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North Conway, NH – Once one of the quieter months, November has grown to be one of the busiest times of year in Mt. Washington Valley.  With more than twenty years of legacy behind the Harvest to Holidays promotion and Settlers Green – Bring A Friend extravaganza, shoppers now rest up for what amounts to aerobic tax-free shopping excursions at Mt. Washington Valley’s 200 outlets, shops, boutiques and stores.  The history of how November has grown into one of the Valley’s busiest months of the year is an interesting collaboration between the chamber, the lodging community, Settlers Green and more recently, the White Mountain Independents – a network of independently owned Mt Washington Valley stores. Read more about that here.

While November 2020 will be presented with respect given to social distancing and masks required, stores will still open their doors with offers and plenty of  hand sanitizer for excited shoppers.  Come prepared with lists of gifts for that hard-to-shop-for relative, and plenty of stamina to visit as many stores as possible.  Here’s how Mt Washington Valley’s shop-a-thon will occur this November.

Events at Settlers Green – The largest outlet mall in the North Country

November 6th-15th, 2020: Bring A Friend Weekend at Settlers Green

Celebrating its 20th anniversary with several modifications to reduce crowding and follow all New Hampshire health and safety guidelines, the Bring A Friend show will go on with an extensive array of shopping fun.

Activities will be spread out from November 6th-15th, 2020, giving shoppers plenty of time to get in on all the offers. Traditionally an event that gathers thousands of anxious shoppers, the standard shopping bag giveaway (which traditionally happens on Saturday) will not happen. Instead, Settlers Green has partnered with local hotels and accommodations and you can get a standard goodie bag by booking a shopping package with participating lodging properties.  See participating hotels here. The 500 premium bags sold out earlier in the fall.

Bring A Friend means deals galore.  Shopper can pick up wristbands outside of Customer Service daily during the event, while supplies last. Show your wristband at stores with red wristband signs in the window for special savings.  In addition, Coupon books will be available to all shoppers during the event. Shoppers are invited to download a digital coupon book to your phones for paperless deals.

All shoppers planning to attend the event should visit Settlers Green COVID-19 page for more specific details about shopping hours, expectations and policies.

Live entertainment, photo contests, movies, and radio promotions will take place throughout the Bring a Friend weekend. For complete information, lodging packages, entertainment schedules, discount info and more, go to https://www.settlersgreen.com/events/bring-a-friend.

November 27: Black Friday – Shop at Settlers Green from 8:00am to 8:00pm, and get special Black Friday deals.  Black Friday sales typically begin the week of Thanksgiving and run through Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend, and vary from store to store. In addition to in-store sales, download a Digital Coupon Book or pick up a hard copy at Customer Service. Info: https://www.settlersgreen.com/calendar/20/276-Black-Friday.

Events at White Mountain Independents (look for the blue & white flags to identify members)

Along with sixty-one business alliances across the country, White Mountain Independents is participating in a “Shop Local Indie” collaborative campaign that began on November 1st and continues through December.  Specific events include:

November 27: Plaid Friday –  With a purchase, participating locally owned and operated retailers will give away plaid scarves made by White Mountain Independents member Ragged Mountain in Intervale (subject to availability).

November 28: “Small Business Saturday” – This national promotion encourages shoppers to choose small, brick & mortar businesses for their holiday shopping.  Participating stores will have special offers for that day only.

November 30: “Cyber Monday” – Participating White Mountain Independents will offer shoppers special Cyber Monday discounts in conjunction with this national event.

For more information, please visit WhiteMountainIndependents.com.

To learn more about shopping, dining, recreation and lodging, visit www.MtWashingtonValley to plan your shop, play and stay getaway to Mt Washington Valley.  To learn more about visiting New Hampshire, go to www.VisitNH.gov.

DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — Two tiny New Hampshire communities that vote for president just after the stroke of midnight on Election Day have cast their ballots, with one of them marking 60 years since the tradition began. The results in Dixville Notch, near the Canadian border, were a sweep for former Vice President Joe Biden who won the town’s five votes. In Millsfield, 12 miles to the south, President Donald Trump won 16 votes to Biden’s five. Normally, in Dixville, town moderator Tom Tillotson says there would be a big food spread and media crammed into a small space to watch the voting. But that’s not possible because of the coronavirus pandemic. A third town, Hart’s Location, suspended midnight voting this time because of coronavirus concerns.

For the full article click here.

Over the last several months, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and law enforcement, in general, has seen an increase in telephone and computer scams. Although there are several scams such as the IRS scam, Jamaican lottery scam, and others, the scam that seems to be becoming more and more prevalent is the “grandparent scam”.

This particular scam is an attempt to take advantage of the fact that a grandparent will do virtually anything to help their grandchild.

The scam is perpetrated by a telephone call from the “alleged” grandchild. In many cases, the voice on the telephone closely resembles the voice of the grandchild and the individual (scammer) provides a story that they are in trouble and need money, immediately. The trouble could range from the grandchild claiming that they are in jail and need bail money to they need to hire an attorney. In some cases, another individual (scammer) gets into the conversation claiming that he/she is an attorney for the grandchild. Once again, an attempt to make the call appear to be real and further heightening the immediacy. In other cases, the caller (scammer portraying a grandchild) claims that they are traveling and have lost their wallet and/or travel documents. The caller (scammer) ALWAYS portrays a sense of urgency. Lastly, the caller (scammer) asks the grandparent for money. It should be noted the caller (scammer) somehow has gathered enough information about the family, where the family lives and other information not readily available, but because the scammer has done some research it adds another dimension of realism to the request.

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office urges anyone who receives a call from their “grandchild”, especially calls requesting money and expressing a sense of urgency to listen, ask the individual (scammer) for a call back number and verify the validity of the call before sending money, providing a credit card number or sending gift cards. A simple call directly to the grandchild if possible or to the grandchild’s parents can often determine whether the call is legitimate or not.

Grandparents have lost thousands of dollars because they have done what every grandparent would do and that is to respond immediately and send money to a scammer thinking that they were actually helping their grandchild out of trouble.

Further inquiries can be address to;

Sheriff Kevin J. Joyce

Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office

(207) 774- 1444 ext. 2115

Families were sent a letter this morning from SAU9 Superintendent of Schools, Kevin Richard confirming a positive case of COVID-19 at John Fuller Elementary School. Please read below.

Dear SAU 9 Families,

We were informed today of a confirmed case of COVID-19 at John Fuller Elementary School.We are actively working with and following guidelines from the New Hampshire Department ofHealth and Human Services (DHHS).

NH DHHS has requested we provide contact information for anyone who has been identified as having had close contact (within 6 feet for longer than 10 minutes) with the infected person.Those individuals or their parents/guardians will be instructed to self-quarantine. They will be directed to get tested and keep themselves or their children quarantined until 14 days following their last possible exposure.

If you or your child are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, such as a fever, chills, respiratory illness, aches or change in taste and smell, please stay home and away from others and get a COVID-19 PCR test. You may choose to seek out testing from your healthcare provider or atone of the​ testing sites​ located throughout the state. ​If you choose either of these options, you should bring this letter with you to the testing site.

Please note that if you or your child are currently quarantined, you must complete quarantine,even if your test is negative. This is because the maximum amount of time from being exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19 and testing positive is 14 days. Therefore, even if your child tests negative today, they would need to quarantine until they reach the 14th day following exposure.In the event that your child has to quarantine, they will be able to access their education remotely.

The safety of our children and employees is our top priority. We will continue to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines​ for physical distancing, mask wearing, cleaning and disinfecting our high-traffic areas and frequently touched surfaces as outlined in the ​SAU #9 Re-Entry Plan​.

If you have any questions, please call the SAU9 office at (603) 447-8368.

Sincerely,

Kevin Richard, Superintendent of Schools

SAU9

To see the full letter and have access to resource links click here.