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With cold coming, Tri-Cities warming center to reopen
SOMERSWORTH The Tri-Cities’ overnight warming center will reopen Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights due to “potentially life-threatening low temperatures” in the forecast for this weekend, the cities announced Wednesday morning.
The emergency walk-in facility, located at 30 Willand Drive, will open at 5 p.m. each of those nights and close at 9 a.m. the morning after. Anyone seeking shelter may arrive any time between those hours this weekend. Referrals and reservations aren’t required.
Dover, Somersworth and Rochester created the regional center in December, operating it with Strafford County’s arm of the Integrated Delivery Network and help from local social service agencies and volunteers, to provide a walk-in, overnight facility during periods of life safety risk and extreme cold weather emergencies.
Lydia s House of Hope resilient in the face of tough year
Fosters Daily Democrat
When Theresa Tozier, founder and executive director of Lydia’s House of Hope, first started a transitional housing program for women and their children in crisis, she was told that it would be impossible, especially without state or federal funding. Four years later, as Lydia’s House of Hope flourishes, in the midst of global uncertainty and unrest, the non-profit knows anything is possible.
These past four years have been a steep learning curve as the organization navigates the ever-changing landscape of homelessness on the Seacoast. Lydia s House of Hope graduates are strong and resilient, ready to handle whatever life throws at them. The women who have graduated from Lydia’s have gone on to become an EMT, a case worker at a local human services agency, and students within many different programs. Some have gotten married, purchased homes, and had children. The program s graduates have lear
First Congregational Church to serve as emergency winter shelter
The Rev. Michael Leuchtenberger (center) and his son, Daniel, bring in bunk beds to the former office space of the First Congregational Church on Friday morning. Leuchtenberger, pastor of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord and the outgoing chair of the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness, brought items from the existing winter shelter over to the new facility. GEOFF FORESTER photos / Monitor staff
Rev. Michael Leuchtenberger, center, and his son, Daniel, bring in bunk beds to the former office space of the First Congregational Church on Friday morning, December 18, 2020. Leuchtenberger, pastor of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord and the outgoing chair of the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness, brought items from the existing winter shelter over to the new facility. GEOFF FORESTER Monitor staff