Wendy Walter sold her wedding ring to start her pottery business. L.P. Runyon found there was nothing that fulfilled him as much as creating his furniture. Jane Ehrlich, a graphic artist, tired of searching for her luggage at the airport,…
The Portsmouth Regional Hospital Prescription Assistance program has reached a milestone, successfully providing area residents with $1 million worth of free prescriptions. Part of New Hampshire’s Medical Bridge Program, the hospital established the referral service operated by Lamprey Healthcare in…
The unfortunate illness of a child has led to a million-dollar gift and the launch of the Children’s Fund of the Upper Valley, a newly formed charitable organization. The gift — $1 million over the next 10 years from the…
I had some minor surgery last summer. Thankfully, everything turned out OK. The interesting thing is I’m still getting bills a year later. In fact, the billing process is so fragmented, extended and convoluted, I’d be hard-pressed to tell you…
The state will be walking into a spending cap trap if it applies for a federal waiver to restructure Medicaid — a trap that could jeopardize the state budget for years to come as well as shift health-care costs and…
Should the state pay high-priced consultants to design the state’s Medicaid plan and write federal waivers that could help implement it? That’s the question raised by Cindy Mann, consultant for the New Hampshire Endowment for Health, one of the chief…
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…
