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…
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,…
NASHUA - At 19, Alvaro Molina-Tomala is the most proficient English speaker in his family. Even with his help translating for his parents, filing the family's income tax returns posed a giant obstacle - but one made less daunting by…
FairPoint's Internet customers can't use "verizon.net" any more. Starting today, e-mails sent to FairPoint customers with their former Verizon e-mail address will no longer be forwarded. FairPoint cut over to its systems at the end of January. Since then, Verizon…
NASHUA - The city's Division of Public Health mobilized an action team five days ago when news of swine flu arose to prepare for the possibility of a pandemic. The effort has Nashua health officials working with area hospitals and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Single-family and condominium alternatives, such as manufactured homes and accessory dwellings units (ADUs), could go a long way toward helping ease New Hampshire’s housing crisis. But those options can have some obstacles, according to participants in a forum.
Efforts are underway in Manchester to fashion a version of the iconic board game "Monopoly" into a Who's Who and What's What of New Hampshire's largest city.
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
Rising demand, transmission constraints, and the push for regional solutions
The Rugg family and the Town of Exeter have settled their long running land dispute, clearing the way for a developer to proceed with a housing development to be built on the Exeter-Newfields town line.
For nearly six decades, Paul Young has been a constant, if often understated, presence in public and government affairs, both in New Hampshire and beyond. Since founding Novus Public Affairs in 1996, Young has helped shape how businesses, nonprofits and political leaders communicate and connect with the world around them, leaving a mark on the state that is hard to measure but easy to feel.
When Emerson McCourt passed away in 2006, he left behind an extensive tool collection, meticulous instructions and a commitment to Great Bay Community College (GBCC) students that continues today.
UNH is home to the state’s largest school of nursing
