The rising cost of health care and the expense of providing benefits to employees will be the focus of a seminar sponsored by the Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire. The half-day seminar, “Healthcare, C3 - Costs, Choices, Crisis?”…
In the battle of wills between Governor John Lynch and Environmental Services Commissioner Mike Nolin, the commissioner blinked. Governor Lynch announced yesterday that Nolin - who has served as commissioner since being appointed in 2003 by former Gov. Craig Benson…
The current president of the bankrupt shell of Riverstone Networks is obstructing a shareholder investigation, the Official Committee of Equity Security Holders charged last week. The committee alleges that Noah Mesel, president of RNI Wind Down Corporation and Riverstone’s top…
A.M. Best won’t downgrade its rating of White Mountains Insurance Group’s Folksamerica reinsurance subsidiary, despite an unexpected $203 million hurricane-related loss that led to the collapse of the subsidiary’s “sidecar,” Olympus. After a two-month review, the rating agency said that…
Several New Hampshire colleges and universities are included on this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the top educational institutions in the nation. Dartmouth College in Hanover placed in the top 10 of the news magazine’s Best…
KeySpan’s shareholders have voted overwhelmingly to approve the company’s acquisition by British utility National Grid. The combined company will create the third-largest energy delivery utility in the United States, delivering gas and electricity to 8 million customers in the Northeast.…
On a sweltering day, when peak demand records for electricity were set in New England and New Hampshire, a state legislative study committee is considering whether electric consumers in the Granite State should continue to pay for energy-efficiency programs. During…
Mike Malzone, one of the town of Merrimack’s newest elected officials, is taking part in a drastic change of government that’s not only become much more conservative, but one that also changed its structure from a five-member board of selectmen…
I voted for Joe Lieberman once, writing in his name in the 2004 GOP presidential primary against President Bush. He didn’t get the GOP nomination. Maybe that is his problem — not the nomination, the fact I, a moderate Republican,…
New Hampshire exporters are making the most of a weakened dollar, according to a new study by the International Private Enterprise Center at the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics. According to the center, the Nominal…
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
