The confluence of an unstable economy, a tightly competitive legal market and an ongoing exodus of more than half its lawyers since 2010 all contributed to the decision to close down Wiggin & Nourie, one of New Hampshire's oldest law…
Robert Barmore hadn't planned on a second career after decades as a designer, developer and builder of vacation homes in Colorado."This was a niche market and we thought it was mostly recession-proof," Barmore said. But his assumptions were tested when…
The creation of a new performance space at the historic Music Hall of Portsmouth and the renovation of another historic building -- the Newbury Center Meeting House in Newbury -- have won the highest accolades in the American Institute of…
Does the live free or die philosophy of the New Hampshire Legislature pertain only to organizations making a profit? That's what officials at many of the state's nonprofit organizations are beginning to wonder after the Senate passed a bill mandating…
In business times like these, most employers are just trying to make ends meet, keep the employees they have, keep their customers happy and keep their doors open. When the opportunity to hire a new employee comes along, they question…
I was listening to a network talk show and heard the pundits denounce a certain group as lazy and caring about nothing more than video games and pop culture. I've heard the presidential candidates talk about them using the words…
They came, we voted, they left - all in a flash! About a week after the 2012 New Hampshire presidential primary on Jan. 10, what lessons should we take from it and what impressions are there?Because there was such a…
Every owner of a successful privately owned company must eventually confront an important question: What sort of future will the company have when you retire? Although I am not ready to retire yet, I nevertheless found myself being asked this…
At the post office the other morning, I took a hard look around me. I live in a town that supports New Hampshire's largest state university. Durham desperately needs young people for its strength, its vitality and its future. But…
Last month, the New Hampshire Motor Speedway and the New Hampshire chapter of Speedway Children's Charities donated more than $150,000 to 47 organizations throughout New England that support underprivileged children. Representatives from the groups accepted the funds during a Gift…
Maureen Manning, left, president of the New Hampshire Association for Justice, and Ellen Shemitz, right, the association's executive director, present Charlie Sherman, executive director of New Horizons for New Hampshire, with a $7,855 donation, which was raised at a holiday…
Catherine Edison, left, of the Portsmouth Rotary Club's Basic Needs Committee, and fellow Rotarian Mark Sullivan, right, present checks totaling $3,600 to Margie Parker, second from left, pantry director for the Seacoast Family Food Pantry, and Diane Giese, the pantry's…
John Neylon, ombudsman of the New Hampshire Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, presents Jannette 'Nettie' Olson, RN at the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, center, with a Patriot Award, for her support of Amanda Bailey, right, a…
City officials and members of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce joined Laconia Savings Bank employees in celebrating the opening of the bank's newest branch on North Main Street in Rochester at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held earlier this month.
Cheryl Cutting, lead New Hampshire ambassador for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Peter Ames, its state vice president of health initiatives, and volunteer Rachel Chretien were among the more than 40 volunteers and supporters of the ACS CAN…
For the past two decades, University of New Hampshire economist Ross Gittell has been on a research quest to understand and decipher the diverse New Hampshire economy. But on Feb. 1, Gittell makes a dramatic career change from scholar and…
Maureen Lemay and Quentin Keefe, left, co-owners of Regency Mortgage Corp., celebrate with their staff at the groundbreaking of Regency's new home in Hooksett, which is scheduled to open in June.
Barry Leonard, senior vice president for commercial services at Laconia Savings Bank and chair of the Boy Scouts of America 20th Annual Lakes Region Good Scout Award Luncheon, congratulates Rodney Dyer, senior partner at Wescott, Dyer, Fitzgerald & Nichols, P.A.…
Before hiring a contractor, a construction project owner must first determine the appropriate delivery method for the project. The delivery method affects a project's efficiency, cost and quality. But no method is perfect for every project, so owners must evaluate…
Map questSo this is the thanks Executive Councilor Dan St. Hilaire gets.The first-termer from Concord -- most famous, at least in some quarters, for being the deciding vote on cutting off state contracts with Planned Parenthood of Northern New England…
Conservative and ethically challenged activist James O'Keefe is back in the news, once again, manufacturing edited videos to make a case he can't produce with existing facts.On New Hampshire's primary day, O'Keefe and crew committed voter fraud at polling locations…
House Bill 1515, which proposes major changes to the assessment and use of the Land Use Change Tax, threatens local control, raises significant concerns on several levels, and should be killed.First, the bill provides that the failure to pay all…
Just before the primaries, I met a woman who didn't have health insurance. She was not my patient, but was one of those truly Good Samaritans we hear about. She was driving a patient of mine to my office. She…
On Jan. 4, the New Hampshire Legislature passed House Bill 542, a bill that took effect immediately and grants parents unprecedented powers to direct the education of their child in public schools.Specifically, the new law - sponsored by Rep. J.R.…
Even though an attorney for the potential Swiss financial backers of USA Springs told creditors on Thursday that they could still bail out the company and pay off creditors with a $60 million loan, nobody in the bankruptcy court in…
The total value of future construction contracts in New Hampshire in 2011 lagged more than $500 million behind 2010.And in December 2011, future construction contracts totaled 13 percent less than they did in the same month the previous year.That's according…
Should municipalities and nonprofits be required to reimburse the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security after a longtime employee quits and gets a job somewhere else, only to be shortly laid off?That's the question raised by Senate Bill 257, and…
The United States and Canada have announced a two-year extension of the Softwood Lumber Agreement, which those in New Hampshire's lumber industry say is good news."Most everybody that I know that's producing softwood lumber right now would think it's positive,"…
Should the state expressly ban games and contests involving alcohol at bars -- games like beer pong? Or does a law like that run the risk of targeting people simply for betting a beer over a game of darts?Senate Bill…
Stay Work Play -- the organization whose goal it is to encourage 20-to-30-year-olds to pursue their careers in New Hampshire -- is looking for small and large businesses and other organizations around the state that share its focus on retaining…
ProPhotonix Ltd. says it expects to report about $17 million in revenue for 2011, an increase over the $15.2 million it reported the previous year.In an earnings preview released last week, the Salem-based company said the gain came despite a…
Isaacson Steel Inc. wants to sell off some of its warehouse business for $225,000, but the fate of the larger bankrupt company - Berlin-based Isaacson Structural Steel Inc. -- is still up in the air, according to recent bankruptcy court…
A bill that would exempt foods produced and sold in New Hampshire from federal food safety regulations is running into opposition from some of the very groups the bill says it would help.A hearing on House Bill 1650 is scheduled…
On one side are businesses, insurance companies, health care providers and the state Insurance Department. On the other are House leadership, conservative senators and a think tank. All of them mingled in a crowded House Commerce Committee meeting to testify…
A deadlocked New Hampshire Senate did not approve a bill Tuesday that would eliminate a workers' compensation fund for the disabled, despite the recommendation of its commerce committee to do so.The fund involved is known as the "second injury" fund,…
Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc. issued a quarterly report of sorts last week on how the company is doing in reaching its goal of selling a million guns during its fiscal year - and in giving $1 from each sale…
The new owners of the Balsams Grand Resort Hotel have hired a North Country economic development organization to find ways to finance its long-overdue renovation.The nonprofit Northern Community Investment Corp., which serves northern New Hampshire and Vermont, will develop a…
A bill that would limit credit and debit card fees has New Hampshire retailers and banks going head to head.The fee in question -- the interchange fee -- is the amount that a credit card user's bank charges the retailer's…
A bill that would have required New Hampshire retailers to give a refund for returned items looks like it will morph into a return policy disclosure bill, if Tuesday's House Commerce Committee hearing is any indication.Sponsor Michele Peckham, R-North Hampton,…
Few people care that the New Hampshire Legislature is rewriting laws governing corporations and limited liability companies, but they should, said supporters Tuesday at a sparsely attended press conference in Concord.The current law in New Hampshire, one of the few…
TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of TD Bank, has awarded $100,000 to the Laconia Area Community Land Trust for its Lochmere Meadows Renewable Energy Project, which will be used to install renewable energy systems at the 28-unit affordable housing…
Shelley Bruin, left, manager of Friends of the Manchester Animal Shelter, accepts a $2,529 donation from Claudia Rippee and Ed Aloise, owners of Republic Café, who also donated more than $2,400 to the Greater Manchester YMCA. Each year, the restaurant…
Representatives from the Ted Williams Foundation, Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, and the Fisher Cats Foundation accept a check representing the $155,680 raised for the three organizations at the 2011 Granite State Baseball Dinner, which was presented by Northeast Delta Dental.
Lynn Gelinas, vice president of government banking at Citizens Bank, helps Gov. John Lynch distribute food at the New Hampshire Food Bank's Mobile Food Pantry event in Manchester. The Citizens Bank Foundation provided a $50,000 grant to the food bank…
Lisa Christie, center, executive director of the Nashua Soup Kitchen, and Norma, right, a longtime soup kitchen volunteer, accept a $10,000 grant from Jim Tollner, director of account management at Harvard Pilgrim, on behalf of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care…
Ann Peters, CEO of Lamprey Health Care, presents an award of appreciation to Ken Holmes, left, president of North Branch Construction, project manager Eric Hastings and project superintendent Julianne Cardinal, in honor of North Branch's work building the new Lamprey…
St. Mary's Bank has donated $15,000 to the YMCA of Greater Londonderry in support of its capital campaign to build the town's first outdoor community swimming pool and a state-of-the-art recreation facility. From left, Tom Champagne, the credit union's director…
Developers and supporters gather at an open house to celebrate the opening of Families in Transition's newest housing development in Manchester, which will provide 12 units of permanent, supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals with disabilities and their families.
New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility held a roundtable discussion at Monadnock Paper Mills in Bennington to discuss ways New Hampshire businesses and organizations can benefit from the Environmental Protection Agency's environmental initiatives. Pictured, from left, are Michelle Veasey, executive…
"No requirement" could be the theme of the legislation that may emerge from this year's libertarian-tinged legislative session, at least as far as business is concerned.As the New Hampshire Legislature looks past the budget to focus on regulations in the…
An addiction recovery service provider plans to open its first inpatient mental health clinic next month in the Elm City.
In the past four years, Good Neighbor Health Clinic has seen its weekly patient volume triple and more new patients with increasingly complex conditions seeking care.
Demand for behavioral health care services continues to rise across New Hampshire and the nation, impacting families, employers, health care providers, and communities alike.
Tom Raffio is used to people calling him when they have a toothache. That means another veteran has heard about a Northeast Delta Dental program that provides free dental care for those who have served.
This Mental Health Awareness Month, which we can’t just celebrate; we need to protect Medicaid
There is a critical need in the Granite State for nurses, and the market has responded with more supply, with more interest than ever in nursing.
The New England Council recently hosted a forum in Boston exploring some of the incredible innovation in our region focused on the early detection of diseases. We heard about some of the remarkable advances in technology that are enabling earlier detection of everything from cancer to Alzheimer’s disease.
North Country Healthcare on Monday, April 13, released a report summarizing feedback from a series of community listening sessions held earlier this year across the region, highlighting widespread concern about access to care, staffing and communication, along with strong support for keeping local hospitals open.
Mental health wellness is an important element in the workplace, according to a panel of experts convened by the NH Business Review in an April 16 webinar. Making accommodations for mental health issues — including depression, posttraumatic stress, even grief — can go a long way toward employee retention and prevention of potential legal issues.
