Author: NH Business Review Staff

Anderson, Moran confirmed as new N.H. judges

  Dave Anderson of Portsmouth, an attorney with the law firm of Pierce Atwood, of the has been confirmed by the Executive Council to serve as a judge on the New Hampshire Superior Court. Anderson, a partner in Pierce Atwood’s…

Misconceptions abound in Common Core criticism

To the editor: The Dec. 13 letter from the lobbying organization, Heartland Institute, in NHBR (“Common Core is bad for business,” Dec. 13-26 2013) is so error-filled that it requires a response. The first assertion is that there is no…

Flosam & Jetsam: The best quotes of 2013

“If things continue the way they are, there may be a day or a time where firearms and ammo are necessary. It happened in the Revolutionary War.” – GOP state Rep. JR Hoell of Dunbarton predicting that the day may…

Simon to split off smaller malls into new company

Simon Property Group, owner of most of the major shopping malls in New Hampshire, has announced a plan to spin off its strip centers and smaller malls into a separate, publicly traded company. As a result, no New Hampshire properties…

Five N.H. communities awarded CDFA planning grants

The New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority has approved awards to fund five planning grants for community development projects around the state. The feasibility studies, funded by the federal Community Development Block Grant program, will allow local officials to assess…

Jewett completes new Sig Sauer HQ

Work has been completed on the new 57,000-square-foot corporate headquarters of gun manufacturer Sig Sauer Inc. at the Pease International Tradeport in Newington. The renovation and fit-up, designed by Nutec Corp. of York, Pa. and built by Jewett Construction Company…

Fix our infrastructure? The answer is funding

To the editor: Your recent article about the drop-off in public-funded construction projects (“With reduced spending at all government levels, public sector construction stagnates,” Nov. 15-28 NHBR), confirms what we have been seeing at Eckman Construction, a firm that has…

Dear Santa: We really need your help

Polarization of every policy issue to advance the agenda of a political party or ‘special interest’ has consistently produced dysfunction, disappointment and disgrace

Women & Money Forum planned at SNHU

A team of CPAs, bankers, attorneys, financial advisors and other professionals will be sharing their expertise at the second annual Women and Money Forum, to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, at Southern New Hampshire…

Job Corps Center taking shape

Construction of the long anticipated new Job Corps Center on Dunbarton Road in Manchester is progressing on schedule, reports Eckman Construction, general contractor for the project. Nine acres of the 19-acre site has been cleared, over 90,000 cubic yards of…

Taxes, regulations hurt businesses too

To the editor: I enjoyed Ron Bourque's article on Obamacare (“Will Obamacare help us compete internationally?” Nov. 1-14 NHBR) but that's just the tip of the iceberg. I know lots of business leaders who're cutting employee hours to avoid the…

Social Security generates billions for N.H. economy

To the editor: AARP has more to add to Bob Sanders’s recent article, “With at least $1b in federal assistance money going to N.H., retailers, landlords are beneficiaries too” (Nov. 1-14 NHBR). AARP’s recent Public Policy Institute study shows that…

Ostrowski to retire as CFS CEO

Ostrowski’s work as a practitioner fueled his interest in public policy, and as a result, the agency’s advocacy wing, the NH Children’s Lobby, has become one of the biggest forces for children in the state

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