Why the Granite State News Collaborative is launching a multi-year project on race and equity
‘It’s past time to tell this story in a way that’s never been told in New Hampshire’
Author: Jeff Feingold
Fidelity Investments to add 475 jobs at Merrimack campus
Expansion part of plan to add 3,500 more to national workforce
Led by Wheelabrator, 10 waste management firms consolidate and rebrand
New Portsmouth-based single company named WIN Waste Innovations
Mill City Park construction to start in July
Franklin project will be New England’s only whitewater park
NH businesses voice opposition to bill that would ban teaching about systemic racism, sexism
In letter to lawmakers, they say measure would ‘have a chilling impact on our workplaces and on the business climate’
Manchester’s Forcivity merges with New York firm
Move to combine with Jolt Consulting ‘a logical evolution’
Survey: Job-seekers consider diversity and inclusion policies in search
Lebanon-based Appcast finds growing importance being placed on firm’s beliefs, stance
Ex-Dover courthouse sold for residential-commercial project
Chinburg plans 60 residential units at downtown site
Smuttynose seeks to open beer garden at Tuscan Village
Outdoor dining area with stage, ice rink, volleyball courts envisioned
NH, Vt., Maine EXIT Realty franchises sold to Mass. ownership
Wohl acquires rights, to form Exit Realty New England
New Hampshire-based True North Networks acquired by private equity firm
Financial tech firm will remain at its Swanzey headquarters
U.S. Labor Department orders Hampstead contractor to pay $87k in back wages
$19,000 fine also imposed for failing to pay required overtime
Growing private equity-backed firm adds two more companies
Quantic, which acquired NH’s TRM Microwave in January, contines to expand
Liberty Utilities joins carpenters union, contractors in opposing ‘right-to-work’ bill
Urge New Hampshire House to reject measure that passed Senate
Berlin authority hires consultant for hotel project
Melan Group asked to study market demand
In first quarterly report, Minim sees $13.7m in net revenue
After merger with Zoom Telephonics, record numbers reported
Lebanon multifamily community sold for $69 million
Boston firm acquires 252-unit Timberwood Commons
Report lists Manchester-Nashua as one of nation’s hottest housing markets
At No. 11, it’s the only area in the Northeast to be included in rankings
Jaffrey selects Consolidated Communications for broadband project
Town would become company’s ninth fiber-to-the-rural premises community
Shaheen measure would expand homeowner assistance in pandemic
Bill would set up $75 billion fund to target foreclosure prevention
Report: Cyber liability insurance costs up slightly in New Hampshire
Average premium for $1 million in coverage increases to $1,431, a 1% rise
Hassan takes chair of Senate cybersecurity subcommittee
New Hampshire senator warns of ‘range of emerging threats’
New Hampshire companies call for enhancing state’s energy-efficiency standard
In letter to PUC, they urge boost, citing ‘most cost-effective energy resource available’
Berlin continues economic development efforts
TIF district eyed near Jericho Mountain State Park
Wire Belt Company eyes two communities as site for new headquarters
New facility seen in Bedford, but existing facility may work in Manchester
Kuster joins House Rural Broadband Task Force
Group of Dem reps seeks to take on digital divide
Monadnock Economic Development Corp. names new interim director
Former Keene State College official takes reins at agency
Measure seeks ‘clarification’ in DRA ruling on PPP taxability in New Hampshire
Senate committee weighs bill to allow deductibility of expenses by businesses
With patience and education, confidence in vaccine improving
NH healthcare providers reporting say acceptance growing among staff
Report: ‘Unanswered questions’ face Seacoast office space market
Boulos analysis sees possible ‘calm before the storm’ as demand for industrial sizzles
NHDRA issues guidance on Covid relief for Granite State businesses
New rule spells out taxability, eligible deductions for state, federal funding
Virginia biotech firm plans to create hundreds of NH jobs at new Hudson facility
MicroGEM acquires Nashua company to scale up production of new rapid Covid test system
New Hampshire’s office real estate market shows effects of Covid
New report from Colliers points to lower occupancy rate, lingering questions
New Hampshire’s new outdoor industry agency obtains federal funding
Executive Council OKs $90k grant get office up and running
Manchester investment firm launches Anti-Bias Fund
Alumni Venture Group seeks to address systemic biases
Study says New Hampshire a top destination where people are moving
61.6% of relocations were into the state in 2020
Health-tech coalition developing digital Covid ‘passport’
Effort seeks to allow people to ‘safely return to travel, work, school and life, while protecting their data privacy’
Associated General Contractors of NH elects first female president
Hutter’s Natasha Michelson takes helm of 72-year-old trade organization
New Hampshire’s Housing Appeals Board now open for business
Newly established panel seen as expediting development process
$12.3 million awarded to four affordable housing projects in New Hampshire
Funds will create, preserve 128 units in state
Otten’s company now owns 100 percent of Balsams Resort
New investor helped enable purchase
Londonderry manufacturer’s material used in Moderna packaging
Textiles Coated International providing to ensure ‘strong, pure and reliable’ vaccine
Groundwork for Covid-19 vaccine laid at Dartmouth
Geisel research being employed by Pfizer/BioNTech
Longtime CATCH CEO Rosemary Heard dies
‘Housing trailblazer’ remembered for creating ‘dynamic community organization’
Lincoln Financial puts Concord office campus up for sale
Firm lists property at $6 million as it shuts down NH operation
North Country economic development agencies merge
Coos County Economic Development, Borders Development join forces for ‘greater impact’
New York investment firm takes over Gorham mill
New owner pledges renamed White Mountain Paper will be ‘a leader among North American tissue and towel producers’
NH Electric Cooperative cuts the ribbon on rural broadband service
First 900 customers in Sullivan, Coos counties now have high-speed access
Balsams developers seek different type of investors
Coos planners vote to extend vesting period to 2025
Group purchases land near Jericho State Park for off-road recreation park
Ex-Pat Ninkovich, MOMs owner seek to ‘enhance’ tourism efforts in region
More news from NHBR:
Newport firm closes amid alleged embezzlement
Relax & Co., which provided an array of services to property owners in the Lake Sunapee area, had already been forced to lay off workers earlier this month.
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.
Sig Sauer seeks FBI, Homeland Security support
The entreaty comes as part of a lengthy statement Sig Sauer released July 29 as it continues to push back against allegations that the P320 is unsafe.
Q&A Interview with Anna Brown, executive director for Citizens Count
In 2013, Brown joined Citizens Count, rising to executive director in 2020, and last year joined the Warren B. Rudman Center at the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law
Shocking country’s energy policies, one volt at a time
Renewable energy and climate change initiatives suddenly face significant headwinds
Implications from 1st Circuit’s decision on health care
Earlier this year on February 18, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit issued a significant decision with implications not only for companies in the health care industry, but for any organization doing business with the federal government.
Keene settles with fire captain for over $300K
Keene recently settled with a former fire captain who’d alleged he was wrongfully terminated, an agreement between him and the city shows.
Expect more federal scrutiny of health care industry
The U.S. Department of Justice is primed to investigate fraud and abuse.
Another lawsuit delays Steeplegate Mall demolition
JCPenney has sued the Steeplegate Mall’s owner, Onyx Partners, which wants to tear down most of Steeplegate and build some 600 apartments as well as businesses such as Costco or perhaps Whole Foods.
