MERRIMACK - A family is homeless, but a mother and son safe following a two-alarm fire early Monday night. Fire crews responded to the large two-story south Merrimack home at 14 Brek Drive shortly after 6:30 p.m. when the homeowner…
AMHERST - Expanding the role of the Souhegan Valley Chamber of Commerce is the main job of the group’s new team — Executive Director Lynda Derby and Administrative Assistant Judy Leeds. “We’re trying to get us more known in the…
BROOKLINE - In the future, Brookline residents might be able to access things such as building permit requirements, town reports and other local documents online instead of going to Town Hall, thanks to the efforts of the Conflict of Interest…
The state is suing the owner of the Pheasant Lane Mall, charging that the company’s gift cards violate state law for having expiration dates and decreasing in value over time. The attorney general’s office on Monday sued Simon Property Group,…
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - All Blake Douglass wants is to pose with his shotgun for his senior yearbook photo. No way, Londonderry High School said - so the 17-year-old senior on Monday took his case to federal court. “We want…
AMHERST - Boy Scout Troop 22 will be picking up donations for the Scouting for Food program Saturday morning. Scouting for Food is a statewide community service project in which Scouts gather food donated in their towns and distribute it…
LYNDEBOROUGH - The Central School Playground Fund Committee will hold a holiday fair at the Central School on Saturday, Nov. 27, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 15 vendors of local and national products are expected to be…
NASHUA - The Nashua Regional Cancer Center has some good news for patients: a CT scanner and computer software designed to enhance the complex planning process that precedes radiation therapy. The acquisition of the machine and software are significant because…
GREENFIELD - Steven Seigars and his Yankee Siege trebuchet are now world champion pumpkin chuckers. Seigars and his crew attended the world punkin chunkin championship meet in Millsboro, Del., on Nov 5-7 and finished first out of nine teams in…
NASHUA - Maria Milton broke an almost 10-year-old record among female students of the Independent Karate School on Sunday. She also broke seven concrete slabs with her well-aimed foot, and with a yell that resounded off the walls of the…
HOLLIS - Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run accident on Main Street at 7:39 a.m. Saturday. Police said the driver appeared to be coming down the steep hill near the high school when…
AMHERST - For the sixth time in his high school coaching career, Mike Beliveau stood in the middle of the field watching a team celebrate a Division III championship. For the first time, though, it was Beliveau’s. The second-seeded Sabers…
HUDSON - The town’s last commercial dairy farm could one day house residences and light industrial and commercial businesses. Etchstone Properties bought about 50 acres of the Nadeau Farm. The Nashua company has proposed subdividing part of the land into…
MASON - The formation of a charter school in town has been brought up several times during the past year of discussions on Mason’s withdrawal from the Mascenic Regional School District. Resident Chris Balch, an advocate of such a program,…
MERRIMACK - Shazia Mujeeb slowly inscribed the young hand of Elisha Shah, tracing the intricate geometry of a henna design. Elisha, 7, of Nashua, attentively watched Mujeeb create a temporary ink tattoo that was like India itself: beautiful, intricate and…
NASHUA - As the chimes of the Salvation Army’s bell-ringers start to sound this year, the annual holiday fund-raising appeal by the Christian charity is facing a setback. The Salvation Army can’t set up its familiar red kettles outside Target…
The weighty and drafty wooden doors at the Nashua Public Library are being dismantled Monday, according to Carol Luers Eyman, the library’s community services coordinator. The replacements will be glass doors that are energy-efficient and easier to open. Also, the…
MILFORD - The Milford bandstand may be big enough to fit a moose, although nobody can recall ever seeing one there. But you can thank a moose for an upcoming restoration of this downtown centerpiece. Using money collected from the…
CONCORD - Secretary of State Bill Gardner suspended a state Senate recount affecting Nashua and three neighboring towns Friday night after ballot counting in Hollis came up 234 votes shy of what local officials reported on Election Day. Another discrepancy…
NASHUA - The hills will go dark tonight. French Hill and Crown Hill residents will lose their power briefly as Public Service of New Hampshire works on a nearby substation, a company spokesman said. A power outage is planned for…
NASHUA - Robert Dawe was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma six years ago. After undergoing extensive chemotherapy treatments to cure that cancer, he developed a second kind - leukemia. Now, Dawe needs a bone marrow transplant to survive, but none of…
Unless a blizzard closes the highway, there should be hundreds of drivers jamming Boston Post Road in Amherst this afternoon as the region’s most intriguing football rivalry takes center stage, but former coach Reed Panasiti won’t be one of them.He’s…
MILFORD - In one direction from Badger Hill - the southern summit, not the northern one - you can see Pack Monadnock. In another, Mount Wachusett. In yet another, Federal Hill. What you can’t see are many houses. That isn’t…
Engineers studying the refurbishment of the Cotton Transfer Bridge over the Nashua River found most of its components in fair condition, but missing several pieces of hardware. The study looked at converting the truss bridge to a pedestrian walkway over…
The Nashua Catholic Regional Junior High School production of “Bugsy Malone, Jr.” is running this weekend at the school. The show, a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the 1920s gangster flick, opened Friday. The last two performances are tonight at 7:30 p.m.…
NASHUA - Hector Perez went to the Veterans Day parade to watch a familiar cookie march down Main Street. Perez’s granddaughter, 10-year-old Darianne, and her fellow troop members dressed up as Girl Scout cookies and paraded from Holman Stadium to…
The death of Yasser Arafat expectedly echoed across borders. Even in New Hampshire, geographical distance hardly prevented those with an interest in the Middle East from pondering the fate of Palestinian-Israeli relations after the passing of the unifying - and…
MERRIMACK - A year ago, the selectmen and school board agreed to form a committee to look at ways the two boards could cooperate to save taxpayers’ money. Nothing came of that, but a year later, there’s a movement afoot…
LYNDEBOROUGH - When the J.A. Tarbell Library is enlarged within the next year or two, the Common in South Village will have to be redesigned and landscaped. The two war memorials currently on the library lawn will be moved to…
BROOKLINE - If the local school districts don’t start sharing their long-term needs and construction plans, local schools could soon be filled to the gills with no solution in sight, according to members of the town’s Capitol Improvement Committee. One…
Worker loyalty to an employer stems from the mere existence of the employment relationship. A worker doesn’t have to have a confidentiality agreement to prohibit him from misappropriating or disclosing company trade secrets to third parties. Not only would such…
LYNDEBOROUGH - When the J.A. Tarbell Library is enlarged within the next year or two, the Common in South Village will have to be re-designed and landscaped. The two war memorials currently on the library lawn will be moved to…
HUDSON - A proposal for a retail restaurant, possibly a Dunkin’ Donuts, stalled Wednesday night over concerns about the drive-through window. The Planning Board raised several concerns about the proposal’s possible impact on traffic on Central Street with cars entering…
A large piece of property abutting the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School may be available, and members of the School Board are talking with people concerned with the idea of a purchase for future expansion. “I have talked to (real estate agent)…
The thriving Chinese economy is having an effect on cement and concrete projects around the world, although in New Hampshire the industry seems solid. Massive building projects in China have turned the Asian country “from an exporter to an importer…
Winning in one category of the 2004 Start Up New Hampshire business plan competition has given Bill Lankins’ company more visibility with potential investors and a bigger customer and vendor base. “Having written that plan and polished it to a…
Newington: Pan American Airlines, a subsidiary of Guilford Transportation, has gone out of business and fired its 30 union pilots. The carrier has transferred its flight operations to Boston-Maine Airways, another Guilford owned airline and a non-union operation. An attorney…
New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny said his department will “look under the rocks and under the hoods” to see if the same kind of insurance fraud exists in the Granite State that New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer has…
In 1962, Irving Singer and his partner Arthur Spohr walked into Merchants Bank with hopes of securing a loan to start a used car business on a small lot in Manchester. The two left with not only a loan but…
While there are many ways to explain the results of the recent elections, it’s important for supporters of Senate Bill 110 to step back and realize that New Hampshire voters have sent a very clear message: scuttle the law as…
Editor’s note: Following is the statement put on Governor Benson’s campaign Web site after his loss to John Lynch in the Nov. 2 election. Friends, Taxpayers, Citizens, Campaign Supporters, I cannot thank you enough for all of your hard work…
By the time you read this column, the presidential election will be over. Not knowing how it will come out, I wonder what impact the election will have on the national economy, and the Northeast in particular. I am not…
Q. It’s a safe bet that my company now manufactures more numbers than it does gaskets. The statistical and financial reports that I receive are, at best, mind-numbing and, at worst, confusing and misleading. How can I stem the tide?…
“I’ve sent hundreds of resumés electronically, and I’m still out of a job! Every time I hit the send button, I feel like I’m sending into a black hole that will never respond. Sometimes, I get an automatic response from…
Two state legislative telecommunications study committees recently issued reports on a couple of thorny telecom tax issues. In one, the committee recommended extending the exemption from property taxes on telephone poles and conduits for an additional four years to 2010…
The Red Sox win the World Series. The voters of New Hampshire defeat a governor after one term. Both recent events occurred for the first time since 1918 and 1926, respectively. On Nov. 2, New Hampshire was one of only…
Experts predict it’s going to cost more for homeowners to heat their homes this year. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is predicting a 28 percent increase in heating costs for homeowners this winter. Therefore it is critical for New England…
The housing sector’s strong contribution to economic recovery and growth in New Hampshire over the last several years is merely a fulfillment of strong market demand. The market forces driving housing demand are the basis for the state’s continued economic…
Last month New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer reached deep into the insurance brokerage community’s wallet. His office reportedly uncovered substantial bid-rigging and other illegal activity among certain name brand members of the industry. It seems as though initially Spitzer’s…
A month ago we talked about the growing interest among homeowners to add a wine cellar. This time let’s look at the fun part what wines to choose to stock the cellar. But because there is a seemingly endless variety…
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.
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
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
Three policy decisions from 2025 that will shape life in New Hampshire in 2026 and beyond
The federal government will give with one hand and take with another when it comes to New Hampshire’s rural health care system in 2026.
