The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Superfund law better known as CERCLA, as amended in January 2002 by the Small Business Liability Relief and Revitalization Act establishes certain liability protections for “innocent” landowners. In brief, CERCLA establishes…
In October, the Supreme Court heard arguments that could directly affect the enforcement of many federally registered trademarks and the rights of advertisers. The trademarks specifically affected are descriptive registered trademarks. Descriptive trademarks normally cannot be registered, but if a…
How to handle a poor performer An employee who demonstrates issues with attitude, productivity, attendance or other areas is sometimes easy to ignore. This is especially true if others cover and/or pitch in to ensure that the work gets done.…
One key to success in business is being aware, and taking advantage, of opportunities. But how can you be certain you can spot all the opportunities, and that you best allocate your time to take full advantage of them? One…
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that parents cannot sue to recover the wages they lost while caring for their disabled adult son. In a ruling last month, Judge Joseph DiClerico said that state law requires parents to care…
The New Hampshire Small Business Development Center’s observance of its 20th birthday in October could be called a celebration of survival as much as growth. The SBDC - which provides business counseling to small start-up businesses - lost four of…
The Celestica Group has officially acquired the former Hewlett-Packard assembly plant in Exeter, more than seven years after agreement was reached on the transaction. Foster’s Sunday Citizen reported that, according to Celestica’s Web site, the two companies had agreed in…
In September, Yoken’s “Thar She Blows” restaurant and conference center closed its doors for good, after nearly 60 years in business on Portsmouth’s busy Route 1. The Yoken’s property — a 4,800-square-foot building and five-plus acres of land — was…
LITCHFIELD - After a lengthy discussion, the Zoning Board of Adjustment agreed Wednesday to accept an application by residents appealing a code enforcement decision that a logging business is allowed in a residential area. Although the decision says the business…
NASHUA - The Conservation Commission came within a whisker of issuing another unfavorable recommendation on a plan by Wal-Mart to build a 186,000-square-foot superstore to replace Building 19 on Amherst Street. The panel on Tuesday voted 4-3 against a motion…
BOSTON (AP) - A New Hampshire couple convicted of forcing Jamaican laborers to work in their tree-cutting business have lost their attempt to overturn the conviction. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision issued Wednesday affirmed the…
NASHUA - A standing-room-only crowd of teens holding skateboards sat beside inline-skating adults in the aldermanic chamber in City Hall on Wednesday to protest a proposal to ban skateboards and skating from city streets. Outspoken skateboard fans and parents of…
CONCORD - New Hampshire’s highway deaths are running way ahead of last year, with the busy holiday season still ahead. As of Sunday, 156 people died on New Hampshire roads this year, up from 119 during the same period last…
WILTON - Conservation easements and public trails will be the subject of a hearing called by the Board of Selectmen and the Conservation Commission for Dec. 20, at 7 p.m., in the town office. Members of the Hoover family are…
A food drive to benefit the Nashua Soup Kitchen is under way. Area residents may drop off food items at Fashion Bug, 375 Amherst St., through Dec. 18.
NASHUA- Bishop Guertin High School’s music department will present the school’s annual Christmas concert Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the school’s gym. The public is invited to attend. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors.
MERRIMACK - The Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8641, at 247 Daniel Webster Highway, will be holding a member-guest meat raffle on Saturday at 3 p.m. Benefits will go to the National Veterans Home and the Children’s…
NASHUA - That skateboard under the Christmas tree could wind up contributing to lawbreaking. A proposal being pushed by Ward 6 Alderman Robert Dion would outlaw skateboarding or inline skating on any street in the city. The idea has created…
HUDSON - Presentation of Mary of Academy is moving forward with plans to lease a building on its property to house homeless families. The building will be leased to the Greater Nashua Interfaith Hospitality Network to use for displaced families.…
NASHUA - A crummy transformer is forcing power officials to pull the plug on some of the city’s residences and businesses tonight. About 2,200 customers in the Crown Hill and French Hill neighborhoods are expected to be affected when Public…
LYNDEBOROUGH - Members of the Central School Board agreed on Monday that building a new school is the best option for the town and the students. A warrant article asking for the necessary architectural fees for plans for a new…
Area police, fire and utility crews were kept busy Tuesday as freezing rain sent motorists spinning and dropped tree branches as well as several whole trees onto power lines. In Hollis, a school bus carrying about 45 middle- and high-school…
NASHUA - When Ellen Cutcliffe’s daughters were young, they were fascinated by “The Polar Express.” Now, Cutcliffe wants to introduce her 2-year-old granddaughter, Sophie, to the book that excited her children year after year. Cutcliffe is among the hundreds of…
NASHUA - The plan for a local commuter rail station cleared a hurdle Tuesday night when an aldermanic committee approved a resolution to pay the city’s estimated $14 million costs for the project using a special tax district. It was…
CONCORD - John Coughlin has formally withdrawn himself from consideration for the Nashua District Court judge post, Executive Councilor David Wheeler of Milford said Tuesday. The Executive Council will cancel a hearing on Coughlin’s nomination, which had been set for…
NASHUA- A letter from the North Pole to the residents of Greater Nashua is urging support for the Tolles Street Mission’s annual Christmas party. “Dear community,” the letter begins in a shaky old hand. “As you know, I’ll be loading…
BEDFORD - Police were looking for a man who robbed a local Wal-Mart store Tuesday night. The robbery happened at about 9 p.m. at the Wal-Mart at 17 Colby Court, Bedford police officials said in a prepared statement. According to…
HUDSON - Presentation of Mary of Academy is moving forward with plans to lease a building on its property to house homeless families. The building will be leased to the Greater Nashua Interfaith Hospitality Network to use for displaced families.…
NASHUA - That skateboard under the Christmas tree could wind up contributing to lawbreaking. A proposal being pushed by Ward 6 Alderman Robert Dion would outlaw skateboarding or inline skating on any street in the city. The idea has created…
NASHUA - The Division of Public Works is pulling back its proposal for additional roundabouts and a so-called urban boulevard on Broad Street, and wants its consultant to take a second look at the area. Public Works Director Richard Seymour…
LITCHFIELD - The site of the town’s muster grounds will now be permanently preserved. The town’s Conservation Commission bought the land last month. It is sandwiched between the Merrimack River and the Charles Bancroft Highway. The muster grounds may be…
MERRIMACK - Two runs and a sixth degree of separation. The School Board on Monday received a committee report that showed it is economically feasible to go back from three to two school bus runs. Better still, the report also…
CONCORD - Gov. Craig Benson’s third choice for the Nashua District Court judge job may decline the nomination, the governor’s spokeswoman said Monday. Benson nominated John Coughlin for the Nashua court last week, after the Executive Council unanimously confirmed him…
NASHUA - Aldermen took about 30 minutes to kill a proposed two-year contract for Nashua Public Library workers. The dismissal of the contract left library trustees Chairman Arthur Barrett “blindsided,” he said. Barrett said the contract was available for review…
HOLLIS - Selectmen voted Monday night to recommend spending more than $4 million to preserve 260 acres of open space. The board voted 4-1 in favor of recommending the $3.25 million purchase of the 180-acre Woodmont Orchard parcel, located on…
MERRIMACK - Two runs and a sixth degree of separation. The School Board on Monday received a committee report that showed it is economically feasible to go back from three to two school bus runs. Better still, the report also…
A rotted stovepipe led to a chimney fire that badly damaged an unattached garage Sunday morning, according to the Brookline Fire Department. No one was injured, and the house at 8 Mason Road was not damaged. The fire, started by…
CONCORD - They arrived steadily from 2 p.m., some appearing apprehensive, others wearing expressions that reflected the apparent sadness in their hearts. Soon, this parade of Granite Staters, representing family members and friends of soldiers in the New Hampshire Army…
NEW IPSWICH - The Planning Board is making another attempt to modify the town’s zoning regulations after being rejected by voters 11 out of 12 times last year. The newly proposed changes to the town’s zoning ordinances and subdivision regulations…
MASON - Every year for the past 15 years, Arthur Ashe has been making a wreath or two at the annual Greening of Mason. This year he was watching his two daughters, Hannah and Emily, give it a try. For…
NASHUA - The long road to realizing their dream of a vibrant, successful arts enclave in the downtown area reaches another milestone this week for those connected with the Nashua Area Artists Association and the local contractor who’s strongly backing…
CONCORD - Most of the majority Republican Party was with the other guy, but Douglas Scamman Jr. is back as speaker of the House of Representatives. Scamman, 62, insists the GOP will unite to work on an issue-based agenda in…
What if Google, the Internet’s favorite answer-bot, was made of flesh and blood? With “Answers Here and Now,” it almost is. The new online service, launched here last month, lets local library patrons use their Web browsers to pick the…
NASHUA - Nancy Hilliard didn’t know how exhausting the process of evaluating a school could be. Then she served on the visiting committee for the reaccreditation of Bow High School. “I was blown away by what this committee had to…
MILFORD - Five, four, three, two, one . . . Christmas! A crowd of well over 100 revelers gathered on the Oval on Saturday evening to sing in the season and see someone switch on the Christmas tree lights. The…
n a small suite inside the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, Linda Chadbourne sits in a straight-back chair, cradling a cherry-and-redwood mountain dulcimer and gazing into Eleanor Wentworth’s eyes. Wentworth, a patient, sits in a wheelchair in her stocking feet,…
CONCORD - Most of the majority Republican Party was with the other guy, but Douglas Scamman Jr. is back as speaker of the House of Representatives. Scamman, 62, insists the GOP will unite to work on an issue-based agenda in…
What if Google, the Internet’s favorite answer-bot, was made of flesh and blood? With “Answers Here and Now,” it almost is. The new online service, launched here last month, lets local library patrons use their Web browsers to pick the…
In a small suite inside the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, Linda Chadbourne sits in a straight-back chair, cradling a cherry-and-redwood mountain dulcimer and gazing into Eleanor Wentworth’s eyes. Wentworth, a patient, sits in a wheelchair in her stocking feet,…
HUDSON - In a petition asking the state to revoke the Zone Entertainment Complex’s liquor license, the town claims the bar is a public nuisance and threat to public safety. However, the bar’s owner says allegations the town has used…
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
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A federal judge heard opening arguments Monday, February 9, in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 2024 state law that requires first-time voters in New Hampshire to show proof of U.S. citizenship when they register.
What employers should know for the upcoming cap season
On February 11, 2026, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the largest enforcement settlement under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), resolving claims that The Walt Disney Company failed to adequately honor consumers’ opt-out rights — a core tenet of modern privacy law.
Our post-pandemic business environment has brought about myriad challenges that make cash flow forecasting much more difficult than it was five years ago. Many businesses are navigating supply chain challenges, volatile demand and lingering inflation — all key indicators of future cash flow.
For a long time, workplace wellness was viewed through a fairly narrow lens: reminders to schedule an annual physical, a blood pressure screening, maybe a gym reimbursement. Those efforts still matter. But “wellness” has expanded, because the way we work and live has changed.
What employers are getting wrong, and how to fix it before it becomes a claim
Collaboration can ensure the Granite State’s ski industry remains vibrant and resilient
