MILFORD - A gas line break shortly before noon shut down a street leading off the Milford Oval on Monday, leading to an evacuation of St. Patrick's Church and some nearby homes. The street was reopened about forty five minutes…
NASHUA - President Bush visited the heart of Kerry country Thursday to tell enthusiastic supporters on a shop-floor classroom that matching education to the needs of business is key to solving the nation's employment problems. "Community colleges have got the…
NASHUA - The Country Tavern Inn has received city approval to build an 18-foot electronic changing message sign in front of its restaurant at 452 Amherst St. The Zoning Board of Adjustment normally takes a dim view of such signs,…
Students from 24 high schools and technical centers throughout the state will take part in a daylong skills and leadership competition Friday. Two hundred and seventy-five students are expected to participate in the competition sponsored by SkillsUSA-VICA, which is a…
A couple of area farmers were out in California recently as part of their roles on advisory committees of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Timothy O’Connell of Milford, a former state representative and owner of Butternut Farm, was recently appointed…
NASHUA - A former rooming house with something of a checkered past will be expanded and converted into office space under a proposal approved by the Planning Board. The board on Thursday voted 6-1 to endorse the plan by local…
NASHUA - It’s been a long time coming, but a plan to build a new Senior Activity Center and 43 units of housing for the elderly on Temple Street has cleared the local permitting process. Construction on the facility is…
NASHUA - Kagen Weeks drives a shiny red car decorated with a lone rear bumper sticker printed in red, white and blue: “Bush/Orwell 2004.” The message the 28-year-old environmental engineer hopes to send is a puzzle to many passersby, who…
President Bush will make his second trip in two months to New Hampshire next Thursday to tout jobs in Nashua. Bush’s official visit as the nation’s chief executive will come a few hours before he travels to Boston for a…
It might be an exaggeration to say that C.B. Sullivan Jr. was born with the salon supply business in his blood. But not by much. “We grew up with a small barber supply business in our basement,” Sullivan says of…
It might be an exaggeration to say that C.B. Sullivan Jr. was born with the salon supply business in his blood. But not by much. “We grew up with a small barber supply business in our basement,” Sullivan says of…
Van McLeod, New Hampshire’s commissioner of cultural resources, oversees the state’s divisions of the arts, historical resources and libraries. His wife, Joan Goshgarian, is executive director of the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts, which seeks to educate, motivate…
Small-business owners walloped by health insurance rate increases might be getting a break if a bill passed by the state Senate becomes law. But they shouldn’t hold their breath. Senate Bill 429 reforms the health insurance reforms contained in last…
Clinton Frederick “Rick” Miller is not the Rick Miller who used to play the outfield for the Boston Red Sox and, later, the California Angels. But when he looks at his net income these days, he might wish he were.…
Van McLeod, New Hampshire’s commissioner of cultural resources, oversees the state’s divisions of the arts, historical resources and libraries. His wife, Joan Goshgarian, is executive director of the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts, which seeks to educate, motivate…
There’s no one set of rules for bringing new companies to New Hampshire. No two businesses follow the same path to relocation. Often making a personal connection at the right time makes all the difference - and that was the…
Small-business owners walloped by health insurance rate increases might be getting a break if a bill passed by the state Senate becomes law. But they shouldn’t hold their breath. Senate Bill 429 reforms the health insurance reforms contained in last…
Clinton Frederick “Rick” Miller is not the Rick Miller who used to play the outfield for the Boston Red Sox and, later, the California Angels. But when he looks at his net income these days, he might wish he were.…
The winter of 2003-04 has not been an ideal one for New Hampshire ski resorts. First, there was a major snowfall in December, long before most skiers were ready to take to the slopes. January was bitterly cold. The February…
Mary Nelson, administrative assistant to Nashua Mayor Bernie Streeter, offers a commemorative blanket to Salvation Army Commissioner Lawrence Moretz and his wife, Nancy. Moretz spoke at a council of war meeting for all Salvation Army leaders from Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts…
PORTSMOUTH (AP) - Members of a group hoping to save New Hampshire’s first statehouse have been told they need to do more homework before federal funding would be available. A spokesman for Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., told the Save the…
HUDSON - Here are the results of the March 13 Destination ImagiNation regional event held at Alvirne High School. All teams advancing to the state finals are listed, as well as local teams that participated. The state finals are April…
LYNDEBOROUGH - Sharon Boisvert has formally requested a recount of the race for Board of Selectmen and a ballot question dealing with a new ordinance regulating use of off-road vehicles on state-sanctioned trails. The votes were taken Tuesday. She presented…
There is a maxim that one needs to spend money to save money. That’s the quandary the Board of Aldermen faced as it weighed whether to borrow $1.3 million to pay for a fiber-optic cable system to connect city facilities.…
NASHUA - Aiming to open its first store in the city, Wal-Mart is applying for a permit from the state Department of Environmental Services to fill an acre of wetlands, drawing criticism from local environmental leaders. Last fall, the Conservation…
DURHAM - At about 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday, 15 minutes after his team clinched a semifinal victory over Bishop Brady and earned a spot in Saturday’s Class I finals, Souhegan High School boys basketball coach Mike Facques did something that…
LYNDEBOROUGH - Voters at Town Meeting added $1,000 to a study of the fire and police stations and indefinitely postponed action on designating French Road as “scenic,” but otherwise accepted everything on the warrant. The three-hour meeting was held Saturday…
MERRIMACK - Town police are assisting state Fish and Game Department officials in seeking a suspect who destroyed at least five beaver dams in White Pine Swamp. Four of the dams were located in the town-owned Horse Hill Nature Preserve,…
MILFORD - Authorities are investigating an attempt to burn down the gazebo on the Milford Oval, but won’t say whether it is connected to the late-night arson fire that gutted the Garden Street School. “They are being treated right now…
MONT VERNON - Years of moldy classrooms, ice dams and ceiling leaks so extensive that they closed school for a week led Mont Vernon School District voters to overwhelmingly approve a $600,000 bond for extensive repairs to the roof of…
Town moderator announces his own fate MILFORD - One of the fun parts of being moderator in an SB2 community is that you get to read out the vote totals to the eager, awaiting throng. Fun, that is, unless you…
MILFORD - The fire that gutted the Garden Street School was definitely arson and followed an “unlawful entry” into the building, say investigators, but otherwise the early Monday blaze remains under investigation. “Evidence collection is going on, as are interviews.…
MILFORD - Investigators are still looking into the cause of the fire that virtually destroyed the 77-year-old Garden Street School early Monday, the day before voters are to decide whether to tear it down. Hampered by the dangerous condition of…
MILFORD - One day before voters were set to decide whether to tear it down, the 77-year-old Garden Street School has been gutted by a fire. The school, one block south of the Oval in the center of town, burned…
MEETING INFO NASHUA - Area residents have the opportunity to learn how they can help families in need tonight at Grace Lutheran Church. The Greater Nashua Interfaith Hospitality Network will celebrate the area congregations that have joined to shelter homeless…
Here are the major developments resulting from Attorney General Peter Heed’s investigation into the awarding of an $866,000 health-care consulting contract: RESIGNATION: State Director of Personnel Joseph D’Alessandro resigned under fire, minutes before Heed issued the report calling for his…
There are many crafts folk, sales personnel and customer service representatives who say they meet the most interesting people in their line of work, and Bill Hale is no exception. For more than 30 years Hale has plied his craft…
The cliche is sometimes right -- truth is stranger than fiction. The story of Portsmouth-based Valhalla Productions and its first film, “Marilyn’s Man” -- a documentary about the love affair between Marilyn Monroe and her first husband, Jim Dougherty --…
Signs of a recovery in the commercial office and industrial markets have emerged in the Seacoast, according to a study conducted by The Kane Company. An analysis of the 2003 fourth quarter shows that office vacancy rates fell and rents…
A relationship that began more than six years ago has wound up bringing Vermont-based Janos Technology Inc., and 75 jobs, to New Hampshire. Janos -- a maker of advanced infrared optical components and assemblies -- decided on moving to the…
Renting out a second home or vacation home for part of the year can actually be an excellent way to earn additional income and get a nice tax break at the same time. Of course, as always, there are rules…
The cliche is sometimes right -- truth is stranger than fiction. The story of Portsmouth-based Valhalla Productions and its first film, “Marilyn’s Man” -- a documentary about the love affair between Marilyn Monroe and her first husband, Jim Dougherty --…
Signs of a recovery in the commercial office and industrial markets have emerged in the Seacoast, according to a study conducted by The Kane Company. An analysis of the 2003 fourth quarter shows that office vacancy rates fell and rents…
Renting out a second home or vacation home for part of the year can actually be an excellent way to earn additional income and get a nice tax break at the same time. Of course, as always, there are rules…
A relationship that began more than six years ago has wound up bringing Vermont-based Janos Technology Inc., and 75 jobs, to New Hampshire. Janos -- a maker of advanced infrared optical components and assemblies -- decided on moving to the…
Anyone who’s ever tried to navigate the complicated and time-consuming process involved in trying to win a federal contract knows that the effort can be potentially lucrative -- and aggravating. Granite State businesses looking for help in charting those waters…
How could the Golf Course of New England fail? That’s what its first members apparently thought when they plucked down as much as a $65,000 initiation fee -- some even before the first shovel of dirt was moved. After all,…
There are many crafts folk, sales personnel and customer service representatives who say they meet the most interesting people in their line of work, and Bill Hale is no exception. For more than 30 years Hale has plied his craft…
BROOKLINE - Town residents, especially the many who were touched by her far-reaching, gentle hand of kindness, are mourning the recent death of Frances Kowalski, who lived in town with her family from 1969-94. From the time she spotted a…
NASHUA - Pennichuck Corp. was fined $52,750 by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday for allegedly failing to protect workers from cave-in hazards during a Main Street water main break in January. OSHA inspectors found workers exposed…
I keep seeing articles on how hard it is for new college grads to find jobs. Some who do are often let go a few months after starting.
A roundup of news updates from public companies in NH and nationwide
Interest rate hike? What interest rate hike? The move by the Federal Reserve to hike a key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point (0.25%) has provoked a big yawn in the New Hampshire economy.
NH Business Review's biweekly snapshot of business and industry statistics
The Seacoast Landing retail and commercial development project underway in Newington could include a large medical facility that would be between 75,000 and 100,000 square feet, and would be the third major occupant of the 82-acre project along with a Costco and a second major retailer.
On a recent Friday at the Easterseals NH Military & Veterans Campus in Franklin, I found myself about 30 feet in the air. I was holding onto a pole and contemplating what suddenly seemed like a rather narrow log stretching out over a great deal of empty space toward another pole, which also seemed remarkably distant.
In recent years, New Hampshire families have faced persistent and growing challenges with affordability and accessibility as they navigate the early care and education landscape.
Published annually, “The Best Lawyers in America®” is an exhaustive search for the country’s top attorneys. Here is a compilation of the top attorneys who practice in New Hampshire in dozens of legal specialties related to the needs of businesses,…
Ramy Rahimi is the new vice president for research and development at the University of New Hampshire.
