🌱 Mayor Tests Positive + Pets For Hire + New Dam Safety Risks

Good morning, Manchester! Let's start this day off on an informed note. Here's what's going on today in Manchester.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny today. High: 63 Low: 42.

Here are the top stories today in Manchester:

1. Wishing the mayor good health. On Saturday, Mayor Joyce Craig's office announced that the mayor tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement from City Hall, spokesperson Lauren Smith said the mayor has mild symptoms, and "will not chair the Board of School Committee meeting on Monday." Smith added that Mayor Craig will be working from home until she receives a negative PCR test. Mayor Craig's office said the mayor is fully vaccinated and boosted. In March of 2019, the mayor's daughter tested positive for COVID-19 after studying abroad in London. At that time, the Mayor tested negative. (Manchester Ink Link)
2. Local businesses are up to their ears and trials in new pet employees! A shout out to Manchester's Barre Life and Food For Pets for hiring shelter pets as part of the Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire's new "Hire a Pet" program. A black and white dog named "Maisy May" was the "right girl for the job" at Barre Life. She already knows a lot about staying active! Food For Pets had two new pet employees at their Manchester and Amherst locations; a rabbit named Mr. Humphrey, and an equally adorable dog named Otis. The ARLNH said "hiring" a shelter pet means displaying a plaque of your chosen shelter pet, and announcing they were hired! You can read more about this story here: (Facebook)
3. When you see water cascading over a dam in Manchester, you may not be wondering how long the dam has been there, but hundreds of New Hampshire's dams are decades or centuries old. A new analysis by the Associated Press found that most dams in the beautiful state of New Hampshire are in "poor" or "unsatisfactory" condition, and at a high risk of failing. More than 50 dams have failed in the state over the past 100 years. According to Steve Doyon, the state’s chief dam safety engineer, most dams are state owned. U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire introduced a bill of about $26 billion to make dams safe, increase the amount of power they produce, and remove dams that "have outlived their usefulness." You can read the full story here: (WMUR)

Today in Manchester:

• AP CALCULUS AB - Manchester West High School. (8 a.m.)
• 2022 Legislative Dinner presented by Fidelity. (5 p.m.)

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