Although it affects only public employees, passage of Senate Bill 216 on Thursday may be a harbinger of things to come for private employees. On a 14-10 vote, the Senate passed the bill, which would allow a bargaining unit to…
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 loan fund for municipal drinking water improvements. For the…
John Crimmins, former vice president of The Timberland Company, has been named chief financial officer of the Stratham-based footwear and outdoor apparel company. According to a statement released Thursday by Timberland officials, Crimmins, an executive with the company since 2002,…
Gary Long, president of Public Service of New Hampshire, has seen a lot of changes in his 31 years at the state’s largest utility. His career has spanned construction of the Seabrook nuclear power plant, PSNH’s subsequent bankruptcy, its takeover…
As 2007 dawned, New Hampshire exporters saw solid gains in foreign sales as overseas shipments of Granite State-made products leaped by 8.8 percent in January to $244 million. The January export surge — the largest increase in the last 30…
Redhook Ale Brewery’s New Hampshire facility will be increasing its capacity just in time for those warm summer days. Four new fermenters — each holding 16,000 gallons — will be hoisted into place April 13 by a crane, said Doug…
The initial delivery of pipeline-quality renewable natural gas has been delivered by an Environmental Power Corporation subsidiary from its Huckabay Ridge facility in Stephenville, Texas. Microgy Holdings LLC, the subsidiary of Portsmouth-based Environmental Power, designs, constructs and manages waste-to-power facilities.…
Charles Summers, the Small Business Administration's New England regional administrator, has been recalled to active Navy duty and will be sent to Iraq in July. Summers, a lieutenant commander, joined the U.S. Navy Reserve in 1996. He is part of…
Governor Lynch has proclaimed April as Financial Literacy for Youth Month. In his proclamation, Lynch acknowledges that “personal financial education is essential for ensuring that the youth of New Hampshire are prepared to manage money and credit wisely and responsibly.”…
Contracts announced in February for future residential, nonresidential and nonbuilding construction in New Hampshire are below the level reported in February 2006, according to McGraw Hill Construction data. The Lexington, Mass.-based firm reported that future residential construction decreased by 52…
