Christiana Thornton, a former aide to former U.S. John E. Sununu and a lobbyist for the New Hampshire Bankers Association, took over as the association's president in September 2011, replacing the organization's longtime president, Jerry Little. NHBR caught up with…
‘You would be hard-pressed to find someone with a bigger Rolodex in our state,’ says former U.S. Sen. Warren Rudman of his longtime friend
By any measure, Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center in Greenfield has been one of the great New Hampshire success stories since its founding in 1953. Its creation was a model of civic collaboration between the state's business and medical communities. Their…
For its forward-thinking in finding innovative ways to keep its employees healthy, Eptam Plastics, Inc., has been recognized by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England and NHBR as the most recent Health Innovator Award honoree.
Given the reality of what has been the most money-saturated election season in American history, one would think that John Rauh, founder of Concord-based Americans for Campaign Reform, would be discouraged. If anything, Rauh -- who says he "profoundly disagreed"…
With state help, Whitney Bros. of Keene is awarded an Army contract for 3,000 cribs
New Hampshire ‘has been undergoing a slow-going political realignment where the entire electorate shifts over time,’ says Andy Smith, director of the UNH Survey Center.
Jeff Bartlett, president and general manager of WMUR-TV since February 2001, has had a career that has taken him around the country, from Fayetteville, Ark., where he was president and general manger of KHBS/KHOG-TV before joining WMUR, to such landmark…
A coffee stand surrounded by empty counters. Stores that used to sell everything from underwear to pets, sitting empty and dark. A very occasional handful of people strolling by, taking in the sad spectacle of what the Colony Mill Marketplace…
When Windham financial professional Robin Young mentions terms like “visioning,” “passage” and “holistic,” you know that this is a very different kind of financial planner. Young, owner and president of Windham-based Northstar Financial Planning, practices life planning, a method of…
Janet Frongillo practically missed the email when it arrived in her inbox last fall. It was from a literary agent, wondering whether the Bedford resident and blogger would be interested in writing a book. Indeed she was, and that book…
Families in Transition launches new commercial cleaning service as a source of revenue
As part of its annual giving, the Plaistow Lions Club donated $1,000 to Merrimack Valley Hospice in support of its hospice house, which services the Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hampshire. From left with the donation are Paul Rene, secretary…
Kathy Kingston, center, of Kingston Auction Company in Hampton, receives the 2012 International Auctioneers Championship Chuck Cumberlin Memorial Sportsmanship Award -- given annually to an outstanding auctioneer -- from 2011 IAC champions Camille Booker and Joseph Mast at the 63rd…
Sister Paula Marie Buley, president of Rivier University, presents Sister Adrienne Beauregard with the Rivier University Inaugural Founder's Medal at an August 3rd celebration honoring Beauregard's 100th birthday. Before retiring in 2005, Beauregard had worked at Rivier since 1941 and…
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen meets with New Hampshire delegates for the American Legion's Boys & Girls Nation, which brings two female and two male delegates from each state to Washington every year to introduce them to lawmakers and the legislative…
Pictured at the Claremont Relay for Life are the "LSB Kind-Hearted Bankers", a team of Lake Sunapee Bank employees. From left, they are Peyton Blackinton and Brandy Blackinton, Heather Moulton, Candy Reed, Rebecca Kinney, Jessica Walker and Brooke Walker. Employees…
