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Many times, during the holiday season we are looking for ways to give back. Spreading cheer throughout the community, helping families in need, feeding the hungry, all are great examples of what to do – but where can we do these things? This brief directory for the town of Barrington, NH will help you find places in our local area, and within the Seacoast region to spread the love.
Stable food items are always welcome at the local food pantries throughout the year. Two local food pantries are:
Barrington Food Pantry – Accepting shelf-stable food only, the Barrington Food Pantry accepts donations on Thursday evenings at the pantry, or at the Barrington Fire station. For more information: http://www.barringtonfoodpantry.org/donations/
Gather/Pease ‘n Carrots – This annual food drive ends 12/20, but contributions are always accepted. Located at 210 West Road Suite 3 Portsmouth, NH 03801 for more information visit their website at https://www.gathernh.org/donate-food
An awesome charity with a local branch:
End 68 Hours of Hunger This charity focuses on providing school-aged children food during the weekends and times off from school. Our Barrington chapter coordinators are Kim Gibson 603-767-2377 and Michelle Meister 339-793-0494
Cash Donations are always welcome at local organizations. If you want to donate to a worthy cause, look for an organization with a 501.c3 status. This means they are properly registered with the state of NH as a charitable organization, and often times with the federal government as well.
Journey Home Thrift accepts gently used clothing for resale. The proceeds go to local hospice organizations. This thrift store accepts more than clothing, click here to find their donation guide.
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The Barrington Town Library is one of our local organizations that has a great wish list of needed items. Some of the items include:
- Puppets for us to circulate
- Snacks for programs
- Post-It notes
- Craft supplies like googly eyes, 9 x 12 construction paper (individual color packages), pipe cleaners, felt, fun foam sheets
- Summer reading incentive prizes such a Wii, new toys, gift certificates to movies, restaurants, ice cream, bowling, or the mall
- Excellent condition books, DVDs, audiobooks, video games, and music CDs.
Want to donate more? Check out their Amazon Wishlist here.
There are many wonderful charitable organizations in our area. Donating your time is a great way to give back, especially when you donate your time with others, sharing a joint purpose.
The Southeast New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity is always looking for volunteers. From housebuilding to looking for people to work at the store in Portsmouth, there is always a way to give back. You can even become a corporate sponsor and get your coworkers engaged as well!
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DURHAM, N.H.—While polls predicting the outcome “if the election were held today,” are popular with pundits and candidates alike, seasoned pollsters warn that “it ain’t over till it’s over,” according to a new analysis released by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire.
“Leading up to the election, anywhere between half and three-quarters of voters are still trying to decide whom to choose,” the researchers said. “That means that last-minute swings in support are quite possible and quite common.”
The researchers also noted that heading into the 2020 New Hampshire primary, 57% of Democrats still had not decided who they would vote for and even those who claim to be “decided” can change their mind at the last minute.
“In a primary contest, there is no party difference to anchor voter preferences,” the researchers said. “Policy differences among candidates tend to be so slight that the voter could just as easily vote for one candidate as another. Thus, last-minute ads, news stories, and campaign activities that suddenly favor one candidate over another could cause a major swing in voter preferences in just a short time.”
The research was conducted by David Moore, founding director of the UNH Survey Center and a Carsey fellow; and Andrew Smith, director of the UNH Survey Center. They are coauthors of “The First Primary: New Hampshire’s Outsize Role in Presidential Nominations.”
The Carsey School of Public Policy is nationally recognized for research, policy education and bringing people together for thoughtful dialogue to address important societal challenges. The school develops and facilitates innovative, responsive and equitable solutions at all levels of government and in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.
The University of New Hampshire inspires innovation and transforms lives in our state, nation, and world. More than 16,000 students from all 50 states and 71 countries engage with an award-winning faculty in top-ranked programs in business, engineering, law, health, and human services, liberal arts and the sciences across more than 200 programs of study. As one of the nation’s highest-performing research universities, UNH partners with NASA, NOAA, NSF and NIH, and receives more than $110 million in competitive external funding every year to further explore and define the frontiers of land, sea, and space.
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DURHAM, N.H.—What side of the “political aisle” a person identifies with could determine how they feel about shale natural gas energy development (SGD), or fracking, according to new research out of the University of New Hampshire that found political orientation can play a significant role in the perception of support and opposition around fracking on public and private lands.
The study, recently published in the journal Energy Research & Social Science took a closer look at recreationists who frequently engaged in outdoor activities in and around Pennsylvania state forests. Researchers found that recreationists who identified themselves as conservative were significantly more likely than their moderate and liberal counterparts to support fracking on both public and private lands in Pennsylvania. Using a seven-point scale (1=strongly oppose; 7=strongly support), conservatives averaged 6.36 in favor of fracking on public lands, while liberals averaged 1.07. When asked about the risks associated with fracking on the same public and private lands, opposite results were found with liberals averaging 6.26, demonstrating a higher concern for risk, and conservatives averaging 1.47, or little concern about any risks.
“What was surprising to us was that it didn’t seem to matter much if a respondent was well versed in all of the pros or cons of fracking or if they had only heard of fracking once; respondents seemed to fall back on their political orientation when deciding if they support or oppose fracking,” said Michael Ferguson, assistant professor of recreation management and policy.
On-site face-to-face survey interviews were used to gather data from Pennsylvania state forest recreationists from June to September 2018. The overall sampling was conducted with recreationists who were predominantly local, educated, experienced and politically moderate. The overall results suggested relatively low support for SGD on Pennsylvania public lands, however, once political ideology was integrated, political views proved to be a robust variable and surpassed perceived risk when predicting support for SGD.
“Recognizing that outdoor recreation is an increasingly critical component of the economy, lawmakers, natural resource managers, and the SGD industry should consider recreationists as a legitimate, vocal and politically charged stakeholder within the SGD process,” said Ferguson. “From a policy perspective, each development phase of SGD could benefit from input from this constituency, especially as SGD companies attempt to gain public support.”
Contributing to these findings is Peter Newman, principal investigator and professor of recreation park and tourism management at The Pennsylvania State University; Myles Lynch, a former doctoral student in recreation management and policy at UNH; Lauren Ferguson, lecturer in recreation management and policy at UNH; and Zachary Miller, assistant professor of environment and society at Utah State University.
This work was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
The University of New Hampshire inspires innovation and transforms lives in our state, nation, and world. More than 16,000 students from all 50 states and 71 countries engage with an award-winning faculty in top-ranked programs in business, engineering, law, health and human services, liberal arts and the sciences across more than 200 programs of study. As one of the nation’s highest-performing research universities, UNH partners with NASA, NOAA, NSF and NIH, and receives more than $110 million in competitive external funding every year to further explore and define the frontiers of land, sea, and space.
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New Hampshire’s preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November 2019 was 2.6 percent, unchanged from the October rate, which remained at 2.6 percent after revision. The November 2018 seasonally adjusted rate was 2.4 percent.
Seasonally adjusted estimates for November 2019 placed the number of employed residents at 756,010, an increase of 1,410 from the previous month and an increase of 10,710 from November 2018. The number of unemployed residents increased by 60 over-the-month to 20,000. This was 1,670 more unemployed than in November 2018. From October to November 2019, the total labor force increased by 1,470 to 776,010. This was an increase of 12,380 from November 2018.
The unadjusted November 2019 unemployment rate for New Hampshire was 2.3 percent, unchanged from the October rate, which remained at 2.3 percent after revision. The November 2018 unadjusted rate was 2.2 percent.
Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November 2019 was 3.5 percent, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the October rate, and a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from the November 2018 rate.
The national unadjusted rate for November 2019 was 3.3 percent, unchanged from the October rate, and a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from the November 2018 rate. NOTE: State nonfarm employment estimates are available on our Internet Web site: www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi concurrent with this release. Local area unemployment rates are expected to be available on Thursday, December 26. All monthly data will continue to be published in the monthly newsletter New Hampshire Economic Conditions.
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