The New Hampshire House approved a $2.1 billion, 10-year state transportation plan April 12, but lawmakers are saying its time frame actually covers a 14- or 18-year span due to inflation and a $500 million shortage in federal funds. A…
Public Service of New Hampshire could face competition in its effort to construct a wood-fired power plant in the North Country. A Senate amendment to an energy bill that had passed both houses emerged Wednesday. It calls for an open…
Presstek posted a strong first quarter Thursday, recording net income of $2.7 million, or 8 cents a diluted share, compared to less than the $500,000 it earned in the first quarter of 2005. Sales at the Hudson-based provider of printing…
Jeffrey Sohl, director of the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, is the 2006 recipient of the Hans Severiens Award from the Angel Capital Education Foundation. The award honors an individual whose accomplishments have…
The state faces at least three huge threats to its budget in the next decade. Medicaid costs are expected to grow by hundreds of millions of dollars, a matter of relentless demographics and runaway health-care costs. The ongoing back-and-forth over…
The trial of five former Enterasys Networks executives on charges of securities fraud has been postponed once again, this time until Nov. 7. New Hampshire U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro ordered the delay April 20 because of a scheduling…
As executive director of a nonprofit organization, Eric Valliere knows hunger. There is hunger of the soul, a hunger for the arts and, well, just plain hunger. “The last time we had a concert, I brought up a few friends…
The city of Nashua’s plan to acquire Pennichuck Water Works is not in the public interest, staff of the Public Utilities Commission has concluded, adding support to opponents of the takeover. The 70-plus pages of staff testimony do not bring…
The story of Eduardo Perez and his family is one of survival in a new land. The family of six fled unrest in their homeland of El Salvador four years ago, entering the United States with tourist visas. The visas…
Jennifer Mazzei must have the entrepreneurial spirit in her blood - as a college student, she became a Realtor to help pay for her tuition. At 24, she started her own company, J Maze Design, as an online arts store…
