New Hampshire's economic future will depend largely on how well each community in the state preserves its distinctive character, provides affordable housing and safeguards the state's environment, according to Exeter resident Peter Francese, a nationally known demographics expert. Francese was…
In 1992, when New Hampshire’s leading banks had been taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and newspapers were filled with foreclosure notices, most people looked at the real estate market and saw disaster. Shane Brady and Arthur Sullivan…
Should the state -- literally and figuratively -- mortgage the use of Mt. Sunapee State Park, paving the way toward development in surrounding communities and financing resorts elsewhere in the country? Should the state take advantage of a unique private-public…
Real estate agents spend much of their day on office tasks instead of selling homes, but it’s the goal of a new Web-based application to save agents time and money by integrating and automating many of those chores. Created by…
NASHUA - It’s too late for anything to be done for November’s Turkey Bowl, but officials from Bishop Guertin High School and the Nashua School District have agreed to continue to talk about the future of the high school football…
CONCORD - A state ethics code won final approval from legislators Tuesday. Gov. Craig Benson has already said he’d sign the bill that also prevents a state regulator from going to lobby in an area of expertise within six months…
CONCORD - The House of Representatives killed a study into whether the state should phase out water testing services that business leaders claim now compete unfairly with private labs. Nashua Republican Sen. Jane O’Hearn had offered a plan to pending…
HUDSON - Residents will be able to weigh in on a proposal to connect Webster and Ferry streets next month. The Board of Selectmen approved holding a public hearing on the proposal at its June 22 meeting. Road Agent Kevin…
NASHUA - Fire officials promoted three members of the city’s fire department Wednesday to positions opened following the retirement of former Fire Chief Mike Buxton. Lake Street Community Fire Station Capt. Dan Cronin was promoted to the position of deputy…
CONNECTING STREETS HUDSON - In order to improve traffic flow along the heavily traveled Derry Street, the road agent has recommending linking Webster and Ferry streets. “As you are aware traffic congestion on Derry Street has reach an unacceptable level,”…
REGION - Residents of Amherst, Brookline, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, Pelham or Windham, may discard household hazardous waste June 3 at the Public Works Garage on Riverside Street in Nashua. The collection will run from 3…
NASHUA - State Attorney General Peter Heed will address the local chapter of the Catholic lay group Voice of the Faithful Thursday night. Heed will outline the state’s agreement with the Diocese of Manchester, and will participate in a question-and-answer…
BEDFORD - Lightning from an early morning thunderstorm on Sunday struck a Bowman Parade Road home and sparked a fire that left it heavily damaged and uninhabitable, Fire Chief Scott Wiggin said in a prepared statement. The homeowner, who wasn’t…
Richard Orareo, member of Voice of the Faithful, a Catholic lay organization, holds a sign during a vigil Sunday outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. Archbishop Sean O’Malley, not shown, is scheduled to announce dozens of church…
WASHINGTON _ Washington is used to handling large crowds, from hundreds of thousands of antiwar demonstrators to marchers on both sides of the abortion debate to July 4th frolickers who fill the Mall yearly. But next Saturday's dedication of the…
The Bektash Shriners will put on a parade today from 2-2:30 p.m., running from Amherst Computer on Continental Boulevard to the Radisson Hotel on Executive Park Drive.
Milford Christian Academy’s drama team will perform “Anne of Green Gables” this evening at 7 at Town Hall. Refreshments will be served; tickets are $7 for adults, $3 for children younger than 12.
MERRIMACK - It took an hour Thursday night for the Board of Selectmen to decide not to buy a fire truck. Fire Chief Bill Pepler and acting Town Manager William Mulligan had recommended that selectmen approve the purchase of a…
WILTON - The Wilton Public-Gregg Free Library will offer free classes in Microsoft Word/Excel/Powerpoint. The instructor will provide state-of-the-art laptops, and they will be set up in the reading room next to the rotunda. Classes begin May 27 and will…
BAE Systems of Nashua would receive $7 million for an advanced naval under-sea detection system, and $6 million to research affordable digital receiving and jamming technology for the Air Force. Insight Technologies of Londonderry would receive $13 million for an…
MILFORD - The first big public event at the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley’s new home will be held today, in the form of a free field day celebration. The event will feature races, raffles, a bicycle clinic,…
AMHERST - Amherst Middle School Principal Bill Hagen will be leaving that job at the end of the school year to become principal at his alma mater, Salem High School. Hagen, 47, has been principal at Amherst Middle School for…
Nashua Fire Rescue is hosting a fun day to conclude its Risk Watch program for fourth-grade students. The event will be held on the ball fields at Greeley Park on Saturday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The rain date is June…
REGION - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a defense bill Thursday with $29 million in federal funding for local defense contractors. The bill, approved by the House 391-34, contains provisions that would allow thousands of military survivors to receive…
MILFORD - A plan to turn the former American Stage Festival into a multimillion-dollar facility for the Souhegan Valley Boys & Girls Club got its expected approval Tuesday, but not before some neighbors expressed concern about traffic heading out a…
WILTON - The Wilton Scenic Railroad will offer a Father’s Day Special on June 20. All fathers ride for $6 when accompanied by one of their children, whether child, youth or adult. The train will depart from the depot at…
NASHUA - Lindsay Fernandez loved everything about her new school. As she walked toward the entrance to Pennichuck Junior High School alongside befuddled classmates, Fernandez was bursting with excitement. She started to clap and cheer. “I thought this was going…
MERRIMACK - Anybody have a spare 90 Gs kicking around? The Board of Selectmen has asked acting Town Manager Bill Mulligan, working with department heads, to come up with $90,000 in savings from capital expenditures in order for the town…
Charlene Brady is getting rid of her 1997 teal Mitsubishi Eclipse sports coupe. Not because she doesn’t like it. Not because it doesn’t run well. “It costs too much to fill it up,” the 18-year-old Dracut, Mass., woman said Wednesday…
AMHERST - Nick D’Augustine, a local storeowner, sees it as a patriotic right. Charlie Tiedemann, the town of Amherst’s planning director, sees it as a violation of the town’s sign ordinance. At dispute is a display outside the Oak Furniture…
DERRY - The state Board of Medicine has reprimanded a Derry physician following a complaint from a patient about unprofessional conduct. The female patient, who was diagnosed as being HIV-positive in September 2002, complained to the board after Dr. Mary…
The state Board of Medicine has suspended a Nashua doctor’s license to practice medicine for the second time in the past year. The board first suspended the license of Dr. Jason Henderson for the six-month period from Nov. 1, 2003,…
MILFORD - A follow-up meeting of the Milford Teen Resource Round Table will be held Wednesday, with more teens showing up to begin the process of developing a resource handbook and organize a hoped-for “Battle of the Bands” at the…
MILFORD - The annual Police Department Fishing Derby will return to Railroad Pond next weekend, and without any of the legal or aquatic fuss that accompanied last year’s edition. The Derby, held in honor of former Milford High School football…
NASHUA - Michael Buxton said “so long” to one of his families Friday when he officially retired from Nashua Fire Rescue. His two families are closely entwined. Buxton’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather each served more than 30 years as firefighters…
MERRIMACK - The new Federal Aviation Administration radar facility located here is to New England airports what Tom Brady is to the New England Patriots. It completes touchdowns. In the FAA case, those touchdowns are actually touch downs, successful landings…
REGION U.S. Department of Justice officials have awarded 13 southern and central New Hampshire communities, including Nashua, more than $50,000 in grant money to go toward the purchase of bulletproof vests, according to a statement from U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg.…
AMHERST - A moose took on a couple of vehicles early Thursday morning on Route 101. The moose lost, but not before it destroyed one car and sent its driver to the hospital with injuries. Shortly after midnight, a westbound…
NASHUA - Bill Shea stepped away from a group of guys, swung a leg over the wall on the top floor of the Elm Street parking garage, took one look down, and disappeared from view. But nobody, either down on…
Cabletron Systems co-founder Gov. Craig Benson sits in the State House partly due to the millions he earned from his company and partly due to his reputation as a can-do job creator. At its peak in 1997, the Rochester high-tech…
From time to time aircraft builders find a home in New Hampshire although they eventually either move on or fade into obscurity. But a new aircraft builder emerging in a basement in Bedford has a good chance of staying afloat…
The issue of rural broadband access is no longer a theoretical matter, with much of the political and social discussion focusing on the “digital divide” between hot-wired urban and suburban regions and the mostly dial-up world in the rest of…
New Hampshire Industries Inc. has become the first consumer to purchase wholesale electricity directly from the New England Power Pool market. Granite State Electric Co. began delivering electricity to NHI’s Lebanon manufacturing facility on April 20. Freedom Energy, a marketer…
A proposed new way of bringing health insurance to employees has polarized businesses, organizations and government agencies across the nation and throughout New Hampshire. Called association health plans, or AHPs, they’re designed to be offered by trade or professional organizations…
It’s pretty safe to say that Andru Volinsky - the lead lawyer for the plaintiff school districts in the Claremont education lawsuits — is one of the state’s best-known lawyers. It’s also safe to say that most people don’t know…
Now that Soft Draw Investments has reached an agreement to take over the bankrupt Golf Club of New England, there remains one major outstanding issue aside from the financial future of the venture: What kind of loan did the company…
Cats in the Cradle doesn’t pussyfoot around when it comes to putting its “simpler times of yore” message on its line of handmade soaps, lotions and lip balms. Uniquely marketed with images from the era of silent films, owner Chris…
It’s pretty safe to say that Andru Volinsky - the lead lawyer for the plaintiff school districts in the Claremont education lawsuits — is one of the state’s best-known lawyers. It’s also safe to say that most people don’t know…
LOWELL, Mass. Boott Hydropower Inc. said it lowered the level of the Merrimack River about five feet Tuesday in order to work on the Pawtucket Dam. The work is expected to continue for three to five days, after which the…
Dermatologist Khalil Khatri will hold free skin cancer screenings May 22 at The Skin & Laser Surgery Center of New England, 74 Allds St. The screenings were scheduled to coincide with Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month, sponsored by the…
Gov. Kelly Ayotte led the visit, which included a selection of policymakers as well as businesspeople representing a wide array of enterprises.
Another piece of Chinese owned property in Nashua has come to the public’s attention — the former Daniel Webster College property, encompassing some 52 acres. Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess encouraged the Board of Aldermen on Sept. 9 to pass a resolution giving him the authority to seek state and/or federal funds to purchase the property, currently owned by Xinhua Education Consulting Services Corp.
James “Jim” Loomis, co-founder of Portsmouth-based Bottomline Technologies, passed away on Sept. 6 in his hometown of Dover after a period of declining health. He was 75. After its creation in 1989 with business partner Daniel McGurl, Bottomline became a worldwide leader in automated business payments and cash management.
Encube Labs Founder Rajesh Nair shares updates on his time in Japan, teaching young entrepreneurs how to critically and creatively innovate in their fields
SilverTech CEO Nick Soggu discusses the promise and risks of AI as his Bedford-based agency acquires Paragon, expanding digital experience services and advancing AI-driven innovation.
Educational institutions and hospitals are taking steps to help alleviate New Hampshire’s primary care doctor shortage by trying to expand the pipeline of doctors to help replace those who are leaving.
It’s getting harder for patients to find a doctor as wait times and barriers to access grow
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
The nonprofit and ReVision Energy expand renewable energy portfolio with new solar panels across five properties in the Monadnock Region
