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Pull out the golf clubs, your baggies, and the surfboard! Friday, June 5, 2020, the Greater Barrington Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring their 27th Annual Golf Tournament at Nippo Lake Golf Club. Underwritten by First Seacoast Bank, the tournament is considered the most fun golf event in New Hampshire, with golfers dressing in theme. This year the theme is Life’s a Beach… and then You Golf. Approximately 144 golfers will attend, and this event is focused on business sponsorships. Previous year sponsors will have first right of refusal – however, there are plenty of sponsorship opportunities available. Even if your business or your employer’s business cannot afford to sponsor a tee/green (which is only $145), donations of business products, gift baskets and/or gift cards (in $5, $10, $15 increments) are accepted and are awarded to golfers. This is an excellent opportunity to get your business name in front of over 150 people in one day.
Is golf your game? Experience not necessary. Sign up as a single ($100), a twosome ($200), threesome or a foursome ($400). Contact Tina: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Mike: (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) if you would like to golf this year as spots fill up quickly. Golfers receive Breakfast provided by Stonehouse Bakery and co-sponsored by Big Hit Media and Sanders & Karcher, On the Turn hotdog, chips, and water, (two sponsorships available - $400), Appetizers (sponsorship available - $500), and Lunch sponsored by Twin Pines Driving Range (an additional sponsorship available - $500.) Other major sponsors include Beverage Cart sponsor Brock’s Plywood Sales (an additional sponsor available - $300), Putting Contest sponsor Cornerstone VNA, Hole-In-One sponsor Barrington Chiropractic, Casino Hole sponsor, Moose Harte HVAC and Golf Cart Sponsors (4 available - $300). Sponsorship deadline is April 24, 2020, and Golfer’s Deadline is May 8, 2020. This event is very popular and fills up fast so don’t delay if you’re interested in participating.
Volunteers for the day of the event are also appreciated. Please contact the committee co-chairs Linda Sunderland (603.969.1737) and Tina Maiorino (603)817-9753 for further information.
P.S. You can’t have a beach without a sand trap! Beware!!
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Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has issued the following update for March 19, 2020, on the new coronavirus, COVID-19. DHHS will continue to issue COVID-19 updates each day to provide media and the public with current information about the State’s efforts.
What’s New
• New Positive Cases of COVID-19 in New Hampshire
On Thursday, March 19, 2020, DHHS announced five new positive test results for COVID-19. The new cases are all in adults, including three males and two females. Persons reside in Grafton (2), Rockingham (1), Belknap (1), and Merrimack (1) counties. All of the individuals either have traveled to domestic or international locations or have had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis. DHHS is conducting contact investigations for each patient. All patients have mild symptoms, are isolating at home and household contacts are quarantining. There are now 44 cases of COVID-19 in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(updated March 19, 2020, 9:00 AM)
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NH Persons with COVID-191 |
44 |
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Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL2 |
631 |
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Total Persons Tested at NH PHL3 |
1420 |
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Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) |
575 |
1Includes specimens presumptive-positive at any laboratory and those confirmed by CDC confirmatory testing.
2Includes specimens received and awaiting testing at NH Public Health Laboratories (PHL). Does not include tests pending at commercial laboratories.
3Includes specimens sent to CDC prior to NH PHL testing capacity.
NH DHHS Daily Update on COVID-19 Archive
For more information, please visit the DHHS COVID-19 webpage at https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/cdcs/2019-ncov.htm.
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The monthly membership meeting was held Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 11:30 – 1 pm, at Nippo Lake Golf Club. With over 30 people in attendance, this meeting hosted an excellent buffet as well as plenty of networking within the membership of Barrington businesses.
The meeting started by welcoming the two newest members of the chamber – Debbie Moulton of A Step Up Bookkeeping Services LLC and Raymond Miller of Northeast Wood Solutions.
It was followed by an update on the Peepers Race by Stacey Gallant. They have over 130 registered runners at this time and believe they will have at least 500 registered participants. Vendor tables for the event are available for $25 and can be obtained by contacting Stacey Gallant or Ray Bisson. Registration for the race itself (don’t worry, you can walk, or join a team – like Team Stonewall, Team Turbocam, or Team Dave) You can even form your own team – either for fun or for a cause.
There was also an update on the Golf Tournament by Tina Maiorini – The Golf Tournament Committee is looking for sponsors, volunteers, and golfers for the next tournament – Friday, June 5, 2020. The theme this year is Life’s a Beach…Then You Golf. Sponsorship deadline is April 24, 2020. Golfers Deadline is May 8, 2020. Linda Sunderland (603.969.1737) and Tina Maiorino (603.817.9753) is the Golf committee Co-Chairs. This event is very popular and fills up fast – don’t delay if you’re interested in participating! P.S. You can’t have a beach without a sand trap! Beware!!
After the committee updates, Chamber Members shared their sales manager minutes, or elevator pitches – taking the opportunity to share what they do and how they do it with the rest of the membership.
Once the updates were complete, there was a 10-minute presentation by Scot Villenueve from Big Hit Media. Scot attended the University of New Hampshire and studied Mechanical Engineering. While in college he did an internship for Channel 11 news and fell in love with videography and visual messages. After college, he freelanced with Cabletron – which became the stepping stone for other businesses.
Big Hit Media helps companies increase brand value through communications that distinguish them in the marketplace. They provide a flexible and scalable service, designed in increase Brand Image (how you’re thought of today) and Brand Identity (what you want to be known for. This focus sets Big Hit Media apart from other marketing agencies. They work through videos, websites, business strategy and traditional print media (business cards, rack cards, catalogs. Their primary focus is corporate video, interviewing real people about real things. Scot believes that this kind of focus sends a message of integrity, and increases brand identity for his clients.
Clients for Big Hit Media include Turbocam, Granite State Glass, Solid Machine, When Pigs Fly Wood-Fired Pizzeria and many more. For more information about Big Hit Media, contact Scot Villenueve at (603) 834-6300 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Concord – U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray of New Hampshire today announced that more than $83 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities improve school security and protect students, teachers and faculty from threats of violence.
“Children should be able to attend school in a safe environment where they focus on learning, not fear of tragic events,” said U.S. Attorney Murray. “These grants will assist communities in improving the security of children and school staff so that schools can focus on their education mission.”
“School violence is no longer an abstract threat but has become a tragic reality in too many of America’s communities. Moving to meet this challenge is among the Administration’s top domestic priorities,” said Katharine T. Sullivan, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs. “The Department of Justice is front and center in the fight to meet this challenge. OJP is making historic amounts of grant funding available to ensure that our communities have access to innovative and diverse solutions.”
The funding is available through OJP, the federal government’s leading source of public safety funding and crime victim assistance in state, local and tribal jurisdictions. OJP’s programs support a wide array of activities and services, including programs designed to tighten school security and improve the reporting of threats.
A number of funding opportunities for school safety are currently open, with another opening in the near future:
Research and Evaluation on School Safety
https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/nij-2020-17308
Total Available $5 million Deadline 4/13/2020
STOP Act School Violence Program (FY20)
https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/nij-2020-17308
Total Available $71.4 million Deadline 4/13/2020
Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-17926
Total Available $7 million Deadline 4/27/2020
For more information regarding all OJP funding opportunities, visit https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities.
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