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…
HUDSON - With the election months away, two longtime selectmen announced Tuesday night that they will not be seeking re-election. Selectmen Shawn Jasper and Ann Seabury both said during the board’s meeting that they will not run for another term.…
Here is a summary of what is closed Thursday in observance of Christmas Day: STATE OFFICES: Closed. MUNICIPAL OFFICES: Closed. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Closed. FEDERAL OFFICES: Closed. POST OFFICE: Closed; Express Mail delivery accepted. BANKS: Closed. PUBLIC LIBRARIES: Closed. STOCK MARKET:…
Ken DeBenedictis will be doing what many people wish basketball player Michael Jordan had done. He’s ending his career on a high note. DeBenedictis, who plans to retire from his position as superintendent of the three Hollis and Brookline districts…
Here is a summary of what will be closed Thursday in observance of Christmas: STATE OFFICES: Closed. MUNICIPAL OFFICES: Closed. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Closed. FEDERAL OFFICES: Closed. POST OFFICES: Closed; Express Mail delivery accepted. BANKS: Closed. PUBLIC LIBRARIES: Closed. STOCK MARKET:…
MILFORD - Fourteen years into the process of cleaning up the Fletcher’s Superfund site, the program has its most visible marker since the old paint factory was torn down: A 6,000-gallon tank for holding dirty water. Subcontractors hired by Syracuse,…
MERRIMACK - Driven by rising health insurance benefits and costs related to opening a new school, the proposed school district operating budget for next year is up 9.87 percent. The School Board on Monday voted 5-0 to accept a proposed…
HOLLIS - An “underground movement” is one step closer to becoming a reality in town, thanks to a stamp of approval from the Board of Selectmen on Monday night. The “underground movement” in question - growing organic produce at a…
NASHUA - Paintings of delicate orchids, New York City views, colorful medieval ladies posing demurely, a stately Victorian home, delectable apples in a still life, a color-infused, sunlit window adorned with three vases. These are some of the many poignant…
NASHUA - Top elected Republicans in the city have split ways over the state’s funding of education. Mayor Bernie Streeter said Sen. Jane O’Hearn is not representing the interests of city residents during the education funding debate. “We’re going to…
HOW TO HELP MILFORD - With some 500 National Guard soldiers in southern New Hampshire shipping out for 18 months right after the holidays, a lot of area families are facing big changes. Fortunately, a lot of people are ready…
Mont Vernon New pumper truck made possible by grant. MONT VERNON - The federal government gave Mont Vernon an early Christmas present last week: $182,700 to buy a new pumper truck. The grant, awarded by the Department of Homeland Security,…
NASHUA - Residents using the city’s library system to look for local historical facts and figures or to search out their family ancestry will soon be pulling up to a table at the Chandler Memorial Library at 257 Main St.…
MONT VERNON - During a two-hour emergency meeting Saturday morning, the School Board voted unanimously to approve spending about $15,000 of town money to temporarily fix the leaky roof that has shut down Mont Vernon Village School since Tuesday. Several…
Is Pennichuck Corp. looking to sell the company out from under Nashua’s effort to take it over? That depends on whom you ask. Mayor Bernie Streeter says yes. “It’s no secret they are at this point . . . seeking…
WILTON - Four Corners Farm on Isaac Frye Highway, one of the oldest farms in town, has been listed in the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places. Early last spring, the farm was awarded a $250,000 Land and Community…
WILTON - Negotiations are under way to preserve a portion of the Four Corners Farm on Abbot Hill Road and to ensure the continuing operations of the Wilton-Temple Community Farm, which has leased the site for eight years. Mike Andrews,…
FRANCESTOWN - If you want to know why so many people are so excited about the reopening of Crotched Mountain Ski Area, consider two numbers from the National Ski Area Association. The first is 490. That’s how many ski areas…
BENNINGTON - Ski fans always get a little impatient waiting for a favorite mountain to reopen for the season, but Steve McClallen of Nashua has more reason than most to be impatient: He’s been waiting 13 winters. “I was so…
NASHUA - Four local social service agencies that help the homeless were awarded a total of more than $1.4 million in grants Friday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The funds will help support programs that offer…
NASHUA - After six years leading the Nashua Regional Planning Commission, Andrew Singelakis is leaving to take a planning position in Tucson, Ariz. Singelakis will be the deputy director of planning for the desert community starting in February. His last…
LYNDEBOROUGH - Evelyn Harwood rarely, if ever, missed a meeting of importance to the town or the school. She did not speak very often, but when she did, everyone stopped to listen. “She waited until she had something important to…
MONT VERNON - The Mont Vernon School Board will hold a special session this morning to discuss how to cope with roof leaks that closed the school most of the week. Around a dozen leaks occurred in the building, including…
New Englanders will have more than unkind words for the Major League Baseball Players Association should it squash the Red Sox’s attempt to trade for Texas Rangers’ shortstop Alex Rodriguez. Some of those angry gestures could come from leaders of…
CONCORD - A defiant Gov. Craig Benson said Friday that he will nominate the next chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court even after the same court acted to uphold a state law that took this power away from…
WILTON - Last Christmas, the sixth-graders at Florence Rideout Elementary School held a read-athon and earned about $1,300 that they spent on toys for the town’s annual Christmas Store, which supplies gifts for the less fortunate. They had so much…
WILTON - The Planning Board on Wednesday approved the relocation of a bridge across Stoney Brook and an access road to the stone crusher on the Pike Industries site off Route 31 North. The question has been under consideration since…
NASHUA - Public Works Director George Crombie, who has been a lightning rod for both praise and criticism in his four years on the job, is stepping down next month. Crombie told Mayor Bernie Streeter Wednesday that he planned to…
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When the path forward isn’t clear and feelings of overwhelm or despair are near, finding anchors in gratitude, horizon and context can steady our leadership through almost anything.
Responsible monetary decisions. Clear and widely disseminated communication with the public, especially on the city’s finances and taxes. Helping people keep their homes and find new ones. Regulatory and cultural changes to make it easier for businesses and development, and investments in the roads, sewers and other infrastructure to support them.
Over 20 years of working with New Hampshire business owners, I’ve noticed something consistent: The businesses that thrive aren’t the ones chasing every new trend. They’re the ones who know how to evaluate whether a new tool or strategy actually serves their goals.
College cut the ribbon this month for a 21-home complex for college employees in West Lebanon
