Author: Jeff Feingold

USDA survey says NH farmland value up 3.4%

Increase is second biggest in Northeast

Members named to Laconia State School redevelopment panel

Bald, McLear among those nominated by governor

USDOT awards $5 million for Rogers’ Rangers Bridge replacement

New bridge will boost logging traffic

Q&A with nonprofit leader and activist Robert Egger

Nonprofits ‘are major job creators, and they need to tell people about that. We’re an essential part of the economic ecosystem,’ says Robert Egger, founder of DC Central Kitchen and L.A. Kitchen.

Four new multifamily projects win NH Housing assistance

Funding will help build 127 new units in three towns

OSHA seeks five-month delay in e-filing rule

Agency seeks time to reconsider provisions

New Hampshire’s construction unemployment rate jumps in May

1.2 percent increase seen from April

Stay Work Play CEO to step down

Luczko leaving organization after seven years at the helm

New study puts arts’ economic impact at $120 million in four NH communities

Cultural organizations generate 3,851 full-time jobs in Rochester, Portsmouth, Concord and Monadnock regions

NH April home prices up 6.7 percent from a year ago

Prices jumped 7.9 percent in Manchester-Nashua

Report: 22,000 New Hampshire homes at risk of storm surge

CoreLogic analysis puts total reconstruction value at $5.5 billion

NH single-family inventory falls in April as prices rise

Total sales drop over 12 percent from a year ago

Senate OKs State School redevelopment commission

Measure would establish Pease-style panel for Laconia site

Hassan joins effort to expand employee ownership

Senator helps introduce measures to boost ESOPs and worker co-ops

Knowledge Institute CEO Deborah Osgood

As the economy evolves, says Deborah Osgood, CEO of the Exeter-based Knowledge Institute, self-employment will become an essential way for people to make a living.

April Seacoast residential prices remain strong, but sales are flat

Realtors report low inventory continues to nag market

Summit to explore labor shortage solution: older workers

‘Gray Is The New Green’ to look at strategies, tools for employing older adults

NH House panel OKs lead abatement bill with financial aid for landlords

Measure would appropriate $3 million for remediation fund

Q&A with Economist and author Heather Boushey

Work flexibility ‘improves the bottom line as well as productivity,’ says Heather Boushey, author of ‘Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict.’

Survey says New Hampshire is second-worst state for Millennials

High college costs, shortage of rental housing among the unfavorable factors

Shaheen and Hassan take aim at ‘unacceptable’ condition of bridges

SAFE Bridges Act would begin addressing deficient structures

NHCIBOR calls for more energy sources to lower costs

Seeks ‘development of all feasible sources available to us’

In report card, civil engineers give New Hampshire infrastructure a C-

Investment, upgrades needed across the board, they say

New Hampshire home prices jumped 7.3 percent in February

Manchester-Nashua prices increase by 6.7 percent

Analysis finds NH gender wage gap is largest in Northeast

Granite State women are paid 76 cents for every dollar men earn

Trader Joe’s to open third New Hampshire store in Bedford

Food retailer’s new location set for Market and Main development

Workforce study predicts Balsams will generate at least 1,000 jobs

2017 groundbreaking seen for first phase of redevelopment project

New Hampshire’s construction unemployment rate skyrocketed in January

8.7 percent rate is 18th lowest in the country

Mall of NH’s JCPenney store not on chopping block, despite credit rating agency’s prediction

All of retail giant’s Granite State outlets are spared from closing

Report puts JCPenney store at Mall of NH on short list for closing

Credit rating agency cites location’s below-average sales

Brady Sullivan to pay $90,000 in lead exposure case

Company settles with EPA over violations at Mill West property

Public counsel fires back over businesses’ Northern Pass claims

He refutes claims their interests aren’t being heard in Site Evaluation Committee hearing

Plymouth State effort targets growth in North Country town

Lancaster initiative brings university, business leaders together

Businesses raise concerns over SEC’s Northern Pass process

BAE, Globe Manufacturing join Manchester, Nashua chambers in saying their interests aren’t being met in proceedings

Study: Millionaires abound in New Hampshire

State has seventh-highest concentration of millionaire households in the country

NH drywall company settles Mass. misclassification claims

Universal Drywall agrees to $500,000 settlement over Bay State construction jobs

Report: New Hampshire home prices rose 4.4% in December

Manchester-Nashua increase pegged at 4.7%

Appropriation sought to boost workforce housing

Proposal would add $25m to decades-old loan fund

NH’s construction jobless rate falls from a year ago

December rate is among five lowest in nation

Durham weighs limits on downtown student housing

Planning board looks to place restrictions multi-unit housing

Apple to expand server assembly at former GTAT complex

Tech giant seeks free trade zone status for Arizona site

Q&A with NH Center for Nonprofits CEO Kathleen Reardon

‘Nonprofits are providing very sophisticated programs, managing sophisticated, complex issues,’ says Kathleen Reardon, CEO of the NH Center for Nonprofits.

New Hampshire’s trades deficits

Auto dealers’ study sees big need for workers

U.S. manufacturing education initiative nears enactment

Ayotte-backed effort to boost engineering training

N.Y. investment firm takes majority stake in Optiv Security

Aim is to create ‘global security powerhouse’

Brady Sullivan wins variance for Keene housing project

90 units proposed for Colony Mill retail complex

Construction industry suicide prevention effort launched

15 organizations join national initiative

Five-year reauthorization of SBIR/STTR gains

Shaheen applauds inclusion of language for five-year extension

New Hampshire’s construction unemployment rate falls in October

Granite State rate tied for fifth lowest nationally

Franklin Savings CEO announces retirement

Jeffery Savage to end 40-year banking career on Dec. 1

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Shortening the line: from food insecurity to job security

Gather’s new culinary education program, Fresh Start, is a way to teach people with employment challenges the kitchen skills and life skills they need to have a career in the food service industry

Cheshire Medical Center renovation plan now tops $50M

Amid increased construction costs, Cheshire Medical Center is looking to raise more money in what the Keene hospital said is the largest fundraising effort in its history.

State-mandated budget reductions affect health programs, with larger cuts likely ahead

New Hampshire’s largest state agency has reduced funding for mental health services, public health programs, food assistance initiatives and other health-related services after lawmakers required agencies to cut spending following passage of the current state budget, according to a new analysis from the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute (NHFPI).

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Dartmouth Health gets grant to study needs of people aging with serious illness

Dartmouth Health has received nearly $12 million to create a program to study the needs of people who are aging and have serious illnesses.

Pitco scraps plan for new Concord factory

A long-discussed plan by Pitco to build a huge manufacturing facility in Concord has been scrapped, with the company focusing instead on its existing two sites in Bow and one in Pembroke.

GKN Aerospace expands NH facility to boost engine component production

GKN Aerospace is expanding its North Charlestown, New Hampshire, manufacturing facility, adding approximately 57,000 square feet and tripling the site’s size to increase production of high-performance aero-engine components.

Two Picasso paintings make public debut at the Currier

Two paintings by Pablo Picasso made their debut at a public institution this month in New Hampshire. On loan from private collections, “L’Homme au béret basque” and “The Two Children” are now on view at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester through the end of October.

SNHU consolidating Manchester operations to main campus, listing Millyard property, garage for sale

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) will relocate all offices and administrative operations from its longtime Millyard headquarters to its main Manchester campus, a university spokesperson confirmed Thursday, July 16.