New Hampshire remains near the head of the nation’s class in terms of people getting high school diplomas and college degrees, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, but the high cost of higher education in the state…
Red whine or white? No sooner had F&J speculated on the apparent political wimpishness of state GOP Chairman Warren Henderson - at least when it came to complaining that New Hampshire Democrats were being mean to Senate Majority Leader and…
A year after its startup, the New Hampshire Virtual Business Incubator is poised to expand across the country by the end of June. Dr. William Osgood, one of the creators of nhVBI, announced the plans last month at the National…
In 1990, Dick Swett — a Yale graduate and an architect who grew up in Laconia, where he starred in football and track — became the first Democrat since 1912 to be elected to Congress from New Hampshire’s 2nd District.…
When The World Schools began 25 years ago, its backdrop, the remnants of a small empty chicken farm on the Daniel Webster Highway in Nashua, was barely large enough for five staff members and the 38 preschoolers being cared for.…
Since its founding almost 27 years ago, the New Hampshire Business Review has gone out of its way to publish a diverse range of opinions on a similarly varied number of subjects, from articles on the economy and government to…
To the editor: Re the article about Mehdi Gabayzadeh and the $300 million fraud (“Ex-paper exec guilty in fraud,” April 29-May 12 NHBR). Wasn’t anybody paying attention? I thought large firms had independent auditors and a board of directors. It…
Remember when the John Birch Society was as extreme right wing as you could get? While they’re still seeing conspiracies behind the bush (obvious double entendre), today they seem positively sane compared to the rabid neo-cons now in charge. They…
A little more than halfway through the six-month budget process, it’s clear that, as usual, the New Hampshire budget is pretty tight. It’s also clear that after the House passed a stripped-down version of the budget last month, there’s probably…
The New Hampshire Legislature is considering a mercury reduction initiative that could increase electric rates substantially for PSNH customers. As written, Senate Bill 128 could add hundreds of millions of dollars to our energy production costs, and greatly diminish the…
