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Soft Draw Investments LLC, a company owned by Gov. Craig Benson, has paid $1.1 million to take over total ownership of the troubled Golf Club of New England. The agreement reached in U.S. Bankruptcy Court calls for the property to…

Prudential Verani Realty has launched its “eShowings” Appointment Center, which is designed to assist all real estate professionals in scheduling showings of their listings. “We handle all aspects of the appointment-making process,” said Giovanni Verani, vice president of Prudential Verani…

Exeter Hospital has opened its $6 million radiation therapy center, becoming the region’s only accredited comprehensive community hospital cancer program. In 2003, Exeter Hospital was granted a certificate of need from the state to add radiation therapy to its cancer…

The Portsmouth Planning Board has approved site plans for a new 22,000-square-foot Hilton Hotel along Hanover and High streets, but the project could face civil action over its potential threat to downtown parking. The board voted 7-2 to approve Cathartes…

Considering the state of politics in New Hampshire, perhaps Senate President Tom Eaton and Majority Leader Bob Clegg shouldn’t have taken offense at outgoing Sen. Burt Cohen’s recent commentary comparing them to “party bosses in Soviet Russia.” They don’t bare…

An Auburn real estate developer is planning to buy the 140-acre riverfront farm in Franklin where Daniel Webster grew up and turn it into retirement housing. Elmer Pease II of PD Associates Real Estate Consultants signed a purchase and sales…

The U.S. Senate and U.S. Congress passed a defense bill that provides contracts to several New Hampshire firms, led by BAE Systems. The conference report on the Fiscal Year 2005 Defense Appropriations Act includes $103.65 million in federal funding sought…

“I have bad luck hitting them but good luck not getting hurt.” - Berlin Mayor Bob Danderson after hitting a moose for the second time in his driving career, this one while in a Mazda Miata convertible. “We heeded the…

A Child’s Gift Golf Tournament, Aug. 20, Nippo Lake Golf Club, Barrington. Proceeds to benefit Wide Horizons for Children’s Adoption Subsidy program which provides financial assistance to those looking to adopt a child. Cost: $100 per golfer. Contact: Rob Secinaro,…

Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Nashua was the top recipient of an annual federal grant to help alleviate the lack of affordable housing and promote economic development in Nashua. The nonprofit received a total of about $487,000 in financial assistance,…