Editor’s note: In business, do you second-guess yourself, wishing you had said or done something in a better way? Event organizer and author Mary Lou Wilson’s column, “Ask Mary Lou,” is designed for business professionals who are looking for guidance…
Charlie Bass is taking serious heat from social conservatives for his leading role in the House vote to relax federal restrictions on stem cell research using new embryonic cell lines. But there’s not a peep about the tens of thousands…
It took a man with a vision and $350 to begin a legacy that would connect a family, a community and an industry together for generations. That man was Courtland F.H. Freese I, the community is Pittsfield, N.H., and the…
More than 1,000 small businesses across the country - including some in New Hampshire — have been released from some of their obligations to three leasing companies associated with a now-bankrupt telecomm provider. The settlement — potentially as much as…
Life is not simple. Good people sometimes do bad things. Bad things sometimes happen to good people. The issues of guilt, innocence, appropriate sanction and democracy can all get wrapped up in individual cases. All of these factors were evident…
The Save the Shipyard Advisory Team — whose goal will be to help remove the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from the Defense Department base closure list - has been formed by Gov. John Lynch. “This is one more step — a…
The narrow vote to censure former House Speaker Gene Chandler for his fund-raising mistakes has put a spotlight on Executive Councilor Ruth Griffin, R-Portsmouth, who netted even more money from testimonials without punishment. Opponents of Representative Chandler, R-Bartlett, say he…
The Berlin City Bank and the Pemigewasset National Bank will soon be things of the past - or at least their names will. Northway Financial Inc., parent company of both banks, has plans to consolidate the two institutions into a…
A year after its startup, the New Hampshire Virtual Business Incubator is poised to expand across the country by the end of June. Dr. William Osgood, one of the creators of nhVBI, announced the plans last month at the National…
Red whine or white? No sooner had F&J speculated on the apparent political wimpishness of state GOP Chairman Warren Henderson - at least when it came to complaining that New Hampshire Democrats were being mean to Senate Majority Leader and…
New Hampshire remains near the head of the nation’s class in terms of people getting high school diplomas and college degrees, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, but the high cost of higher education in the state…
If you’re considering filing for either Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 protection before the new, more stringent federal bankruptcy law takes effect on Oct. 17, there’s a song that bankers and other creditors wish you would hear and heed. It…
It was a beautiful Sunday, and I decided to take a ride to the beach. I love to watch the water. When our lakes are frozen, I have to go to the Seacoast to get my fix. No doubt there…
Maybe it is because my mother and father, both UNH English majors and an English teacher and a magazine editor, respectively, thought proper English usage important that I am irritated by certain trends and contrivances of late. First, I am…
New England’s power plants are cleaner than many others in the country, according to a report issued recently by an environmental advocacy group. According to the report, issued by the Washington-based Environmental Integrity Project, the nation’s dirtiest electrical power plants…
A slowdown in the growth of consumer and business spending in New Hampshire’s foreign markets outstripped the benefits of a weaker dollar and dampened international sales in March. State companies exported nearly the same amount of made-in-New Hampshire goods as…