New Hampshire Business Review - August 29 2008
Landfill chief heading south
Along with the departure of Public Works Director Rick Seymour, the city lost another longtime manager last week. Jason "Jay" Marcotte, the landfill supervisor, is leaving for a job in Texas. Marcotte will be the assistant director of public works…
Workshops assist immigrants get US nationality
NASHUA - Dennis O'Rourke has lived in the United States for more than four decades and feels like he belongs here. Thanks to a New Hampshire Catholic Charities workshop Saturday, he'll soon be a citizen of the country where he…
Consultant's 1980 report laid the groundwork for Pennichuck development
A tattered old document spells out just how Pennichuck Water Works went from a company owning 2,000 acres of watershed buffer land to one that owns about 500. It has a bulky official name, but it's better known by its…
If city buys water utility, Pennichuck would still retain about 450 acres
In the six years it has fought to take over the private local water company by eminent domain, the city of Nashua has said it wants to put a stop to development near the ponds that supply drinking water. But…
College kids hit the big time at conventions
Erica Tomaszewski was jostling through reporters for a word with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and shaking hands with actor Jon Voight. Robert Michaelson was an arm's length away from news personalities Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper while…
Red Cross needs help to deal with Gustav aftermath
NASHUA - Hurricane Gustav's impact on the Gulf Coast was blessedly less severe than Hurricane Katrina three years ago, but volunteers are still desperately needed to help shelter tens of thousands of people displaced by the storm. "The need is…
Worries abated over stability in pending storm
HOLLIS - Worries about the fate of the Hollis Town Hall clock tower have eased, now that severe weather forecasts for this weekend have been scaled back. Extreme winds resulting from Tropical Storm Hanna were originally expected to hit this…
High city official takes town job
MERRIMACK - Richard S. Seymour Jr. has spent the last 27 years working just down the road. Now, Nashua's public works director will report to Merrimack to lead the town's own public works department. Town councilors approved Seymour's hiring Thursday…
