The fourth annual "A-Ha!" Social Business Summit, an award-winning conference focusing on social media, will be held Friday, Nov. 16, at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester. Hosted by Epiphanies Inc., the summit will for the first time be available…
How to make health care costs more transparent, provide students with a good education from anywhere in the country, and better connect students and businesses in the Merrimack Valley were among the myriad themes explored at the semiannual Disruptivate! Goes…
David Brousell, vice president and editorial director of Manufacturing Enterprise Communications, will be the keynote speaker at the 10th annual Governor's Advanced Manufacturing and High Technology Summit, Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester. Brousell, who has covered…
New Hampshire Business Review has joined with New England College and four other news organizations as co-hosts of an Oct. 4 debate between the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor. Democrat Maggie Hassan and Republican Ovide Lamontagne will debate at…
To the editor: Having a pecuniary interest in the success of his “No Labels” group, it’s not at all surprising that Bill Galston would go on the attack against my criticism of his organization. ("'No Labels' is democracy in action,"…
To the editor: In his column in the Sept. 7-20 NHBR, Tony Paradiso uses McDonald's as an example of the (implied negative) impact of the health care law on small businesses. He writes, "McDonald's CFO estimates that the law will…
Manchester-based Dyn Inc. -- which ranked on the Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the country last year -- is continuing its growth with the acquisition of yet another company, its second acquisition in two weeks…
Bruce A. Harwood, a veteran New Hampshire bankruptcy attorney, has been picked to sit on the bench in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manchester beginning next March, replacing retiring Judge J. Michael Deasy, who has served as the state's only bankruptcy…
The New Hampshire Energy Summit, a conference focused on New Hampshire energy policy, will be held Monday, Oct. 22, in Concord. The summit is organized by the Dupont Group, a Concord-based government and public affairs firm, in conjunction with member…
The Capital Regional Development Council has been awarded a $1 million loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration under its stimulus-funded Intermediary Lending Pilot program through which the Concord-based agency can fund eligible businesses up to $200,000.CRDC was among 20…
Monadnock Community Bank of Peterborough wants to pay back its loan under the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program so it can complete its merger with GFA Federal Credit Union, but it can't, according to bank President William M. Pierce Jr.…
A panel made up of experts from New Hampshire who will discuss how the Affordable Car Act will affect employers and employees in the state will be featured at NHBR's fourth annual Health Care Forum. On hand to discuss the…
MacDonald's Believe It Or NotThat was quite an interesting statement state GOP Chair Wayne MacDonald made Aug. 30 on N.H. Public Radio's "The Exchange" program.Presented with an opportunity to talk about the backgrounds of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and…
Recently dental hygienists Kyle Messier and Hope Saltmarsh penned an article in NHBR (“N.H.'s big step forward to improve oral health,” Aug. 24-Sept. 6 NHBR), extolling how the passing of Senate Bill 284 has the potential to significantly improve access…
To the editor: Health care is a current and long-term subject for all Americans. Our leaders in Washington and elsewhere are not being successful in presenting Americans with a fair, reasonably priced program. Medicare is available to a large…
At a recent event in Portsmouth, audience members were educated on how to build an advisory board for their startup that will add value. The day of the talk, I tweeted about boards that "show, and say no," and I…
J.P. Sercel Associates Inc., a privately owned Manchester-based maker of industrial laser micromachining systems, has been acquired by IPG Photonics Corp., a publicly traded company based in Oxford, Mass.IPG, a manufacturer of high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, said in a…
The New Hampshire Innovation Research Center at the University of New Hampshire is soliciting letters of intent from New Hampshire companies to conduct research at New Hampshire-based colleges and universities that leads to increased competitiveness, profitability and new jobs. A…
Third annual New Hampshire Conference for Women inspiring Women.
NHBR’s editors sat down last month with businesspeople from the Lakes Region at the Chase House at Mill Falls in Meredith to discuss how the region’s economy is faring and their expectations for the future. The participants were: Joel Arsenault,…
Dr. Aaron Carroll, a regular contributor to CNN and a sought-after speaker on the implications of health care reform in the United States, will be the keynote speaker at NHBR's fourth annual Health Care Forum.Presented in partnership with MVP Health…
I really appreciated reading the article about the Regional Center for Advanced Manufacturing (RCAM) Center in Keene that appeared in the most recent edition of NHBR (“Keene consortium sows seeds for future manufacturing workforce,” Aug. 10-23 NHBR). Our college is…
No Labels pushes the agenda of the wealthy and exploits the public’s frustration with gridlocked government
As part of its annual giving, the Plaistow Lions Club donated $1,000 to Merrimack Valley Hospice in support of its hospice house, which services the Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hampshire. From left with the donation are Paul Rene, secretary…
Pamela Morrison, Optima Bank's chief administrative officer and senior vice president, and Daniel R. Morrison, Optima's president and chief executive officer, accept the plaque for the 2012 Business of the Year from the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce at the…
Lisa Gainty, Portsmouth branch manager of Citizens Bank, presents Bruce Pingree with the Heart of Your City award for his contributions to the city of Portsmouth. A well-known advocate for music and the arts, Pingree is general manager of The…
Tom Brown, Chris Edmond, Jon Clay and Chris Brown of New Hampshire Distributors were the first-place winners in the Concord Chamber's 2012 Funds for Education Golf Tournament, which raises money for the Chamber's Business Grants for Teachers and the Capital…
Manchester-based Cityside Management Corp. has begun offering subsidized local food shares to its employees through a partnership with the Manchester Food Co-op. Pictured are some of the 44 employees who accepted a member-owner share.
Krystal Miller, left, a staffing manager with Accountemps, is pictured with Jill Auger, a new business management student at Lakes Region Community College following LRCC's fall 2012 Orientation for new students. Miller, a 2006 graduate of LRCC, was at the…
Pictured at the Claremont Relay for Life are the "LSB Kind-Hearted Bankers", a team of Lake Sunapee Bank employees. From left, they are Peyton Blackinton and Brandy Blackinton, Heather Moulton, Candy Reed, Rebecca Kinney, Jessica Walker and Brooke Walker. Employees…
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen meets with New Hampshire delegates for the American Legion's Boys & Girls Nation, which brings two female and two male delegates from each state to Washington every year to introduce them to lawmakers and the legislative…
Sister Paula Marie Buley, president of Rivier University, presents Sister Adrienne Beauregard with the Rivier University Inaugural Founder's Medal at an August 3rd celebration honoring Beauregard's 100th birthday. Before retiring in 2005, Beauregard had worked at Rivier since 1941 and…
Kathy Kingston, center, of Kingston Auction Company in Hampton, receives the 2012 International Auctioneers Championship Chuck Cumberlin Memorial Sportsmanship Award -- given annually to an outstanding auctioneer -- from 2011 IAC champions Camille Booker and Joseph Mast at the 63rd…
BUSINESS SERVICES 2003 Susan O2004Neil, @Web Site Publicity 2004 Jeff Barstow, Favorite Foods 2005 Mike Collins, Big Idea Group 2005 Edward M. P. Smith, College Bound Movers 2006 Jeffrey Baker, Image 4 2007 Deborah Osgood, Knowledge Institute 2008 James Grady,…
While asking your sweetie to sign a prenuptial agreement prior to the wedding is not very romantic, such an agreement is a critical tool in asset protection, one that every business owner should consider. Stock in a family business owned…
Director of the New Hampshire Food Bank,Mel Gosselin, recieves a check from AG New England CEO Mike Bourgoine at Plausawa Valley Country Club.
Ceremony of St. Mary's Bank new headquarters in Manchester.
Signal Aviation Services long-time employees buy and rename company as Granite Air Center
Unveiling of 2013 Boxster
Surrounded by friends and family, Ron and Julie Plourde, center, cut the ribbon at the grand opening of their new business, YesterYears Ice Cream Shoppe, located at 19 Ocean Boulevard at Hampton Beach.
New Hampshire Preservation wins the second 2012 Champion in Action Award and receives a $35,000 grant from Citizens Bank Foundation.
Pictured at the grand opening of Stratham Mitsubishi, located at 50 Portsmouth Avenue in Stratham, are, front row from left, Beverly Crete, Edgar Crete, owners Sam Yahyapour and Tammy Yahyapour, Mike Mansfield and Kacy Minnichiello, and in the back row,…
2012 Affiliate-of-the-Year Award
Corey Lewandowski, state director of Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire, says his organization is taking a "long-term approach" in its fight for limited government, lower taxes and more freedom. The Americans for Prosperity Foundation was founded by the billionaire Koch brothers…
Community Action program Belknap-Merrimack Counties Inc, Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce hold ceremony for the expansion of Winnipesauke Transit System.
The Dexter Hale Memorial Classic Golf Tournament raised money for the Meredith Rotary Scholarship Fund
Scott Holloway says his Buick Pontiac GMC Cadillac dealership in Portsmouth is a "friggin' mess," since it's in the middle of two facility upgrades whose cost will probably top $1 million. And he has General Motors to thank for it.…
Ask a public relations person to name a company that adeptly handled a major crisis, and chances are the conversation will come around to Johnson & Johnson. In 1982, J&J's Tylenol was the best-selling painkiller in the United States, with…
The 24th annual Tri-City Expo - a business-to-business trade show and networking event - will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Center of New Hampshire-Radisson Hotel in Manchester. A joint effort of the Greater…
In an effort aimed at the obesity epidemic, The Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth has teamed up with community partners in Keene and Manchester in New Hampshire as well as St. Johnsbury, Vt., to conduct a community-based participatory research project,…
Failure to restore ACA tax cuts will only make things worse, according to U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan
The new building in Durham’s western edge will anchor a 60-acre, mixed-use project of academic, corporate, government, residential and entertainment uses.
The New Hampshire Zoning Atlas continues to deepen its knowledge and utility with two updates having to do with child care and state-owned property. The child care element seeks to reflect changes to local regulations for both family and center-based care as a result of the latest legislative action on the issue.
As Granite Staters eye ever-increasing purchase prices for a single-family home, state and federal policy makers wrestle with solutions that create more housing supply. Among them is bipartisan federal legislation on housing that is being held hostage by President Donald Trump’s fixation on a bill that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship with such documents as U.S. passports or birth certificates.
Two New Hampshire cities are among the 10 best-run cities in the country, according to a WalletHub analysis of U.S. communities where residents get the most bang for their taxes. Manchester was rated No. 3, while Nashua was close behind at No. 5., based on a “Quality of Services” score that WalletHub developed using 36 metrics across six key service areas — financial stability, education, health, safety, economy and infrastructure/pollution.
For the fourth consecutive year, New Hampshire took the top spot in a national ranking of child well-being.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved New Hampshire’s spending plan for a large tranche of federal money that will go toward rural health initiatives, state officials announced Thursday.
Hosted by the Granite Outdoor Alliance, an organization set on uniting and advancing the key players in New Hampshire’s outdoor industry, this year’s sold-out Barn Raiser on June 10 reflected the breadth of the outdoor sector, bringing together public officials, business leaders, recreation providers and nonprofit representatives, among other key figures.
A new report says an influx of new Granite Staters is coming primarily from neighboring Massachusetts, and most of them are younger, part of Gen Z, the cohort of people born roughly between 1997 and 2012. But another report says the newbies, like already established residents here, face affordability challenges when it comes to housing and child care.
