TFMoran was honored by the Structural Engineers of New Hampshire with the award in the “Buildings” category for Rockingham County Municipal Complex on May 21 during the group’s annual Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards.
TFMoran was honored by the Structural Engineers of New Hampshire with the award in the “Buildings” category for Rockingham County Municipal Complex on May 21 during the group’s annual Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards event at the Puritan Conference Center in Manchester.
Entries were judged on creativity, complexity, innovation, ingenuity, and suitability of the structural design for each of three categories: Buildings, Bridge and Transportation Structures, and Special Structures.
The Rockingham County Municipal Complex in Brentwood, NH is the site of a new 105,500-square-foot building with a 9,800-square-foot enclosed courtyard. Thomas Lamb, PE, senior structural engineer and principal of
TFMoran, accepted the award from SENH President, Sean Brown.
The structural design consisted of a three-story office/support building in front of a single-story Y-shaped corrections wing with attached sallyport and enclosed courtyard. The three-story building houses the Registry of Deeds on the third floor, Attorney’s Office on the second floor and Sheriff’s Office at the first floor.
The Sherriff’s office will also occupy the beginning part of the Y wing before transitioning to Corrections Department at the rear of the building.
The project features a pitched gable style roof and brick façade. The building was constructed of a hybrid of steel, masonry and cold formed metal framing with intermediate reinforced masonry shear walls and special moment frames for the lateral load resisting system.
Elm Grove Companies has announced the grand opening of the Woolen Mill Apartments, a transformative redevelopment project that brings 70 new affordable homes to Newport, New Hampshire.
This historic textile mill building, originally built in 1905, has been restored and adapted into modern apartments ranging from studios to three-bedroom units, with stainless steel appliances and hardwood floors.
All the units reserved for income-eligible individuals through the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program.
Other features include 12-foot ceilings, plenty of parking and views of the Sugar River, the company said in a release.
Elm Grove Companies will oversee day-to-day operations at Woolen Mill. The company currently manages over 600 workforce housing units across the state.
The project was made possible through the support of New Hampshire Housing, InvestNH, ReArch, The Town of Newport, and many others.
“The Woolen Mill Apartments will provide vital affordable housing solutions in the local community, fostering stability and opportunity for residents,” said New Hampshire Housing CEO, Rob Dapice, in a statement.
“We commend Elm Grove, Jon Livadas, and their partners for their dedication to addressing the need for more homes in our state.”
An official ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on Monday, June 9th at 10 a.m. at 169 Sunapee St, Newport, NH with local leaders, development partners, and community members in attendance.
Developers will break ground on the new police station in Salem on Thursday with a ceremony honoring the years-long process.
Residents are invited to the site at 5 p.m. to take part in the groundbreaking ceremony.
Since the Police Department relocated from its original site on Veterans Memorial Parkway to Cross Street over the last few weeks, wrecking crews have torn down the building.
The Police Department will be set up at the Cross Street locale for the next 16 to 18 months while workers rebuild the facility from the ground up. The department plans to move back to the new home in the fall of 2026.
The new two-story police station will include technological and electrical modernization and larger, designated spaces for interviews, holding cells, bookings and specialized units, like investigations.
Built in the 1960s, the original station was designed for 14 officers. Since then, both the town and the department have grown significantly, forcing the department to operate in a space they have drastically outgrown.
The new building is being designed with expansion in mind as the department and the town continue to grow over the next 50 to 60 years.
The town approved the nearly $40 million project in March 2024.
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This month’s announcement that Rite Aid, the national pharmacy chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections has hit home with its Upper Valley customers, especially those who reside in communities where Rite Aid is the only drugstore in town.
In the coming months, the company plans to sell or close all of its 1,245 stores, including those in Bethel, Claremont, Randolph, Newport, West Lebanon and Windsor.
In Windsor, the Rite Aid pharmacy is a 5-minute drive from the town’s Mount Ascutney Hospital and Health Center.
“Rite Aid’s closure will impact our community and surrounding areas and will compound the challenges of access to care, especially for those who may lack reliable transportation,” Matthew Foster, the hospital’s president, said in a statement released on Wednesday.
“With the next closest retail pharmacy being about 20 minutes away, this closure will add a notable barrier to timely access,” Foster added.
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While home prices might be moderating in other parts of the country, the median price of a single-family house in New Hampshire rose to $550,000 in August, the second highest price point this current year. That price is just $3,000 more than the $547,000 recorded in July, but it is $47,500 more than January’s $502,500. The highest median price in 2025 was $569,450, recorded in June and the most ever recorded in the state.
3 of 5 Executive Council members oppose Taylor Caswell’s reappointment
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has appointed Erin Creegan to serve as the interim U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, following the resignation of Jay McCormack earlier this month.
Superior Court Judge David Ruoff has once again ruled that the state has shirked its duty to fund an adequate education and this time further held that local school property taxes, which vary in rate from one municipality to another, are themselves unconstitutional.
Nashua mayor: ‘I don't think people generally understand that this company came to Nashua as part of a state economic development initiative.’
Solar advocates in New Hampshire — backed by the congressional delegation — are denouncing a Trump White House decision to claw back $48.5 million already promised to the state to fund solar energy projects for low-income residents.
As Taylor Caswell’s reappointment as commissioner of the N.H. Department of Business and Economic Affairs (BEA) hangs in the balance, two independent statewide economic-related associations are standing with him and saying he should keep his job. The presidents of the New Hampshire Business & Industry Association (BIA) and Ski New Hampshire offered statements backing Caswell’s reappointment by the Executive Council.
Housing stakeholders' criticism is directed largely at a new state budget that defunds or doesn't fund certain programs
With the interventionist version of President Trump on the upswing, one of its most forceful cheerleaders — former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — took a recent victory lap in New Hampshire.
