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A Massachusetts company has been hit with nearly $200,000 in fines for unsafe conditions at a Merrimack work site, federal officials said. Roberto’s Steel Erectors Inc. of Fitchburg, Mass., was cited for 17 “alleged willful, repeat and serious violations” by…

Ashland Lumber Company has been purchased by Jaffrey-based Belletete and Shea LLC for $1,115,000 from brothers A. Walter “Butch” and Alan W. Hill. The site includes two large lumber warehouses and the main store. Manchester Realtor Ray. E. Pinard &…

Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua has broken ground on a $17 million, 22,000-square-foot addition that will double the size of the facility’s emergency room as well as add space for a centralized cardiac center, more private rooms and…

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…

Amisys Synertech Inc., a Rockville, Md.-based provider of advanced software products and claims processing services for health-care payers, and Manchester-based Choicelinx Corp., a provider of Web-based solutions and consumer-directed technology products for the health insurance industry, have signed a definitive…

The Concord Planning Board has postponed a decision on a proposed 124-townhouse development on Bog Road. Developer Reggie Moreau of R.J. Moreau Communities in Bedford filed his application for the Vineyards townhouses last fall, and then went through a series…

While on the stump, John Lynch, the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, has taken to telling voters an anecdote from four years ago. When he was being interviewed for a spot on the University System of New Hampshire board of trustees, he…

To the editor: As a follow up to your recent article (“Outsourcing: The good, the bad and the inevitable,” July 9-22 NHBR), AeA, the largest high-tech association in the United States, has sent a copy of its white paper addressing…

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…