Most dental offices in the state shut down voluntarily in March except for emergency visits because of the risk of COVID-19 and its unknown factors. They’ve now been given the green light to reopen in New Hampshire. In previous discussions with the governor, he spoke about the invasive nature of dentistry and that he was working with individuals all over the industry in New Hampshire to create guidelines for safety and what may be mandated for patients and staff for them to reopen safely. That day is here.
Governor Sununu announced today that dentists’ offices will be allowed to reopen in New Hampshire if they wish to do so beginning Monday. There are now guidelines in place to reopen with safety precautions in place. Governor Sununu shares the cooperation that went into making the decision to open this business category: “This was vetted and approved by the Department of Public Health. It has stakeholder buy-in from folks across the industry, whether it be dental hygienists, oral surgeons, a variety of folks really came together, especially over this past week, working with our reopen New Hampshire task force to create a document working with the public health, gives, I think, a lot of folks of competence as we go forward to make this opportunity available to the citizens.”
Last week alone there were thousands of online requests for millions of masks, part of the PPE help coming to help reopen businesses in New Hampshire. The governor spoke about New Hampshire’s current orders for masks and says they’re steadily coming in. He says, “The state is working directly with the dental offices themselves to offer assistance in securing PPE, to that they and their patients can work in a safe environment.”
When asked, Health Commissioner Lori Shibinette said the guidelines are specific to keeping everyone that may be working or visiting a dental office safe and if there were any reason for concern about an outbreak of COVID-19 health officials would issue and alert.
Patients should be in touch directly with their own dentists and see when their individual offices will open.
For more information on the dental industry guidelines, please visit nh.gov.
Nancy Carlson of The Farm to Table Market and Yankee Smokehouse in West Ossipee called in to talk with Roy Prescott this morning and the two chatted about all the wonderful things The Farm To Table Market have been working on to serve their customers’ “dining at home” needs. Nancy goes on and tells us that The Farm To Table Market will be entering their 5th year in August and they have everything you could possibly need for great at home dining including meat, dairy, vegetables, sandwiches, entrees, sides, and more. She explained that The Farm to Table Market supports over 25 local farms. Roy also asked Nancy about the way they’ve gone about business since the pandemic began. Listen to the full interview below…
For more information about The Farm To Table Market you can go to FARMTOTABLEMARKETNH.COM or call them at 603-539-2266. The Farm To Table Market is located in West Ossipee right off of Route 16 across from the Yankee Smokehouse. They are OPEN 7 Days a Week – 10am-7pm and are currently doing Call-In Service only!
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This time of celebration for high school seniors has been anything but ordinary; but behind the scenes there’s a special committee working hard to make graduation more memorable for all Kennett High seniors. Kevin Richards, Superintendent of Schools tells Mount Washington Radio Group’s Ron Frizzell: “The committee has formed up of parents, teachers, administration and a school board member. We do have a few things that we’re taking a look at. Hopefully we’ll have a definitive answer here pretty soon. Within a week we’ll know one way or another. (it’s) Pretty exciting if we are able to pull off what I think we’re going to.” He goes on to say that the plans revolve around doing something on site, practicing social distancing and mitigating any groupings.
At the School Board Meeting on Monday Kevin Richards and his special committee hope to put forth their plans to gain approval and start moving forward with organizing. But for now Superintendent Richards says, “It’ll be very exciting if we can do what we hope to do. But, I don’t want to put it out there and have to reel it back because that would be bad.”
Bruce MacDonald, General Manager of Camping World in Center Conway called in yesterday to talk with Gino about all that Camping World has going on looking into this new season. Bruce gave us a nice rundown on the history of Camping World and a sneak peek into the types of RVs, Campers, and more that they offer. He also mentioned the different options they have including preowned. Since COVID-19, Bruce explained how Camping World has gone about their business, ensuring all customers and staff stay healthy. He listed the different safe approaches that customers can go about when shopping with Camping World. including Virtual Tours and FREE Home Delivery within a 50 mile radius. Gino also asked Bruce about Camping World‘s strong effort to support local organizations and charities too. Camping World is no stranger in helping out with numerous local causes including Angels & Elves. Click below to listen to the interview.
Camping World is located at 1571 East Main Street in Center Conway, NH.
For more information on Camping World please visit CAMPINGWORLD.COM or call 603-452-7291.
Retail operations have been given the green light to open on May 11th with guidelines in place such as wearing face masks, limiting the capacity inside of store, practicing social distancing and strict sanitation schedules. Rob Barsamian, President of Settlers Green is working with partners to start opening on May 11th and be fully open by Memorial Day weekend.
“Unless something changes, and unless the governor makes a different decision, that’s kind of our plan. Now for us, behind the scenes, we’ve been working like crazy with all kinds of safety precautions. You know more sanitization around the shopping center for the people. Making sure the bathrooms are cleaned and sprayed down a lot more often. Doing sanitation night cleaning and disinfectant, we’re buying spray machines for the furniture and the bathrooms. Keeping seating areas at an appropriate distance from each other.”
The Settlers Green website hosts a statement about their reopening which includes outdoor dining for the restaurants within the shopping center. The plan is to open May 18th as outlined by Governor Sununu’s Stay at Home 2.0 orders. It also notes that a list of retailers that plan to be open can be found at: https://www.settlersgreen.com/covid-19 on or before May 11th.