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Lonza Biologics Inc. has announced plans to nearly double its operations at Pease International Tradeport. The firm wants to spend another $200 million to develop a third facility. Lonza’s director of engineering, John Machulski, has asked the Pease Development Authority…

An Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce task force is recommending construction of a four-level garage at the Water Street municipal lot to provide spaces for long-term parking needs. Tracey McGrail, president of the chamber, told selectmen last month that demand…

The Littleton Planning Board has made final adjustments on a draft version of the town’s master plan in preparation for a public hearing some time in October. The proposed master plan is separated into 12 subsections addressing various issues, including…

The Pembroke Planning Board has conditionally approved the planned construction of a 350,000-square-foot Associated Grocers of New England warehouse — the first development in the Soucook River Development District. The board did set out a dozen provisions for Associated Grocers…

For several months I have been commenting on job formation - specifically, the lack thereof. Several people have told me I am being too negative and that the economy is really OK. Of course, others think we are about to…

Wal-Mart has proposed converting its Portsmouth store on Lafayette Road into a Wal-Mart Supercenter, with at least 60,000 square feet of new store space, a new section for groceries, a hair salon and a bank. To make room for the…

The Dresden School District in Hanover is locked in a dispute with its construction company over huge increases in the cost of steel for a new middle school and renovated high school. Eckman Construction Co. of Bedford, the construction manager,…

Office Depot, the world’s No. 2 office supply store, is renovating the inside of the former Kids R Us location in Nashua to make way for a new store. Nashua Planning Director Roger Houston said Office Depot has applied for…

The state Supreme Court has upheld Newmarket’s elderly housing zoning ordinance. The ruling brings CCW Management of Concord one step closer to constructing a 57-unit elderly housing project on a nine-acre site at 292 Wadleigh Falls Rd. Abutters had appealed…

U.S. construction spending rebounded in July, rising to the highest level on record, the government has reported. The rebound, which came after a June lull, meant that the value of buildings put in place clocked in at a seasonally adjusted…