MERRIMACK- The Merrimack YMCA will hold their third women’s self defense awareness workshop on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The class is open to all women and their daughters ages eleven and older. There is a suggested $5 donation.…
NASHUA - Four-year-old Chase Buckman was first in line Tuesday night to get his commemorative World Series baseball signed by Boston Red Sox centerfielder Johhny Damon. “You didn’t have to wait as long as your parents for us to win…
The Windham Recreation Committee presents Contra Dancing at the Windham Town Hall on Friday from 8-11 p.m. Frank Woodward calling with Terry Traub and Art Bryan. Beginners, singles, children and sit-in musicians welcome. Donation at the door. For more information…
A sweeping victory in her hometown and strong numbers in two others propelled Hudson Republican Rhona Charbonneau to her fifth term as Hillsborough County commissioner on Tuesday. The 74-year-old former selectman and state representative defeated Democratic challenger Michael Clemons, a…
Apple cider has been made for centuries. It was made long before the early European colonists brought their apple trees with them to this country. Cider was for many the drink of choice, in its many forms. It was cheap,…
LYNDEBOROUGH The town tax rate for 2004 has increased $1.58 per $1,000 of valuation, from last year, with all of the increase coming in the local school portion. The new tax rate is set at $26.36, an overall increase of…
A 16-year-old from Derry suffered multiple injuries after he fell from a car that struck a guardrail on Route 111 near Lawrence Road around 8 p.m. Sunday, police said. Neither the victim or the driver, who is also 16 and…
NASHUA - In the chilly drizzle Saturday, dozens of parents worked together building a playground at Bicentennial Elementary School that the smallest students can use. The playground, which was financed through a mix of donations and fund-raisers, is for preschoolers,…
With the chance of a combined Pelham and Windham high school down the drain, both towns are seeking a remedy to less-than-perfect situations. Each town has a unique high school issue. Windham’s contract to send high-school-age students to Salem expires…
NASHUA - A warm breeze pushed the temperature close to 70 on Sunday afternoon as officials of the Greater Nashua Interfaith Hospitality Network and dozens of visitors cut a ribbon and broke bread to officially open a new day center…
NASHUA - A Nashua Fire Rescue engine responding to a call at the Pheasant Mall on Saturday night was apparently involved in a minor accident. According to police, the engine was heading south on Daniel Webster Highway around 8:09 p.m.…
HUDSON - After her 22-year-old son died, Karen Mossey wanted to still be able to hear his voice. Through a ghost-hunting technique called EVP - electronic voice phenomenon - Mossey believes she has found a way to hear her son…
NASHUA - George Bush and John Kerry presidential campaign leaders each claimed the tape of Osama bin Laden would help tip this toss-up state to their candidate at Tuesday’s election. “I think it heightens awareness about our security as a…
MILFORD - The Harriet Wilson Project has selected well-known sculptor Fern Cunningham to create a memorial statue of Harriet Wilson, the pre-Civil War author of “Our Nig,” the first novel to be published by an African-American woman. The statue will…
Eber Currier gazed at a soggy patch of trees and underbrush that by rights should be dry autumn woodland at the edge of his orchard in Merrimack. “Apples don’t like too much water,” said Currier, who looked every bit the…
LYNDEBOROUGH - Central School needs more space and about $500,000 worth of repairs and upgrades. Would it be better - and more cost effective in the long run - to build a new school on another site? That issue was…
HUDSON - Alvirne High School students got an unexpected scare on a haunted hayride Thursday evening. A truck that shuttled students through a trail in the dark woods caught fire. The Bronco-styled truck was pulling a cart that carried Halloween…
A court officer who works for Hillsborough County is challenging a seven-year incumbent Tuesday for a two-year county commissioner seat. The challenger, Democrat Joseph Hickey, 69, of Merrimack, said he is running because he’s concerned about fiscal waste. Incumbent Republican…
MERRIMACK - Sixty-three years ago at a dance in Nashua, Jim O’Neil met his wife, Doris. On Friday, two months to the day after her death, O’Neil presented the Community Hospice House with a Yamaha Disklavier baby grand piano to…
NASHUA - A suspicious package found by a resident at a local condominium complex Wednesday afternoon turned out to be chicken surprise after members of the city’s bomb squad blew it up with a water cannon. The large plastic foam…
NASHUA - After brainstorming for more than a week, the Salvation Army found a way to save the Greater Nashua Child Care Center. The GNCCC board of directors wasn’t interested. On Friday, the Salvation Army advisory board told the GNCCC…
HUDSON - Alvirne High School students got an unexpected scare on a haunted hayride Thursday evening. A truck that shuttled students through a trail in the dark woods caught fire. The Bronco-styled truck was pulling a cart that carried Halloween…
A court officer who works for Hillsborough County is challenging a seven-year incumbent Tuesday for a two-year county commissioner seat. The challenger, Democrat Joseph Hickey, 69, of Merrimack, said he is running because he’s concerned about fiscal waste. Incumbent Republican…
MILFORD - It’s not a bridge too far, but it is a bridge that has come far! Milford’s long-awaited pedestrian bridge over the Souhegan River is finally scheduled to arrive Thursday. In what should be an impressive sight, the 150-foot…
HUDSON - Alvirne High School students got an unexpected scare on a haunted hayride Thursday evening. A truck that shuttled students through a trail in the dark woods caught fire. The Bronco-styled truck was pulling a cart that carried Halloween…
REGION - President Bush has taken over the lead in the National Student/Parent Mock Election in New Hampshire. Results reported Thursday by New Hampshire Public Television, which showed Democrat John Kerry leading by 99 votes, were not the final totals.…
MILFORD - There’s a reason Thursday’s official groundbreaking of the new Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley facility was held at 4 p.m. - and it wasn’t to accommodate high-profile attendees Sen. Judd Gregg and Gov. Craig Benson. “Look…
Doomsayers did not have their way. The world did not end. The mother of all baseball endings has in fact made Red Sox Nation a happier, calmer and more reflective place. An inclusive club, long crowded with desolate souls, the…
NASHUA - It wasn’t officially Halloween, but for those who ventured under a full moon to the downtown streets Thursday night the date hardly mattered. Thousands of children in spooky, kooky and downright cute costumes filled the Main Street sidewalks…
MERRIMACK - A local woman was injured late Thursday afternoon when her car crashed into the rear of a stopped school bus, police said. Deborah Booker, 48, was treated and released at St. Joseph Hospital, where she was transported by…
NASHUA - The Republican in the District 12 state Senate race says the Legislature should pass a measure to establish an independent panel that would evaluate whether negligence exists in malpractice against physicians. Rep. Harry Haytayan of Hollis said at…
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Newly minted World Series hero Curt Schilling canceled a scheduled campaign appearance with President Bush on Friday, saying his doctors advised him not to travel because of his injured ankle. An e-mailer identifying himself as the…
REGION - New Hampshire Public Television has announced the final results of the National Student/Parent Mock Election in New Hampshire. The winners of the five races were all the same as in the preliminary results released Wednesday night. Nearly 42,000…
Central New England Orchid Society is now an official affiliated member of the American Orchid Society. With this recognition, CNEOS will be able to take advantage of the AOS educational programs and materials as well as other benefits. Because of…
Former Enterasys Networks Chief Executive Henry Fiallo’s guilty plea last month on securities fraud charges was the first time an official of the firm has admitted inflating sales by investing in small start-ups that purchased Enterasys products. But it was…
Foreign sales from New Hampshire companies receded in August as global demand for locally made goods retreated from its high levels in the previous months. Shipments abroad from New Hampshire exporters pulled back by 2.1 percent in August, following an…
If you want to move or expand your business near Nashua, and you are looking to put together a financing package, check out the new kid on the block, Gateway Industrial Development Corp. Gateway, actually a revival of the defunct…
At the beginning of 2004, the New Hampshire Manufacturing Extension Partnership was on the verge of shutting its doors. Faced with a 60 percent federal budget cut, the program that has helped local manufacturers increase or retain $34.6 million in…
A team of New Hampshire economic development officials spread the news about the “Granite State business advantage” to 26 Canadian companies at a special reception held last month at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Montreal. The mission targeted expanding Canadian…
More than 11 years after a fire destroyed his million-dollar home in Hampton Falls, along with his collections of paintings, antique cars, motorcycles and other valuables, Dr. Terry Bennett is still battling with the insurance company over coverage. “The average…
Unexplained claptrap has been put forward by candidates Bush and Kerry alike. Some 45 million Americans are uninsured as I write. If it costs $1,000 to insure each of them we have just spent $45 billion. If $2,000, then $90…
It’s a business model that’s worked around the world for 150 years, but at its heart the cooperative movement is about more than the bottom line. Since the first cooperative was formed in rural England in 1844, cooperatives have sought…
With the presidential election campaign under way lo these many years - at least that’s how long it’s been going on in New Hampshire - a long-dormant, yet unresolved, issue should re-emerge in the coming weeks. The topic is executive…
As chairman of the Software Association of NH (SwANH) for the last three years, I have had the privilege of overseeing the tremendous growth of the organization from its humble beginnings in 1994. SwANH was an outgrowth of the New…
Q. In a previous column you traced a firm’s cash shortfall problem to its collection practices. I’m fairly diligent when it comes to collecting my bills, but, try as I may, I always seem to be behind the eight ball…
You will be reading this either shortly before the 2004 election or shortly thereafter. Hopefully, someone will have emerged as the clear victor in the presidential election. Whether a Kerry or Bush proponent, each voter knows the horror of a…
Two important, but not universally popular, steps to promote access to broadband Internet services and encourage new facilities-based broadband platforms have been taken recently by the Federal Communications Commission. The first step involves rules that will clear the way for…
With the giving season under way, charity galas, wine-and-dines and a whole manner of fund-raiser soirees are taking place across the state. Not only do these events make for a great evening out, your admission price, silent auction bid or…
Working the crowd You may have had to see it to believe it, but the audience at the Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire annual meeting Oct. 20 was brought to its feet after one of the speakers proclaimed…
Thirteen owners and operators of small businesses in a range of industries were honored Oct. 13 at the second annual New Hampshire Business Review Business Excellence Awards. The awards ceremony - held at The Event Center at C.R. Sparks in…
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
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
