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Needham Bank plans to acquire BankProv for $212 million

The holding company for Needham Bank plans to buy BankProv for $211.8 million in cash and stock, giving the Massachusetts-based bank a footprint in the Granite State. Ambury-Mass.-based BankProv, operates New Hampshire branches in Bedford, Exeter, Hampton, Portsmouth and Seabrook.

3 honored at 10th annual TechWomen awards

Tech leaders converged on Fidelity Investments’ Merrimack campus May 28 for the 10th anniversary of NH Tech Alliance’s TechWomen Connect and Awards, and in a first, one of the night’s three honorees was a middle school teacher.

Will Trump chatter about Canada cool NH’s summer tourism?

When it comes to summer tourists coming to New Hampshire from Canada, is there a chill in the air because of White House jabs about tariffs and making our northern neighbor the 51st state? State officials don’t think so. They think the state’s critical summer season can weather the political tension created by President Donald Trump.