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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…

Prudential Verani Realty has launched its “eShowings” Appointment Center, which is designed to assist all real estate professionals in scheduling showings of their listings. “We handle all aspects of the appointment-making process,” said Giovanni Verani, vice president of Prudential Verani…

If you have recently made a major addition or renovation to your home, you may want to take a moment and review your homeowner’s insurance. The reason? Many of the largest home insurers (including State Farm and Allstate) are now…

Opechee Construction Corp. has been awarded a contract to design and construct a 9,070-square-foot, single-story clubhouse for The Nevins Community currently under construction in Londonderry. Elmer Pease of PD Associates, Real Estate Consultants, Auburn, has partnered with Ken Grandstaff and…

Three developers — including two from New Hampshire — that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency charged did not get the necessary permits regarding storm-water discharge have agreed to pay $70,000 in fines. The fines are in connection with a 48-home…

Lower-income families would get up to $10,000 toward the cost of a new home under a new federal program. The American Dream Program targets families that make less than 80 percent of their communities’ median income. “Owning a home is…

As she was about to leave the job, Lauri Ostrander Klefos, the state’s director of the Division of Travel and Tourism Development, felt free to share a secret of her personal life that, had it been known earlier, might have…