New Hampshire Business Review - April 24 2009
Plant with neighbors in your community
If you don't feel like digging up a garden plot in your backyard, there may still be opportunities to grow your own veggies. There are several community gardens in the Nashua area, although the rules and costs are different at…
2 stores, 2 clerks cited over tobacco sales
MERRIMACK - Two local businesses and two clerks were issued summonses Friday for allegedly selling tobacco to minors. The state Liquor Commission issued summonses to Sam's Quick Stop and the Reeds Ferry Market after Merrimack police and the liquor commission's…
Save cash, grow your vegetables
The troubled economy means more green thumbs may sprout up in backyards this year. Margaret Hagen, director of the UNH Cooperative Extension Family, Home & Garden Education Center, said she's fielded plenty of phone calls from people seeking help setting…
Iraq's archbishop tells dire tales of a wartorn nation
MERRIMACK - After saying Mass to a group of 100 at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts on Sunday, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Iraq spoke of the persecution of Christians in his country, including kidnappings, which he said go…
Y members needn’t shift to Merrimack during build
NASHUA - Members who used the YMCA on Prospect Street won’t have to switch to Merrimack, even temporarily, while a new facility is built. Officials from the YMCA of Greater Nashua announced that the organization has struck an agreement with…
Local teens learn to 'Say It Straight' with United Way
NASHUA - Imagine feeling pressured to do something that you don't want to do, but not having the skills to stand up for yourself and say "no." Many young people today make unhealthy decisions based on peer pressure, which often…
Hudson student wins top honors at pageant
NASHUA - Ashley Dumont of Hudson took home top honors when she was crowned the 2009 Miss N.H. Junior Teenager on March 14 at Daniel Webster College in Nashua. Pageant winners from all over the state came to compete in…
