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…
REGION - Feel Safe Again, a Hudson-based organization that supports stalking victims, will hold a benefit dinner on Nov. 13 from 7-11 p.m. at the Silver Fox Restaurant in Everett, Mass. Thomas O’Reilly, a prosecutor for the Middlesex District Attorney’s…
LYNDEBOROUGH - The Lafayette Artillery Co. will continue celebrating its 200th anniversary with a coffeehouse on Nov. 5 from 7:30-10:30 p.m. at Citizens’ Hall. The evening will include live music, beverages and dessert. Tickets are $5 in advance, or $7.50…
MANCHESTER - Police are still investigating a minor traffic mishap involving Nashua Mayor Bernie Streeter, spokesman Mark Fowke said. Streeter’s Crown Victoria, which is leased by the city, collided with a taxicab in a downtown intersection at 10:58 a.m. Saturday,…
The Boston Billiard Club fund-raiser planned for a local family who lost most of its belongings and two pets in a Mizoras Drive fire has been cancelled. Jennifer Butler, a bartender, said the Nov. 7 fund-raiser will not take place…
The Peace Corps will hold an informational meeting next month for people considering serving with the agency. A panel of returned Peace Corps volunteers will speak about their service. The meeting is scheduled for Nov. 9 from 6:30-8 p.m. in…
NASHUA - A divided Board of Aldermen could not agree Tuesday night on legislation that would change the city’s budget process. Aldermen instead postponed a decision on two proposals to change the city charter. Alderman-at-Large Paula Johnson said the delay…
NASHUA - If David Ortiz were running for office, New Hampshire would be more than a swing state. Tuesday’s election would be a home run. But, Ortiz isn’t running for office, he’s playing baseball - the reason Nov. 2 isn’t…
HUDSON - The Board of Selectmen took the first step Tuesday in looking at two busy intersections in town. The board agreed to have the Community Development Office seek proposals for a traffic study of the intersection of Central and…
MILFORD - One of the prettiest views in the region may get preserved as open land, but only if Milford voters decide to support the most expensive conservation push in town history. “It’s gorgeous there,” said Town Planner Bill Parker,…
NASHUA - A 10-month-old child was injured Tuesday after falling eight feet through a first-floor heating grate into the basement of his home. The child was transported by ambulance to the Southern New Hampshire Medical Center as a precautionary measure…
DOVER - Wendy Thomas of Merrimack says her 11-year-old son - one of six children - finds it hard to understand why the family has had to live paycheck to paycheck since her layoff in June. On Monday morning, Thomas…
HOLLIS - Brown pine needles and fallen leaves cover the trail, blanketing stones, roots and an array of bumps. The jagged piece of terrain was a gift, one that mountain bikers, hikers and equestrians can use. It’s part of a…
LYNDEBOROUGH - The Central School needs more space to provide special services, parking for staff and visitors, and storage. The oldest section of the school, built in 1949, has inadequate ventilation and some air quality problems, and contains rooms that…
MERRIMACK - Showing they in fact could do it with the help of store clerks, customers aided in extinguishing a small fire at Home Depot on Monday afternoon. Customers and workers using portable fire extinguishers had the small blaze nearly…
NASHUA - This is the inventory at the Corpus Christi Food Pantry: eight cans of meat, a few cans of soup and vegetables, some jars of peanut butter and jelly, some boxes of pasta, and no rice. That’s not close…
NASHUA - When John Kelley’s youngest son, Donald, was in high school, he and his classmates had trouble getting their opinions into the ears of school officials. Seventeen years later, when Kelley became a Nashua Board of Education member, he…
NASHUA - A 12-year-old boy who got burned while playing with gasoline and matches Sunday evening was listed in good condition Monday at Shriners Hospital in Boston, a spokeswoman said. The boy, a student at Elm Street Middle School, was…
Nashua Mayor Bernie Streeter got into a minor traffic accident over the weekend in Manchester while driving the 2002 Ford Crown Victoria the city leased for his office. “It was just a minor fender-bender,” Streeter said Monday, and his account…
NASHUA - Imagine giving a party for about 1,000 guests and finding yourself facing a crowd of 6,000. That’s what happened last year when the Great American Downtown organization hosted the Great American Ghost Town, a Halloween trick-or-treat event on…
NASHUA - Co-workers of a Boston Billiard Club employee whose family lost nearly everything - including two pets - in a fire on Friday are hosting a fund-raiser for the family. “At Boston Billiard Club, we are all family,” said…
This is a list of trick-or-treat times on Sunday in area communities: Amherst: 6-8 p.m. Brookline: 6-8 p.m. Greenville: 6-8 p.m. Hollis: 6-8 p.m. Hudson: 6-8 p.m. Litchfield: 6-8 p.m. Londonderry: 6-8 p.m. Lyndeborough: 6-8 p.m. Mason: 6-8 p.m. Merrimack:…
Residents of Amherst, Brookline, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, Pelham or Windham may discard household hazardous waste Nov. 6 at the Public Works Garage on Riverside Street in Nashua. The collection will run from 8 a.m.-noon. The…
REGION - Drivers on Route 3 in Massachusetts now have three lanes in both directions all the way from Route 128 (Interstate 95) to the New Hampshire border. The third lane opened Saturday on an eight-mile stretch on the southbound…
As Halloween approaches, the American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, Junior Auxiliary and Sons of the Legion are sponsoring their seventh annual Haunted House. There will be free face painting, brochures, puzzles and fun for the family. The Legion family will…
The Salvation Army is hosting a Family Fun Fest on Sunday from 3-4 p.m., including carnival games, candy, hot dogs and free drawings. The Halloween event is free and open to the public, and people may come in costume or…
BOSTON (AP) - Some say sports is a religion in New England. A trip to some churches Sunday morning would have confirmed that, as parishes around Red Sox Nation took a moment to meditate on the hometown team. At the…
MERRIMACK - Two Bedford residents were injured Friday night in two separate, but related crashes on the F.E. Everett Turnpike near Exit 10 in the northbound high-speed lane. Both injured residents were driving. One of the drivers was charged with…
NASHUA - A Nashua sixth-grader burned his leg while playing with gasoline and matches Sunday evening and was transported to a burn center, according to his older brother. Larry Nelson said the accident happened to his 12-year-old brother, David Ganley,…
NASHUA - A box trailer behind a vacant business at 9 Canal St. caught fire Saturday night, working its way into the empty building where it caused minor damage. City fire and police departments received the call at 8:28 p.m.…
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
