EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was written by a friend of Steve Boland's, Liam Canny, a fellow Bishop Guertin student. On Dec. 21, 1988, 20 years ago today, Pan American World Airways Flight 103 pushed back from the gate at London's…
One of the greatest constraints to continued economic growth in New England is the inability of business to hire skilled workers. Faced with an older workforce, stagnant population growth and a declining interest in science, technology and engineering and math…
To the editor: I am amazed that a New Hampshire attorney would openly promote the importation of non-American indentured six-year servants to be trained by loyal American workers who are then to be discarded (“H-1B visa program is broken, and…
Ally McNair, a longtime New Hampshire television personality, has been named state president of AARP New Hampshire. In the volunteer role, McNair will oversee the work of the organization’s New Hampshire executive council, collaborate with state leadership to ensure the…
A family dispute threatens to dissolve Miltronics Manufacturing Services, a Keene firm that makes electronic fences to restrict pets as well as circuit boards. His mother, Cleo Neary, and brother, Stephen Nearly, charge in their lawsuit that Anton Neary, the…
Celia Phillips, longtime communications director of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, has left the organization to take a new position at the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association. The 29-year-old Manchester resident will be the education and programming coordinator…
Robert Chambers, founder of the Lebanon-based Bonnie CLAC, Cars, Loans and Counseling, has been awarded the 2007 Manhattan Institute Award for Social Entrepreneurship in recognition of his efforts toward making car ownership affordable for New Hampshire’s lower-income residents. Chambers is…
Founders of The Nashua Bank have received preliminary conditional approval for organizing the financial institution, they announced Tuesday. The New Hampshire Board of Trust Company Incorporation and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. each have given their approval of the bank’s…
Two economic matters are in the headlines in Concord and elsewhere: gambling as a revenue source for New Hampshire and the sub-prime mortgage problems that have affected the stock market and economy. Gambling first. The House Ways and Means Committee…
A new book by Hooksett resident Kenneth Easton is aimed at giving advice and comfort to business owners saddled by debt. “Surviving Your Business Debt” provides financial survival strategies to business owners who are in financial trouble or face such…
