CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – A support center that closed last month after having its state funding pulled has reopened on a part-time basis.

Pathways to Recovery in Concord will opened from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekdays starting Wednesday.

Jeff Barrett, the center’s interim board of directors president, said private funding had been secured to keep the center open through the end of the year.

The state pulled funding from Pathways to Recovery last month, saying center managers didn’t provide enough programming and were late with their audit. State officials criticized the center at the time for offering little more than lunch and companionship for its mentally ill clients.

Center managers responded that it acted as a lifeline to those who would otherwise fall through the cracks.

Education Grants

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Eight organizations promoting higher education in New Hampshire will share $200,000 in grants.

The New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation has provided the money for a variety of programs. They include one to help improve college access for Hispanic students and students learning English as well as another to promote civic activities on college campuses.

The foundation has awarded more than $800,000 in grants in six years.

Moose Mail

OSSIPEE, N.H. – Postal contractor Paul Young hit a moose that ran into the road while he was on his mail route in Ossipee this week, killing the animal and damaging his postal vehicle.

Young, of Dover, was not injured and switched trucks within two hours.

The mail was only slightly delayed.