Author: NH Business Review Staff

EAST SWANZEY – It was a cold and windy day on a mud-ridden field at Monadnock High School on Saturday – perfect for an afternoon of smashmouth Milford football. The No. 4-seeded Spartans took to the Division IV championship field…

NASHUA – Kate Jackson is an elite athlete who competes in Ironman triathlons, events in which she swims 2.4 miles, bikes 112 miles and runs a marathon – all in one day. But a few weeks ago, the pain in…

NASHUA – Kim Shaw said credit for lowering the dropout rate belongs to the school district, not the city. Edwina Kwan complained that a section of a report on dropouts didn’t reflect everything that was discussed in her subcommittee. The…

NASHUA – A foundation that aims to re-establish the religious and cultural life of St. Francis Xavier Church has started a fund-raising drive to buy the closed building from the Diocese of Manchester. The St. Francis Xavier Church Foundation has…

MOSUL, Iraq – The Iraqi Governing Council endorsed a U.S. plan Saturday that would create a provisional government by June. Also Saturday, two Black Hawk helicopters collided and crashed in Mosul, killing 17 American soldiers in the U.S. military’s worst…

Ed Rietman used to drive his wife crazy with his chronic road rage. It flared every morning when the Nashua physicist battled Route 3 traffic – sometimes for two hours – to get to his job in nearby Chelmsford. Nowadays,…

LOS ANGELES – Soul singer Luther Vandross, who is recovering from a debilitating stroke that threatened to end not only his career but his life, won a leading two American Music Awards on Sunday. The 52-year-old singer can speak and…

By KEVIN LANDRIGAN octors told Millie and Mark Duvault that their son Austin probably would die before he turned 3 due to a rare, infantile epileptic condition known as Early Myoclonic Encephalopathy Syndrome. Austin, now 10, is clinically blind, mute,…

KABUL, Afghanistan – One of two Afghan men on a motorcycle opened fire Sunday on a marked United Nations’ car, killing a French aid worker, the first international U.N. staff member slain in postwar Afghanistan. Police identified the captured assailants…

CHICAGO – Women with common, usually nonfatal forms of skin cancer face double the risk of having unrelated cancers, according to a large study, suggesting that the initial diagnosis may be more worrisome than previously thought. The skin cancer link…

A new study has found that a faulty sense of smell may predict precisely the risk of schizophrenia, months or years before obvious symptoms appear. Until now, doctors have had no reliable way to make an early diagnosis of the…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Kennard Clark learned to his surprise that he has a stepbrother, and the guy’s running for president. The 71-year-old surgeon in Arlington, Texas, said his father disappeared shortly after Kennard graduated from high school in…

CLAYTON, Mo. – The nine Democrats vying for the presidential nomination make the case at every campaign stop that the United States needs fresh leadership. Millions of voters aren’t about to consider that. With a year to go until the…

AMES, Iowa – Howard Dean’s off-the-cuff straight talk helped propel him to the front of the Democratic presidential field. It’s a style he would not think of abandoning, but one that’s forcing him to be more careful with his words.…

DEAR KATE & DALE: What is your feeling on an e-mail follow-up note versus hard copy? I just had an interview with a “fast” sort of person, and he mentioned that he is interviewing all the candidates today, will further…

MADRID, Spain – A year ago, Letizia Ortiz stood on a beach, ankle-deep in black muck, reporting to the nation on an oil spill. Next summer, the TV anchorwoman will trade her microphone for the hand of Crown Prince Felipe,…

When Life reporter Robert Drew approached John F. Kennedy in 1960 about making a short documentary on his Wisconsin presidential primary run, he promised a new solution to an old problem: How does a reporter act as a fly on…

LOS ANGELES – Will Ferrell’s “Elf” scuttled Russell Crowe’s “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” to finish as the weekend’s No. 1 movie. “Elf,” about a man-child raised by Santa’s helpers at the North Pole, took in…

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…

Ed Rietman used to drive his wife crazy with his chronic road rage. It flared every morning when the Nashua physicist battled Route 3 traffic – sometimes for two hours – to get to his job in nearby Chelmsford.Nowadays, Rietman…

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) – Brian Vickers became NASCAR’s youngest champion ever Saturday, claiming the Busch Series title with an 11th-place finish behind first-time winner Kasey Kahne at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The 20-year-old Vickers regained a lost lap and finished 11th in…

EAST SWANZEY – When Milford’s Ben Fulham broke out of the pack and strode down to the Monadnock one-inch line on only the second play from scrimmage, the Spartans couldn’t believe it. A quick start? Really? Prior to Saturday’s 27-16…

NASHUA – Kate Jackson is an elite athlete who competes in Ironman triathlons, events in which she swims 2.4 miles, bikes 112 miles and runs a marathon – all in one day. But a few weeks ago, the pain in…

NASHUA – Kim Shaw said credit for lowering the dropout rate belongs to the school district, not the city. Edwina Kwan complained that a section of a report on dropouts didn’t reflect everything that was discussed in her subcommittee. The…

NASHUA – A foundation that aims to re-establish the religious and cultural life of St. Francis Xavier Church has started a fund-raising drive to buy the closed building from the Diocese of Manchester. The St. Francis Xavier Church Foundation has…

By KEVIN LANDRIGAN octors told Millie and Mark Duvault that their son Austin probably would die before he turned 3 due to a rare, infantile epileptic condition known as Early Myoclonic Encephalopathy Syndrome. Austin, now 10, is clinically blind, mute,…

MOSUL, Iraq – The Iraqi Governing Council endorsed a U.S. plan Saturday that would create a provisional government by June. Also Saturday, two Black Hawk helicopters collided and crashed in Mosul, killing 17 American soldiers in the U.S. military’s worst…

LYNDEBOROUGH – You can’t build a library by holding pancake breakfasts. But that hasn’t stopped some people from trying. Bob Rogers, a trustee of the J.A. Tarbell Library, has made that statement several times over the past couple of years,…

CONCORD – About 140 guardsmen and guardswomen will be deployed to Iraq next month, the first company from New Hampshire to be sent there since Operation Iraqi Freedom began last year. The 744th Transportation Company, headquartered in Hillsborough, will leave…

NASHUA – The newly elected members of the Board of Fire Commissioners haven’t just fallen off the ladder truck. For the two-year seat, incumbent Maurice Trottier will return to the board for his 24th and 25th year. He beat his…

"Nothing difficult is overwhelming when it's what you love to do," the priest reflected. But the administrator was not motivated by recognition, Giuliano continued. Instead, he was driven by a strong work ethic that translated into long days and weekends…

Years in the making, the bill imposes the most far-reaching limits on abortion since the Supreme Court in 1973 confirmed a woman's right to end a pregnancy. "This is an enormous day. It's been a long seven-year fight about the…

The aldermanic Planning and Economic Development committee discussed the issue for only about 15 minutes before endorsing the measure, which still must be approved by the full Board of Aldermen. If the plan is approved, it is still unclear when…