House votes to extend bar hours
New Hampshire bars may soon likely not be filled with cigarette smoke, but they may be allowed to stay open an hour later. The House voted Wednesday to allow bars to stay open until 2 a.m., despite warnings that the…
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Panel won’t let House vote on interest cap
The state House of Representatives will not be able to debate a bill imposing an interest rate cap on short-term loans this session, thanks to a vote in the House Commerce Committee Tuesday. The committee voted to retain the bill…
Unitil to drop rates May 1
Customers of Unitil will see an electric rate decrease on May 1, the Hampton-based utility announced Tuesday. Competitive contract negotiation led to the lower wholesale electricity prices, which Unitil will pass along to customers, the utility said. Under the new…
Debt crisis may loom for Pennichuck
Pennichuck Corporation may have had had a good fourth quarter, but it faces a looming debt crisis over the next three years, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In a press release, Pennichuck trumpeted a fourth-quarter…
Hatt named new Federal Savings CEO
Donald R. Hatt has been named president and chief executive officer of Dover-based Federal Savings Bank. Hatt, who has worked in the banking industry since 1972, most recently served as managing director of Atlantic Management Company, a financial advisory and…
N.H. seniors spared from Humana billing snafu
Unlike thousands of other seniors in the Northeast, New Hampshire subscribers to one insurer’s prescription drug plan were not affected by a billing error that could have cost them hundreds of dollars. Nearly 14,000 seniors in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and…
Unpaid electric bills mount for Corrections, other state agencies
The state, like many businesses and residents, is having trouble paying its electric bills -- so much trouble, in fact, that it faces some $200,000 in late fees if the bills aren’t paid this month, according to the Don Hill,…
Report: N.H. ‘good’ at preventing cervical cancer
New Hampshire was ranked first in the nation for cervical cancer screening, but does only moderately well for seeing to it that uninsured women are screened, according to a recently released report. The report, “Partnering for Progress 2007: the ‘State’…
Web designers honored at ninth N.H. Internet Awards
The Merrimack Tomahawks High School football team’s Web site was chosen as Best of Show at the ninth annual New Hampshire Internet Awards, presented March 15 at the Center of New Hampshire in Manchester. The NHIA is an annual celebration…
Muslim businesspeople find a home in Manchester
They arrive on Friday at 1 p.m. or sometime thereafter, alone, with families or in small groups of two or three. Removing their shoes, the men gather on the carpet before the lectern, while the women sit behind curtains, unseen…
