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3 days ago
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Rite Aid releases latest list of store closings, including 6 more in NH
The list of Rite Aid Pharmacy stores closing across the country continues to grow and now includes six more here in New Hampshire. Eventually the entire chain will shutter, presenting a challenge for some in rural parts of the state who have come to rely on the chain's 46 Granite State stores for their needed medications. The latest store closings include Hillsborough, Jaffrey, Littleton, Meredith, Newport and Winchester, according to federal bankruptcy court documents. A total of 14 stores in New Hampshire are set to close soon as the case proceeds in federal bankruptcy court in New Jersey. NH Rite Aid closings announced so far Bristol, 360 Summer St. Durham, 5 Mill Road Exeter, 75 Portsmouth Ave. Hillsboro, 315 W. Main St. Jaffrey, 14 Peterborough St. Keene, 354 Winchester St. Lee, 5 Calef Highway Littleton, 136 Meadow St. Meredith, 89 NH Rote 25 Newport, 51 S. Main St. North Hampton, 72 Lafayette Road Peterborough, 19 Wilton Road Pittsfield, 41 Carroll St. Winchester, 10 Main St. SOURCE: U.S. Bankruptcy Court filings The national drugstore chain filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month. CVS Pharmacy is set to take over Rite Aid and Bartell Drug stores in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, but no such lease takeovers or sales have been announced for New Hampshire. Such sales are not unheard of here — five Rite Aid locations in New Hampshire became Walgreens in 2018 after the sale of more than 1,900 stores nationwide. Bids for Rite Aid's remaining assets, which include unexpired leases for existing Rite Aid stores, are due June 18, according to court documents. Plymouth-based Mid-State Health, a federally qualified community health center committed to making sure quality care is affordable and accessible to all, is working with patients who will need to make an upcoming switch. The closures came with short notice and hits areas of the state which already face health care challenges, said Bob MacLeod, Mid-State's CEO. Patients of Mid-State's Bristol and Lincoln health centers are worried about the Rite Aid closures in those towns because of limited options, he said. 'I think that is going to have a dramatic negative impact' in Bristol, he said. 'Folks are either going to have to go south of Bristol to maybe areas like Tilton or have to come back to the Plymouth area.' Lincoln does another pharmacy option at Price Chopper. Some communities like Plymouth will be less impacted with options including CVS, Hannaford and Walmart, MacLeod said. Mid-State's practice in Plymouth also has an in-house pharmacy operated by Genoa Pharmacy. 'Instead of five pharmacies in the Plymouth area, we will be down to four,' MacLeod said. The health center is looking to add in-house pharmacy service in both Bristol and Lincoln in the near future. Mid-State has encouraged its patients to plan ahead to avoid interruptions with steps like contacting insurance providers, choosing a new pharmacy and requesting a profile transfer. Access to prescriptions in these rural areas are "yet another challenge," he said. A full array of health care services is limited, "and quite frankly our patients and other patients don't need any other challenges." Rite Aid's bankruptcy filings come after the company emerged from a similar filing in 2023. Many of the store shelves across the chain are left bare as products diminish, but customers can still get their prescriptions filled during the process. 'A key priority for Rite Aid is to ensure that as many of our loyal customers as possible continue to receive the pharmacy services and care they require without interruption,' Rite Aid CEO Matt Schroeder said in a statement. jphelps@
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15-04-2025
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State senators discuss issues facing state budget after fifth extension is passed
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — It'll be try number six at the state budget when lawmakers meet again in Albany later this week. 'We're doing the budget extender to meet payroll. We're going to back here Thursday doing the same,' said State Senator Chris Ryan. 'While we're doing that, we'll be passing those extenders. We're still talking and negotiating.' As a freshman, the state senator is learning how much law-making, not just number crunching, bogs down the process. 'This is new to me, but some of the issues that we are hung up on are pretty heavy on the policy side,' Ryan said. 'Specifically, cell phone bans and discovery laws, so we're working through those. I'm hopeful and optimistic.' State senators discuss issues facing state budget after fifth extension is passed Apartment building fire in Cicero Tuesday afternoon After 34 years at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, zoo's director plans to retire Mid-State officers indicted in Nantwi beating death Comedian Colin Mochrie bringing 'Asking for Trouble' tour to CNY State Senator Rachel May is hoping to get the state budget done before school budget season. 'Very soon, school districts have to vote on their budgets and they need to know what's coming from the state government,' she said. 'That is what makes it urgent to get this done.' And trying to keep central New Yorkers happy in the process. 'My district includes four of the Finger Lakes and clean water infrastructure is incredibly important to my constituents in that area, but also Syracuse,' May said. 'So we are trying hard to get a substantial amount of money. ' Recent conversations have her freshly optimistic that the budget will be passed as soon as next week — only three weeks late. Included in the version of the budget passed by the senate and assembly is $20 million for the Syracuse airport, $450 million for Upstate hospital and $35 million for the regional market. They just have to get the governor to agree. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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21-02-2025
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College roundup: Dodge, Allieu pace JCC men to home victory in men's basketball
Feb. 20—WATERTOWN — Belleville Henderson graduate Brandon Dodge came off the bench and scored 16 points and totaled five rebounds to help lead the Jefferson Community College men's basketball team to a 63-53 victory over Cayuga Community College on Thursday night in an Mid-State Athletic Conference game at McVean Gymnasium. Patrick Allieu also came off the bench and generated a double-double of 11 points and 14 rebounds for the Cannoneers (7-19, 3-9), who won their second consecutive game. Brian Rivera added 12 points for JCC, which led 28-27 at halftime before pulling away. Marcus Pasha scored 17 points for the Spartans (6-17, 4-10), and Tony Borges posted a double-double of 12 points and 14 rebounds. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL JEFFERSON CC 64, CAYUGA CC 47 Kori Nichols supplied 14 points to spark the Cannoneers past the Spartans in a Mid-State Athletic Conference encounter in Watertown. LaKaiya Butcher contributed 12 points, and Lily Dupee totaled a team-high 18 rebounds for JCC (19-5, 12-1), which bounced back after having its winning streak halted at 16 games in a home loss to Onondaga Community College on Wednesday. Xavia Evener scored a game-high 16 points for the Spartans (10-14, 6-8), and Lexi Alberici and Haley Mosch contributed 13 and 11 points, respectively, with Mosch seizing 14 rebounds.
