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City ups offer, moves closer to agreement with Eighty Eight Coffee owners over eminent domain

Eighty Eight Coffee Co.'s property is being taken under eminent domain and marked for demolition as part of the Cemetery Brook Tunnel Project

CMC announces layoffs, cites ‘unprecedented financial challenges’

Catholic Medical Center on April 18 announced a layoff of 142 total positions, including 54 currently filled positions as well as elimination of open positions, reduction of hours and “planned departures.”

Manchester’s director of homeless initiatives: ‘We feel a great sense of urgency’

‘Moving the needle is going to look like providing a model of care that’s different from what we’ve been offering,’ says Adrienne Beloin

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Think tank: Headwinds developing for NH economy

The unstoppable New Hampshire economy of the post-COVID years is running into economic headwinds of higher unemployment and inflation, a nonpartisan economic research firm said in late August. No definitive evidence points to a recession, the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute said in an economic issues brief.

NH launches first-of-its-kind forestry certification to grow workforce

Free credentialing program is designed to boost timber industry workforce

Building Blocks In The Floor Of A Children's Room

State reports more than 5,000 now enrolled in New Hampshire Child Care Scholarship Program

In the last budget cycle, lawmakers had expanded eligibility for the scholarship to families making up to 85% of the state median income.

Rail-biking business at risk by Greenway Trail expansion

Concord considers $535K rail purchase to extend Greenway Trail, raising questions for Scenic Railriders

Judge tosses bulk of Hampton cell tower lawsuit

A federal judge has rejected most of telecommunications developer Vertex Towers’ legal challenge to build a 150-foot cellular tower on residential land in Hampton, dealing the company a significant setback.

Judge rules NH is not funding an adequate education

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.