A University of New Hampshire engineering professor has won a National Science Foundation research grant that could one day result in more durable roads and less highway construction. Jo Daniel, assistant professor of civil engineering in the College of Engineering…
The old saying is that you never know what will happen during Motorcycle Week. That’s the way it’s worked out for Raymond Boissoneau. In 1997, Boissoneau was in Laconia for the annual biker fest when he spotted a “For Sale”…
To be or not to be exempt from the Consumer Protection Act -- that is the question affecting a number of industries this legislative session. The state’s Consumer Protection Act was once a mighty sword wielded by trial lawyers, but…
It’s a non-budget year, and the state Legislature hopes to adjourn in May. There’s a presidential primary and war going on. So why should businesses pay attention to what is going on in the State House? It turns out no…
Voter information night NASHUA - Hoping that familiarity will draw more people to the polls, the Ethnic Awareness Committee wants to give first-time voters a how-to on elections. “We’re just trying to get the information out. The process isn’t a…
LYNDEBOROUGH - Copies of an extensive questionnaire concerning the direction the School Board should take in regard to expansion and/or renovation of the Central School should arrive at all homes in town early next week. The questionnaire is the result…
AMHERST - The Board of Selectmen has decided the town’s environmental center could use some assistance from taxpayers to help meet its expansion goals. An article asking voters to approve $20,000 for renovations at the Peabody Mill Environmental Center will…
For Assistance So far, winter has been more tease than tormentor. But the administrator of fuel and electric assistance programs for Southern New Hampshire Services expects colder weather and a growing demand for help. “There are three factors that influence…
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry will host two “Chili Feeds” in the area today. The Massachusetts senator will be at the Milford VFW Post 4368, 14 Perkins Road, at noon. He will be at Alvirne High School, 200 Derry Road,…
NASHUA - Erien Jasiel Cintron-Arizmendi has plenty of initiative. The little fellow arrived into this world 22 days early, surprising his parents but earning the neat distinction as the first baby born in New Hampshire this year. “It’s a new…
NASHUA - Dr. Paul Etkind’s job can be compared to being a medical detective: chase and catch bad, icky things. These bad guys are germs. Etkind, a former assistant state epidemiologist for Massachusetts, is the latest addition to the Division…
LYNDEBOROUGH - After a meeting earlier this month during which Planning Board members heard numerous complaints about the look of a new AT&T cellular communications tower, the board chairman indicated this week that the company is willing to work toward…
HUDSON - A night of interrupted sleep helped alert a Kestral Lane resident to a fire in her home. According to fire officials, Adele Lichtenberg was up around 2:30 a.m. when she noticed a light coming from a hole in…
NASHUA - Dick Bosa keeps a torn, state map in his jacket pocket, marked up in fluorescent yellow with the communities he intends to visit to unseat the president. In his well-worn loafers, by his count, Bosa intends to visit…
CONCORD - A Nashua veterinarian whose medical license was revoked for six months after allegations that he knowingly hired a fugitive from justice, berated workers with foul language and did not follow proper medical practice in two cases, has lost…
MERRIMACK - A Hess gasoline station on Daniel Webster Highway is one of five in the state that faces a fine for failing to correct problems with underground tanks. Under a notice of noncompliance and permit revocation issued by the…
NASHUA - The executive director of the local chapter of the American Red Cross says people are canceling registrations for CPR classes in the wake of a cluster of bacterial meningitis cases across the state - even though there has…
NASHUA - Eleanor Batchelder didn’t bat an eye when she was asked to put on a form-fitting, red velour dress with white trim for U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt. She would do that for her candidate, she decided. So when it…
MERRIMACK - Developers next week will unveil a conceptual plan for a regional shopping center they’re planning for near Exit 10 of the F.E. Everett Turnpike. The plan will include locations for stores and roads and buffers between the development…
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine’s simmering casino controversy has drawn the attention of gambling industry analysts and out-of-state gambling companies. Analysts said the racino issue in Maine has drawn widespread attention because it is the only place nationwide where horse…
NASHUA - A committee working to finalize a draft charter for a proposed regional water district expects to complete its job by the end of January. Marilyn Peterman, an Amherst resident and chairwoman of the Pennichuck Regional Water District Committee,…
MILFORD - Questions as big as the empty Bales School and as perennial as getting volunteers will be in the air when the Milford downtown group DO-IT holds its annual strategic planning session next week. The session is open to…
NASHUA - Chrysanthemums, coconut and willow trees, parachutes, serpents, bees and butterflies will be flying through the air to ring in the new year in the city. These are just a few of the types of fireworks that may light…
rochures are floating around town bearing a basket of vegetables and the mantra, “Make it Happen!” Before confusion prevents linking vegetables with making things happen, the words “Hollis Community Farm” catch the eye and it begins to make sense. You…
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Health officials announced good news Monday: The strain of bacterial meningitis that killed one teenager during the weekend is not related to the strain contracted by two other teenagers. That means it less likely that a…
NASHUA - A committee working to finalize a draft charter for a proposed regional water district expects to complete its job by the end of January. Marilyn Peterman, an Amherst resident and chairwoman of the Pennichuck Regional Water District Committee,…
MILFORD - Questions as big as the empty Bales School and as perennial as getting volunteers will be in the air when the Milford downtown group DO-IT holds its annual strategic planning session next week. The session is open to…
NASHUA - Chrysanthemums, coconut and willow trees, parachutes, serpents, bees and butterflies will be flying through the air to ring in the new year in the city. These are just a few of the types of fireworks that may light…
CONCORD - One of five teenagers hospitalized last week with symptoms of bacterial meningitis has died from the disease, and another was in critical condition Sunday. State health officials planned to alert emergency room personnel statewide Monday about the cases…
Brochures are floating around town bearing a basket of vegetables and the mantra, “Make it Happen!” Before confusion prevents linking vegetables with making things happen, the words “Hollis Community Farm” catch the eye and it begins to make sense. You…
City officials will take the oath of office on Sunday, Jan. 4, marking the 102nd inauguration of city government in Nashua. The public is invited to watch the Election Day victors be sworn into office. No invitations are needed. The…
ene Rousseau was ready to call it quits in July. The 61-year-old considers himself good at withstanding pain, but enough was enough. The Milford resident was receiving up to six shots of morphine a day to cope with the pain…
NASHUA - If Kwanzaa means taking time for family, culture and community, then a local party marking the seven-day celebration exceeded that goal. About 60 people gathered Saturday and converted the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua function hall…
City officials will take the oath of office on Sunday, Jan. 4, marking the 102nd inauguration of city government in Nashua. The public is invited to watch the Election Day victors be sworn into office. No invitations are needed. The…
Rene Rousseau was ready to call it quits in July. The 61-year-old considers himself good at withstanding pain, but enough was enough. The Milford resident was receiving up to six shots of morphine a day to cope with the pain…
AAs a 10-year-old, Lisa Langley used to commute all the way from her Manchester home to Boston to skate with the likes of Paul Wylie and Nancy Kerrigan. Now 37, Langley is teaching local children and adults a range of…
HUDSON - The town’s efforts to boost open space got an extra boost this week. Resident Jean Serino presented the town with an early Christmas present Tuesday night. She addressed the Board of Selectmen during public remarks, noting upon world…
As a 10-year-old, Lisa Langley used to commute all the way from her Manchester home to Boston to skate with the likes of Paul Wylie and Nancy Kerrigan. Now 37, Langley is teaching local children and adults a range of…
NASHUA - The city has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the New Hampshire Supreme Court, arguing the use of state gas tax money for the proposed commuter rail project is consistent with the state constitution. Corporation Counsel David Connell wrote…
NASHUA - This definitely was a Christmas they won’t forget. There’s a Christmas tree in the corner with ornaments and a red tree skirt. When a reporter dropped by Wednesday, Dawn Marrotte was wrapping presents in a room with the…
NASHUA - A plan to mobilize a large contingent of plow drivers during snowstorms is included in the new contract between City Hall and the drivers who push the stuff out of the way. Members of the American Federation of…
MONT VERNON - A recently formed Open Space Committee will soon start investigating what the town has for open space and different ways it could buy and preserve the best parcels. The group’s findings will be presented to voters at…
HOLLIS - Gov. Craig Benson recently appointed pharmacist and Board of Selectmen member Vahrij Manoukian to the six-member New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy. “I was honored. Are you kidding me?” Manoukian said. In the background, he was juggling conversations about…
BEDFORD - A family was temporarily homeless after a first-alarm fire Christmas night. About 15 firefighters responded to a home at 27 Shaw Drive after someone from the home reported a bedroom fire by calling 911 at about 9:15 p.m.…
Russ Hilliard, president of the New Hampshire Bar Association, will always remember something he heard years ago from Chief Justice David A. Brock, when Hilliard was arguing a case before the state’s Supreme Court. The case involved eminent domain proceedings,…
The New Hampshire Virtual Business Incubator -- a first-of-its-kind on-line effort that provides information and support to new businesses -- has been launched with the goal of expanding to become a national resource. Not surprisingly, the thinking behind the incubator…
Tyson Foods Inc. has announced plans to shut down its Manchester facility, eliminating another 550 jobs from New Hampshire’s manufacturing base. Who cares? Unemployment is going down. Of course, the state’s economy can absorb the job loss, but it is…
Bus start proposals MERRIMACK - Like Shakespeare’s famed Prince of Denmark, school officials in the next few months face a great philosophical question: 2B, or not 2B. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of…
MERRIMACK - It’s bad enough to think the School District stands to receive $2.5 million less in state aid to education next year. What makes school officials shudder is the thought that under a constitutional amendment favored by some lawmakers…
NASHUA - A beloved native son who went on to become an alderman, mayor and governor is now memorialized near where he and his wife raised their family in a rural corner of the city. The woods around Lovewell’s Pond…
Torrington Properties has deepened its stake in the state’s commercial/retail real estate market with its purchase of the 300,000-square-foot shopping center in Rochester known as The Ridge. The $51.3 million acquisition from Waterstone Properties includes the retail center adjacent to Route 11, home to Market Basket, a New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlet, Marshalls, Old Navy, Starbucks, Stonewall Kitchen, Petco, Famous Footwear, ULTA Beauty, Hobby Lobby, the 110 Grill restaurant and other occupants.
Joshua Greenwald, owner broker of the Greenwald Realty Group, is the new president of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors.
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
While the median price of a single-family home in New Hampshire declined again in November, don’t assume it’s a trend toward greater affordability. More likely, according to Susan Cole, president of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors (NHAR), it’s because of seasonal trends in this region.
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
‘What I learned is if we wanted to have a product or a program in New Hampshire that was successful, it had to mirror the illegal product, because if it was too greedy, if it was…
Diabetes costs the U.S. economy approximately $413 billion annually, including more than $106 billion in lost productivity.
A new report from the AARP concludes there’s an urgent need to support the tens of thousands of New Hampshire residents who serve as caregivers to people close to them.
The State Department and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) have stopped processing visas for Afghans and slowed or halted issuing “green cards” to refugees, the documents granting refugees permanent resident status in the United States and the ability to seek employment.
