Flotsam & Jetsam
COPS out Old programs never die, and old senators never fade away, they just go on talking on C-SPAN. Mostly, they talk about saving those old programs, though occasionally a senator will find one he wants to eliminate. The chances…
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Hampton woman markets parents’ inventiveness
It all started because of her son’s baby blanket. It kept blowing off in the wind, getting tangled in the stroller’s wheels, becoming dirty dragging on the ground. But instead of complaining or doing laundry, Sharon Mullen developed a business.…
Strong euro gives a boost to N.H. exporters
This year dawned with signs of a slowdown in foreign sales from New Hampshire’s companies. Although exports of locally made goods edged down in January by 3.2 percent from December, they held up well and stayed at high levels. In…
‘Nighthawking’ radiology services ship x-rays offshore for diagnosis
You may get your x-rays taken in the emergency room of your local hospital, but a physician on the other side of the globe may be doing the diagnosis. The growing phenomenon of outsourcing - from setting up call centers…
Probe looks at Enterasys’ earliest days
A new series of federal indictments not only widens the net in the probe of Enterasys Networks Inc. but seems to narrow the focus of the investigation, to the point in time when the company was being spun off from…
N.H. nurse training program exceeds expectations
Results of a $3 million nurse-training program has exceeded all original expectations and created new partnerships to upgrade the skills of New Hampshire’s nurses, according to the Workforce Opportunity Council. The Nursing Workforce Partnership Project is completing its three-year program…
A new sign of redevelopment rises at Baldwin’s on Elm
Award-winning cuisine helped Baldwin’s on Elm make a name for itself, and now that name shines even more brightly above the restaurant’s entrance at 1105 Elm St. in Manchester, thanks to a new facade purchased with the aid of a…
Downtown dining guide a hot commodity
Downtown Manchester’s dining scene has grown tremendously over the last few years, so to help you eat your way down Elm Street and beyond, Intown Manchester has created “Downtown Dining in the Queen City,” a dining guide featuring 67 restaurants…
Manchester fractional aircraft operator meets new FAA ruling
Alpha Flying Inc., a Manchester-based fractional aircraft operator, has met the new 91K FAA regulations that allow fractional operators to continue to do business under private, rather than commercial, charter rules. “The new Part 91 rules avoid onerous, airline-like restrictions…
Off the Clock
Most people know about the wonderful art collection at Manchester’s Currier Museum of Art, but unique to its collection is the Zimmerman House. The Manchester home — designed by world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright — is considered one of the…
