The Colebrook House Inn may have survived the Civil War, the Great Depression, the drop in tourism after the 2001 terrorist attacks and every blizzard the North Country could hurl at it, but it couldn’t get through the last few…
A report issued in February by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of the Inspector General cites deficiencies in the way the state Department of Environmental Services handled the accounting of a revolving loan fund for municipal drinking water improvements. For…
It is tough being in the middle in politics sometimes. As it is said, if you stand in the middle of the street, trucks going in both directions could hit you. Gov. John Lynch proposed a constitutional amendment in late…
Keith Frisbee, owner of Energy Resources Group Inc. accepted a dozen roses as payment for his first job — an energy audit performed at a local greenhouse. A similar job at a lobster company followed. His payment: lobsters. “I told…
The New Hampshire House’s passage of a renewable energy bill April 5 might spur even more wood-fired power plant projects, such as Public Service of New Hampshire’s 50-megawatt facility at Schiller Station in Portsmouth and several projects recently proposed in…
The U.S. Department of Labor is accusing a network of Hudson construction companies that reportedly hires Canadian immigrants of paying its workforce less than minimum wage and shortchanging them on overtime. The federal Department of Labor last month filed a…
The state Senate has approved a controversial bill that would require that employee health insurance for families cover all dependents 25 and under. The Senate also has passed another measure that would require it to fully cover midwifery services. Over…
Joan Robinson wishes she could bring everyone she knows, and even those she doesn’t know, with her to Africa. “I wish I could expose everyone to it,” she said. Robinson, of Hollis, has been to the continent 22 times and…
Every year, New Hampshire’s roads absorb over 13 billion vehicle miles. By any standard, that’s a lot of use, and it underscores just how much our lives depend on our infrastructure. Yet, due to a worsening shortfall in funding, our…
If a flu pandemic were to hit New Hampshire, a recession could follow in its wake, but the impact would be less severe than in many other states, says a new study on the economic effects of a global outbreak…
