It began as a small idea. Educators Doug and Patti Hicks — Doug was a high school science teacher and Patti a speech pathologist — founded Shaker Road School in 1979 as a child-care center. A quarter-century later, they have…
Eggs, once shunned by the health-conscious public, are making a comeback. High in protein and vitamins, low in saturated fat and only 70 calories apiece, their benefits outweigh most cholesterol concerns. But Jesse Laflamme, his father Gerry and cousin Pete…
For nearly 30 years, Rowe Machine Company in Seabrook has turned out parts for aircraft, race cars and motorcycles. Now owners Marc and Nancy Rowe have turned their small fabrication business into a “monster garage.” Rowe Machine Company was chosen…
Seven chambers of commerce in southern Maine and New Hampshire have been hosting an annual business-to-business expo for 16 years. This year, chamber organizers agreed that it was time for a new look and a new focus for the event.…
A special birthday party is being planned for Oct. 21 to mark the 20th anniversary of the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center, which since 1984 has provided advice and assistance to thousands of small businesses around the state. The…
New Hampshire Business Review and CEI Community Ventures Inc. are joining together to present “The Agenda for Growth,” a first-of-its-kind collaborative conference on planning, growing and financing your New Hampshire business. To be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.…
Riverstone Networks, one of the troubled spin-offs of the former Cabletron Systems, admitted in recent filings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that former officials were engaging in revenue-inflating practices similar to those that have led to criminal indictments…
Pollyanna. You remember her. The relentlessly cheery girl played by Hayley Mills in the 1960 Disney film of the same name. The one who transformed the wretched, glum, fictional New England town of Harrington into a cohesive, cheerful community through…
Nineteen hospitals and health clinics using the state’s Medication Bridge program have reached or surpassed the million-dollar mark in prescription cost savings for low-income patients, according to program officials. The New Hampshire Medication Bridge Program is a private-public partnership of…
The state Department of Health and Human Services has proposed to the federal government that New Hampshire spend some $2.7 million on a three-year disease management program in the hopes of saving money treating the chronically ill. The state hopes…
