It’s a non-budget year, and the state Legislature hopes to adjourn in May. There’s a presidential primary and war going on. So why should businesses pay attention to what is going on in the State House? It turns out no…
To be or not to be exempt from the Consumer Protection Act -- that is the question affecting a number of industries this legislative session. The state’s Consumer Protection Act was once a mighty sword wielded by trial lawyers, but…
The old saying is that you never know what will happen during Motorcycle Week. That’s the way it’s worked out for Raymond Boissoneau. In 1997, Boissoneau was in Laconia for the annual biker fest when he spotted a “For Sale”…
A University of New Hampshire engineering professor has won a National Science Foundation research grant that could one day result in more durable roads and less highway construction. Jo Daniel, assistant professor of civil engineering in the College of Engineering…
You could almost say Steve Favorite inherited Bristol’s revitalization effort from his father. “My dad helped develop the town’s first master plan back in the ‘60s,” said Favorite, a telecommunications consultant and Bristol resident for 38 years. “This is the…
A tax incentive in effect since spring that’s aimed at preserving barns around the state has been twice as successful as advocates had hoped. According to data from the state Department of Revenue Administration, coupled with anecdotal evidence, barn preservationists…
Independent logger Bud Foster remembers best the lessons learned in the woods. Take one taught him by the late Lawrence Bean about yellow birch. Bean, a local mill owner, had bid a minimal amount for what looked like junk wood…
You could almost say Steve Favorite inherited Bristol’s revitalization effort from his father. “My dad helped develop the town’s first master plan back in the ‘60s,” said Favorite, a telecommunications consultant and Bristol resident for 38 years. “This is the…
A tax incentive in effect since spring that’s aimed at preserving barns around the state has been twice as successful as advocates had hoped. According to data from the state Department of Revenue Administration, coupled with anecdotal evidence, barn preservationists…
A University of New Hampshire engineering professor has won a National Science Foundation research grant that could one day result in more durable roads and less highway construction. Jo Daniel, assistant professor of civil engineering in the College of Engineering…
