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The building materials and truss manufacturing operations of Boscawen-based Steenbeke & Sons has been sold. The Steenbeke family sold the operations to Ben Thibault and Hank Martineau of Lumber One LLC. Thibault and Martineau said they will continue to do…

Construction of Cross Mill Village, a housing complex for those age 55 and older, is slated to begin later this year in Northwood. The project will include 35 duplex housing units on 53 acres. Occupancy is expected to begin in…

Department of Resources and Economic Development Commissioner Sean O’Kane has set a November deadline for deciding whether to allow Mount Sunapee Resort to expand the ski area it leases from the state. The expansion would allow the resort to build…

The Dunbarton Zoning Board has approved what will become the largest development in the town — Watch Hill Commons, 88 units of senior housing behind Countryside Golf Club off Route 13. Project engineers will now re-evaluate the site and design…

A condominium developer found in violation of Laconia erosion control regulations is now in compliance with those regulations. But city officials said that should Earney Mayo of Golden Oak Developers LLC fail to address slope erosion on an ongoing basis…

Once again I have snuck off for a few days’ vacation with the family, this time to the coast of Maine, in Harpswell on the peninsula south of Brunswick. It is a truly beautiful view looking across Casco Bay. The…

New Hampshire’s population is growing faster than anywhere else in New England, due in part to urban professionals moving their businesses and families to more rural areas. While other Northeastern states saw a 5.5 percent increase in population from 1990…

A Massachusetts company has been hit with nearly $200,000 in fines for unsafe conditions at a Merrimack work site, federal officials said. Roberto’s Steel Erectors Inc. of Fitchburg, Mass., was cited for 17 “alleged willful, repeat and serious violations” by…

Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua has broken ground on a $17 million, 22,000-square-foot addition that will double the size of the facility’s emergency room as well as add space for a centralized cardiac center, more private rooms and…

Soft Draw Investments LLC, a company owned by Gov. Craig Benson, has paid $1.1 million to take over total ownership of the troubled Golf Club of New England. The agreement reached in U.S. Bankruptcy Court calls for the property to…