Author: NH Business Review Staff

CONCORD - Gov. Craig Benson said he’s “very concerned’’ at the possibility the state’s bond rating could be lowered when Wall Street agencies make a decision about an $80 million, long-term note in the coming weeks. During an interview, Benson…

NASHUA - As the sun rose Monday morning, a group of teenagers stood on the roof of the north campus of Nashua High School ready to deliver a message. With a heave from those above the brick façade of the…

LYNDEBOROUGH - AT&T Wireless wants to place a 100-foot communications tower near the town barn off Locust Lane, and selectmen would like to have it there to provide some needed income for the town. Two obstacles stand in the way,…

NASHUA - One of the final pieces of the puzzle to build a complex with a new Senior Activity Center and affordable elderly housing has fallen into place. Southern New Hampshire Services has received $4,041,000 to open 43 units of…

NASHUA - Anyone considering skipping the flu shot this year because the vaccine doesn’t match a strain of the flu that has surfaced in some parts of the country should think again. “It’s not exactly the same strain, but the…

NASHUA - Those who embraced the Tibetan Buddhist monks during their stay in the city must now practice the Buddhist concept of nonattachment and say goodbye to their new friends. Throngs of people crowded into the foyer of the Nashua…

MERRIMACK - After years of debate by residents, seemingly countless hours of discussion by town officials and several contentious town meeting votes, the pieces of the trash disposal puzzle are falling into place. A $1.5 million transfer station being built…

MERRIMACK - It was an early test of the town’s new ethics ordinance, which was designed in part to keep public officials from getting involved in areas where there might be a conflict of interest. Selectmen’s Chairman Dick Hinch is…

NASHUA - The Planning Board has given conditional approval to a proposal to build a convenience store at 523 Broad St. next to the new Majestic Heights subdivision, but that approval may be short-lived. Final approval of the plan hinges…

NASHUA - A community-based Medical Reserve Corps is looking for a few good volunteers among doctors, pharmacists, lab techs and medical professionals of all stripes to serve. The 2-year-old national MRC makes its arrival in the state after three communities,…

Holiday Stroll should end with a bang The Winter Holiday Stroll will have a fireworks display for the first time. The city’s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration will come to a close at the event Saturday with fireworks shot over the Nashua…

MERRIMACK - So, you opened your property tax bill from the town last month, and your jaw dropped. Town officials refer to it as “sticker shock.” To angry homeowners, that phrase doesn’t quite do justice to the increase in tax…

NASHUA - The city’s offer to purchase Pennichuck Corp. will receive “fair and full consideration,” the head of the company said Friday. The company’s legal and financial advisers will review the city’s $121 million purchase offer, said Pennichuck President and…

MONT VERNON - It wasn’t the tallest structure in town, but for Mont Vernon kids over the last 15 years or so, the tower at the school playground may have been the most exciting. Reached through a raised tube made…

MERRIMACK - More cuts have been made to the proposed 2004-05 budget: The library trustees have trimmed an additional $49,961. That brings the proposed municipal budget, excluding warrant articles, to $24,563,977. That represents a reduction of 7.06 percent from the…

NASHUA - The Planning Board approved MacMulkin Chevrolet’s proposal to build a 22,497-square-foot, two-story addition to its dealership at 3 Marmon Drive, but at least a dozen people who live nearby aren’t happy about the decision. In approving the project…

NASHUA - With an old building to fix up, two dozen turkeys to cook by Sunday, and a mission to establish, the Rev. David Blacksmith has a lot on his mind. Add one more thing to the list: The state…

HOLLIS - Voters got a sweet deal on a good chunk of land at Thursday night’s Special Town Meeting, supporters say. For about $2.4 million, the town succeeded in protecting 137 acres from falling into the hands of interested developers.…

KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) - A suicide truck bomb exploded at the office of a U.S.-allied Kurdish political party in this northern oil center Thursday, killing four bystanders and wounding about 30 - including children. It was the second car-bombing in…

NASHUA - The city is willing to exceed the $106 million offer that a Philadelphia company made last year to acquire Pennichuck Corp. City officials announced Thursday that they have an offer on the table of $121 million, which matches…

AMHERST – Selectman Marilyn Peterman wants to sell her home in historic Amherst Village and move into a smaller house to be built at the back of her property on Amherst Street. After a public hearing at Tuesday’s Zoning Board…

LYNDEBOROUGH – A committee charged with determining the course of the school district over the next 20 years is preparing a survey to determine what the townspeople want to do. Members hope to get an answer at the district meeting…

PORTSMOUTH (AP) – Transportation commissioner Carol Murray has described a gloomy picture of the state’s plans for road work because of a shortage of money. “We are seriously broke to the point where all projects had to move out in…

Dear friends and neighbors, The Hollis history, “Where the Past Has Been Preserved,” tells us, at town meetings during the 1800s, ballots were cast annually for first selectman, second selectman, third selectman, moderator, clerk, treasurer – sounds familiar so far,…

MERRIMACK – The Board of Selectmen has voted in closed session to freeze salaries of all nonunion employees as part of a slate of initiatives to hold down taxes next year. The freeze will impact more than 50 employees, mainly…

CHESTER (AP) – Two teenagers were killed Wednesday afternoon in a head-on crash with a dump truck at the intersection of Route 102 and Fremont Road, police said. The victims were identified as Alan Kauffman, 19, and Matthew Lampassi, 17,…

HOLLIS – Residents will decide at tonight’s Special Town Meeting whether the town should purchase three parcels in order to have a say in their development. The purchases would equal about 142 acres and cost the town about $2.9 million…

NASHUA – Auxiliary Bishop Francis Christian will run St. Joseph Church until the Diocese of Manchester can find a permanent pastor. Christian will serve as the parish’s temporary administrator for an indefinite period, diocesan spokesman Pat McGee said Wednesday. Christian…

Japanese scientists say they have identified a new species of whale – a remarkable discovery if confirmed. The animal is a type of baleen, the family of whales that strain tiny plankton and other food from seawater, the researchers say.…

t will be hard to miss a group of Nashua dancers as they march along the New York City parade route for next week’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The 21 girls between the ages of 14 and 16 from the…

NASHUA – A former Bishop Guertin High School student who claimed he was sexually abused by Brother Roger Argencourt while attending the school in the 1970s has settled a lawsuit against the school. The settlement is the first out of…

NASHUA – Alderman Brian McCarthy appears to be on the way to becoming the next president of the Board of Aldermen, after current president David Rootovich decided to abandon his bid to retain the position. The presidency will be decided…

BOSTON – In the nation’s most far-reaching decision of its kind, Massachusetts’ highest court declared Tuesday that the state constitution guarantees gay couples the right to marry – a ruling celebrated with a popping of champagne corks and the planning…

NASHUA – Twelve preschool-age children escaped serious injuries when a Toyota Camry slammed broadside into their school bus, knocking it over, at the intersection of Pine and West Hollis streets Tuesday morning. A monitor on the bus, Flora Molan, 58,…

MERRIMACK – The School Board has approved a plan to work with selectmen and representatives of other town boards and organizations in an effort to hold down costs in future budgets. The plan will now be presented to the selectmen…

Come and find out about the fastest growing sport in town – lacrosse. There is play at all levels from beginner to experienced, for boys and girls ages 6-14 as of Dec. 31. This year there will be new coed,…

HOLLIS – As a result of concerns brought forward at Tuesday night’s public hearing, the Planning Board will require a wildlife study for further consideration of R&MD Development LLC’s application for a seven-lot subdivision. The property, formerly part of Woodmont…

MILFORD – An ordinance that restricts the height, size and lighting of new signs in town has gone into effect, but its future in its current shape appears uncertain after a public hearing Tuesday night. The proposed changes to Milford’s…

HUDSON – Southeastern Container employee Woody LaPointe liked what U.S. Sen. John Edwards had to say about education. The presidential candidate discussed his goals for education Tuesday, including funding federal mandates such as the No Child Left Behind Act, supporting…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – In a verdict that could cost him his life, a stone-faced John Allen Muhammad was convicted Monday of using a high-powered rifle, a beat-up car and a teenage sidekick to murder people at random and terrorize…

Communicant of Our Lady of Mercy Church Pamela G. Wassung, 43, of 12 Woodward Road, Merrimack, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2003, at her home after a battle with breast cancer. Mrs. Wassung was born Nov. 17, 1960, in Holyoke, Mass.,…

Enjoyed basketball and football Ian Andrew Dowe, 37, of 99 Cluff Crossing, Salem, died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003, at Holy Family Medical Center in Methuen, Mass., after a brief illness. Mr. Dowe was born Aug. 18, 1966, in Kingston, Jamaica,…

Enjoyed reading, crafts and traveling Jan (Rowe) Lombard Brewer, 52, of 30 Revere St., Nashua, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003, at the Community Hospice House in Merrimack after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Brewer was born Oct. 15, 1951, in Goffstown,…

NASHUA – It’s an appropriate message for the upcoming holiday season: Good things come in small packages. The impressive Colorado blue spruce trees that will sparkle with holiday lights downtown and at Greeley Park started as small seedlings in the…

NASHUA – The Greater Nashua Supervised Visitation Center tries to provide a safe haven for families in difficult situations. The center, which has been open for less than a year, is holding an open house today from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The…

WHAT: Open house at Greater Nashua Supervised Visitation Center. WHEN: Today from 4:30-6:30 p.m. WHERE: 15 Prospect St.

MILFORD – The superintendent of schools in three Manchester suburbs is likely to become the next superintendent in Milford, where he’ll oversee more grade levels and answering to fewer school board members. The Milford School Board unanimously voted Monday night…

LITCHFIELD – After hearing mixed reactions from residents, selectmen put a proposal to swap Town Hall for Griffin Memorial School on the back burner. The board unanimously decided Monday not to swap the building and 20-acre property with the school…

NASHUA – Last Wednesday, the wife and husband sat on separate benches in the aldermanic chamber. She was with her Board of Education colleagues, second row from the front. He sat behind them with an aldermen’s agenda in his lap.…

It seems that no filmmaker or actor can thrive nowadays without making the round of television talk shows. Nick DiRamio, for one, certainly understands that he can only promote his movie to his seventh-grade classmates so much. So the 12-year-old…