New Hampshire Business Review - April 24 2009

Teens buckle up for safety, and win

A team of speedy Merrimack High School students proved they can buckle up with the best of them. Kayleigh Wallace, Kelsey Peabody, Kile O’Brien and Sara Cummings earned the fastest time in this year’s safety belt challenge, a contest designed…

Get your free plants

Members of the Merrimack Conservation Commission will hold their annual seedling giveaway May 9. The seedlings will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, according to the town. The following varieties will be available: 100 winterberry holly, 100 gray dogwood,…

Ads for medical marijuana on TV

CONCORD - The campaign in favor of letting the chronically and terminally ill legally use marijuana hit the airwaves Thursday. A 30-second commercial promoting the legislation and urging Gov. John Lynch to support it began on WMUR-TV and on Comcast…

Town needs volunteers

The town of Merrimack is looking for volunteers to take positions on numerous town boards and committees. Full member and alternate positions are available with the following groups: the agricultural, conservation and heritage commissions; the cable TV advisory, economic development…

River to be lowered

The Merrimack River north of the Pawtucket Dam in Lowell, Mass., will be lowered several feet beginning Monday, so that flashboards on the dam can be replaced. The area, known as an impoundment, is expected to be refilled to normal…

Driver still ‘critical’

Gino Olsen, the Milford teenage driver involved in a double fatal accident on Route 13 on Monday night, remains in critical condition at Children’s Hospital Boston as of early Thursday afternoon, said hospital spokeswoman Andrea Duggan. Two other 16-year-old Milford…

A family affair

The Friends of Nashua High Athletics is holding its 18th annual Old Fashioned Family Carnival of Fun. The event, held at Pennichuck Middle School, is geared toward the younger crowd, according to organizer Sue Morrissey. A funhouse, train rides, slides,…