As America’s oldest living patent attorney, C. Yardley Chittick has helped countless clients gain patents on their prized inventions. But only God holds the patent on Yardley Chittick. “I was born in Newark, N.J., in 1900,” says the most senior…
William F. Whyte, chief executive officer of Gilsum-based W.S. Badger Company Inc., has been named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2005 Small Business Person of the Year for New Hampshire. Whyte was one of eight winners of SBA awards in…
With an enormous clientele of aging baby boomers to tap, southern New Hampshire is seeing an influx of housing developments catering to the over-55 crowd. "They're happening everywhere," said Jill Robinson, a land-use planner with the Rockingham Planning Commission in…
The lure is cast through unsolicited faxes to New Hampshire businesses, and the bait is seductive. It offers extensive health-care benefits, with little or no restrictions, no exclusions for pre-existing conditions or age, often at a monthly cost of less…
A two-day “boot camp” designed for community-minded entrepreneurs put together by Stonyfield Farm and the School of Community Economic Development at Southern New Hampshire University will be held June 9-10 at the university in Manchester. Called The Stonyfield Farm Entrepreneurship…
Laura Monica, founder of High Point Communications in Bow, has been named the winner of the sixth annual Athena Award from the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce. The award is given to an individual who is committed to the community,…
Lupine Inc., a Conway-based manufacturer and distributor of pet products, has been named the first New Hampshire recipient of a loan through the Citizens Job Bank initiative. The initiative was launched in March by Gov. John Lynch and Citizens Bank…
Parents who want to drop off kids aged 15 or younger at the Pheasant Lane Mall on Friday or Saturday nights are out of luck. In response to recent “disorderly and disruptive” incidents, mall security personnel two weeks ago started…
It’s safe to say no one in the Androscoggin Valley shed any tears for Mehdi Gabayzadeh, the former CEO of what was once one of the nation’s largest makers of paper products, after he was convicted April 13 of engineering…
In a surprising vote, the New Hampshire Senate recently passed and sent to the House a bill imposing tougher mercury emissions standards. If ultimately passed and signed into law the measure could have a significant impact on Public Service of…
