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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has run full-page advertisements in newspapers all across the country - including New Hampshire - warning farmers about an avian disease that has not hit almost all of America in 30 years. And they would…

New Hampshire ski areas are in full swing, or ski, as the case may be. There are all sorts of discount passes and mid-week deals at the resorts, so if you haven’t hit the slopes yet, there’s no better time…

W. Douglas Scamman Jr., the newly re-elected speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, comes from a long line of farmers and politicians. The son of a former House speaker, Scamman himself served two terms as speaker during his…

When Terry Vital founded Vital & Ryze Advertising in 1990, the World Wide Web was not so wide, cell phones weighed pounds and digital media were pretty much still in the realm of science fiction. As technology has progressed, so…

More than two years after Tyco International Ltd. agreed to pay $5 million to fund an investor education and corporate governance program to settle claims related to one of the biggest corporate scandals in history, it has been finally decided…

As a mechanical engineer and a consultant, Andre Caron has traveled the country in his career of more than 30 years in the telecommunications industry. He has worked in New Zealand, Bermuda and in various parts of Europe and Africa.…

When it comes to New Hampshire’s retailers, perhaps the biggest issue coming up in the 2005 New Hampshire Legislature is the strong possibility of an increased cigarette tax, endorsed by the new governor. But there are several minor issues that…

Health and Human Services Commissioner John Stephen has released long-awaited financial estimates for his controversial plan to reform Medicaid. According to Stephen, during the next two years, his GraniteCare plan would save about $13 million in state money — 7…

Eight times a year the Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its district through reports from bank and branch directors and interviews with key business contacts, economists, market experts and other sources. The most recent…

Room to move Mount Sunapee Resort owners Tim and Diane Mueller didn’t exactly win praise recently for the way they run their Crested Butte resort in Colorado. According to a report issued by the Ski Area Citizens Coalition, Crested Butte…