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Leadership courses often note the ironic contrast between people with leadership qualities and those occupying leadership positions, whether elected or otherwise. Such courses ask for people to think about why many people who are leaders are not in leadership positions…

Franklin Pierce College has announced plans to open a new campus in the Jefferson Mill in Manchester’s Millyard for the fall 2004 term and begin shutting down its campus in Salem. The college will open a campus in an 11,000-square-foot…

The process surrounding plans to expand the Mount Sunapee ski area, already under the microscope, is about to be perused by a new set of eyes. Sean O’Kane, commissioner of the state Department of Resources and Economic Development, announced at…

Seven rehabilitation projects were singled out last month as winners of the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance annual historical preservation achievement awards. Restoration and rehabilitation awards went to: • Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Portsmouth, a statue honoring Civil War veterans that…

Offshoring — the practice of outsourcing business functions to a vendor outside of North America - has the potential to save companies millions of dollars in labor costs. But the practice is not a panacea for bottom-line savings. Poor offshoring…

A new Monadnock Region business incubator has been born. With the purchase on July 1 of the former W.W. Cross building in Jaffrey, Monadnock Business Ventures has launched the Webster Street Incubator. The building, which is currently being renovated, will…

Love the outdoors, but hate the hassle of hiking? Reserve a spot for the next Wine and Dine Naturalist Float Trip on the Androscoggin River. Sandy MacGregor, owner and operator of the Mountain Ranger Guide Service in Rumford, Maine, offers…

The winds on Lake Massabesic were blowing 10-20 mph out of the west with gusts to 30 or more. We were sailing back toward the club, when I noticed an overturned kayak and someone in the water. We quickly sailed…

Materials scientist Zhengmao Li has been named manager of protein/peptide delivery programs at Bentley Pharmaceuticals Inc., a hiring that lays the groundwork for a future collaboration between the Exeter-based company and the University of New Hampshire. Li, who received his…

When David Wright of Keene graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1979 his career path was uncertain at best. He’d majored in business administration and minored in economics and figured that, with his training, “I thought I might…