DOVER Integrated Fitness owner Candace Lord says she’s frustrated her Dover gym has been repeatedly denied COVID-19 assistance through New Hampshire’s Main Street Relief Fund.
According to emails from state officials, the issue is one that affects other businesses, but one that can’t be fixed within the framework of the program.
Lord said she takes the rejections and the state’s explanation as little more than a “better luck next time” message. However, while additional relief funding is coming through a $900 billion federal bill, Lord said there might not be a next time for Integrated Fitness either because the 44 Dover Point Road gym will get shut out again if the funding criteria isn’t changed, or because the gym could fold before the relief is even distributed.
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: 624 new COVID-19 cases, four new outbreaks announced
Update: Tuesday, Dec. 22, 3:45 p.m.
New Hampshire health officials announced 624 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, and no new patient deaths. According to state epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan, New Hampshire s test positivity rate is holding steady at around 9.1%.
Current active cases in New Hampshire number 6,485, with 297 patients hospitalized with the virus. So far, 656 residents have died from the virus, including 52 in the last week, Chan said.
Chan also said that in order to mitigate the spread of the virus, the state is encouraging anyone who has symptoms, no matter how mild, get tested for the coronavirus.
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Maria Devlin, President and CEO FIT-NH, emceed a brief ceremony remembering the homeless who died in 2020./Pat Grossmith Photo
MANCHESTER, NH – Last year, nearly 1,400 people experienced homelessness on any given day in New Hampshire, according to the Continuum Care to the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development.
Sixty of them died, not necessarily on the street as in the case of Gary Silver, 64, who died Nov. 30 after a propane tank exploded in his tent in the woods off Willow Street.
Still, 27 of those 60 people were individuals residing in Manchester, all with no permanent homes at the time of their deaths.
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LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Twenty-four thousand doses of Moderna vaccine arriving tomorrow
Update: Monday, Dec. 21, 5:55 p.m.
The state of New Hampshire is expecting to receive over twenty-four thousand doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow (Tuesday). Moderna’s vaccine, which is being partially produced in Portsmouth, was recently approved for emergency use by the FDA. New Hampshire also received close to 9,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Monday, fewer than originally expected. Those doses are all going to the state’s most vulnerable residents, including health care workers. Long term care facilities will begin distributing shots to their residents and staff this week.