Riding out a New Hampshire winter — happily — takes either a real love for the season or perseverance. Either way, those who choose to do it year after year have undoubtedly adopted their own harbingers of spring - certain…
A new bank that its founders say will focus on financial services for small business, other commercial interests and retail customers, is preparing to open in Manchester and Nashua later this year. But essentially, Vantage Bank, the new financial institution,…
Nowhere in the country can a full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage of $5.15 per hour afford the market-rate rent on a one-bedroom apartment, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. NLIHC’s troubling calculation is based on the…
When John Mongan became mayor of Manchester, following the 18-year reign of Josaphat Benoit, astronauts had not yet orbited the earth, much less landed on the moon. Shopping malls and industrial parks were still in the future and Manchester had…
Dr. Elizabeth Malko took the clinical reins as medical director of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield New Hampshire in August 2005. But her devotion to wanting to “fix the system” — whether biological or corporate — actually began much…
Heidi Hertzberger was motivated her to start her own herbal products company. Curtis Grace found the inspiration that helped him resurrect and redirect his family’s gelato business. Both received their direction and encouragement at the same life-changing event — the…
The Legislature came back from vacation the first full week of March, and the House proceeded to a very full schedule of three “session days” during which members dealt with committee recommendations on a large number of bills. The House…
On the day that was supposed to mark the start of the trial in U.S. District Court in Concord of five Enterasys Networks executives for securities fraud, it was the prosecution that took the stand. A lawyer for the defense…
To the editor: It is simply deplorable that Nashua’s city leaders want to take $455,000 in state aid for special education costs to bankroll the takeover attempt of Pennichuck Water Works! (In Brief section, March 3-16 New Hampshire Business Review.) Public…
Point, counterpoint Whatever his point, U.S. Sen. John Kerry, in his own inimitable fashion, didn’t quite make it during his recent visit to New Hampshire. When asked whether he supported New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, Kerry, the former and possibly future…
