MILFORD - Several years after planning began, the 150-year-old Milford United Methodist Church has received town permission to build a new church on North River Road, even as it talks with a buyer for its historic property just north of…
NASHUA - Milford school officials have agreed to make a copy of a videotape showing a scuffle between a student and an aide at the Sage School last summer, court records show. A student and his mother claim that the…
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Gov. Craig Benson has proposed reducing the state’s nursing home population by 30 percent in the next five years for a savings of $337 million that would go toward developing adult day-care centers and hospices. The…
NASHUA - The Rotary Club of Nashua West is expanding its speakers forum to give both candidates for the Senate District 12 seat the opportunity to meet with and field questions from club members. Democrat David Gottesman, a Nashua attorney,…
MILFORD - Sheryl Ann Gardner was “totally in love with the Lord,” her daughter remembers. On Sunday afternoon Gardner, a mother of three, was killed in a car accident on Route 101 in Amherst. She was 47 years old. “She…
WILTON - It took a long time and a lot of hard work on the part of a lot of people, but on Sunday, about three dozen friends of Four Corners Farm gathered by the new hay barn to celebrate…
Merrimack - The tax rate is just a bit lower than what the town had estimated. The state Department of Revenue Administration has set the town’s 2004 property tax rate at $22.36 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. That’s an increase…
The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Nashua will host a community coffee Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon to inform voters how and where to register for the upcoming election. The nonpartisan event is sponsored by the Greater Nashua chapter of…
NASHUA - Two roommates went their separate ways, and three other families went to local motels after a fire broke out in a downtown apartment building Sunday afternoon. No one was hurt in the fire at 9 Patten Court, and…
HUDSON - In response to rampant littering and vandalism, the town has closed the skateboard park for the season several weeks early. Such vandalism is becoming more common in area skate parks, prompting communities to consider ways to stop it.…
NASHUA - When Lynn Laughton started walking to raise awareness for the fight against breast cancer five years ago, she had no idea she would some day be walking as a breast cancer survivor herself. “(The walk) took on a…
WILTON - The office of the Main Street Association is in the Wilton Falls Building with a grand view of the Souhegan River. Elizabeth Arsenault considers that view one of the perks of her new job as Main Street Association…
MONT VERNON - For the second time this year, the Mont Vernon School Board is looking to replace a member leaving because of a spouse’s job - but this time, the replacement process should cause less debate. Susan Swartz resigned…
One of the tenets of the Rotary movement is found in asking: “Is it fair to all concerned?” On Tuesday, Nashua Rotary West is scheduled to give Democratic candidate David Gottesman, a member of the civic group, the dais to…
AMHERST - Bob Heaton attended fifth through eighth grades at the Brick School from 1957 to 1961. There used to be a basketball court in front where there is now lawn, he said on Saturday at the 150th anniversary of…
NASHUA - Leslie Baron has a 2-month-old daughter who doesn’t know her dad. She fears they might never know one another. “He may not be here for her first birthday,” she said. Baron’s husband is stationed in Iraq with the…
LANDAFF - A New Hampshire National Guardsman died in Iraq after a car bomb went off near his patrol Friday, authorities said. Spc. Alan J. Burgess, 24, of Landaff, was on patrol as a vehicle gunner in the northern Iraqi…
New Hampshire might frown on same-sex marriages, but that disapproval has been translated into overseas support for two former Greenville residents. On Oct. 9, Christopher Staker, 49, and Phillip Sorensen, 46, exchanged wedding vows in Enghien, Belgium, where they have…
MERRIMACK - The Board of Selectmen on Thursday denied a couple’s request to build a retaining wall at the front of their property, where summer roadwork to straighten a dangerous curve cut away roughly 6 feet of their lawn. Whether…
NASHUA - When Matthew Pourfakhrai designed a clubhouse for himself, he wanted to make sure the outside was steel so it would be protected, and the inside had a mini movie theater, a bathroom and a small room to hang…
MERRIMACK - A local teen suffered minor injuries Friday night after a truck he was riding in crashed into a telephone pole at Merrimack High School. The teen, who police declined to identify because of his age, was transported by…
WILTON - Miranda Soodak has taught her miniature horse, Capachino, a number of tricks - such as counting with his hoof, jumping over low bars and blowing on command. Ten-year-old Miranda will be able to continue with his education, thanks…
NASHUA - A bid to make a neighborhood off East Hollis Street more vibrant would open it to stores, restaurants, housing and new development. The effort is also spurred by Harbor Homes’ interest in opening a transitional housing facility for…
BROOKLINE - Route 130, as it twists and winds from Nashua and Hollis to Brookline, has become “incredibly dangerous,” especially as vehicles approach the center of town, residents said. During an informational meeting conducted by the Planning Board and the…
NASHUA- A community healing service sponsored by the two city hospitals will be held Tuesday night at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center. The service will start at 7 p.m. in the chapel, on the first floor of the hospital at…
HUDSON - The Planning Board approved a housing development on Webster Street on Wednesday night, boosting the number of potential homes in the area. The board unanimously approved River Ridge, a development of 79 single-family homes for people 55 and…
NASHUA - On Oct. 4, the day before the nation learned it was facing a severe shortage of flu vaccine, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center mailed 9,000 letters to patients in its affiliated medical practices reminding them of scheduled flu…
REGION - Northbound drivers on Route 3 in Massachusetts will have three lanes available all the way from Route 128 (Interstate 95) to the New Hampshire border, starting some time today. The new third lane of the highway will be…
NASHUA - Every time an Iraqi child looks him in the eye, Jim Ceurvels knows he’s fighting for a reason, his wife said. Ceurvels, a member of the New Hampshire Army National Guard who was deployed in February, is proud…
NASHUA - After hearing him speak, some people wanted to know why they haven’t heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s message before, and why he wasn’t running for president. Kennedy spoke and signed copies of his new book, “Crimes Against Nature:…
MERRIMACK - Selectmen, conservation officials and volunteers who have worked arduously to put together a master plan for the Horse Hill Nature Preserve can now see the forest for the trees. One of the key provisions in the master plan…
When Home Depot sales associate Janice Shaw heard her company was volunteering to give the Community Council of Nashua house at 15 Prospect St. a makeover, she signed up to help. “A lot of kids wouldn’t get the help they…
The prevalence of visible tattoos, body piercings and other forms of body modification have caused some companies to adopt policies that either prohibit or place restrictions on visible tattoos, body piercings and other body art. The rationale behind such policies…
Being associated with a highly publicized documentary film about Marilyn Monroe is a major coup for a small graphic design company, the small-business equivalent of making the Olympic team. But Lee Corsack, co-founder and the creative driving force at Pixel…
Since its founding in 1970 by Robert French, Northland Forest Products of Kingston has weathered a few major economic recessions, a pair of oil embargoes, transformation of the timber industry and the fickle nature of consumer tastes for wood products.…
In the torrent of political advertising and media coverage I don't want us to lose sight of an important issue: Besides choosing a president and other federal and state officials in the upcoming election, New Hampshire voters will also be…
In response to the economic disruption caused by the September 11th terrorist attacks, Congress created a “temporary” federal program of backstop insurance for certain terrorism risks. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) was signed by President Bush on…
Deputy Attorney General Michael Delaney has recommended that Governor Benson and the Executive Council consider some unspecified discipline of Safety Commissioner Richard Flynn over a number of “irregularities” in the commissioner’s conduct during the investigation of former Attorney General Peter…
Changing the Constitution in New Hampshire is difficult. Over the years, few amendments appearing on the ballot have garnered the two-thirds majority required to pass. That's the way it should be. Many cautious voters in New Hampshire say that if…
They said it... “We had one option, and that was to throw the long ball -- the Hail Mary pass.” - New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Kathy Sullivan on the last-minute scramble to run wide receiver Doris “Granny D” Haddock…
Many of the state’s most respected experts on such topics as venture capital, angel financing, near equity financing and business valuation, among other topics related to the planning, growing and financing of a business, will be featured at the first…
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…
There are many ways to measure an initial public offering. One commonly watched metric is the first-day performance of the stock price once the shares begin trading on a public exchange. All market participants — the issuer, the underwriters, the…
September slid by while we were distracted by the hurricanes hammering Florida. I wonder how many folks are reconsidering their decision to move there to get out of New England’s harsh winters? They are not the only ones thinking about…
Partnerships are critical to business success, and a partnership developed by the New Hampshire Business Resource Center and Brookstone Inc. is just what led the specialty retailer to stay in the Granite State and built a 100,000-square-foot corporate headquarters in…
At first glance, the proposed 47-acre Islington Woods development in Portsmouth doesn’t appear extraordinary with its mixed-use aspirations of residential townhouses and office space. But the developers say Islington Woods will be very different, and deliberately so. It will be…
A Pike steps down at Pike Industries Effective Jan. 1, Randolph K. Pike, current president and CEO of Belmont-based Pike Industries, will be stepping down from his post, to be succeeded by Christian Zimmerman, an 18-year employee of the firm.…
WILTON - A celebration will be held at Four Corners Farm from 1-4 p.m. Sunday. The public is invited to tour the dairy barn, vegetable fields, and orchards, and see the first stages of construction of our new hay barn.…
On the battleground that also serves as their living room, Lynn Lombardi and Jim Censabella spare no jabs. Even their coffee table delineates their respective allegiances in the bitter hardball feud between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees:…
HUDSON - A staunch advocate of open meetings, John Bednar was also well known for the many controversies that swirled around him. The longtime, outspoken politician died Tuesday. He was 91. Known as the father of the Right-to-Know Law, Bednar…
Artificial intelligence has moved from pilot project to daily practice inside many HR departments.
When Richard “Dick” Levy’s wife, Susan, received a terminal diagnosis of a progressive brain disorder a decade ago, he became her primary caregiver. Doctors estimated Susan had between three and five years left to live.
Interest rates affect nearly every business decision — from expansion plans to asset acquisition to operational budgeting.
More than 20 years ago as a senior at Saint Anselm College, I found my way into a political advertising seminar held at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
New Hampshire is a remarkable place. We go first in the presidential primary. Our citizen legislature sends people to Concord who hold day jobs and show up anyway.
Plug-in solar has become one of the most successful clean energy projects in Europe. In Germany, an estimated 4 million households now use small, portable, “balcony” solar panels that plug directly into a wall outlet.
This year’s Advanced Manufacturing and High Technology Summit kicked off with a topic universal to all employers: how to build the workforce of tomorrow. The 24th annual event organized by the New Hampshire Manufacturing Extension Partnership on Oct. 9 featured a keynote panel discussion featuring representatives from the state’s university and community college systems.
New Hampshire is home to 81,535 veterans, including 8,893 female veterans. They are our neighbors, co-workers, coaches, business owners, public servants, parents and friends. They have served our nation. Now the question is whether we are serving them with the urgency, coordination and compassion they deserve.
At Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast (Coke Northeast), sustainability means creating shared value by operating responsibly today while building a resilient tomorrow.
