By Kelly Choate

Sentinel Staff

Beeze Tees Screen Printing has repurposed its facilities and materials to make face masks.

As of March 24, Beeze Tees Screen Printing had closed down both of its storefronts — one in downtown Keene and the other, a new location in Manchester.

By the beginning of this month, things weren’t looking any better for owner Tim Pipp of Keene, or for the six of his business’ 17 employees who were still working.

“There was one day where I went in and told everyone that it would likely be one of the last days we stayed open,” he said.

Pipp’s company is hardly alone in facing tough economic realities in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Confronted with their own financial uncertainties amid widespread furloughs and layoffs, many people are sticking close to home as they try to avoid the virus. And on March 26, Gov. Chris Sununu ordered in-person operations to cease at all businesses but those deemed essential.

But Beeze Tees found a solution to its work shortage in another shortage: face masks.

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