Ameriquest loan puts homeowner in a costly bind
It wasn’t much — a run down New Englander with peeling paint on a quiet Pembroke street — but to William Bouley, “it was the first home I’ve had in 40 years. I came from the streets, and here I…
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N.H. legal fight looms over baffling Medicare drug plan
Medical providers in New Hampshire say the new Medicare Part D drug benefit — passed to much acclaim in 2003 — is poorly planned to the point of chaos, with time running out for a smooth Jan. 1, 2006, program…
Q&A with: NHPR President Mark Handley
Mark Handley, president of New Hampshire Public Radio since 1990, will retire in mid-October to begin a long-anticipated trip around the world with his wife Judy aboard their 42-foot Tayana sailboat. Handley has had careers in both teaching and broadcasting.…
Cook On Concord
The hoopla surrounding the implementation of E-ZPass in New Hampshire has been an interesting sideshow. The fact is that by offering a large discount to jump-start the system, the state did a good job of weaning us token addicts from…
NHBR/Chartworth stock Index
Shares in New Hampshire-based publicly traded companies increased by an average of 5.3 percent in the second quarter, according to the latest reading of the New Hampshire Business Review/ Chartworth Stock Index. The increase stands in contrast to the 5.6…
Utilities Watch
A string of hot and humid weather has put a strain on the electric grid across the United States this summer. But for the most part, demand for electricity has been met and the power grid has withstood its toughest…
From turkeys to commerce
Company officials say that the Macy’s department store in Bedford will be unaffected by changes next year when Federated Department Stores begins replacing the Filene’s nameplate with the Macy’s name - including the store a couple of miles down the…
Federal bill is an important focus on energy
Under debate for the past 10 years, the massive energy bill signed Aug. 8 by President Bush offers long-term relief for energy customers by providing incentives aimed at increasing energy production, upgrading our energy infrastructure and developing new technologies. Equally…
Ed DeCourcy
The death earlier this month of Ed DeCourcy, longtime publisher of the Newport newspaper the Argus-Champion, was more than just the passing of a great newspaperman. It is a reminder of how rare such journalists are - and how they…
The Pfundstein Report
In 1960, I was five when my parents moved our young family from Long Island to Concord. Thank God. My dad had called home to let my mom know that he had accepted the job and that he had found…
