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Future construction contracts up in July

While once again July contracts for future residential and nonresidential construction in New Hampshire dropped were below the amount reported in July 2006, there was a sizable increase in the total value of nonbuilding projects. According to McGraw Hill Construction…

Jones named N.H. SBA chief

Witmer “Wit” Jones, who has worked at the New Hampshire office of the US Small Business Administration since 1998, has been appointed district director of the Concord office. Jones has served the agency as chief of the finance division and…

Merger will enrich CBT execs

Community Bank and Trust’s chief executive, board chairman and vice chairman - all of whom recommended that the Wolfeboro bank should merge with Chittenden Corp.’s Ocean Bank -- will receive $560,000 in salaries and cash and more than $1.1 million…

Cedar Point takes second spot on Inc. 500

Cedar Point Communications has been recognized as the second-fastest growing private company in the United States as well as the country’s fastest-growing telecommunications company by Inc. magazine. The Derry-based firm’s revenue growth rate of 14,853.3 percent between 2003 and 2006…

Portsmouth firm to buy third D.C. hospital

Specialty Hospitals of America, a Portsmouth-based operator of long-term acute care hospitals, is about to acquire its third facility in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post reported Thursday that the owner of Greater Southeast Community Hospital has agreed in principle to…

Business Excellence Awards deadline today

The deadline for submitting nominations for the New Hampshire Business Review’s Business Excellence Awards is today. The award honors people who often don’t receive recognition for their work: owners and executives of small businesses. Businesspeople in 14 different industries will…