From Cadillacs to carrot cakes
As it turns 100, the iconic Red Arrow Diner celebrates its history
Author: John Angelo
Homelessness in New Hampshire: no easy fix for a complicated problem
Manchester organization seeks solution for a persistent, intractable issue
HOPE Outreach Committee addressing housing insecurity in Manchester
Local nonprofit looks to tackle Manchester’s homelessness and affordable housing shortages
UNH Manchester forum focuses on threats facing a free press
Panelists point to dangers facing journalists around the world
Residential services transition date nears at Crotched Mountain
New York firm’s takeover of programming set for Nov. 1
Q&A with Bob Lavoie of Bob’s Coins in Manchester
With the price of gold up 50% in 2020 and silver with a 51% gain over the same period, it’s a good time to catch up with Bob Lavoie, proprietor of Bob’s Coins in Manchester
Q&A with Community development advocate Woullard Lett
‘There is only one race, the human race,’ says Woullard Lett, past president of the Manchester NAACP and currently New England Regional Lead at the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Q&A with Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester’s Rik Cornell
‘We’ve had to find a better way to work with people’ since the pandemic began, says Rik Cornell of the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester.
Q&A with World War II veterans William F. Cronin Jr., and Warren Pond
According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, fewer than 325,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in the Armed Forces during World War II are still alive. Two of those World War II vets live in Wolfeboro and volunteer at the Wright Museum of World War II.
Manchester Proud plan approved by school board
Only one vote against, but criticisms are raised
Antiquarian bookstores find a home in NH
The literary treasures found, and searched for, in NH’s used bookstores
A new vision for Queen City schools
Manchester Proud to unveil proposed vision for district
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From Lakes Region to Global Stage: ePropelled Expands to Lead Drone Motor Production
ePropelled earns DoD supply chain certification, boosting U.S. drone dominance
Littleton Regional Healthcare selects Dartmouth Health as preferred future partner
After two years of extensive evaluation of various affiliation models, the Littleton Regional Healthcare (LRH) Board of Trustees has chosen Dartmouth Health (DH) as its preferred partner. LRH and DH have signed a letter of intent, which serves as the next step toward LRH joining the Dartmouth Health system.
NH trade mission to Canada seen as having positive results
Gov. Kelly Ayotte led the visit, which included a selection of policymakers as well as businesspeople representing a wide array of enterprises.
Jim Loomis, Bottomline Technologies co-founder, dies at 75
James “Jim” Loomis, co-founder of Portsmouth-based Bottomline Technologies, passed away on Sept. 6 in his hometown of Dover after a period of declining health. He was 75. After its creation in 1989 with business partner Daniel McGurl, Bottomline became a worldwide leader in automated business payments and cash management.
Keene Housing expands solar energy efforts with new installations in Monadnock Region
The nonprofit and ReVision Energy expand renewable energy portfolio with new solar panels across five properties in the Monadnock Region
Note from the field: The outdoor economy is everyone’s economy
New Hampshire’s $4B outdoor economy supports 32,000 jobs and ranks 8th in the nation.
I-95 median barrier: $4.6M project approved after NH highway deaths
A nearly $4.6 million contract has been awarded for the construction of a five-mile median barrier on Interstate 95 in New Hampshire with the goal to prevent highway deaths.
NH residential real estate: ‘Still very much a seller’s market’
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.
Paid, on-the-job training and education creates career path to address workforce shortages
ApprenticeshipNH has partnered with Associated Builders and Contractors of New Hampshire/Vermont and Elm Grove Companies to launch New Hampshire’s first registered apprenticeship program (RAP) for maintenance technicians
