NASHUA — The first vendor booth Merrimack senior Claire Dow saw as she entered Saturday’s Silver Linings Senior Healthy Living Expo just happened to be one of those she’d hoped would be there.
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LAURIE DUFF, director of senior services for Easterseals, remembers a colleague who jokingly divided senior adults into three categories: the “go gos,” the “slow goes” and the “no goes.”
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, the Granite YMCA has become a model of excellence for its Health Intervention Programs — a series of 11 evidence-based programs geared toward improving the health and wellness of Granite Staters. Seniors can access a range of programs that address their health care needs su…
Osteoporosis is a condition that weakens bones to a point of making them brittle. It may only take a small bump or fall for bones affected by osteoporosis to fracture. The National Institute on Aging says osteoporosis is a “silent disease” because people who develop it may not notice any cha…
PATRICK MACLEOD, a sales specialist with the WellSense Health Plan, often gets requests for information on the company’s fitness benefit for seniors. The SilverSneakers program doesn’t just offer one workout at one gym, according to Macleod. Participants can use fitness equipment at a number…
Florida’s top court on Monday upheld a Republican-backed law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy — a decision that allows a stricter six-week ban to take effect — but also cleared the way for voters to decide whether to amend the state’s constitution to establish a right to abortion.
CONCORD — State officials announced that after a brief pause, they were accepting new admissions at Hampstead Hospital Residential Treatment Facility and meetings between staff and public safety executives should help bring an end to a spike of violent incidents at the youth psychiatric complex.
Kevin Landrigan
senior reporter
CONCORD — Leaders in the substance abuse recovery field warned state representatives Wednesday that mandatory minimum prison terms for those who import, sell or use fentanyl will only worsen the state’s opioid epidemic.
Kevin Landrigan
senior reporter
CONCORD — A major donor to current and past campaigns of Democratic candidate for governor Cinde Warmington wrote racially charged statements in a personal blog from 2014 to 2016, including that Black people were more racist than White people and lacked “character and integrity.”
Kevin Landrigan
senior reporter
CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu said a Recovery Friendly Workplace national institute will be a clearinghouse for the best practices on how to reduce substance abuse in states across the country.
Kevin Landrigan
senior reporter
Even during summer heat waves, Santa’s Village gives patrons a fuzzy Christmas feel.
CONCORD — Attorney General John Formella said Tuesday that New Hampshire has launched its own lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, accusing the social media giant of using marketing methods that mentally and physically harm young children.
Kevin Landrigan
senior reporter
CONCORD — An executive councilor said it’s “absolutely inappropriate” that violent disturbances at the Hampstead Hospital Residential Treatment Facility have outstripped local and state law enforcement manpower.
Kevin Landrigan
senior reporter
Storytelling groups at libraries and senior centers, where older adults gather to “remember together.”
NASHUA — Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday if elected he would take from the FBI and give to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) the lead role in a federal crackdown against illegal fentanyl use in America.
Kevin Landrigan
senior reporter
CONCORD — Karen Prive of Franklin said she had suicidal thoughts since she was age 6 and it took a network of volunteers and first responders to help her silence the voices and even inanimate objects that urged she kill herself.
Kevin Landrigan
senior reporter
An executive councilor is calling for more transparency on out-of-state placements for troubled juveniles after New Hampshire officials pulled two boys out of a Tennessee facility that New Hampshire’s child advocate said “operates on a culture of fear and intimidation.”
Kevin Landrigan
senior reporter
More Manchester teachers than usual quit their jobs late in the summer rather than return to the classroom this coming school year, forcing administrators to fill unexpected teaching gaps.
CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu and top state officials broke ground Thursday on a landmark project — building a more humane residence for the mentally ill considered too dangerous to stay at New Hampshire Hospital (NHH) in Concord.
Kevin Landrigan
senior reporter
