Author: NH Business Review Staff

Suspicious white powder surfaces

WILTON - Several employees at a local direct-mailing company went through decontamination procedures and were taken to a hospital Tuesday afternoon after a suspicious white powder was found in an envelope opened in the company mail room. “There was an…

BAE gets $484m Army contract

NASHUA - The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a $484 million, five-year contract for infrared countermeasures to protect Army aircraft against guided missiles, bringing additional jobs to the area, according to company officials. BAE expects the program to continue…

Wilton selectmen mull which way to turn

WILTON - Instead of making Prince Street one-way from Maple to Tremont Streets, it would be better to simply prevent left turns onto Prince from Tremont. That would leave Prince Street two-way for the four residents who live there. That…

City schools get thumbs up for safety

Nashua schools are some of the safest in New England, according to Fire Chief Roger Hatfield and city emergency preparedness director Ed Lecius. Hatfield and Lecius told the Board of Education on Tuesday night that they have an all-hazards plan…

Kennedy son at Rivier to promote new book

NASHUA - If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were a woman, he could not have children. He’s eaten too much fish. Kennedy said he recently had his mercury level tested and discovered that his body contains three times the safe amount.…

Pair of Nashua teens injured in Pepperell crash

PEPPERELL, Mass. - Two Nashua teenagers were injured Tuesday night after the car they were traveling in collided head on with a parked vehicle off Route 111. Pepperell police refused to identify the teens, but said both were males, ages…

Aldermen reject principal contract

NASHUA - Weeks after the school year began, principals who watch over the city’s schools continue to work without a contract. The Nashua Association of School Principals suffered a second defeat after its proposed three-year contract was rejected by the…

Board shoots down gun photo

LONDONDERRY - The Londonderry School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to ban a photo of a pupil posing with a shotgun from the senior photo section from the Londonderry High School yearbook. The five-member board backed a compromise offered by the…

Nobel winner fights against indifference

NASHUA - John Feick’s father was an army medical officer who helped liberate the Nazi concentration camps in 1945. Fifty-nine years later he will still only say one thing about the horrors he saw. “No one can tell stories of…

Beavers causing trouble for Lyndeborough crews

LYNDEBOROUGH -People frequently complain - with tongue firmly in cheek - that beavers forget to obtain the required permits before they start their construction projects. That often leads to flooded roads and blocked culverts, much to the annoyance of highway…

Emergency-only road part of new plan

MILFORD - Design modifications to keep the new police station within budget once construction starts next year should mostly be invisible to the outside eye, but one change has been made that people definitely will notice: What was for decades…

Playtime in Wilton

WILTON - Florence Rideout Elementary School needs a new playground, and various groups have been raising money since June. On Nov. 5 and 6, volunteers will install the equipment that has been purchased so far. With that in mind, students…

Skate park to close before final weeks

MERRIMACK The town Skate Park on O’Gara Drive will be closed Friday through Sunday before gearing up for its final two weeks of the season, the Parks and Recreation Department announced. The park will again open from Oct. 20-30, the…

Flu shot clinics are canceled

NASHUA The two flu-shot clinics scheduled for this month at the Kmart pharmacy in Nashua have been canceled because of shortage of the vaccine. The clinics had been scheduled for Friday from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and Oct. 26 from 3:30-7…

BENEFIT TOURNEY

WHAT: Golf tournament to benefit the Jonathan P. Gove Memorial Scholarship WHEN: Oct. 22, registration deadline is Oct. 15. Tee time is 9 a.m. WHERE: Green Meadow Golf Club, Hudson ON THE NET: Tournament applications are at Jonathangove.org

Golf events would fund scholarship

HUDSON - Jonathan Gove’s family hopes to raise money for a scholarship in his name, playing on the greens where he spent so much time. Gove’s family and friends have organized two golf tournaments - one in Hudson and one…

Foiling milfoil

HUDSON - If milfoil were a dinosaur instead of a water-borne weed, it might be a velociraptor. Ken Warren, a water pollution biologist with the state Department of Environmental Resources, tells of a small lake in the town of Brookfield…

Holiday Closings

STATE OFFICES: Open. MUNICIPAL OFFICES: Nashua City Hall closed, some town offices open. FEDERAL OFFICES: Closed. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Most closed, Mascenic Regional open. POST OFFICES: Closed; Express Mail delivery accepted. BANKS: Many closed, although some may be open. STOCK MARKET:…

Board OKs fencing for new fields

MERRIMACK - It’s not so much all-terrain vehicles or motorbikes that have bedeviled playing fields in town, said the head of the organization that runs youth sports. It’s the “regular” four-wheel-drive pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles that have torn…

Third Annual ‘Taste of the Towns’

NASHUA - The Nashua Center for the Multiply Handicapped Inc. is holding its third annual “Taste of the Towns” silent auction and wine tasting fund-raiser Nov. 5, from 6-11 p.m. at the Nashua Marriott. The event will feature many area…

Festival draws thousands to Milford Oval

MILFORD - Thousands of people converged on the Oval for the 15th annual Great Pumpkin Festival on Saturday afternoon. Side streets were turned into sidewalk fairs with tables full of homemade candles, pillows, sweaters and jewelry for sale. Massive pumpkins…

Author to speak at dinner

NASHUA - Author and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel will be the keynote speaker for the New Hampshire Humanities Council’s annual dinner Monday. His speech, titled “On Humanizing History,” will begin at 8 p.m. at the Sheraton Nashua Hotel. The…

Amherst uses cider to help open orchard

AMHERST - Less than two miles away from the Great Pumpkin Festival in Milford, the sweet smell of hay filled the air as people jubilantly celebrated another autumn fruit. At the town’s first Cider Festival, hundreds of folks milled about…

Schools introduced to milk program

NASHUA- The Adult Learning Center announces sponsorship of the Special Milk Program. Milk will be made available to participating children in the Adventure Club. Milk will be provided regardless of race, color, nationality, sex, age or disability. Adventure Club provides…

Beer company saves town $10 million

MERRIMACK - Thanks to Anheuser-Busch, the town can undertake $5.2 million in improvement projects related to wastewater treatment without borrowing money or raising taxes. The Board of Selectmen on Thursday approved changes to the wastewater capital improvement program, which includes…

Holiday Closings

Columbus Day is observed Monday. State offices: Open. Municipal offices: Nashua City Hall closed, some town offices open. Federal offices: Closed. Public schools: Most closed, Mascenic Regional open. Post offices: Closed; Express Mail delivery accepted. Banks: Many closed, although some…

Church hangs old bell in new belfry

NASHUA - Six members and one good friend of Pilgrim Congregational Church gathered in the church parking lot Friday morning to watch a 100-ton crane lift a solid steel bell into the air and hang it from a heavy beam…

State Medicaid drug list troubles some

NASHUA - The state Medicaid director says a month-old policy requiring Medicaid clients to use prescription drugs from a list of lower-cost brands could save the state between $6 million and $10 million a year - without interfering in the…

Trail day to be held at Mine Falls

NASHUA - The Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee will hold its last trail day of the season Saturday, Oct. 16, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The group will meet at the Mill Pond entrance to the park, in the parking lot…

Republicans host Oktoberfest

MANCHESTER - The Hillsborough County Republican Committee is hosting an Oktoberfest starting at noon at the Manchester County Club on October 16. Keith Herman, aide to Gov. Benson, will be the master of ceremonies for a second time. There will…

Ski, skate sale on tap

AMHERST - The Amherst Ski and Skate Swap will be held Friday, Oct. 22, from 7-9 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 23, from 9 a.m. to noon at Wilkins Elementary School. Equipment drop-off times are 4-6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 22,…

After-school program to start

An enrichment and extended day program will be offered at the Amherst Middle School beginning Tuesday. The program is designed for students interested in learning something new, hanging out with friends, and participating in various enrichment activities. The program will…

Firms said to use ‘spyware’

CONCORD - A former nightclub owner who gained notoriety as “spam king” in the 1990s has been using “spyware” to hijack computers running Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser, the Federal Trade Commission charges. The FTC filed a complaint Wednesday in…

Ward 8 residents assured racetrack plan is dead

NASHUA - Ward 8 Alderman David MacLaughlin on Thursday night reassured about 150 residents from throughout the city that a conceptual proposal to build a $100 million horse-racing track and entertainment venue in south Nashua will never get out of…

Purchase basket for Humane Society

NASHUA-Nestled in the shadow of Mt. Monadnock in the scenic town of Peterborough, Peterboro Basket Co. has become the most successful basket company in the world and the oldest continuously operating basket company in the country. And at Peterboro Basket…

Co-op school board would research secondary courses

WILTON - Among the goals the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School Board has set this year are to research all secondary school courses to see if they meet student needs and to add more advanced placement courses. The new courses would include…

Lane opening beckons commuters on Route 3

Southbound commuters should find the drive to work a little less hectic this morning, with seven miles of an extra lane to work with. A stretch of the new third lane on southbound Route 3 from the New Hampshire line…

Board decides to end contract with trash firm

MERRIMACK - We don’t care after all, selectmen decided Thursday. The Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 to terminate a contract with WeCare LLC, a New York company hired last year to haul trash from the town’s solid waste transfer station…

Training in city for emergency teams, medical corps

NASHUA - Chuck Hemeon is used to hectic situations like the one he encountered at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Thursday afternoon. “It’s always chaos,” he said. “We try to organize it.” The situation he helped organize involved about 28…

A few ways to avoid ‘spyware’ problems

NASHUA - Surfing the Internet can be dangerous. You have to be careful about where you go, what you do, and whom you do it with, or else you never know what you’ll catch. Anyone who ventures online without a…

Signs that spyware has infiltrated your computer:

Your home page has changed. Spyware often resets your home page without asking your permission. You see hot links within documents, leading you to advertisements. You get numerous “pop-up” ads, especially pornographic ads. Your computer runs slower than it did.…

Conference on diversity planned

MANCHESTER- The New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights is presenting a one-day conference, “New Hampshire Welcoming Diversity and Its Benefits,” on Wednesday at the Center of New Hampshire in Manchester. The Commission has put together a program featuring experts in…

Annual Nissitissit River fall hike

PEPPERELL, Mass. - The Nissitissit River Land Trust annual fall hike will be held on Saturday, October 16. The hike is being co-sponsored with the Nashoba Conservation Trust and the plan is to hike the length of the Jeff Smith…

Penny picker volunteers needed

NASHUA-The Nashua Pastoral Care Center, 7 Concord St., is looking for penny picker volunteers for several dates: Saturday, Oct. 30, Nov. 6 and Nov. 13, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and Sunday, Oct. 31, Nov. 7 and Nov. 14, from noon-3 p.m.…

Good and bad news on space needs

LYNDEBOROUGH - The Police Department is badly in need of more space, but the Fire Department has found it can make do for another five years with a little adjusting. That’s what Police Chief Jim Basinas and Fire Chief Rick…

Benefit to help motorcycle accident victim, family

MERRIMACK - Diane Wilusz will come home Oct. 19, if only for an afternoon. Wilusz was left a paraplegic after a Sept. 4 motorcycle accident near her family’s campground in Campton. Since Sept. 17, she has been at the HealthSouth…

Outsiders may face fees for park use

NASHUA - Games won’t come cheaply for out-of-towners wanting to play in city parks if Ward 4 Alderman Marc Plamondon has his way. The alderman wants to charge users of the city’s athletic fields or other park facilities $500 a…

Specifics of airport study revealed

NASHUA - A $211,000 study that has just started will help the Nashua Airport Authority determine exactly what type of improvements are needed at Boire Field to bring the local airport into compliance with federal safety standards, consultants and officials…

Area events are aiming to inform voters

Voters of all persuasions who are looking to get informed about the upcoming elections will have their pick of events in Hollis and Brookline during the coming weeks. Townspeople will have a chance to pose questions to local candidates, and…