Author: NH Business Review Staff

Artillery company plans dinner theater

LYNDEBOROUGH - The Lafayette Artillery Company will continue its celebration of its 200th birthday with a dinner theater on Saturday, May 15, at 6 p.m. at Citizens’ Hall. The dinner will include ham, several side dishes and a choice of…

Teen charged in school vandalism

MILFORD - A 13-year-old boy faces juvenile court action after allegedly causing damage to the exterior of the Milford Middle School. A middle school employee reported an attempted arson to an outside portion of the building Monday, and town police…

Saturday workshop at college canceled

NASHUA - Because of poor ticket sales, a workshop planned for Saturday at Daniel Webster College featuring author Thomas More has been cancelled. The Friday lecture will be held, however, and ticket prices reduced to $30. The program is a…

Fire damages Greenville factory

GREENVILLE - An overnight fire badly damaged a 13,500-square-foot factory that makes pre-cast cement products, but nobody was hurt and the family-owned company will continue operations. The fire was reported in the main plant of Lamarre Concrete Products, Adams Hill…

Housing forum set at senior center

NASHUA The Greater Nashua Area Committee on Aging has planned a forum on senior housing options at the Senior Activity Center, 70 Temple St., today from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Guest speakers will include Vera Ippolito, housing coordinator at Parkhurst Place in…

Groundwater concerns slow expansion

WILTON - Protection of the groundwater in the area surrounding the town wells has slowed approval of an expansion of a gravel operation off Route 31 south, but the plan is nearing completion. The Planning Board granted two waivers at…

Ceremony honors Litchfield DARE graduates

LITCHFIELD - Fifth-grader Emily Martin never knew there were so many ways to say no to drugs and alcohol. “A very important thing I learned was how to say no,” she said. If you act unsure, peers might ask you…

Board reviewing company’s expansion plan

WILTON - Granite State Concrete’s proposal to expand its operation is back before the Planning Board after several months of postponements while information was collected and evaluated by the town’s engineers, Normandeau Associates of Bedford. At the board’s regular meeting…

Amherst Street, Fairgrounds get new leaders

NASHUA - Amherst Street School just got a superstar. Janet Valeri, who got the super designation from her graduate studies adviser at Rivier College, will become the next principal at Amherst Street starting July 1. Valeri is currently an assistant…

Former Goodale’s building to go Irish

NASHUA - Even if you can’t pay a visit to Ireland this summer, you can get a taste of traditional Irish food and drink at an upscale pub and restaurant opening downtown in August. Construction on the old Goodale’s Bike…

Timber owners’ group to meet

ALBANY - Members of the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association will gather May 22 at Town Hall for their 93rd annual meeting. The day will start at 8:30 a.m. with a pair of tours, of forestry work in the pine…

Flag Day celebration planned downtown

The Promotion Committee of the Wilton Main Street Association will celebrate Flag Day on June 14 with a display of American flags in downtown Wilton. Flags will be displayed for the day, and will appear along Main Street. Flag Day…

Gathering set for Whimsical People

WILTON - The annual gathering to make the popular Whimsical People will be held on Saturday, May 8, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Fire Station on Main Street. The Whimsicals, stick figures dressed in whatever costume the designer…

Heating oil available to military families

STATE - CONCORD (AP) - Oil dealers and distributors in New Hampshire have donated 14,200 gallons of home heating oil for the families of soldiers deployed overseas, it was announced last week. The program is called Operation Helping Hand and…

Meeting set with school finalists

Amherst and Mont Vernon residents who want to meet the three finalist candidates for the School Administrative Unit 39 superintendent of schools position will have the chance to do so today. From 2:30 to 4:45 p.m., the three candidates will…

Teacher in poem controversy resigns

AMHERST An English teacher who came under public scrutiny after teaching a poem with vulgar language has resigned from Souhegan High School, effective at the end of the school year, said Principal Ted Hall. Christine Schadler’s resignation was accepted by…

Town Democrats elect officers

WILTON At a recent caucus, Wilton Democrats elected the following officers: Hal Melcher, president; Gail Proctor, vice president; Joan Melcher, secretary; and Brian Sullivan, treasurer. Member Andrew Fairbank will attend the New Hampshire State Convention as a delegate. On Sunday,…

Earth Day events planned

MILFORD A roadside cleanup and educational displays will ring in Earth Day on Sunday on Beaver Brook Association land in town. The cleanup, set for noon-3 p.m., will be along Osgood, Burns Hill and Mason roads. A guided hike will…

Historical Society effort highlights town’s past

MASON - There is enough history in Mason to have a meeting once a month for years without repeating anything. But how do you get people interested enough in it to come and listen? Genie Rafter asked that question on…

Co-op DI team to hold fund-raiser

The Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School Destination ImagiNation team is holding a fund-raiser at the Recycling Center on Saturday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. They will accept donations of penny collections. Donations may also be made to WLC-DI at the High School at…

Student art brightens Wilton

WILTON - Once again, the Main Street Association and Pine Hill Waldorf School have joined together to host a “Celebration of Children in The Arts.” An opening reception was held Saturday morning at Town Hall for all artists entering the…

Board OKs bus schedules

MERRIMACK - High school classes will start 10 minutes earlier and the school district’s last classes - for grades 5 and 6 next year - will be dismissed 25 minutes later under a transportation plan approved Monday night. The School…

Robotics team wins honor

Mindstorms Mayhem, a FIRST Lego League robotics team consisting of home-schoolers from Wilton, Milford, Merrimack, Hollis and Bedford, won the Director’s Award at the FLL International Invitational Tournament in Atlanta. The Director’s Award is given to the most well-rounded team…

Nashua, Lowell commuter line plan derailed

CONCORD - The state can’t spend gas tax money on railroads, the state Supreme Court ruled this morning. A 1938 amendment to the state Constitution specifically and clearly forbids it, the court ruled. The ruling derails the state’s plan to…

Roman specialist to speak

NASHUA - Roman military specialist Douglas Ryan will make presentations Wednesday at the north campus of Nashua High School. Students and members of the public will have the chance to learn about ancient military culture and view items from ancient…

Job-Hunting Profile

Paul Coon, mechanical engineer Paul Coon has been out of work for two years. Despite networking and applying for jobs since being laid off from Teradyne, the 47-year-old mechanical engineer from Mont Vernon went a good six to nine months…

Fire damages city home

NASHUA - Nashua Fire Rescue responded to a basement fire at a home on East Dunstable Road on Saturday afternoon. Fire officials said the blaze at 15 E. Dunstable Road, a home owned by Thomas and Colleen Nauss, was possibly…

African-American grave site found

PORTSMOUTH - (AP) - DNA testing has confirmed that bodies uncovered at a grave site are African-American and confirmed a genetic trait that will make it easier to identify Africans, a researcher said. Last fall, crews digging a new sewer…

Preserve celebrates Earth Day

MERRIMACK - Come early, stay late and have fun. That’s Debra Huffman’s sales pitch for the second annual Earth Day celebration and cleanup day at the Horse Hill Nature Preserve, the 563-acre property of swamp, field and forest the town…

Stadium use to get public hearing

NASHUA - The Board of Education will hold a public information meeting Tuesday night to discuss possible uses of Stellos Stadium. Board members are seeking both positive and negative feedback about the possibility of opening the field to organizations outside…

Planning Board says no to drum corps

NASHUA - Saying it had to stick by a stipulation that limits the use of Stellos Stadium to youth sports, the Planning Board denied a request from the Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps to host a competition at the stadium…

Water to be shut off in small area

Water will be shut off in the area near Main and Temple streets late Sunday night and early Monday morning during work to upgrade some water mains that date back to the early 1900s. Water will be off from 10…

Board OKs church expansion

The Pilgrim Church of Nashua at 4 Watson St. has received the go-ahead from the Planning Board to build a one-story, 5,170-square-foot addition. According to project engineer Jeffrey Lewis, the new space will be used for offices and classrooms for…

Two arson cases under investigation

NASHUA The police and fire departments are investigating two cases of arson that happened Thursday night. At about 10:55 p.m., a brush fire was reported in an area adjacent to the F.E. Everett Turnpike, between Pine Hill Road and the…

Parents relieved about budget

NASHUA - School administrators and parents sighed in relief as they got their first look at how the schools fared in Mayor Bernie Streeter’s budget proposal for the 2005 fiscal year. “Our first reaction was one of relief - that…

Historical Society sets meeting

WILTON The Historical Society will meet on Thursday at 7 p.m., at the Wilton Public-Gregg Free Library. The speaker will be Society member Lynne Draper who will give a presentation on Samuel Chamberlain, a noted photographer, etcher and lithographer, who…

Town cleanup day this weekend

GREENVILLE - The annual town cleanup day will be held Saturday. Volunteers are asked to meet at the Town Hall at 9 a.m., where they will be assigned an area to work. The event is co-sponsored by the Conservation Committee…

Lions Club seeking teacher nominees

The Nashua Lions Club is looking for nominations for its Teacher of the Year award. Nominations can be made by anyone. The only requirement is that the person being nominated is a teacher in either a public or private school…

Housing forum set at senior center

Housing continues to be a priority issue for senior citizens. The Greater Nashua Area Committee on Aging has planned a forum on senior housing options to be held at the Senior Activity Center, 70 Temple St., on Wednesday, April 28,…

Area couple seeks return of children left behind in Congo

MANCHESTER - Several things immediately strike you about Hubert Simwerayi and his wife, Helene Muyumbu: How much they have been through, how much gratitude they express, and how deeply they wish to be reunited with their seven children. The couple…

Mayor prunes school budget

NASHUA - Mayor Bernie Streeter trimmed the spending plan for the city’s schools, but his budget proposal for the 2005 fiscal year does not endorse any of the dire options feared by parents. No elementary schools will close. High school…

Employee focus is Appledore Engineering’s secret

“Business diversity” is an often abused claim employed by companies attempting to separate themselves from their competition. But it’s the real thing at Appledore Engineering Inc. of Portsmouth, a relatively small firm that can do a lot of things --…

Spanish-language paper finds a home in region

It’s safe to say that there are few newspapers in northern New England quite like Rumbo, the free weekly newspaper for the Spanish-speaking population up and down the Merrimack River Valley, from Lawrence, Mass., through Nashua and as far north…

Employee focus is Appledore Engineering’s secret

“Business diversity” is an often abused claim employed by companies attempting to separate themselves from their competition. But it’s the real thing at Appledore Engineering Inc. of Portsmouth, a relatively small firm that can do a lot of things --…

Are health savings accounts an answer to higher costs?

Herve Riel, a Manchester accountant, found out his health insurance premiums were about to rise some 35 percent, to nearly $1,000 a month. No surprises there. Since he is in his 60s, and is in the smallest group possible (one),…

Big players stir an expected VoIP explosion

A recent article in The Boston Globe reports that the promise of big savings on phone calls has helped propel “Voice over Internet Protocol” into the consumer consciousness. To consumers, interest in VoIP has boomed during the last year as…

N.H. businesses voice a need for Internet speed

Dial-up is fading and high-speed connections are soaring for Internet usage by New Hampshire businesses, according to a survey released Tuesday by the state that underlined the importance of fast Net access in the corporate world. And that importance is…

‘Next generation bar code’ revolutionizing supply chains

Radio frequency identification, or RFID, is a technology often described as the next generation of bar coding, one that proponents say will revolutionize supply chain management. Placed on pallets, boxes or individual items, RFID tags can track and identify goods…

Next Internet protocol tests enter new phase

Now that the Segway has fizzled, New Hampshire’s best claim to a cool techno-thing has to be IPv6. I’ll admit that “cool” is relative: I don’t think you’ll see Diane Sawyer getting all giddy about Internet name-space expansion any time…