WHITEFIELD — In a year whose oft-quoted word to describe the future or path ahead is “uncertainty,” the work of Tri-County Community Action Program continues, 61 years after its 1965 founding.
The social service agency that serves Coos, Grafton and Carroll counties is expanding its transportation routes, working to get more people to points across northern New Hampshire.
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