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Flotsam & Jetsam

Statuesque conversations Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin, who write the “Yeas & Nays” column for examiner.com, offered this tantalizing tidbit in their March 23 effort: “You can never tell what will happen in Washington after the sun sets. “For Rep.…

Senate backs union card check-off

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…

Timberland names Crimmins new CFO

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,…

Q&A with: PSNH President Gary Long

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…

European sales fuel surge in exports

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…

Environmental Power delivers first RNG shipment

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.…