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…
No matter who is elected governor in November (and by the time you read this the final candidates will have been selected in the state’s September primary), there is going to be a big budget gap to fill in the…
The kids are back to school. The grown-ups are back to work. The Red Sox are winning! The summer is quickly passing - actually, it’s not passing, it never arrived. So perhaps we won’t miss it. Labor Day did shine…
Ever want to try skydiving without going outdoors or jumping from a plane? It’s likely you’ll have your chance fairly soon after a vote by the Nashua Zoning Board of Adjustment, which has unanimously approved three variances that will allow…
The Inn at Spruce Wood, a senior living community offering in Durham, is planning to bring Seacoast history to life with a series of presentations by noted authors. The series, “Seacoast History Comes Alive,” is designed to give audiences a…
The 2005 edition of the Living Legacy calendar will be a celebration of New Hampshire’s diverse and historically significant cultural and performing arts centers. The calendar, published by Citizens Bank New Hampshire and the state Department of Cultural Resources, will…
Fenway Franks. Chicago-style. Schultz Hot Dogs. Now you can add Shields Provisions Natural Casing Frankfurters to that pantheon of hot dogdom. Seacoast locals loved the Schultz hot dog until a fire in 1990 destroyed the factory. The line was sold…
Early autumn is a time of transition. A jacket to the office, shorts on the tee in the afternoon. But what’s in your glass at the 19th hole? Dropping the “summer brews” for amber ale? Switching from a light Pinot…
“It does show that people take elections seriously, and they want to win. In a warped way, that’s a positive thing, I suppose.” - University of New Hampshire pollster Andy Smith finds the glass half full when it comes to…
Perhaps it was inevitable that Manchester Mayor Bob “Breakaway” Baines would fly the Queen City coop in the last week of July to attend the Democratic convention in Boston. After all, Baines is both an elected official and a Democrat,…
Change is in the air and on the airwaves at Clear Channel radio station WGIR in Manchester and its affiliate stations in New Hampshire. The local news/talk network recently dropped morning drive-time host Mike Ball and replaced him with former…
We mean no offense to France, Canada or to Americans of French descent, but an anonymous “White House official” used the term as an epithet about John Kerry when the Massachusetts senator appeared irresolute about invading Iraq. So we are…
Forget about Governor Benson’s by now notorious decision to leave the Republican convention in New York City a day before President Bush’s acceptance speech - he was reported as being “bored,” at least when it came to some of the…
Remember when President Bush wanted to keep America out of the business of nation building? Apparently his wife has forgotten, or at least wants to. In New Hampshire earlier this month to stump for her husband, First Lady Laura Bush…
Sure, Craig Benson announced his neutrality in the GOP N.H. Senate primaries, but that didn’t mean the guv’s aide-de-camp Keith Herman had to abide by his pronouncement. Herman was busy spreading the word shortly before the District 11 primary -…
The Concord Monitor sure talks tough on its editorial pages - taking strong pro-income tax and anti-war stances. But apparently the paper gets cold feet when it comes to endorsing candidates, opting for Jeanne Shaheen over Mark Fernald in the…
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Paul McEachern was standing outside the Chateau restaurant in Manchester, greeting arrivals to the AFL-CIO Labor Day breakfast, when he offered the following observation about the state of the press in New Hampshire: “We really don’t have…
Employers are being sought to participate in the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics’ graduate business and technology career fair, to be held Oct. 1 at the university, The fair, to be held from 10 a.m.…
Kelly Ayotte, 36, is both a native and current resident of Nashua. A graduate of Nashua High School and Penn State University, she earned her law degree at Villanova and has been practicing law in New Hampshire since 1993. She…
Dick Ingram, executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Seacoast since 2001, has been named the new president of the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce. Ingram, who will begin his new job on Sept. 24, has an…
SkillSoft PLC (SKIL) reported profit of $1.4 million, or 1 cent a share, for the quarter ended July 31. The company lost $53.2 million the same time last year, though $44 million of that was due to a legal settlement.…
The advent of state-recognized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts earlier this year creates a number of perplexing questions for employers in neighboring states that may employ Massachusetts residents. You can reduce this uncertainty by considering this matter in a three-step manner:…
Most privately held companies view legal counsel as an expense that arrives after a dreaded event. A contract dispute surfaces, an employee threatens a claim, a deal stalls in diligence, and only then does the phone call to outside counsel get made.
New Hampshire employers are seeking polished professionals with real-life experiences, but they may have to look beyond the traditional recruiting methods to find them. One example of an overlooked workforce development program is the NH 4-H Livestock Auction.
As a result of this legislative session, New Hampshire will have a Child Day Care Creation Tax Credit Program for businesses starting in 2027. The state joins 25 others with incentives for businesses to invest in expanding the child care supply.
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TO THE EDITOR: In John Koziol’s otherwise excellent reporting (NHBR 7/31/2026) on NH’s new landfill siting bill (HB 707), Casella’s spokesperson, Jeff Weld, tries to make the case that NH desperately needs Casella landfills. And he is not shy in…
