Q&A with Bank of New Hampshire’s Robert Magan
Robert “Bob” Magan has more than 25 years of experience managing money for individuals, nonprofits, charitable organizations and municipalities throughout New England.
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Spotlight on manufacturing in the Granite State
Its funding restored, NH MEP draws more than 400 to annual summit in Windham
These talks build big ideas
What’s the big idea? Ten people from different backgrounds and disciplines will share theirs at the Rex Theatre on Oct. 22 for TEDxAmoskeagMillyard, an annual storytelling event.
Q&A with tech entrepreneur and educator Rajesh Nair
Rajesh Nair is on a global mission to inspire students to experience the same joy he did as a youth in India when he learned how to build a simple crystal radio.
Stepping up for a friend
Sheehan Phinney sets $25,000 goal for cancer research in memory of late COO Paul Voegelin
New Easterseals Campus is a victory for veterans
Easterseals Military & Veterans Campus includes affordable housing, a conference center and a hub for nonprofits
Q&A with Associate professor of organizational behavior at UNH Vanessa Druskat
In her new book, “The Emotionally Intelligent Team,” published by Harvard Business Review Press, Druskat explores the overlooked factor she says separates high-performing teams from the rest: emotional intelligence.
Biking for business
Granite Outdoor Alliance primes networking with mountain trail riding
Q&A with Green Lightning Energy’s Jason Plant & Miles Drum
Nearly two years ago, Jason Plant and Kadin Burns founded Green Lightning Energy in Sanbornton with the goal to make clean energy affordable for everyday homeowners.
Fly me to Asheville, please
North Carolina regional airport shares attributes with MHT
The Lake Estate on Winnisquam to open in NH’s Lakes Region
The Lake Estate on Winnisquam sees diamonds and stars in its future
Q&A with President & CEO of SilverTech Nick Soggu
Manchester native Nick Soggu founded SilverTech in his hometown in 1996 as a web design firm. Now based in Bedford, the company works with clients on digital marketing, content strategy, database management, website development and other methods of maximizing customer engagement.
Sal’s Pizza is serving slices again in Salem
Chain reclaims its roots with opening of gas station shop near Tuscan Village
Hub for Queen City nonprofits rises on the West Side
Mark Stebbins Community Center will bring children and family services to Kelly Falls.
Q&A with President and CEO of Standex International Corp. David Dunbar
David Dunbar oversees an industrial manufacturing company that boasts an international reach from its headquarters in Salem, NH, and is primed for growth.
Q&A with Russ Ouellette and Kristi Baxter of Sojourn Partners
Russ Ouellette and Kristi Baxter of Sojourn Partners are veterans of the corporate world, where they learned leaderships skills from the people who led them and from becoming leaders themselves. Along the way, they learned the essence of great management…
Fun with fraudsters
Talking to phone scammers can be entertaining, but don’t try this at home
Q&A with President and CEO of Northeast Delta Dental Tom Raffio
Tom Raffio celebrates his 30th anniversary this year as president and CEO of Northeast Delta Dental, a taxexempt, nonprofit insurance company based in Concord that has been in business for more than 50 years.
NH delegation announces $925K for NH MEP
MEPs nationwide had been targeted for elimination by the Trump administration
Shaheen co-leads delegation to Paris Air Show
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.
Going ‘Over the Edge’
United Way of Greater Nashua fundraiser challenges participants to rappel down the state’s tallest building
NH delegation announces $925,000 for NH Manufacturing Extension Partnership
New Hampshire’s congressional delegation Friday announced nearly $925,000 in federal funding to the New Hampshire Manufacturing Extension Partnership, saving it from closure. The NH MEP will receive the funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help local small and medium-sized manufacturers join the MEP National Network’s new National Supply Chain Optimization and Intelligence Network.
Q&A with President and CEO of the New Hampshire College and University Council Mica Stark
Mica Stark has made higher education his calling — when he’s not on the golf greens.
Outdoor Industry Day celebrates NH businesses
State launches ‘workforce toolkit’ to help NH companies attract workers
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
Sustainability continues to impact international commerce despite Trump pullback
While a presidential administration aims to scrub climate science and environmental concerns from U.S. government agencies, businesses that have embraced sustainability answer to a higher calling: the rest of the world.
Needham Bank plans to acquire BankProv for $212 million
The holding company for Needham Bank plans to buy BankProv for $211.8 million in cash and stock, giving the Massachusetts-based bank a footprint in the Granite State. Ambury-Mass.-based BankProv, operates New Hampshire branches in Bedford, Exeter, Hampton, Portsmouth and Seabrook.
People and Property: Real Estate and Construction News from Around NH
TFMoran was honored by the Structural Engineers of New Hampshire with the award in the “Buildings” category for Rockingham County Municipal Complex on May 21 during the group’s annual Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards event at the Puritan Conference Center in Manchester ... and more
Q&A: CEO of One Sky Community Services and board president of Farmsteads of New England Matt Cordaro
One Sky, founded in 1983, supports individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities or acquired brain disorders, helping them to live as valued and participating members in their communities.
Around the planet 25 times
SubCom celebrated a milestone this month when it became the first company to deploy 1 million kilometers of subsea cable systems.
A sequel with a twiist
Dean Kamen company launches portable insulin pump that succeeds the one he invented more than 40 years ago
Q&A: Executive Director of Media Power Youth Heather Inyart
The inspiration for Media Power Youth came a generation before smartphones began changing the way teenagers interact with the world.
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Q&A: Vice President of Marketing and Former Co-owner of Sullivan Tire Paul Sullivan
The owners of Sullivan Tire and Auto Service surprised the industry in 2023 when the family business turned over ownership of the company to its employees through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).
Q&A: Director of the CEO & Family Enterprise Center Michelline Dufort
As director of the CEO & Family Enterprise Center, Michelline Dufort connects family-owned businesses with resources — including each other. The center helps owners navigate the challenges that can arise when husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, parents and children, and other family members are working side by side.
Homeward bound: NeighborWorks Southern New Hampshire carries the torch for affordable housing
When we talk about housing, we think about numbers: how many units, square footage lot sizes. Little green plastic pieces on a Monopoly Board. But ultimately, we’re not talking about housing; we’re talking about homes.
NH manufacturing resource center faces shutdown
While President Trump says the tariffs fueling a global trade war will jumpstart U.S. manufacturing, he is pulling funding from the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, the federal centers dedicated to supporting its growth. The president and director of the New Hampshire MEP expects it to close if the cuts continue.
Q&A: Sylvan Learning Center Owner Denise Thompkins
For the past 25 years, former school teacher Denise Thompkins has owned and operated Sylvan Learning Center, which she launched in New Hampshire with three franchise locations.
A simmering economy
New Hampshire is faring better than the nation and its neighbors, with job and economic growth holding steady, says Brian Gottlob, director of the New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau.
GE Aerospace plans to spend $16 million at Hooksett plant this year
GE Aerospace says it plans to invest $16 million this year at its jet engine factory in Hooksett, where it employs 800 workers. The announcement comes as part of the company’s plan to invest nearly $1 billion in its U.S. factories and supply chain, GE Aerospace announced March 12.
Q&A with Cannon Mountain General Manager Jace Wirth
Steamboat Spring, Colo., native Jace Wirth joined Cannon Mountain last year as the new general manager for the state-owned New Hampshire ski area in Franconia Notch.
Turning up the heat on housing
Trio of events this month focus on reform, trends and success stories
Prep school logistics: how three friends built a thriving company
Former classmates team up decades later to launch Rochester warehouse company
Housing crisis unites business groups
Representatives of the New Hampshire Housing Supply Coalition gathered Tuesday in Concord to announce its mission to advocate for land use reform, regulatory and permitting reform, and program and funding support. More than 50 bills that address housing are pending before the Legislature.
Q&A: New England Rural Health Association’s Andy Lowe & Ann Marie Day
Rural health in New Hampshire relies on a community-based approach to address the challenges of providing services in sparsely populated areas.
NH Business Notebook: Hustle spoken here
LaBelle Winery founder Amy LaBelle, who built her business from scratch, looks for passion and drive when promoting employees.
Q&A: Hope for NH Recovery Executive Director Randy Stevens
After you listen to Randy Stevens describe his journey — from suffering sexual abuse as a young child through battling alcohol and drug addiction, to joining the military, to spending time in prison, to parenting children with another addict, to his initial refusal to accept help — you’re amazed that, somehow, he still made it to other side.
NH Business Notebook: Seed money leads to big gains for investors
An investment fund that awarded a total of $500,000 to a dozen New Hampshire technology startups earned its limited partners $4.65 on every dollar they put in, organizers say.
Q&A: Grappone Automotive’s Chief Vision Officer Amanda Osmer
To commemorate Grappone Automotive's 100th anniversary, Amanda Osmer co-authored a book chronicling her family's company and its origins from Italy to New Hampshire.
NH Business Notebook: DEI at a crossroads
Keeping the Dream Alive dinner in Nashua promotes diversity on day president signs order ending federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs
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Q&A with Bank of New Hampshire's Robert Magan
Robert “Bob” Magan has more than 25 years of experience managing money for individuals, nonprofits, charitable organizations and municipalities throughout New England.
Watchwords for NH economy: ‘Uncertainty rules’
Brian Gottlob uses these words to describe the state’s current economic climate: “Uncertainty rules.” The director of the New Hampshire Employment Security's Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau raised several issues — from immigration and unemployment, to housing prices and consumer spending — as reasons for both hope and concern for the economy into 2026.
Online business fraud continues to increase
Cyber scams cost U.S. businesses $16.6B in 2023. Learn key steps to protect your company from phishing, data breaches, and AI-driven threats.
Broken promises
NH developer Robynne Alexander, who has admitted to fraud charges, has a long trail of projects she abandoned or was forced to drop
Would lower interest rates help NH’s real estate market?
As New Hampshire’s residential real estate market continues to trundle along — with an all-time high median price of $565,000 recorded in June for a single-family house — one spot of relief could be lower interest rates. That’s what President Donald Trump and officials in his administration are advocating. But Susan Cole, president of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, cautions: Lower rates from the Fed isn’t a guarantee of lower mortgage rates.
What aging in place means for NH seniors and housing market
Nearly a third of New Hampshire residents are at least 60 years old. Almost 20 percent are older than 65. And most live in single-family residences they aren’t keen to give up anytime soon, one of a variety of contributing factors as to why there’s a shortage of available homes for sale in the state.
When it comes to home price-to-income ratios, NH counties above the norm
Household incomes haven’t grown at the same rate as home prices here in New Hampshire. As a result of this growing disconnect, the price-to-income ratio in each of the state’s 10 counties is one and a half to two times what it should be.
