Published: 12/22/2020 4:19:31 PM
Tim DeVincenzo, a bearded bear of a man, paused after reading Jade Miller’s name and took a deep breath.
For the Concord resident and case manager for Families in Transition, mentioning Jade – one of the 60 homeless people with a connection to the Granite State who died this year – tapped into emotions DeVincenzo thought he had under control.
He prepared mentally for his role in this annual winter solstice event: be one of six people to read the names of those who died, held on the longest day of the year, paying tribute to a community whose members spent plenty of long days and longer nights praying for the sun to rise.