Why America’s future still remains bright
I am sitting in the shade on my patio this Fourth of July weekend. Saturday and Sunday had magnificent weather. That moves 2005 from a 2.0 to a 3.0 on a scale of 1 to 10! But I get frequent…
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Off The Clock
Baseball in the Granite State has become more than just batters, pitchers and balls. An evening at the ballpark now provides contests, giveaways, bands, even gourmet food. At a recent Nashua Pride game, fans could take in some terrific baseball…
The Last Word
I live in the Panama Canal Zone. No, there hasn’t been any attempt to connect the Souhegan River to Hampton Beach with a man-made waterway. I, like probably two-thirds of you, can empathize with the malaria-ridden laborers of the early…
Portside
It may still be 2005, but it’s already 2008 in New Hampshire. Since the first recorded sighting of a presidential wannabe (John McCain) in December 2004 the swarming is on. Let me be of some help. While I can’t speak…
CEOs help spread the word about
Can you imagine seeing a photograph of some of the Granite State’s most well-known business leaders gathered together sporting the sweatshirts of their alma mater? One higher education professional did just that, sparking the development of a new program geared…
IRS eases ‘Use It Or Lose It Rule’ for FSAs
An unpopular restriction on a widely-used employee benefit - the flexible spending account — was recently relaxed by the Internal Revenue Service. Flexible spending accounts — or FSAs — allow employees to contribute pre-tax dollars from their pay to be…
$780k settlement reached in sexual harassment case
A New Hampshire oil dealer labeled “a serial sexual harasser” will pay $780,000 to settle claims lodged by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC, filed suit against Fred J. Fuller, owner of Hudson-based Fred Fuller Oil Co. Inc.…
Feds give the green light to widen I-93
The state Department of Transportation won long-awaited federal approval last month to widen Interstate 93 between Salem and Manchester to four lanes each way - a project that may be open as soon as 2011. But there’s a huge catch:…
How a ‘junk’ case landed in state Supreme Court
As Concord attorney Joshua Gordon describes it, Charles Teryek is trapped in a legal “Catch-22.” He has been in jail for nearly six months for “willful contempt” of Carroll County Superior Court orders to remove “junk” from his half-acre residence…
A changing SCORE remains vital in N.H.
The name and purpose may remain the same but the face of one of New Hampshire’s most renowned resources for new and small businesses is changing as it embraces the evolution of commerce in the Granite State. Technology, younger retirees,…
