New Hampshire Business Review - August 1 2008

Lightning strike destroys building

LACONIA (AP) - Water and fire caused problems in the Lakes Region. While communities dealt with flash flooding, Laconia firefighters battled flames at a building struck by lightning Thursday night. A storage building containing hay bales and equipment at the…

A.G. will track down ticket scofflaws

CONCORD (AP) - The Attorney General's office will start tracking down drivers who owe more than $3 million in unpaid traffic tickets and penalties in New Hampshire. The Senate Finance Committee has given the Safety Department approval to begin a…

Thieves siphon diesel in Rochester

ROCHESTER (AP) - Police have the surveillance video, now they are looking for thieves who siphoned about 400 gallons of diesel fuel from a truck at a Rochester business. Investigators say the thieves made several trips to Lambert's Auto and…

Icon's fate has panels at odds

HOLLIS - The fate of the iconic Ice House, in the Woodmont Orchards town-owned conservation land off Route 122, could be decided by the end of the month, or sooner, according to officials and members of the town Heritage Commission.…

Man from Hudson back in custody

A Hudson man was back in custody Thursday morning after walking away from a Manchester halfway house Wednesday. Jason Kinney, 34, of Hudson, is serving time for violating his probation after being convicted for robbery. He left the Calumet Transitional…

French Hill family homeless after fire

NASHUA - A French Hill family is temporarily homeless after a fire broke out Thursday night in the attic above their second-floor apartment. Firefighters responded to 94-96-1/2 Tolles St. at 10 p.m., when a resident noticed smoke in the building…