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Upper Valley libraries re-opening to patrons
Modified: 7/18/2021 9:00:08 PM
After more than a year of being physically closed to the public, libraries throughout the Upper Valley are opening their doors once again.
“They haven t been storming the doors, but sure we ve been seeing a lot of old faces that we ve missed this past year,” said Nancy Tusinski, director of the Hartland Public Library, which fully reopened to the public earlier this month. “It s a big homecoming … for some of our patrons and for us as well.”
The Hartland library is asking patrons to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status, because the library’s youngest visitors cannot be vaccinated at this time. A couple months prior to reopening, patrons were able to make appointments to visit the library. As the rate of the virus slowed and vaccination rates increased, fully reopening became more of a possibility.
Hanover Town Meeting includes petition to eliminate town manager >Modified: 7/9/2021 9:39:56 PM
HANOVER Voters will decide on Tuesday whether to maintain Hanover’s town manager form of government or instead delegate more responsibilities to its five-member Selectboard.
A petitioned warrant article on this year’s Town Meeting ballot asks residents if they support “the continuation of the town manager plan as now in force in this town?”
A “yes” vote would continue the work of Town Manager Julia Griffin, who was hired in 1996, while a “no” vote would redistribute some of her responsibilities to elected officials.
In New Hampshire, town managers have hiring and firing power, can pay the town’s bills and set salaries. Hanover, which has a population of about 11,500, switched to the model in the 1970s as the town and Dartmouth College grew.