CONCORD - Over the past two years, House Speaker Gene Chandler, R-Bartlett, used proceeds from an annual corn roast fund-raiser to buy groceries and clothing, fix his car, stay overnight in Concord and occasionally pay some utility bills, according to…
On Thursday, during a routine visit to Dr. Aaron Watman, 11-year-old Dylan Quinn chose his favorite toothpaste flavor, picked a toothbrush from an assortment of colors, and made an impression on an arch-shaped plastic wafer that recorded his tooth characteristics…
In response to numerous phone calls, the Red Cross wants residents to know it can’t provide names and mailing addresses of troops in Iraq to send letters and cards to. According to the organization, the Department of Defense has asked…
HOLLIS - Sobs and occasional mournful wails filled the damp night air along Proctor Hill Road on Sunday as nearly 100 broken-hearted friends of Nicholas Jennings converged at the site where the popular 16-year-old was killed in a Friday night…
WILTON - During the summer of 2006, Main Street will be reconstructed using a matching grant from the state Department of Transportation. The street will be repaved, new sidewalks will be constructed, “traffic calmers” will be installed at both ends,…
NASHUA - A Nashua woman and her 16-year-old daughter were seriously injured after the Ford Explorer they were in went out of control and rolled over after the daughter apparently grabbed the steering wheel as the two argued, police said.…
WILTON - The Planning Board will hold a special meeting, Dec. 8 to begin deliberations on a request by Granite State Concrete to expand its gravel excavations on Route 31 north onto an adjoining 120 acres. The meeting, set for…
NASHUA - Concerns about the flu vaccination shortage are not hampering the children’s vaccination program, despite a shortage of immunizations for adults. The Division of Public Health and Community Services is hosting a free clinic in two weeks to distribute…
WILTON- Pine Hill Waldorf School has presented a proposal to the Planning Board to subdivide a seven-acre parcel from the western side of their property. The site is to be leased to the Center for Anthroposophy, which would construct an…
NASHUA (AP) - Federal securities investigators have filed suit against several former and one current employee of a high-tech company, saying they falsified the company’s earning statements. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says it filed a civil fraud action…
TOLLAND, Conn. - To Tim Tieperman, it’s a shining city on the hill. The Dari-Farms Ice Cream distributing plant is the newest gem in the Tolland Business Park. Behind the wheel of the dark-gray Chrysler Concorde the town leases for…
HOLLIS - A 16-year-old boy died Saturday from injuries he received in an automobile rollover Friday night, police said. Nicholas Jennings, of 63 Louise Drive in Hollis, lost control of a 1993 Ford Explorer while driving west on Route 130,…
In a span of seven days, a Nashua hospital treated two infants for multiple bone fractures. Police say the babies were abused by fathers frustrated with the fundamental steps of parenting. As the community recoiled at the extent of the…
NASHUA - After the pickup truck carefully backed up, volunteers swarmed around its bed, hoisting out dozens of plastic bags crammed with food. A table of volunteers ripped the bags open, sorting canned food, pasta, cereal and toiletries into boxes…
Alderman-at-Large David Deane arrived at the aldermanic Finance Committee with a thick pile of yellow notes posted to his copy of the city’s financial warrant. Deane had a series of questions to throw at school Business Administrator Mark Conrad, Chief…
WILTON - Milford and Wilton may be looking at the possibility of using private ambulance services, but that doesn’t mean the area’s tradition of public ambulances is doomed. Initial proposals presented last week to Milford from private ambulance services were…
In past years, the state bar association has helped pick judges. The New Hampshire Bar Association has an established process for vetting candidates, and most members think it works well, President James Gleason said. “With all due respect and with…
People involved with courts agree that to be a good judge, one must first be a good lawyer. “It is critically important that these lifelong appointments are made to individuals who have courtroom or trial experience . . . particularly…
John Coughlin’s tenure as Hillsborough county attorney last year was as tumultuous as it was brief. Coughlin, who Gov. Craig Benson has nominated to become a judge in Derry District Court, raised hackles among his staff and his own political…
TOLLAND, Conn. - Tim Tieperman will be missed, say his town government colleagues and Town Council members he worked closely with in building budgets and doing the other business of a municipal administrator. Some colleagues praised Tieperman for fostering teamwork,…
MILFORD - Almost a year after the idea was first floated, and more than four years after the current owners bought the property, a new Giorgio’s Restaurant has finally gotten the OK to be built at the site of the…
CONCORD - A Nashua Republican state representative still lost his seat after a recount of ballots in his race Friday, but a Francestown Democrat picked up a seat when a recount in her district changed the result. Henry McElroy finished…
MANCHESTER - Mary Schwarzer-Hampton dressed for work Friday in a long floral, printed skirt, a tailored tan jacket, and a blue headscarf similar to the traditional hajab Muslim women wear. During her lunch hour, Schwarzer-Hampton, still covered in the headscarf,…
Post-World War II Nashua: Centered, community-oriented, thankful for peace, but still, with the rest of our nation, worried about those “Reds” - Communists, especially those with ties to Russia - and fearing war, this time with the dreaded A-bombs involved.…
WILTON - Pine Hill Waldorf School has presented a proposal to the Planning Board to subdivide a seven-acre parcel from the western side of their property. The site is to be leased to the Center for Anthroposophy, which would construct…
CONCORD - Two years ago, Jim Hill had everything going for him, his father said. The 27-year-old was recently married and had just received a scholarship for his second year of law school. He had just returned from spending a…
One hundred and two days after setting off on their cross-country trek, Hunter Weeks and Josh Caldwell stepped off their Segways for the final time. The five 20-somethings in the group and a collie named Alby, along with a few…
MERRIMACK - The Board of Selectmen will soon start the process of building next year’s town budget. But for longer-term impact on town finances, a meeting planned for early next year might be more important. Selectmen announced Thursday that the…
NASHUA - An employee at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center has been diagnosed with whooping cough, the second such case seen in the past month. The hospital has one employee with a confirmed case of pertussis, or whooping cough, according…
MONT VERNON - A controversy between School Board members over the chairman’s responsibilities has apparently subsided. Board member William O’Brien had sought a legal opinion as to whether Peter King could be removed as chair. O’Brien had criticized King for…
In response to three states suing the Simon Property Group, U.S. Rep. Charles Bass wants the federal government to take a closer look at gift cards. The New Hampshire attorney general’s office sued the owner of the Pheasant Lane Mall…
NASHUA - The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps is forming a noncompetitive drum and bugle corps for junior high and middle school students. The group, which will be known as the Spartan Cadets, is seeking students who are interested in…
AMHERST - Janice Kelleigh doesn’t hike through Joe English Reservation during hunting season without wearing orange. When she used to walk her old beagles through the conservation land near Route 101, she tied bright scarves and bells to their collars.…
GREENVILLE- According to Tax Collector Kathleen Valliere, “People are going to be ecstatic when they open their tax bills.” That emotion will be caused by a tax rate that has dropped about $39 per $1,000 valuation, a drop caused by…
LYNDEBOROUGH - The new pre-cast concrete bridge bypassing the two stone arches on Old Temple Road West is in place but not yet complete. Work has begun on the intersection of Old Temple Road and Route 31 and the steep…
NASHUA - When a stranger introduced himself and asked her name, Cassie McTigue was suddenly the epitome of shyness, blushing before turning and hiding behind her mom, Kristen, during their visit to the Lake Street Community Fire Station on Wednesday.…
LITCHFIELD - A group of residents has appealed a decision that could result in a firewood business opening in their neighborhood. Twelve residents have appealed Code Enforcement Officer Roland Bergeron’s ruling that a business converting logs into firewood is permissible…
HOLLIS - The Land Protection Study Committee lobbied again on Monday night for its number one targeted land purchase, the 180-acre parcel known as Woodmont Orchard West. In a couple of weeks, with the Board of Selectmen’s blessing, the committee…
MERRIMACK - The bubble is about to burst. When Marge Chiafery joined the Merrimack School District 16 years ago, school officials watched an enrollment “bubble” appear on the horizon and then move through the elementary, middle and high school levels.…
NASHUA - Erin Quadros had some sound advice for building a soup bowl out of clay. “Just don’t make a bowl with holes in it,” Quadros, 18, instructed her fellow potters with a laugh. “The soup will spill out.” Quadros…
LYNDEBOROUGH - A new elementary school on a new site is the direction the town should take. That was the opinion of about 60 percent of those attending a public forum on school space needs Monday. Asked to list the…
MILFORD - A subdivision of 73 “age-targeted” homes, designed for people without children, may be built behind the Hampshire Hills Sports and Fitness Club. The proposed subdivision would not be legally limited to adults - that is, it will not…
WILTON - The new tax rate is $21.25 per $1,000 valuation, up from last year’s rate of $19. The $2.25 hike is an increase of nearly 12 percent. The largest increase is in the local school portion, now $13.10, up…
The statewide Neighbor Helping Neighbor program, an emergency assistance program for people in crisis who are unable to pay their utility bills, has shut down due to lack of funds. The program, administered by Southern New Hampshire Services, assists individuals…
MERRIMACK - In September, residents fretted that nothing would guarantee that a retail center of upscale outlet stores would be built if a zoning ordinance changes a parcel of undeveloped land near their neighborhoods from light industrial to commercial. On…
NASHUA - The spruce tree that 9-year-old Jimmy Gallagher has been circling with his bike for six years is gone. The Parks and Recreation Department came to his dad’s house to chop it down and haul it away. Jimmy didn’t…
NASHUA - Restrictions on the favored site for a commuter rail station off East Spit Brook Road are the latest wrinkle in the plan to return train service to the city. Aldermen on the Planning and Economic Development Committee had…
MILFORD - It’s only a possibility at this point, but a local businessman is hoping that a 150-year-old church can become home to one of the area’s dot-com survivors. “It’s a beautiful building. I’d love to preserve it,” said Michael…
AMHERST - New Boston Road reopened last weekend, after being weight-limited for seven months and shut for three weeks due to a storm-damaged bridge. Road crews worked hard to finish by the weekend. Signs cautioning about the closure, not to…
MASON - The new tax rate is $17.60 per $1,000 of valuation, up from last year’s rate of $16. That’s $1.60 more, or an increase of 10 percent. The largest increase is in the local schools portion, which is $8.66,…
Predictive Monitor CEO Laurie Masiello shares how she and her husband/co-owner, John, built their company out of a need to solve a problem keeping pharma products chilled while en route to its destination without compromising integrity
It’s been a year since a Chinese water and beverage bottling company purchased commercial property in Nashua. Not much more is known now than it was then about the company’s intentions for the 337,391-square-foot building on 23 acres at 80 Northwest Blvd., purchased Jan. 31, 2025 for $67 million by a subsidiary of Nongfu Spring, a giant Chinese bottled water and beverage company.
Avesta Housing improves lives and strengthens communities by promoting and providing quality affordable homes for people in need.
Now that 2026 is underway, New Hampshire employers should turn their attention to the state’s new Parental Medical Leave law (PML). Effective January 1, 2026, most employers with 20 or more employees are required to provide unpaid leave to allow employees to attend childbirth-related medical appointments, postpartum care and pediatric visits during a child’s first year.
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Cyberattacks now threaten organizations of every size and industry. Preventive security measures remain the strongest defense, but even the most sophisticated safeguards cannot guarantee immunity. Our panelist looks at what your organization should do if it’s been the victim of a cybersecurity breach.
When it comes to building and preserving wealth, most investors understand the importance of asset allocation — determining the right mix of stocks, bonds and other investments based on their risk. But there’s another layer of strategy that often gets overlooked: asset location.
How leaders can use January to set their organization up for a successful year
