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“I have bad luck hitting them but good luck not getting hurt.” - Berlin Mayor Bob Danderson after hitting a moose for the second time in his driving career, this one while in a Mazda Miata convertible. “We heeded the…
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No-name dropping
Far be it from F&J to stir up trouble, but we’d love to have an answer to this question: To whom was Governor Benson referring when he told Kevin Landrigan of The Telegraph, while complaining about being held to a…
Upcoming golf tournaments
A Child’s Gift Golf Tournament, Aug. 20, Nippo Lake Golf Club, Barrington. Proceeds to benefit Wide Horizons for Children’s Adoption Subsidy program which provides financial assistance to those looking to adopt a child. Cost: $100 per golfer. Contact: Rob Secinaro,…
A restaurant where you can dine like a president
Virtually all of those who were old enough at the time remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard that President Kennedy had been shot, or the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor, or the Red Sox…
Tasting the wines of summer
It’s summertime, and the livin’ is easy — until you have to pair that wine with summer’s fresh foods. Gordon Heins, wine specialist for the State Liquor Commission, takes all the guesswork out of finding that perfect summer wine. And…
BRASS TACKS: Finding, empowering and cultivating ‘intrapreneurs’
Successful firms are coming to realize that their success is not a “forever” thing. The shelf life of entire companies is shrinking almost as fast as the shelf life of their products and services. For years, internal research and development…
COOK ON CONCORD: Nick Donohue deserves to remain at top education post
Education in New Hampshire has been the state’s central political issue for the last decade or so (or is it century?). The funding of it, the adequacy of it and the relation it has to our political lives has been…
AeA official offers view on outsourcing
To the editor: As a follow up to your recent article (“Outsourcing: The good, the bad and the inevitable,” July 9-22 NHBR), AeA, the largest high-tech association in the United States, has sent a copy of its white paper addressing…
Guest Opinion: States should manage national forest land
When advocating for the founding of national forests, President Theodore Roosevelt listed as a reason for their creation “to preserve the timber supply for various classes of wood users.” Since its founding, New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest has been…
America’s outsourcing clock is ticking
A series of articles on outsourcing by the New Hampshire Business Review’s Cindy Kibbe (the third and final part can be found on page 1B) has highlighted the complex ramifications of the practice. While it’s true that sending jobs overseas…
