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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…

Tyson Foods Inc. has announced plans to shut down its Manchester facility, eliminating another 550 jobs from New Hampshire’s manufacturing base. Who cares? Unemployment is going down. Of course, the state’s economy can absorb the job loss, but it is…

The New Hampshire Virtual Business Incubator -- a first-of-its-kind on-line effort that provides information and support to new businesses -- has been launched with the goal of expanding to become a national resource. Not surprisingly, the thinking behind the incubator…

Vermont Law School has retained the Concord-based Institution Recycling Network to implement and manage a program to recycle construction and demolition wastes resulting from the reconstruction and expansion of the school’s Debevoise Hall in South Royalton, Vt. So when VLS…

The state Public Utilities Commission has approved a proposal designed to encourage large commercial and industrial customers to switch from PSNH’s energy service to electricity purchased from competitive suppliers. In its Nov. 21 order, the PUC approved the Retail Energy…