Author: Mike Cote

Q&A: Swim With a Mission co-founder Phil Taub and Hidden Battles Foundation founder Scott Hyder

Phil Taub, with his wife, Julie, co-founded Swim With a Mission, a Bedford-based nonprofit that raises funds for veterans services and holds several fundraisers throughout the year, including its signature swim race at Newfound Lake in July. Army and police veteran Scott Hyder founded Hidden Battles Foundation, a Dracut, Mass.-based nonprofit that helps veterans and first-responders, both active and retired, cope with mental health issues.

Drilling down on the ‘New Hampshire 200’

The first thing I did with my copy of “New Hampshire 200” after I brought it home from the office was to drill a hole through it. Now it had a utility function similar to the “Old Farmer’s Almanac,” the 232-year-old annual produced by our parent company, Yankee Publishing Inc.

Tougher than the rest

Imagine undergoing training led by people whose sole mission in life is to do everything they can to ensure you fail, to push you to your limits until you break.

A victory lap and a forecast for another good year

In my last column, I shared some anecdotes that help tell the story of the New Hampshire economy, but I would not make any important decisions based on the laments of my Lyft driver or rumors about remote working from skiers on the gondola at Loon. For data-crunching, we have people like Brian Gottlob, director of the state Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau.

Nonstop at 95

Don’t ask Jack Middleton when he will retire. He doesn’t know how.

Life sciences trade group announces founding member companies

New Hampshire Life Sciences (NHLS), a newly formed trade group that supports the Granite State’s life sciences industry, has signed two companies that employ hundreds of workers as its inaugural founding members. Novocure operates its North American flagship location in Portsmouth, where it employs between 300 and 400 workers. Novo Nordisk employs 350 people in West Lebanon.

The truth according to Vivek Ramaswamy

As time winds down for the Jan. 23 New Hampshire primary, GOP presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy has been making a name for himself but has failed to make much of an impact. The former biotech executive, who spent considerable time…

Q&A: Mike Pence

Mike Pence’s bid for the GOP presidential nomination never gained much traction so it wasn’t a big surprise when the former vice president decided to end his longshot bid Oct 28. The news came two days after the New York…

Legal News: Briefs from around New Hampshire

Susan Manchester receives good neighbor award Susan Manchester, attorney with Sheehan Phinney received the David P. Goodwin Outstanding Neighbor Award on September 21, 2023 at an event held at Straw Mansion Apartments in Manchester. Over 160 guests attended the reception,…