Author: NH Business Review Staff

ZBA approves apartment plan

NASHUA The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a variance Tuesday for a property owner to maintain 10 apartments on an undersized lot at 7 Mason St. Gerald Prunier, a lawyer for property owner Terry Darkin, said the purpose of the…

Housing cluster approved for East Dunstable Road

NASHUA - The Zoning Board of Adjustment was impressed with plans to build a 37-unit, single-family cluster housing development on East Dunstable Road, across from the Sky Meadow commercial and residential complex. The board voted 5-0 Tuesday to endorse a…

Blood banks looking for donors

MANCHESTER - When Ken Hauser donated blood for the first time in 15 years, he never suspected he would need it all back, and then some, six months later. About two years ago, Hauser, a Bedford resident, collapsed on a…

Board to discuss, organize goals

MERRIMACK - Selectman Carolyn Whitlock doesn’t want her colleagues to find themselves in an embarrassing predicament. In early June, the Board of Selectmen will sit down with candidates for town manager as part of an intensive “hell weekend” put together…

District to apply for school officer grant

HOLLIS - The Hollis/Brookline Cooperative School Board voted 6-1 Wednesday night to apply for a $125,000 federal grant to fund a school resource officer for the district’s two schools. The grant would pay $125,000 over three years for the officer’s…

Nashua named healthy community

Nashua was named one of the healthiest communities in America by Men’s Journal magazine. The June issue of the monthly magazine, on newsstands Tuesday, names the 50 best places to live in America, rating communities in eight different categories. Nashua…

Walk-a-thon to aid animals

The Humane Society for Greater Nashua will host its annual Walk-a-Thon for homeless animals Saturday at New Hampshire Community Technical College. The walk-a-thon will take place from 9 a.m.-noon. Exhibitors will include Search Dogs Northeast, Tailwind Greyhound Rescue, massages from…

Smoke detector inspections on tap

Firefighters will begin knocking on doors this month as part of a residential smoke detector inspection program. Both single-family and multi-family homes in the city will be targeted for the inspections, which are scheduled to begin Sunday and run through…

Public Meetings

MERRIMACK Monday Conservation Commission, Town Hall conference room, 7 p.m. Tuesday Planning Board, Town Hall Courtroom, 7:30 p.m. Thursday Board of Selectmen, Town Hall Courtroom, 7 p.m. NASHUA MONDAY Board of Public Works, City Hall Auditorium, 5:30 p.m. School Human…

Drill planned at Air Force Station

NEW BOSTON - The town Fire Department and a variety of other emergency response teams will conduct a drill at the New Boston Air Force Station on Saturday. The drill, which will be carried out in cooperation with the 23rd…

‘Fatal Choices’ program set at high school

“Fatal Choices,” a program aimed at educating students about alcohol and drunken driving, will be held at the high school at 11 a.m. May 22. The program includes a chance for participants to wear goggles intended to simulate varying levels…

EMS Week open house planned for May 22

MERRIMACK - The Ambulance Rescue Service Auxiliary and Merrimack Fire Rescue, in celebration of Emergency Medical Service week, are sponsoring an EMS open house May 22. The event will take place at Merrimack Fire Rescue Station 1, at 432 Daniel…

Town Hall group plans public hearing

TEMPLE - The Friends of Temple Town Hall will conduct a public hearing at Town Hall on May 22 to review the architect’s revised renovation plans for the historic 1842 building. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. At the…

Walk to benefit cystic fibrosis research

NASHUA -- The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s annual walkathon fund-raiser, “Great Strides,” will be held Saturday at hundreds of venues throughout the United States, including Nashua, beginning at 9 a.m. In addition, for the first time, May has been proclaimed Cystic…

Fire displaces second family

NASHUA -- The fire last week in a duplex on Anvil Drive displaced both families from their homes. The fire started with a candle left burning in a basement bedroom of 67 Anvil Drive, and damaged the home on that…

Trail day to be held at Mine Falls Park

NASHUA - The Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee will hold its next trail day of the season May 22 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The group will meet at the Lincoln Park entrance to the park, behind the Hannaford supermarket. The…

Two minor league teams fight for local money, fans

Before the New Hampshire Fisher Cats even threw out the first pitch, Nashua Pride General Manager Todd Marlin admits he was nervous. He knew Manchester’s Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays wouldn’t compete against his independent league Nashua Pride…

Benson vetoes bill to bar executing 17-year-olds

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Gov. Craig Benson vetoed a bill Monday that would have raised the minimum execution age in New Hampshire from 17 to 18 and pledged to seek capital punishment for anyone who kills a police officer. The…

Affiliated vs. Indie battle goes on

The message on the Web site didn’t leave much to the imagination. It simply said “The Albany Diamond Dogs will not play in the 2003 season. Thank you for all of your past support.” For the Dog die-hards - every…

Plain English

The owner settled onto a sun-baked seat in the beautiful stadium at the Homestead (Fla.) Sports Complex, struggling to control his emotions while talking about the team to which he has formed an iron bond. Chris English believes he has…

Phone service fails during morning

REGION Customers in Nashua, parts of Hudson, Litchfield, Pelham and Merrimack were without phone service early Wednesday morning. A Nashua switch went down around 5:50 a.m. causing the disruption in phone service, according to Verizon. An electronic malfunction in an…

Web access soon to be part of menu at Brookline Cafe

BROOKLINE - Soon, Brookline Cafe owner Chris Susalka will be offering customers Internet access with their coffee. The Milford resident bought the business at 104B Route 13 in January, and he’s already looking to change and expand it. In June,…

WHOB event to help hospital

SALEM - A four-day, 40-hour radio-thon run by WHOB will benefit patients at Children’s Hospital in Boston. WHOB will broadcast from the Wal-Mart store in Salem today through Sunday, raising money for Children’s Hospital. Pledges will benefit the hospital’s neediest…

No serious injuries in Merrimack three-car collision

MERRIMACK - A three-car collision at Bedford Road and Daniel Webster Highway tied up traffic temporarily Wednesday morning. No one appeared to have been seriously injured, officials said at the scene. Witnesses said a white Lexus crashed into at least…

Phone service out in Nashua for several hours

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - Phone service was out in Nashua and parts of some neighboring communities for several hours on Wednesday morning, affecting about 50,000 phone lines, a spokeswoman for Verizon said. The problem began between 5 a.m. and 6…

Student named Presidential Scholar

HOLLIS - Christina S. Kang has been selected as a 2004 Presidential Scholar, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced Tuesday in a written statement. Kang was one of two people in the state, and 141 overall, to win the…

Freedom from smoking program

St. Joseph Hospital’s eight-week Freedom From Smoking program starting this week. The program is designed by the American Lung Association. Freedom From Smoking offers group support and encouragement for those that would like to quit smoking. During the period of…

Hospital classes slated in May

Southern New Hampshire Medical Center will host a variety of classes this month. Classes include: - self-massage for stress: Thursday 6:30-8 p.m., $10; - can diabetes be prevented?: Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Free. For more information or to register, call 577-2255.

Riverview Mill artists offer classes

Four artists at the Riverview Mill will offer classes in pottery, jewelry making, silk painting and cartoon drawing at a series of four-day art camps beginning on June 22. The cost is $130 per week. The last class is scheduled…

Destination ImagiNation team slates fund-raisers

The Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School Destination ImagiNation team has scheduled several fund-raisers to cover costs of the team’s trip to Knoxville, Tenn., to compete in the Global Finals at the University of Tennessee. The team needs an estimated $8,000. Scheduled events…

Glitch in Milford school calendar fixed for 2004-05

MILFORD - For a minute it looked like Milford’s new superintendent of schools had scored a coup on his very first day at work: finding a big mistake in previous School Board action. “I’d like to tell you your new…

The story behind the book

“Dying in Vein” is a documentary account of the effects of the blood crisis in the United States and of the crucial decisions made by pharmaceutical company executives, federal officials and others that had a devastating impact on innocent men,…

Dying in Vein

Terry MacNeill of Dracut, Mass., is the last person to see herself as a righteous hero. “Activism is not at the center of my life. A broken heart is at the center of my life,” she says. “I am a…

Classes offered at Riverview

WILTON - Four artists at the Riverview Mill will offer classes in pottery, jewelry making, silk painting and cartoon drawing at a series of four-day art camps beginning on June 22. Cost is $130 per week. The last class is…

Affordable housing is the target of Citizens initiative

Citizens Bank has unveiled an initiative aimed at helping to tackle the New England region’s shortage of affordable housing. Called the Citizens Housing Bank, the program will provide $200 million in loan funds at a low interest rate to non-profit…

Wrenn seeks Chapter 11 protection

Wrenn Associates, a Merrimack-based general contractor, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company’s lawyer, William Gannon of Manchester, said the company fully expects to reorganize, emerge from bankruptcy and prosper in the future. “The company has more than…

Looking back with Martin Gross

Martin Gross has been a partner in the Concord law firm of Sulloway & Hollis law firm since 1969. A former Concord mayor and city council member, he also was legal counsel to former Gov. Walter Peterson and was special…

Securities bureau probes giant investment firm

The company handling $142 million of New Hampshire workers’ retirement funds is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation for alleged improper trading activities, including market timing. “We are doing…

Wrenn seeks Chapter 11 protection

Wrenn Associates, a Merrimack-based general contractor, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company’s lawyer, William Gannon of Manchester, said the company fully expects to reorganize, emerge from bankruptcy and prosper in the future. “The company has more than…

State agency helps build N.H.’s economy from within

While the New Hampshire Office of Business and Industrial Development’s work in recruiting companies in other states and countries to bring their business to the state, such high-profile work represents only a piece of the work the office does with…

Affordable housing is the target of Citizens initiative

Citizens Bank has unveiled an initiative aimed at helping to tackle the New England region’s shortage of affordable housing. Called the Citizens Housing Bank, the program will provide $200 million in loan funds at a low interest rate to non-profit…

Portsmouth firm takes visualization to new dimensions

The framed picture of a University of New Hampshire residence hall that sits on the bookshelf of a Portsmouth 3-D visualization company is hardly worth a second glance, since it looks like an ordinary photograph. Only when a reporter takes…

Looking back with Martin Gross

Martin Gross has been a partner in the Concord law firm of Sulloway & Hollis law firm since 1969. A former Concord mayor and city council member, he also was legal counsel to former Gov. Walter Peterson and was special…

State agency helps build N.H.’s economy from within

While the New Hampshire Office of Business and Industrial Development’s work in recruiting companies in other states and countries to bring their business to the state, such high-profile work represents only a piece of the work the office does with…

Securities bureau probes giant investment firm

The company handling $142 million of New Hampshire workers’ retirement funds is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation for alleged improper trading activities, including market timing. “We are doing…

UNH reap rewards of sports marketing

Even though University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team didn’t fare as well as their fans would have hoped in this year’s post-season play, Associate Athletic Director Dot Sheehan is confident about one thing: Their jerseys are No. 1. “We…

Well-child clinic slated for Tuesday

MERRIMACK - Any New Hampshire family without health insurance, or who can’t afford their health insurance deductible, or whose insurance does not cover well-child care, may bring their children to Home Health & Hospice Care’s child health clinic to receive…

Chamber singers to perform at church

WILTON - The Monadnock Chamber Singers will perform a varied program of mostly secular short pieces at the Wilton Center Unitarian Church on Saturday at 8 p.m. The evening will begin an hour earlier with a wine and cheese reception…