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…
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…
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.
