PEPPERELL, Mass.-Skydive Pepperell is hosting the New England Skydiving and Aviation Festival this weekend. The annual event started Thursday and runs through Sunday at the facility at 165 Nashua Road (Route 111 West) in Pepperell. It’s open to the public…
BEDFORD - Bedford Village Inn and Restaurant owners Jack, Andrea and Jon Carnevale were recently awarded Wine Spectator’s 2004 Best of Award of Excellence. This is a distinction that only 608 restaurants out of 3,487 entries from around the world…
NASHUA-The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive Saturday at the Pheasant Lane Mall, sponsored by Simon Properties and the Nashua Lions Club. The drive will run from 10 a.m.-3pm in the Four Seasons Court at the mall. Those…
LYNDEBOROUGH - Concerns have been raised about the effects that work on a new bypass bridge might have on the abutments and supports of the two historic stone arch bridges on Old Temple Road West. Selectmen said Tuesday that vibrations…
AMHERST - Candidates for state Senate in District 11 have been invited to a forum on education by the Amherst Republican Committee and the Coalition for Adequate Education Funding. It will be held Wednesday, Sept. 8, from 7-9 p.m. at…
HUDSON - A 16-year-old boy allegedly beat his brother Tuesday night with a skateboard and brandished a knife at him. The teenager has been charged with simple assault and criminal threatening. Police did not release his name. According to police,…
LITCHFIELD, N.H. (AP) - Police say a 17-year-old boy from Maine drowned Friday night during a drinking party by the Merrimack River. Litchfield Police Chief Joseph O’Brion said eight teens ranging from 14 to 17 were drinking beer and Southern…
LITCHFIELD, N.H. (AP) - Authorities found the body of a 17-year-old boy in the Merrimack River Saturday in Litchfield after a search. The State Police, Marine Patrol and Fish and Game Department helped look for the boy, along with four…
CHARLES BASS AGE: 52. BIRTHPLACE: Boston. RESIDENCE: Peterborough. PARTY AFFILIATION: Republican. WORK EXPERIENCE: U.S. representative, 2nd District, New Hampshire, 1995-present. EDUCATION: Dartmouth College, bachelor’s degree. ELECTIVE OFFICE: New Hampshire state Senate, 1989-92; New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1983-88. APPOINTIVE OFFICE:…
C&S Wholesale Grocers, the second-largest grocery distributor in the country, has moved its corporate headquarters from Brattleboro, Vt., to Keene, N.H. But the privately owned company, which has sales of $13 billion so far this year, did not move into…
Every business has its own set of challenges, but Admix - short for “Advanced Mixing Technologies “— sets a standard for solving some unique problems. The company’s sanitary mixing devices handle fish eyes, floating powders, unmixed agglomerates, inconsistent product quality,…
The drive Route 3 or Route 16 and you’re in the Great North Woods. The doin’s • The North Country Moose Festival, Aug. 27-29 in Colebrook (North Country Chamber of Commerce, 237-8939, northcountrychamber.org) celebrates all the majesty and mayhem of…
In this day and age of mega bank mergers, it’s nice to know there are still some neighborhood financial institutions where customers really do come first. Ann Lally, president of Salem Cooperative Bank, was singled out for providing such personal…
Financial Services The New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation Network has announced the promotion of a number of staff: David C. Dobbins to senior executive vice president for operations, Richard R. Russell to executive vice president and chief financial officer,…
As she was about to leave the job, Lauri Ostrander Klefos, the state’s director of the Division of Travel and Tourism Development, felt free to share a secret of her personal life that, had it been known earlier, might have…
Lower-income families would get up to $10,000 toward the cost of a new home under a new federal program. The American Dream Program targets families that make less than 80 percent of their communities’ median income. “Owning a home is…
Three developers — including two from New Hampshire — that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency charged did not get the necessary permits regarding storm-water discharge have agreed to pay $70,000 in fines. The fines are in connection with a 48-home…
Opechee Construction Corp. has been awarded a contract to design and construct a 9,070-square-foot, single-story clubhouse for The Nevins Community currently under construction in Londonderry. Elmer Pease of PD Associates, Real Estate Consultants, Auburn, has partnered with Ken Grandstaff and…
If you have recently made a major addition or renovation to your home, you may want to take a moment and review your homeowner’s insurance. The reason? Many of the largest home insurers (including State Farm and Allstate) are now…
Prudential Verani Realty has launched its “eShowings” Appointment Center, which is designed to assist all real estate professionals in scheduling showings of their listings. “We handle all aspects of the appointment-making process,” said Giovanni Verani, vice president of Prudential Verani…
Soft Draw Investments LLC, a company owned by Gov. Craig Benson, has paid $1.1 million to take over total ownership of the troubled Golf Club of New England. The agreement reached in U.S. Bankruptcy Court calls for the property to…
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua has broken ground on a $17 million, 22,000-square-foot addition that will double the size of the facility’s emergency room as well as add space for a centralized cardiac center, more private rooms and…
A Massachusetts company has been hit with nearly $200,000 in fines for unsafe conditions at a Merrimack work site, federal officials said. Roberto’s Steel Erectors Inc. of Fitchburg, Mass., was cited for 17 “alleged willful, repeat and serious violations” by…
New Hampshire’s population is growing faster than anywhere else in New England, due in part to urban professionals moving their businesses and families to more rural areas. While other Northeastern states saw a 5.5 percent increase in population from 1990…
Once again I have snuck off for a few days’ vacation with the family, this time to the coast of Maine, in Harpswell on the peninsula south of Brunswick. It is a truly beautiful view looking across Casco Bay. The…
A condominium developer found in violation of Laconia erosion control regulations is now in compliance with those regulations. But city officials said that should Earney Mayo of Golden Oak Developers LLC fail to address slope erosion on an ongoing basis…
The Dunbarton Zoning Board has approved what will become the largest development in the town — Watch Hill Commons, 88 units of senior housing behind Countryside Golf Club off Route 13. Project engineers will now re-evaluate the site and design…
Department of Resources and Economic Development Commissioner Sean O’Kane has set a November deadline for deciding whether to allow Mount Sunapee Resort to expand the ski area it leases from the state. The expansion would allow the resort to build…
Construction of Cross Mill Village, a housing complex for those age 55 and older, is slated to begin later this year in Northwood. The project will include 35 duplex housing units on 53 acres. Occupancy is expected to begin in…
The building materials and truss manufacturing operations of Boscawen-based Steenbeke & Sons has been sold. The Steenbeke family sold the operations to Ben Thibault and Hank Martineau of Lumber One LLC. Thibault and Martineau said they will continue to do…
A competition between the two largest home improvement retail companies in the world may be taking shape on Route 302 in Littleton. Lowe’s, the second-largest home improvement company, has withdrawn its interest in a proposed retail center at Exit 43…
A mantra has developed in Dover that covers the breadth of hopes for the long-awaited Dover Waterfront Development project. As Beth Thompson, the city’s planning director, tells it, the hope for the 35 acres or so of city-owned land along…
Ashland Lumber Company has been purchased by Jaffrey-based Belletete and Shea LLC for $1,115,000 from brothers A. Walter “Butch” and Alan W. Hill. The site includes two large lumber warehouses and the main store. Manchester Realtor Ray. E. Pinard &…
DERRY - An eight-unit apartment building was left uninhabitable after a fire ripped through the rear of the dwelling early Wednesday night. Fire crews arrived shortly after 8 p.m. to find the rear of the West Broadway apartment building fully…
HUDSON - Dust off those poodle skirts and saddle shoes, because the 1950s are making a comeback. At least they are for the weekend. The theme of this year’s Old Home Days, which kicks off Friday night on the grounds…
AMHERST - Resident David Fraser’s goal of building a planned residential development in the town’s northern rural zone made little progress at Tuesday night’s Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. Fraser wants to build 42 homes on 127 acres he owns…
The attorney general’s office is seeking volunteers to work as consumer affairs specialists for the next year in the Consumer Protection Bureau’s mediation program. The next training for new volunteers is scheduled for the weeks of Sept. 27 and Oct.…
GROTON, Mass.- The Nashua River Watershed Association will hold an end-of-summer family program, “There’s a Fox in My Backyard,” from 9:30-11 a.m. on Aug. 28. Using exciting, hands-on demonstrations participants will get to “make it rain on a community” and…
NEW IPSWICH- The New Ipswich Democrats have revitalized their town committee and will kick off the election season with an ice cream social to meet the candidates.
AMHERST- The Amherst School Board recently appointed Deborah Martel as assistant principal of Amherst Middle School. Martel replaces Porter Dodge, who has been promoted to principal of the school. Prior to taking this position, Martel served as dean of students…
AMHERST- The SAU 39 School Board recently appointed Susan Ward as school business administrator. Ward, SAU 39’s former director of technology, replaces former Assistant Superintendent Michael Galan, who retired in June. Ward has 30 years of experience with databases, statistical…
MERRIMACK - A teenager is missing after a suspicious fire damaged the basement of her family’s house, where her bedroom was located, police said Wednesday. The teenager is considered to be a runaway, police said. Police would not say whether…
MERRIMACK - One of the nation’s first plants to manufacture a certain type of plastic soft-drink bottles will close its doors, company officials announced Wednesday. Amcor PET Packing, at 15 Continental Blvd., will cease production by the year’s end, forcing…
For Nashua’s Laura Gerraughty, the 2004 Olympics ended Wednesday morning at about 2:30 a.m. EDT, as bleary-eyed friends and fans back home looked on with pride and, ultimately, disappointment. Part of the disappointment, no doubt, came from the live broadcast…
It was the experience of a lifetime, coming on the original Olympic grounds, used for the games between 776 B.C. and 393 A.D. But for Nashua’s Laura Gerraughty, it was still a tough morning. In the qualifying rounds of the…
NASHUA - Providus Software Solutions Inc. announced Monday that FHLBank Topeka has selected Providus’ operational risk management software, RiskResolve, to actively manage and integrate its enterprise-wide risk management and Sarbanes-Oxley Act regulatory compliance initiatives. FHLBank, a privately-owned, federally chartered corporation,…
NASHUA - An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held Tuesday, Aug. 24, at the gathering hall at Immaculate Conception Church, 216 E. Dunstable Road. Those donating blood through Oct. 4 will be eligible to enter a raffle to…
EDITOR’S NOTE: Nashua’s Laura Gerraughty, a shot-putter on the U.S. track and field team, has been sharing her experiences leading up to her participation in the Athens Olympics in this journal. ATHENS - Thanks (or no thanks) to the wonder…
It might be the most frequently asked question of young athletes in certain sports. Friends, grandparents, fellow competitors and, perhaps, even the occasional sports writer ask it. The query may be posed in different ways, but ultimately it comes down…
AMHERST - A coffeehouse fund-raiser for the Peabody Mill Environmental Center will be held in the Souhegan High School cafeteria on Saturday, Sept. 18, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Trio Eddie Mottau, Bob Drew and Jimmy Clark will sing blues, ragtime, and…
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.
