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NHADA chief to retire at end of year

Dan McLeod, longtime president of the New Hampshire Automobile Dealers Association, will be retiring at the end of 2007. “It’s been a great ride,” said McLeod, who has been with the organization for 27 years. ”The folks I’ve worked for…

House OKs discount drug measure

Health care was on the agenda in key votes taken in the New Hampshire House and Senate earlier this month. In the House, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly March 6 for a bill that would force pharmacy companies to offer discount drugs…

Agencies, state rep honored for energy cuts

The first Excellence in Energy Efficiency Awards were presented Wednesday by Governor Lynch to two state agencies and one state representative. Awards were presented to the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Turnpikes, the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium and Rep. Suzanne Harvey…

House panel weighs payday loan rate cap

Should the state Legislature effectively wipe out the short-term loan industry by reimposing an interest rate cap it lifted eight years ago? That was the question that House Bill 267 sparked Wednesday at a House Commerce Committee hearing that brought…

Mortgage delinquency rises in N.H.

While delinquency rates on residential mortgages in New Hampshire rose during the fourth quarter of 2006, they remained below the national average and were the third-lowest in New England, according to the most recent National Delinquency Survey of the Mortgage…