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1. Manchester police use SoundThinking system to quickly respond to shots fired in residential area (tradersunion.com) — Manchester police used the SoundThinking ShotSpotter system to quickly pinpoint gunfire in a residential neighborhood, confirming damage to a home and two vehicles. The rapid response underscores how the city’s new detection technology is being used to boost situational awareness and community safety.
2. Public Health Students Gain Skills, Communities Gain Capacity (uml.edu) — Public health students are boosting care at Elliot Hospital in Manchester while gaining real-world skills in infection prevention and data-driven health work. The story follows one intern’s role tracking resistant organisms at Elliot and others serving school and youth health programs in the region. Their experiences are shaping career paths and expanding community health capacity.
3. Aviation Museum to hold 'Flights of Discovery' summer day camp (unionleader.com) — Families near Manchester-Boston Regional Airport can now sign up kids ages 10–17 for the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire’s intensive two-week “Flights of Discovery” day camp, with sessions starting in June, July, and August. Campers explore aviation careers, log time on a pro-grade flight simulator, and take field trips including a behind-the-scenes tour of Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, with financial aid available for qualifying families.
4. Nurse, activist and mother Lillie Mae Bynum celebrates 100th birthday in Goffstown (unionleader.com) — A beloved Goffstown centenarian, nurse and activist Lillie Mae Bynum is being celebrated for a lifetime of service that included caring for families at Manchester’s Catholic Medical Center after working at Sacred Heart and Notre Dame hospitals. Having moved from the Jim Crow South to New Hampshire in 1961, she and her late husband helped shape Goffstown civic life and even founded a local NAACP branch.
5. Manchester man bailed on unrelated gun charges in Concord faces new gun and threatening charges: follow-up (newenglandnewspress.com) — A Concord case involving a Manchester resident’s alleged gun threats and robberies is moving forward, with multiple felony charges tied to several March incidents. The article details his extensive prior cases across New Hampshire courts and outlines upcoming bail and status hearings that could affect his custody and future court appearances.
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