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Northeast Bancorp experienced a bit of glass half full-half empty as it closed its fourth quarter and its fiscal 2010 year.The Lewiston, Maine-based parent of Northeast Bank in Portsmouth reported a quarterly income of $43,058, or just one penny per…

The argument that USA Springs' 10-year permit to withdraw 300,000 gallons of water a day out of Nottingham has expired doesn't hold water, according to an opinion by the New Hampshire Attorney General's office.The question is key because that groundwater…

The estate and daughters of a 70-year-old Exeter woman who fell ill and died after eating some allegedly contaminated beef patties at a barbecue has filed a wrongful death suit against Shaw's Supermarket and those that supplied the meat, last…

Dollar Tree Inc. fired a Merrimack man who managed some 16 stores in New England partly in retaliation for trying to protect the public from Chinese merchandise contaminated with heavy metals like lead, according to a lawsuit that moved to…

BAE Systems has announced plans to acquire Oasys Technology, a Manchester-based high-tech firm.In its announcement, the defense contracting giant didn't disclose the purchase prices, but he Web site Proactive Investors put the cost at $25 million, with another $30 million…

USA Springs has taken another step in its effort to climb out of bankruptcy and obtain the necessary financing to finish its controversial water bottling plant in Nottingham.A federal bankruptcy judge last week approved a revised plan for the company…

Public Service of New Hampshire is asking permission from the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission to borrow up to $600 million for up to 40 years — the largest such request the company has made at one time in absolute…

The Ocean Bank name, which was first used in 1854 by a bank in Kennebunk, Maine, and has replaced the name of more then a dozen New Hampshire banks in various mergers over the last two decades, will be no…

The second New Hampshire Summit on Work and Family will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, June 7, at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord.The summit is being put together by UNH Cooperative Extension, in conjunction with…