New Hampshire housing agencies, developers fear derailment of progress under Trump
Trump policies could thwart ongoing efforts to address state’s housing crisis
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Trump policies could thwart ongoing efforts to address state’s housing crisis
Joshua Meehan, the executive director of Keene Housing, is at ground zero for a critical and overlooked part of the housing sector: housing for the elderly, disabled and low-income families
Betsey Andrews Parker, CEO of social service agency Community Action Partnership of Strafford County (CAPSC), has seen the war on poverty up close and personal since she joined the organization in 2010
After more than four decades in academia as a professor and topline administrator, University of New Hampshire President James “Jim” Dean is retiring June 30.
Foreign investor plaintiff claims company owes her $500k investment refund after being denied a green card
Many of the customers who sit down for a unique fine-dining experience at Stages at One Washington in Dover might be surprised that the owner had no plans to become an award-winning chef, restaurant owner and television cooking competition star.
Continuing 'environmental justice violation' draws community backlash over state's duties to protect public health
Over 1,000 bills filed for areas ranging from landfill siting to abortion, gun safety, bail reform, LGBTQ rights and more
Retail, hospitality perk up, but workforce shortage still lingers
Meghan Doherty, the director of the Museum of the White Mountains in Plymouth, is proof that you can go home again. The small-town North Country native went to college at the University of Chicago and then got a Ph.D. in…
State’s first energy circuit rider assists small towns develop and finance energy projects.
Debate centering around air emissions permit at Turnkey III landfill in Rochester
Exeter Area Kiwanis Club fundraiser draws a crowd to downtown Water Street businesses
Masto works to link science to local and regional decision-making
North Country Growers to include 20 acres of state-of-the-art greenhouses near Androscoggin River
Economics professor offers insight about the impact of a debt default
In NHBR interview, UNH economics professor says consequences would be ‘bad to catastrophic'
John Broderick explains his goals as administrator of YDC child abuse fund
Arts organizations still working to rebound from pandemic hardship
Jarnagin shares pride in providing career opportunities for veterans and military spouses
Passionate advocate for home health care helps serve thousands of patients and families in 82 communities
New book’s target remains state housing policies
Concord entrepreneur Ahmad Aissa strives to reinvent his bakery’s business model
‘We are leaving behind an old and trusted name, but we are becoming a far more capable and innovative company than we were,’ says Paul Forte, CEO of the recently rebranded FedPoint, the Portsmouth-based company formerly known as LTC Partners.
A BuzzFeed news writer said what’s happening might end up being a “media extinction event”
Covid-19 crisis brings turmoil, uncertainty to industry
Resident input drives part-hospitality, part-healthcare independent living
For more than 40 years, New Hampshire Sen. Martha Fuller Clark and her husband Dr. Geoffrey Clark, an entrepreneur and gastroenterologist, have worked to strengthen New Hampshire communities as volunteers, advocates and philanthropists.
A new initiative brings humanities to New Hampshire businesses
‘Our students are dealing with things we never had to,’ says Treadwell, a 1990 graduate of the school.
Sign artists to converge on Keene for public art fest
Concord’s Steeplegate Mall finds new life with non-retail tenants
‘Legal aid helps level the playing field so that everyone can get a fair shake,’ says Sarah Mattson Dustin, executive director of New Hampshire Legal Assistance, the civil legal aid organization.
Manchester Proud effort gives Queen City a chance to shine
On 10th anniversary, school expands into a new location
Businesses take action to attract employees
The Smuttynose craft beer brand ‘is very resilient,’ says Richard Lindsay, CEO of the brewery. He is heading up the turnaround of the company, which was acquired at auction earlier this year.
Genevieve Aichele, artistic director of the NH Theatre Project and founder of Theatre for Life, says traditional theatrical tools like improvisation, script analysis and role-playing can be used to help all sorts of individuals and organizations.
Study shines light on state’s incarcerated population
‘Women entrepreneurs face structural, financial and cultural barriers that are often invisible but can adversely impact revenue numbers and job creation,’ says Nancy Pearson, director of the Center for Women & Enterprise.
Linny Kenney’s custom leather works gather a following
UNH center offers advice and support to family-run businesses
Mike Bellamente, an agent with Keller Williams Coastal Realty, heads the NH Association of Realtors’ recently formed sustainability committee.
‘The economic recovery has not reached everyone equally’
University of New Hampshire alumnus Alex Freid, who founded the Post Landfill Action Network in 2011 while still at UNH, says the growing organization is ‘challenging the models of disposability and planned obsolescence.’
State Sen. David Watters, D-Dover: ‘I have found in New Hampshire that businesses and industries and their lobbyists in Concord want to find ways to work together.’
Iraq veteran crafts spirits in Seabrook
‘Small government helps find solutions, and we really need to get back to that approach,’ says Taylor Caswell, commissioner of the recently created Department of Business and Economic Affairs.
Janet Laatsch, CEO of Goodwin Community Health in Somersworth is helping to oversee the merger of her organization with Portsmouth-based Families First Health & Support Center.
‘The New Hampshire North Country is part of a broader four-state region that is complicated and dynamic,’ says Rob Riley, president of the Concord-based Northern Forest Center, which focuses on economic development in the northern forest areas of New York, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire.
3 of 5 Executive Council members oppose Taylor Caswell’s reappointment
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has appointed Erin Creegan to serve as the interim U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, following the resignation of Jay McCormack earlier this month.
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.
Nashua mayor: ‘I don't think people generally understand that this company came to Nashua as part of a state economic development initiative.’
Solar advocates in New Hampshire — backed by the congressional delegation — are denouncing a Trump White House decision to claw back $48.5 million already promised to the state to fund solar energy projects for low-income residents.
As Taylor Caswell’s reappointment as commissioner of the N.H. Department of Business and Economic Affairs (BEA) hangs in the balance, two independent statewide economic-related associations are standing with him and saying he should keep his job. The presidents of the New Hampshire Business & Industry Association (BIA) and Ski New Hampshire offered statements backing Caswell’s reappointment by the Executive Council.
Housing stakeholders' criticism is directed largely at a new state budget that defunds or doesn't fund certain programs
With the interventionist version of President Trump on the upswing, one of its most forceful cheerleaders — former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — took a recent victory lap in New Hampshire.
Shaheen, D-NH, a top member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees and the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led the group with Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas.