The New Hampshire Legislature and Governor Lynch deserve to take a bow for their work in ridding the state’s small businesses of the albatross known as Senate Bill 110. The bill - as many, many readers of New Hampshire Business…
It’s a hot and sticky Monday afternoon in June, but some 40 card players are involved in games of Texas Hold’em, spread among six tables in the air-conditioned Manchester Bingo Center. The action is slow at 2 p.m., but the…
Celebrating our freedom from tyranny is one of the most enjoyable weekends of the summer. It nicely blends national pride with civic obligation. In the past I have written concerning my fondness for the small town parades held across the…
The version of the budget recently passed by the New Hampshire Senate includes a footnote in House Bill 2 that suspends the rules that govern how the state reimburses private agencies to care for its most traumatized children. This footnote…
As if what’s commonly known about Judd Gregg’s No Child Left Behind wasn’t bad enough, did you know it also requires that local schools grant access to military recruiters and must give them names and addresses of high school students…
Americans agree that we must preserve an equitable and efficient legal system. False claims and unnecessary bureaucracy weigh our courts down, costing all of us money and, most importantly, stealing from legitimate cases that require serious consideration and compensation. While…
It was a beautiful day flying from Minneapolis to Boston. I had landed at Logan Airport about 4:30 on a Friday afternoon. No problem, this was back in the early ‘90s, when I worked for Digital Equipment. I walked to…
In an age of massive mergers and acquisitions, it is more important than ever to identify a banking partner with the optimal mixture of tradition and community customer relations. Hallmark to our business climate in New Hampshire, providing insightful customer…
In the western New Hampshire city of Claremont, where City Hall sits inside the local opera house, the course of local politics has not always been harmonious. In one recent year, 2001, the city council had fired four city managers…
I was recently enjoying one of my favorite pastimes (hint — it has 18 “elements,” involves walking and takes about four hours). I was with a banker, a trust officer and an import-export broker. The latter asked me where I…
