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…
The Grappone family has been in the auto business since 1924, when Rocco Grappone opened a gas station at 167 N. State St. in Concord. Today, the Grappone dealerships at the junction of Interstates 93 and 89 are a landmark…
An insurance broker who passed on $187,000 in illegal commission payments to a volunteer aide of Gov. Craig Benson agreed Wednesday to a one-year suspension of his license. Dennis French, president of NiBri Benefit Services of Candia, said he gave…
When Les Schoof and Ed Butler moved to New Hampshire in 1993, they faced a big change in lifestyle. Schoof and Butler are a gay couple who had lived in Boston and New York City. Their new home would be…
The curtain came down on one of life’s great ironies when actor Christopher Reeve died, observed Mark Lore, president and CEO of Rideaway Handicap Equipment Corp. in Londonderry. Reeve, best known for his starring role in a series of “Superman”…
Few sectors of the economy have escaped consolidation. Indeed, a quick look at recent merger and acquisition activity (M&A) in banking, energy, health care and manufacturing reveals abundant examples of consolidation. What is noteworthy, however, with the exception of the…
Entrepreneurs from Colebrook, Harrisville, New London, Dover and Portsmouth have been honored for their efforts in helping some of the state’s smallest businesses. They were singled out during a ceremony held in conjunction with MicroCredit-NH’s fourth annual MicroEnterprise Day, Oct.…
A U.S. District Court judge in Concord has allowed a shareholder class-action lawsuit against Tyco International Ltd. to continue, but he has struck down a related shareholder derivative suit that sought damages on behalf of Tyco. Judge Paul Barbadoro’s rulings…
Cummings is named Realtor of Year Ann Cummings of RE/MAX Coast-to-Coast in Portsmouth has been named the 2004 New Hampshire Realtor of the Year. Cummings was honored by the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, which cited her exceptional service as…
The all-star roster of current and former officeholders who showed up at State Office Park East on Hazen Drive in Concord included a former congressman, two speakers of the house, two governors and one all-purpose potentate. “Governor Flynn, it’s always…
The Benson administration has proposed slashing New Hampshire’s nursing home population by 30 percent in the next five years with an eye toward saving $337 million that it says would go toward developing adult day-care centers and hospices. The proposals…
Patriot Healthcare, a newly formed insurance company headed by the state’s former health and human services commissioner, is seeking regulatory approval to do business in the state. Patriot, founded by Nicholas Vailas, is asking the state Insurance Department for permission…
A recently enacted law allows community banks, which have long demonstrated their commitment to meeting the financial needs of the small-business community, to offer their business customers, as well as their employees and their families, a new health-care option that…
Low unemployment and low housing vacancies mean newcomers to southern New Hampshire often find work before they find a place to live. The housing shortage in the popular Seacoast area is so acute that Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover leases a…
Between 15 and 20 Rochester area business owners have banded together to protest Senate Bill 110 and what they see as its accompanying increases in health insurance premiums. The business owners formed a group they call “STUNG,” which seeks to…
St. Joseph Hospital has officially stepped into the future with a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of work on a $25 million expansion project. The expansion is expected to improve patient access to innovative and clinically comprehensive health care…
The University of New Hampshire has been named one of the Top 25 Most Entrepreneurial Colleges by The Princeton Review and Forbes.com, ranking 10th in the nation. The two organizations released their Top 25 picks this morning. According to The…
Christine Haskell put $25 on the Red Sox winning the World Series when she went to Las Vegas in February. She immediately called her dad to tell him the good news. “I broke the curse!” Haskell told him. “Eighty-six years…
NASHUA - Nine-year-old Erica Rosher thinks Ralph Nader should be the next president of the United States. The fourth-grader at Ledge Street Elementary School cast her ballot for Nader during the school’s mock election Wednesday because she doesn’t agree with…
MILFORD - A sharp drop in the state portion of the school tax rate means local taxpayers will see a tax-rate hike of less than 2 percent this year. Mike Trojano, business manager for the Milford School District, likes what…
WILTON - The Planning Board has closed the public portion of a hearing on a proposal by Granite State Concrete to expand its existing operation onto an adjoining 120 acres about two years after the plan was first presented. The…
NASHUA - The appointment-based collections are part of the revamped solid waste collection system. Regular trash must be contained in blue automated carts, and no trash left outside the carts will be picked up. Residents may continue to bring oversized…
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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
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.
