Buying local (online) this holiday season
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N.H. retailers band together for a 'buy local' Christmas
Five New Hampshire "buy local" groups representing more than 1,000 independent businesses around the state are once again encouraging consumers to shift their shopping from big box stores to local retailers this holiday season. Their message: shop in locally owned,…
White Mts. sees rise in earnings, pre-Sandy
White Mountains Insurance has been making money this year, so far, partly because the reinsurer did not have to pay the kind of catastrophic losses it paid last year. But Tuesday's earnings report -- the day after superstorm Sandy smacked…
Woodlands members OK credit union's merger with Northeast
Despite some opposition, Woodlands Credit Union members voted by a 3-2 margin on Saturday to merge the Berlin-based credit union with Northeast Credit Union of Portsmouth, the company announced Wednesday. The merged Northeast Credit Union will have assets of $800…
$455k USDA energy grant goes to Balsams
Balsams View LLC, the company that owns and is renovating the landmark Balsams Grand Resort in Dixville Notch, has received a $455,000 federal grant to help it install a $1.8 million, high-efficiency wood-fired heating system. The grant, awarded by the…
Proposed standards will mean a change for N.H. syrup makers
Grade B maple syrup may be getting a rebranding in New Hampshire and beyond as maple syrup producers work to standardize syrup grades across the industry. The Ontario-based International Maple Syrup Institute, a trade group with members in Canada and…
How's business in the North Country?
Area businesspeople offer their perspectives on the region's economy
U.S. survey: N.H. organic sales totaled $16.8m in 2011
New Hampshire accounted for 14 percent of all the organic food sales in New England in 2011, eclipsing Massachusetts but barely a quarter of the organic sales recorded in Vermont. USDA-certified organic growers in New Hampshire sold $16.8 million worth…
Former retail mecca hopes for a rebirth in Keene
A coffee stand surrounded by empty counters. Stores that used to sell everything from underwear to pets, sitting empty and dark. A very occasional handful of people strolling by, taking in the sad spectacle of what the Colony Mill Marketplace…
Taking the pulse of the Lakes Region
NHBR’s editors sat down last month with businesspeople from the Lakes Region at the Chase House at Mill Falls in Meredith to discuss how the region’s economy is faring and their expectations for the future. The participants were: Joel Arsenault,…
