New Hampshire Business Review - April 28 2006

While some of the employees might be worried about their future under the new Thermo Fisher Scientific, the future of the Fisher board of directors is a little more financially secure. Eight of the nine Fisher Scientific board members awarded…

The writer who helped mobilize a national groundwater protection revolt spent all day at the New Hampshire State House Tuesday urging small groups of lawmakers and environmental activists to fix a price for water that shows its true value. Robert…

Pittsfield Aqueduct Company, a subsidiary of Merrimack-based Pennichuck Corporation, has taken over the ownership, management and operation of the Birch Hill Village Water District in North Conway, Sunrise Estates in Middleton and the Locke Lake Colony Water System in Barnstead.…

Bedford-based Great NH Restaurants has named Favorite Foods Incorporated of Somersworth, a distributor to the food and lodging industry known for its support of independent restaurants, as its primary supplier. More than just looking for competitive group pricing, Tom Boucher,…

Peter Bloomfield was named the recipient of the 2006 Business in the Arts Leadership Award May 9 at the Center of New Hampshire-Radisson Hotel in Manchester. The award was presented by New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts, which annually…

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has awarded lawyers and other consultants involved in Foss Manufacturing’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case interim fees and expenses totaling more than $1 million. In total, the court awarded the lawyers and consultants $1.35 million. The largest…

Concord Hospital has been named one of 100 Top Hospitals by Solucient, an Illinois.-based information products company serving the health-care industry. Concord Hospital was among 99 other hospitals nationwide to be recognized for making the greatest progress in improving hospital-wide…

Public Service of New Hampshire would abort its plans for a 50-megawatt wood-fired power plant in Coos County if a House bill survives its expected committee of conference the way it left the Senate May 4. An amendment by Senate…

BAE Systems will team up with the Israeli-based Rafael Armament Development Authority to develop, produce and deliver 67 25mm stabilized gun systems to be used by Navy cruisers, destroyers and landing ship transport dock ships per request from the U.S.…

State Senator John Gallus, R-Berlin, has learned to expect surprises the last big floor fight of the term. But he still left the 14-hour session May 4 mumbling he might be in the wrong political party. “Put that down,” he…