Concord: USA Springs and the state have reached an agreement on a groundwater withdrawal permit allowing the Pelham-based company to build a bottling plant and collect more than 300,000 gallons a day from wells on its property in Nottingham. The…
Park City, Utah: American Skiing Co. and Triple Peaks LLC, a group of investors led by the owners of Okemo in Vermont and operators of Mt. Sunapee in New Hampshire, announced that they have settled a lawsuit over the proposed…
Presstek Inc., a Hudson-based maker of digital imaging machines, is acquiring the bankrupt A.B.Dick Co. for $40 million. A.B.Dick, a worldwide supplier to the graphic arts and printing industry, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier in July, which makes…
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Hampshire has announced that it’s going back to the drawing board to help build a tiered health-care product with some of the state’s largest purchasers of health insurance. “This cause is so worthy,…
Many industries in New Hampshire are ”below the radar.” They’re businesses that for one reason or another are not very visible or are hard to reduce to mere statistics. One of them is the general aviation business. A general aviation…
• You’ve to have some sympathy for Kelly Ayotte. She quit her post as the governor’s legal counsel last year only a few of months after taking the job to become deputy attorney general. Now she’s back to working as…
Fending off any attempt to criticize Governor Benson for his relationship with the wannabe settlers of the Free State Project, the governor wanted to make it clear the other day that while he’s glad to help them build their bandwagon,…
Early summer is the time for Red Sox slumps, beach novels and political storytelling. Considering that F&J covers neither sports nor literary accomplishments, here are two of the summer’s best-selling New Hampshire political rumors so far. 1. After winning in…
At its much-publicized 2004 Liberty Dinner last month, the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance -- a group that describes itself as a “non-partisan coalition” that supports “increased individual in New Hampshire” - didn’t only hear from Governor Benson and Jason Sorens,…
We now know the extent of U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg’s legendary sense of humor. He doesn’t like Jane Fonda jokes. During a visit to Dartmouth College, the senator was given of a computer science lab to see the latest developments…
