A growing trend in disreputable insurance companies taking advantage of small-business owners desperate for affordable health care has the New Hampshire Insurance Department urging businesses to be cautious when buying plans for their employees. The federal Government Accountability Office reported…
Students of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire are teaming up with City Year NH to help develop the nonprofit organization’s strategic plan. City Year NH recruits 17-to-24-year-olds to work with schools in…
NASHUA - The Greater Nashua and Souhegan Valley chapter of the American Red Cross is teaming with Carlson GMAC Real Estate on Broad Street for another local fund-raiser to help those affected by recent hurricanes. All day on Saturday, drivers…
NASHUA - Alderman have delayed action on a proposed three-year contract for the city’s school principals. The aldermanic budget review committee, on a voice vote earlier this week, indefinitely postponed action on the proposed agreement. Last month, the finance committee…
NASHUA - With the redevelopment of Railroad Square gaining steam, a popular walking tour will reveal the history of the key downtown location. Alan Manoian, former city assistant economic development director and downtown development specialist, will lead the tour, focusing…
NASHUA - City firefighters will be serving up free pizza, cake, and fire prevention and safety tips Saturday at their annual open house at the Lake Street Community Fire Station, Fire Inspector Charlene Brouillette said Wednesday. Everyone is invited to…
REGION - College Bound Movers of Amherst is sponsoring “Scare Because You Care,” a masquerade ball fund-raiser benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Hampshire later this month. The event is scheduled for Friday Oct. 29, from 7 p.m. to midnight…
MASON - Charles Ruckstuhl, author of “Andy As I Knew Him,” a biography of author-illustrator C.W. “Andy” Anderson, will be at the public library on Saturday from 1-4 p.m. to sign books and talk about Anderson, who was his stepfather.…
WILTON - Selectmen have agreed to hold a public hearing on changing Prince Street to a one-way road from Maple Street to Tremont Street in an effort to improve pedestrian safety, traffic flow and parking around Florence Rideout Elementary School.…
NASHUA - Shareholders of locally based SkillSoft PLC, a provider of Web-based business and information technology courses, have authorized a share repurchase program, the company announced Monday. The share repurchase program allows repurchase from time-to-time by the company and/or its…
MASON - The future of the Mason Historical Society will be discussed at its annual meeting Saturday, Oct. 23, at 1 p.m. at Town Hall. So few people attended the annual meeting last year that the group decided to disband…
REGION - Home Health & Hospice Care’s next child health clinic is Tuesday, Oct. 5, from noon-8 p.m. Any New Hampshire family without health insurance, or who can’t afford their health insurance deductible, or whose insurance does not cover well-child…
MERRIMACK - The Parks and Recreation Department has announced new hours for the Merrimack Skate Park on Henry Clay Drive, beginning Friday. The skate park will be closed Mondays and Tuesdays. On Wednesdays from 3-4:30 p.m., the park will be…
The Greater Nashua Chapter of the NAACP is sponsoring a political forum Saturday from 12:30-2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 58 Lowell St. The nonpartisan forum will feature candidates from both major parties. Area residents, including minorities, are invited…
WILTON - The Fall Foliage Film Festival is set for Saturday, Oct. 16, with a gala premiere night the previous day at 5:30 p.m.; both are at The Town Hall Theater. This is the first year for a fall festival…
CONCORD (AP) - A Concord pet store has been closed after city officials found it to be infested with cockroaches. It could take months to clear out all the bugs from Debby’s Petland, located in Steeplegate Mall, Code Enforcement Officer…
LACONIA (AP) - Jurors have cleared a state representative and her husband in a wrongful death case. Rep. Francine Wendelboe of New Hampton and her husband, Matthew, owned an apartment that caught fire in 2001. Patrick Price, its resident, died…
NASHUA - School principals in the city could earn a 12.2 percent pay increase over three years in a contract approved by the Board of Education. This is the second effort to approve a contract for the Nashua Association of…
LONDONDERRY - The India Association of New Hampshire will sponsor a town-hall-style meeting Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Londonderry Lions Club. Representatives from the Democratic and Republican campaigns for president, Congress, governor and other state offices have been invited…
NASHUA - Street paving on Main Street is scheduled to be finished on Monday and Tuesday, weather permitting. City Engineer Steve Dookran said there would be parking restrictions from 10 p.m. until morning. On Monday, there will be no parking…
WILTON- To relieve parking and traffic problems at Florence Rideout Elementary School when students are being dropped off and picked up, should Prince Street be made one-way from Maple Street to Tremont Street? The School Board and a couple of…
LITCHFIELD- The National Rifle Association is holding a crime prevention seminar Saturday morning at the Talent Hall Recreation Center. The “Refuse to be a victim” seminar focuses on personal safety issues involving one’s home, automobile, phone and travel, as well…
MANCHESTER -The New Hampshire African Information Center, a nonprofit organization serving the immigrant and refugee populations of Greater Manchester, is seeking volunteer tutors for its English literacy program. Volunteers spend two hours per week helping immigrants and refugees from Sudan,…
NASHUA -Southern New Hampshire Medical Center is offering a program tonight on “The Many Faces of Breast Cancer.” The informal evening will feature dinner and a look at the many treatment choices and options available to women with breast problems,…
MILFORD -The two big issues facing Milford schools this year - whether to let Mason students attend, and how best to handle a crowded middle school - will be the subject of a public forum Oct. 18. The forum will…
MANCHESTER -The New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College and the Center for the Study of Religion and Public Life will present a lecture by Akbar Ahmed, chair of Islamic studies and professor of international relations at American…
NASHUA -The Food Allergy Group of Southern New Hampshire will meet tonight from 7-9 p.m. at St. Joseph Hospital. Jody Greene and Lisa Pleat, both parents of children with life-threatening food allergies, will discuss “Back to School with Food Allergies.”…
NASHUA -The New Hampshire Chinese School is hosting an open house Saturday in Memorial Hall at Rivier College. The event will be in Room 102 of the building on Clement Street, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The new school will begin…
Cub Scout packs in Milford, Amherst and Wilton will hold registration nights this month for boys interested in joining. Cub Scouts is a neighborhood-centered program for boys in grades 1-5, which focuses on combining fun with educational activities while aiming…
LACONIA - A grand jury has issued an indictment for second-degree murder against a local man accused of beating his girlfriend to death. Robert Blair, 47, is accused of killing Donna Bucker, 53, in May. Police say the pair were…
MANCHESTER - Police caught two youths who tried to escape from the Youth Development Center by swimming across the Merrimack River on Friday. The two boys escaped as they were led from a vocational classroom to the main education center…
People have many ideas on how to improve the busing situation between the city’s two high schools, but there may be few immediate solutions besides tweaking the existing system. The one option that most people mention is the one that’s…
HUDSON - Clearing walking paths and trails at Benson’s will move forward this weekend in what’s fast becoming a biannual event. The Benson’s Committee today is holding its second cleanup day this year. So far, members have cleared out overgrowth…
HUDSON - After a seven-year hiatus, the men and women in the Hudson Fire Departments have new cards. The department’s trading cards are complete and available. The cards feature pictures and small biographies of all the department’s members, including administrators…
MILFORD - Dozens of teenagers from throughout the region hanging around the center of Milford: It must be the Oval and it must be trouble, right? Nope. It’s the PAC at the BGCSV, and it’s actually a blast. “Yeah, I’m…
NASHUA - The owners of Care Ride Wheelchair Transportation have agreed to pay more than $40,000 in fines to the state for overcharging the Medicaid program for driving people to and from Medicaid-covered services, the attorney general’s office announced Friday.…
LYNDEBOROUGH - The Central School is now free of asbestos. All of the old tiles and mastic were removed during the summer, along with the carpeting that has covered them for many years. The removal work was done by Air…
CONCORD - Gov. Craig Benson announced a first-in-the-nation effort Thursday that allows consumers to compare the price of prescription drugs at New Hampshire pharmacies and state-endorsed locations in Canada. The new prescription drug price device on the state’s Web site…
NASHUA - City administrators are predicting that the owners of two family units in the city will see the biggest increase in taxes as a result of the first update of assessments in four years. Some 84 percent of those…
Riverstone Networks, one of the troubled spin-offs of the former Cabletron Systems, admitted in recent filings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that former officials were engaging in revenue-inflating practices similar to those that have led to criminal indictments…
New Hampshire Business Review and CEI Community Ventures Inc. are joining together to present “The Agenda for Growth,” a first-of-its-kind collaborative conference on planning, growing and financing your New Hampshire business. To be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.…
A special birthday party is being planned for Oct. 21 to mark the 20th anniversary of the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center, which since 1984 has provided advice and assistance to thousands of small businesses around the state. The…
Seven chambers of commerce in southern Maine and New Hampshire have been hosting an annual business-to-business expo for 16 years. This year, chamber organizers agreed that it was time for a new look and a new focus for the event.…
For nearly 30 years, Rowe Machine Company in Seabrook has turned out parts for aircraft, race cars and motorcycles. Now owners Marc and Nancy Rowe have turned their small fabrication business into a “monster garage.” Rowe Machine Company was chosen…
Eggs, once shunned by the health-conscious public, are making a comeback. High in protein and vitamins, low in saturated fat and only 70 calories apiece, their benefits outweigh most cholesterol concerns. But Jesse Laflamme, his father Gerry and cousin Pete…
It began as a small idea. Educators Doug and Patti Hicks — Doug was a high school science teacher and Patti a speech pathologist — founded Shaker Road School in 1979 as a child-care center. A quarter-century later, they have…
New Hampshire’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership has demonstrated value in job creation and profitability for manufacturers, yet remains in danger of failing because of insufficient funding. The program is part of the national MEP network, which operates in all of the…
Students, parents, educators and everyone who plays a role in the education of our children are to be commended on the recently released results of the New Hampshire Educational Improvement and Assessment Program. Scores in the 3rd, 6th and 10th…
Another September primary election has faded into history, accompanied by another thoroughly predictable prediction by Secretary of State Bill Gardner of a low voter turnout. Mr. Gardner is a thoughtful, articulate man, but we think legendary Hollywood film producer Sam…
There is a movement mostly among Democrats to continue to stifle competition in the health insurance market. This started here in the state about 10 years ago when then-Senator Shaheen pushed through a bill which effectively (and predictably) drove all…
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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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