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After serving three years as general manger of the Attitash Grand Summit Hotel and Conference Center at the base of Attitash resort in Bartlett, John Lowell has been named managing director of the entire resort. “Since joining Attitash, John Lowell…

The Environmental Protection Agency is suing General Electric for $9 million for contaminating a Milford Superfund site, despite the claim that the company is doing a “great job on what is necessary and sometimes more than necessary” in cleaning it…

Businesses in the health-care and medical devices fields received the most venture capital funding in the first half of 2006. According to a report released Wednesday by the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Venture Research, funding in the health-care…

“Making It In New Hampshire,” the fourth annual Governor's Manufacturing Summit, will be held Oct. 10 at the Wayfarer Inn in Bedford. The summit, which will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., is intended for manufacturing CEOs, CFOs, plant…

BAE Systems has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, to develop a wireless communications system that will allow multiple users to communicate at the same time on the same channel without centralized control or…

Dartmouth College, Johnson & Johnson, and Hanover-based Borealis Ventures yesterday launched what they call a “proof-of-concept” fund at Dartmouth. Known as the Seed Grant Program, it will support development of research innovations that could become high-impact medical technologies with promising…

Landlords William and Johanna Morin have agreed to pay a fine and take action to reduce the risk of lead poisoning at apartment buildings they own in Manchester. The settlement, announced yesterday, resolves U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claims that the…

Hampton-based Unitil's Massachusetts subsidiary has filed for a natural gas rate decrease for the winter season with the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy. Unitil said residents will see an average decrease of 0.2 percent, or 56 cents, per month…

Sports fans attending events at Cardinals Stadium in Arizona can look forward to better cellphone reception thanks to innovative technology designed and installed by Manchester-based Cellular Specialties Inc. Communication among stadium employees also will improve because of the technology. Officials…

Longtime public television executive Paula Kerger embraced the challenges facing the nation’s rapidly evolving media landscape in March when she became the sixth president and chief executive officer of the 348-station Public Broadcasting Service. “How do we take the power…