Vaccinations prove to be a Christmas present for vets home residents
ABOVE: Rita Landry, a 92-year-old veteran of the Air Force, became the first resident at the New Hampshire Veterans Home to get a coronavirus vaccine when she received a shot on Thursday. Courtesy
LEFT: A painting of WAC veteran Rita Landry sits on a table in front of her at the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton on Nov. 10.
WAC veteran Rita Landry waves through the window of the Town Hall of the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. GEOFF FORESTER
Published: 12/28/2020 2:25:08 PM
Rita Landry has watched with dismay as COVID-19 infected two-thirds of her fellow residents at the New Hampshire Veterans Home over the last six weeks.
CONWAY â In great news for railroad steam enthusiasts, Conway Scenic Railroad says it hopes to have its antique steam engine in working order as of Dec. 26, in time for Christmas week excursions.
CSRR Marketing and Events Coordinator Brian Solomon said the North Conway railroad test-fired steam locomotive No. 7470 this week.
It is the first time the boiler had been brought up to pressure since being put away for the winter last January, and brings the locomotive one step closer to its return to service, say tourist railroad owners David and Rhonda Swirk. Over the week between Christmas and New Yearâs Eve, we hope to assign 7470 to some of our scheduled Valley trains in preparation for its Winter Steam excursion (Jan. 2), said Solomon. In addition, the locomotive will be displayed under steam in the North Conway yard.
Credit New Hampshire Veterans Home
COVID-19 vaccines have arrived at New Hampshire s long-term care facilities and are beginning to roll out, after some concern about minimal communication and scheduling issues.
Long-term care facilities are getting their vaccines through a federal partnership with CVS and Walgreens. Nursing homes in New Hampshire have been particularly hard hit, with 79 percent of the state s deaths occurring at long term care facilities, the highest rate in the country.
The New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton, an active outbreak location which has recently seen declining active cases and 36 total deaths, said it would start inoculating people Wednesday.
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CONWAY — In great news for railroad steam enthusiasts, Conway Scenic Railroad says it hopes to have its antique steam engine in working order as of Dec. 26, in time