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A national education policy and research group has given New Hampshire a grade of C for its educational performance and supporting measures. In its "2011 Quality Counts" report, Editorial Projects in Education, based in Bethesda, Md., rated Granite State at…

Dr. Mark Edelstein, president of Lakes Region Community College in Laconia, has announced plans to retire in July from the post he has held since 2006.During his tenure at LRCC, enrollment at the college has grown by 35 percent, and…

New Hampshire has taken one more step toward efforts to connect health-care providers in cyberspace.The state Department of Health and Human Services has received approval from the federal government of its Health Information Exchange Strategic and Operational Plans for the…

A former examiner who worked under ex-New Hampshire Bank Commissioner Peter Hildreth testified last week that firms like Ponzi scheme company Financial Resources Mortgage Inc. were subject to "what I call a drive-by exam." Kurt Gillies, who worked at the…

Citing high rates for health-care services, MVP Health Care says it will terminate its contracts with Portsmouth Regional Hospital and Parkland Medical Center in Derry. Termination of the contracts means that effective April 5 neither hospital will be an "in-network"…

Strategies and opportunities for controlling health-care costs and a look at the year’s key policy issues from the state’s top legislators will be among the highlights of the Business and Industry Association’s sixth annual Small Business Day at the State…

Fujifilm Dimatix Inc. in Lebanon and Wire Belt Company of America in Londonderry will be presented with the 2010 Governor's Award for Pollution Prevention at a State House Ceremony on Monday, Jan. 10. The awards -- which recognize outstanding pollution…

Four Keene area employers are recruiting workers to train as CNC machinists through a joint training program that is expected to create up to eight full-time jobs. Developed in partnership with River Valley Community College of Keene and the Regional…

The total value of future construction projects scheduled to be built in New Hampshire slowed considerably in November 2010. According to figures from industry information service McGraw-Hill Construction, there was a 52 percent drop in nonbuilding projects -- roads, bridges…

A former New Hampshire Banking Department attorney denies that she told a fellow agency employee that former Banking Commissioner Peter Hildreth gave special treatment to powerful banking industry lobbyist Chris Gallagher.Andrea Shaw -- who recommended that Financial Resources Mortgage Inc.'s…