people coming through.”
Nonetheless, he says, it’s the locals that really have kept him in business. He notes that some local groups, such as the Red Hat Society and ROMEO motorcycle group use the restaurant as a regular meeting place. (ROMEO stands for Retired Old Men Eating Out.) “It doesn’t matter how many times they’ve been in, we try to treat everyone as if it’s their first time and we want them to come back,” Picard says.
When he first opened the restaurant in 1993, Picard notes that there were only 3 restaurants in the 125 area. “It was just us and Phil’s and the Gateway,” he says. At the time, the restaurant was open from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., 7 days a week, 363 days a year – every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Good and Plenty is still open 363 days a year, but staffing shortages and the increasing number of restaurants along Route 125 in Barrington caused them to cut their hours from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. The number of restaurants along that same strip of Route 125 has grown from three to twelve. “Every new restaurant that comes in takes another little piece of the pie,” Picard says.
Luckily, Picard learned from his dad’s experience that tough economic times can mean the end for even a well-loved local restaurant. Suzelle’s thrived for nearly two decades in Somersworth. In fact, Wayne’s dad and his two brothers even started a new venture: The Firehouse One Restaurant in Dover. But in the late 1980s, hard economic times hit, and people started eating out less. Eventually, Dick’s brother kept the Firehouse One and Dick focused full-time on Suzelle’s. Unfortunately, Suzelle’s still struggled to make ends meet. Eventually, the restaurant was forced to close its doors.
When Picard started Good and Plenty, his dad came to work for him. “He still thought he was in charge,” Picard says, chuckling. “My dad worked for me for 20 years.”
Picard notes that he learned from his dad to be cautious with expenditures. “One of the big things I learned from my father is to do one big project per year and pay cash for it – replacing the septic system, putting in central A/C, putting in a walk-in cooler.”
Over the years, Picard’s focus has been to create a good family atmosphere in his restaurant, offering something for everyone. What is important to Picard and his staff, most of whom have been with him for several years, is to make people feel welcome and to have something for everyone on the menu. One customer describes the menu as ‘comfort food,” which is exactly what Wayne Picard has been striving for since the opening of Good and Plenty in 1993. “Our motto is, ‘Cooking so good you think your mom’s in the kitchen,’” he explains.
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The New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles is pleased to announce a new phone number available to assist customers with REAL ID questions and information, 603-4-REALID (603-473-2543). Customers can call 603-4-REALID to learn more about REAL ID and the required documents needed to get a REAL ID before they visit the DMV.
“The DMV continues to offer new products and services like 603-4-REALID and Saturday hours to streamline the process of getting a REAL ID,” said DMV Director Elizabeth Bielecki. “Currently, only 30 percent of those eligible for a REAL ID have gotten one and we encourage everyone not to wait until the last minute so as to avoid longer than normal wait times just before the October 2020 deadline.”
Federally compliant identification, like a REAL ID, will be required to board domestic flights after the October 2020 deadline. Getting a REAL ID is voluntary, and other federally compliant identification, such as a passport, may also be used for domestic air travel. However, time is running out and we encourage New Hampshire residents who wish to obtain a REAL ID to do so as soon as possible. REAL ID applications must be submitted in person.
The following New Hampshire DMV locations are open the second Saturday of each month from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. for REAL ID transactions only: Concord, Dover, Manchester, Nashua, Newport, and Twin Mountain.
Additional documentation is required when applying for REAL ID and should be gathered prior to your visit to the DMV. Documentation related to name changes due to marriage, divorce, adoption, etc., must be presented at the time of the transaction.
For detailed documentation requirements and facts about REAL ID, visit www.getREAL.nh.gov. To speak to a DMV customer service representative about REAL ID and the documents required to obtain a REAL ID, call 603-4-REALID (603-473-2543).
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Rochester, NH: Cornerstone VNA, nonprofit home health and hospice care provider, is proud to announce that their Hospice Care program has achieved Level Four status with the We Honor Veterans program, the highest recognition level of this important program. This special recognition reflects Cornerstone VNA’s commitment to ensuring veterans have access to quality end-of-life care. According to Kelly Doherty, RN-C, MSN, ARNP-BC, ACHPN, Hospice & Palliative Care Director at Cornerstone VNA, “This hospice specific program allows us to better care for Veterans at end-of-life.”
We Honor Veterans is a national Hospice provider awareness campaign conducted by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs. As a We Honor Veterans Partner, Cornerstone VNA is better prepared to build organizational capacity to provide quality care for veterans and to strengthen partnerships with veteran organizations. In addition, they strive to increase access to hospice and palliative care for veterans living in their community and to network with other hospices across the country to learn about best practice models.
According to The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Hospices can “earn their stars” and the matching logo by completing activities for each of four levels of commitment. This allows VA staff and Veterans to easily identify hospices that have made a commitment to offering veteran-specific care and services provided by a competent and highly skilled workforce.
According to Hospice Volunteer Coordinator, Nancy Nicolazzo, "At Cornerstone VNA, we are privileged to do whatever we can to honor veterans and their family members, and to express our gratitude to them for their gallantry at the end of their lives." Cornerstone VNA has many Hospice Volunteers, including Paula Carr and Brue Larrabee, who are both veterans. According to Bruce Larrabee, “Veterans aren’t looking for a handout, they’re looking for a hand.” As a We Honor Veterans Partner, Cornerstone VNA is proud to give veterans a helping hand and the support they need at end-of-life.
For more information about the We Honor Veterans program at Cornerstone VNA, contact Nancy Nicolazzo, Chaplain/Hospice Volunteer Coordinator at 603-332-1133 x1239 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Cornerstone VNA is a nonprofit organization currently serving Rockingham, Strafford, Belknap and Carroll Counties in New Hampshire and York County in Maine. The team at Cornerstone VNA provides award-winning care and support through five distinct programs: Home Care, Hospice Care, Palliative Care, Life Care-Private Duty, and Community Care. For 107 years, Cornerstone VNA has been committed to bringing services to people of all ages so that families can stay together at home, even when facing the challenges of aging, surgical recovery, chronic or life-threatening illnesses or end-of-life care. To learn more about Cornerstone VNA, visit www.cornerstonevna.org or call 800-691-1133.
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