It is funny sometimes how seemingly different and disconnected events can be tied together as themes in politics and life. Recently, Doris “Granny D” Haddock celebrated her 100th birthday and shortly thereafter was given a lavish birthday party in the…
To the editor:New Hampshire legislators’ efforts to further limit access to short-term payday loans are an example of this country’s glaring problem with economic illiteracy (“N.H. lawmakers stall loan cap expansion, electric bill subsidy,” Jan. 6 NHBR.com).Short-term “payday” lenders have…
To the editor:As manager of the New Hampshire Music Festival 35 years ago, I lived, breathed, played and worked for the cause with such proud identity that even my license plate read, “NHMF.” The community of musicians, board and audience…
Q.Clean Green Energy Systems LLC, a development-stage company in the greater Salem area, is looking for ways to commercialize its break-through understanding of photosynthesis in seaweed and how that process can be used to produce low cost, low carbon energy…
To the editor:Just two years ago we had opened our sixth and seventh restaurants in Laconia, where we created some 75 new jobs in the area. Three years prior to that, we created another 75 new jobs when we opened…
To the editor:In their zeal to deliver a health-care bill by Christmas, Senate Democrats have inserted an 11th-hour jobs-killing provision that unfairly singles out the construction industry and threatens the viability of area small home-building firms and countless others across…
To the editor: You mention in your article about credit card fees (“Credit card fees add up for small businesses,” Nov. 6-19 NHBR), that one possible solution to this problem is shopping around for lower transaction fees. Another solution, which…
To the editor: AARP continues fighting for health reform that provides stable, affordable health coverage options for all Americans and protects Medicare for seniors and for future generations. We believe the House of Representatives' Affordable Health Care for America Act…
The chairs of the state Democratic and Republican parties recently addressed business leaders on the New Hampshire economy, government and politics. What Republican John H. Sununu and Democrat Raymond Buckley said painted very different pictures of the state and its…
On Sept. 16, another prominent New Hampshirite of the greatest generation passed away. George R. Hanna, a Keene lawyer for more than half a century, died after a long illness at the age of 91. A fixture in Keene and…
