e-Ticker News of Claremont, Section A A!1 All Out Trail Run Results, e-Ticker News page A20 [email protected] of Claremont www.facebook.com/etickernews www.etickernewsofclaremont.com July 20, 2020 School Will Soon Be Back in Session — But What Will It Look Like? SAU6 Plans to Present Reopening Plan in Two Weeks By Eric Zengota e-Ticker News CLAREMONT, NH—School districts across New Hampshire — and around the country — are faced with the historic decision on how and when to reopen schools this fall. The e-Ticker News spoke with SAU6 school superintendent Michael Tempesta about where the district is on its reopening plan. When did the district start discussing options and planning for some type of reopening? Bugs and Michael We have seven committees, which have Beat the Aliens!!! been meeting since late June. They address Safety of Staff and Students; Remote Learn- Last Friday evening was ing; Transportation; Models of Reopening; mild and clear, a perfect Safety Requirements for Schools; Technology time to project “Space and Teaching; and Sports and Extra-Curricular Jam” on a huge screen in Activities. There are 60 committee members, the Grace River Church lot including our police and fire chiefs, parents, a on Maple Avenue. This nurse consultant, school board members, and was the second in a series students. of free drive-in movie nights sponsored by the How involved is the community of Claremont Claremont Parks & Recre- stakeholders? ation Department. Families by the carload parked in We sent out a survey to all parents and socially-distanced spaces, guardians. To date, we’ve had close to 1,000 set up their tailgate snacks responses, which is a phenomenal response and suppers, and settled rate. We expect even more by time the survey down to watch basketball superstar Michael Jordan interact with the entire Warner closes on July 23. It shows how interested Bros. cartoon family. The third and final movie night drive-in will feature “Dolittle” on Claremont residents are in the immediate fu- August 7 (Eric Zengota photos). (Continued on page A6) e-Ticker News of Claremont, Section A A!2 Electrical Current Reported in Water between Woodland Road and West Shore Road Sunapee Officials Worked with Eversource, Property Owners to Find Cause SUNAPEE, NH—Last week, an electrical our electrical equipment in the area, but we thank Eversource Energy for their continuing current was reported in the water between are continuing to work closely with the oversight and responsiveness in resolving the Woodland Road and West Shore Road by Sunapee Police and private property owners’ issue and to the Police and Fire Departments Sunapee town officials. electricians to investigate the cause. Several for their diligence in connecting the parties to On Friday, Eversource along with town offi- property owners on the lake have had electri- determine the problem, specifically to Lieut. cials released an updated statement to an an- cians inspect the lifts, lights, and charging sta- Cobb for leading the incident.” nouncement earlier in the week, saying, tions on their docks and no issues have been With the health and safety of the Sunapee reported back to Eversource. This appears to VeggieVanGo Pickup Dates community our top priority, we have been be an isolated issue related to equipment at working closely with the Sunapee Police De- private properties around Woodland Road and VeggieVanGo has been temporarily relocat- partment to assist the town with responding to West Shore Road. We will continue to work ed to Windsor High School, State Street en- reports from property owners in the area of with local officials until this issue is resolved. trance, Lower Level; pickup dates are July 27 Woodland Road and West Shore Road expe- Swimming should be avoided near motorized & August 4,11, from 10 -11am. riencing electrical sensations when exiting the boat lifts or docks while they are in use and all VeggieVanGoTM is a program of the Ver- lake and contacting metal surfaces on their electrical apparatus located near and on docks mont Food Bank (VFB) to provide fresh pro- docks. We immediately responded to investi- should be inspected regularly by licensed elec- duce, perishable products and shelf stable gate these reports and measured a low level of tricians for any signs of corrosion or damage. food to Vermonters facing hunger. Several voltage between the boat lift and water at a For more information on electrical safety near Vermont hospitals, including Mt. Ascutney property on Woodland Road. At this time, we water, please visit the Electrical Safety Foun- Hospital, work in partnership with the VFB to do not believe this issue is related to any of dation International (ESFI) online. promote better health for Vermont families. The State of NH, Marine Patrol worked to alert boaters and swimmers in the specific e-Ticker News of Claremont LLC area of the dangers of current in the vicinity as is published Mondays the Town Manager, Police and Fire Depart- Index ments continued to monitor the situation along Commentary…………………..A4A4-A5 Phyllis A. Muzeroll with Eversource Energy and Marine Patrol. Classifieds…………………….A10-A11 Publisher/Editor Later in the day on Friday, Donna A9-A10 Nashawaty, town manager, reported that “The Business News……………….A15-A16A14-A15 Eric Zengota electrical current problem has been located Sports………………………….A21A20-A22 Contributing Writer/Photographer and disconnected on one of the two properties Inspiration………………….….A23A23 and the second property owner has been ad- Calendar/Events………………A24-A26A25-A28 ––––––––––––––– vised to contact their electrician as it is an iso- Claremont Senior Center……A27A28 [email protected] lated issue. Thank you to all the Sunapee property owners who responded with their Obituaries………………………A27A29-A30 Snail mail to: electricians to investigate their properties. I Claremont Fire Dept. Log……A28A28 6 Osgood Ave. Claremont, NH 03743 would City Council Agenda……….…A29A31 like to 603-542-7319 NH Lottery Numbers e-Ticker News reserves the right to reject/decline/edit 07/18/2020 any material submitted that is deemed inappropriate for our publication. NH PowerBall 13 16 32 58 59 9 The opinions expressed in articles, Letters to the Editor or columns are those of the writers and NH Mega Millions 07/17/2020 do not necessarily reflect the opinion 12 13 21 46 57 21 of the e-Ticker News Tristate Megabucks 07/18/2020 Advertisers are solely responsible for the 13 15 23 28 41 6 content of their advertising. Member, NH Press Association For more lottery numbers, https://www.nhlottery.com/ Member, Greater Claremont Chamber of Commerce e-Ticker News of Claremont, Section A A!3 Public Urged to Wear Masks On Sunday, July 19, 2020, DHHS announced 18 new The CDC recommends wearing cloth face positive test results for coverings in public settings where other social COVID-19. There have now distancing measures are difficult to maintain been 6,203 cases of (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) espe- COVID-19 diagnosed in New cially in areas of significant community-based Hampshire. Several cases are transmission. still under investigation. Addi- tional information from ongo- ing investigations will be in- COVID-19 Hotline corporated into future COVID- 19 updates. Of those with 211NH has been mobilized to handle all complete information, there COVID-19 related calls from New Hampshire are two individuals under the residents. All residents with questions or con- age of 18 and the rest are cerns regarding COVID-19 can call 2-1-1. adults with 56% being female and 44% being male. The new cases reside in NH DHHS COVID-19 Update Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua – July 19, 2020 (2), Merrimack (2), Belknap (1), Cheshire (1), Grafton (1), CONCORD, NH – The New Hampshire De- Rockingham (1), and Sullivan partment of Health and Human Services (1) counties, and in the cities (DHHS) has issued the following update on the of Manchester (6) and new coronavirus, COVID-19. Nashua (3). One new hospitalized case was identi- fied for a total of 673 (11%) of 6,203 cases. Four of the new cases had no identified risk factors. Community-based transmission continues to occur in the State and has been identified in all counties with cases. Most of the remaining cases have ei- ther had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or have recently traveled to domestic or international locations. DHHS has also announced two addi- tional deaths related to COVID-19: 1 female resident of Hillsborough Coun- ty, 60 years of age and older 1 male resident of Belknap County, 60 years of age and older. One new case for Sullivan County was reported, in Claremont. Sullivan County has now had 38 positively identified cases. e-Ticker News of Claremont, Section A A!4 Commentary He added in his veto message that his administration has allocated $35 million in CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, & Economic Security) Act NH House Happenings spending to create a New Hampshire Housing Relief Program to fur- By Rep. John Cloutier ther assist individuals and help avoid losing their housing” after the eviction moratorium under his State of Emergency had expired earlier 2020 Legislative Session this month. Finally, in his veto message, the Governor declared, “property own- Winds Down, Voting Absentee ers have also struggled throughout the pandemic as well as tenants”. He added rental property owners have “financial obligations that must New Hampshire’s House of Representatives be met, including mortgages, taxes, and utilities” and said such obliga- approved 32 measures at its last meeting of the 2020 Session June 30, tions are especially true for property owners who rent 10 units or fewer. two of which have already been vetoed by Gov.