New Tri-City shelter opens for Dover, Rochester, Somersworth area
SOMERSWORTH — The Tri-Cities’ new emergency warming center served nine people during a bitter, snow-swept first night Wednesday. While people sheltered at the 30 Willand Drive center said they appreciated the reprieve, they also said it served to remind them the greater Seacoast area still lacks more permanent and direct strategies to address causes of the region’s homelessness crisis. “This is doing nothing but stopping them from dying,” said Christopher Smart, a 35-year-old Dover resident who was among the first to arrive when the center opened at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Dover, Somerswo...
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