Recent articles and editorials have incorrectly implied that the new On Board Diagnostics (OBD) emissions testing program was optional for the state to implement, when in fact it is a mandatory federal requirement. The program also has been depicted as…
A disturbing rumor is making its way through the halls of the State House in Concord. It involves the state’s chronic revenue shortfall, its growing-like-Topsy budget deficit and an unfortunately long-held tradition among New Hampshire lawmakers. The state’s revenue and…
Let’s give credit where credit is due. Democrats in New Hampshire learned from their mistakes in 2002, when they were nearly extirpated en masse because of their public support of an income tax. A Democrat who pledged to veto a…
Bon voyage: NHPR chief announces his retirement It hasn’t always been smooth sailing for Mark Handley during his 14-1/2 years as president and general manager of New Hampshire Public Radio. He acknowledges that some people are still upset over the…
“Persistent opportunists” is one way to describe New Hampshire Business Resource Center’s development managers Michael Bergeron and John DiNapoli. A better description may be real estate agents for New Hampshire. But no matter the description, Bergeron and DiNapoli are experts…
HP lays off 180 in N.H. About 180 workers in New Hampshire were notified earlier this month that they had been laid off by Hewlett Packard, according to several employees of the company’s Spit Brook Road campus in Nashua. The…
Yoken’s set for Jan. 10 demolition Yoken’s restaurant is scheduled to come down on Jan. 10, following the Dec. 1 sale of the landmark for $3.8 million. Speculation revolves around plans to put a Shaw’s Supermarket on the parcel. Barron…
In September, Yoken’s “Thar She Blows” restaurant and conference center closed its doors for good, after nearly 60 years in business on Portsmouth’s busy Route 1. The Yoken’s property — a 4,800-square-foot building and five-plus acres of land — was…
The Celestica Group has officially acquired the former Hewlett-Packard assembly plant in Exeter, more than seven years after agreement was reached on the transaction. Foster’s Sunday Citizen reported that, according to Celestica’s Web site, the two companies had agreed in…
The New Hampshire Small Business Development Center’s observance of its 20th birthday in October could be called a celebration of survival as much as growth. The SBDC - which provides business counseling to small start-up businesses - lost four of…
