New Hampshire Business Review - December 5 2008
Hudson pushes ahead with kindergarten suit
HUDSON - Instead of meeting its Dec. 1 deadline by submitting a plan to implement kindergarten by fall, the Hudson School District sent a letter to the state Department of Education reminding it the district is suing instead. Meanwhile, a…
Few thoughts on nuisance rodents
NASHUA - The Telegraph's online readers are nuts over a story about squirrels plaguing residents at a public housing apartment building. Readers' comments ranged from helpful "use commercially marketed fox urine to scare the critters off, or two boxes of…
Air near area schools largely clean
Nashua area schools have relatively few toxic chemicals in the air that blows past them, according to a nationwide analysis of environmental records by USA Today newspaper. New Hampshire, as a state, did well on the survey, although some problems…
Star of NPR to read area man's poems
BROOKLINE - National Public Radio listeners who enjoy Garrison Keillor's "Writer's Almanac" will have another reason to listen today: the famous radio voice will be reading two poems by Brookline's Sidney Hall, Jr. This won't be the first time that…
NH Fish & Game says nuts plentiful for squirrels
In some Mid-Atlantic states, a sharp and unexplained drop in the production of acorns and other wild nuts has led to reports of aggressive behavior by hungry squirrels, but that doesn't seem to be the case in New Hampshire. New…
School chief up for same job in Mass.
NASHUA - Superintendent Christopher Hottel is one of four finalists to lead the school system in North Andover, Mass., news that he announced to district employees via e-mail last week. In an e-mail sent out Friday afternoon, Hottel told district…
Land issue could be in voters' hands
AMHERST - Whether to buy 104 acres of open space for conservation may be out of selectmen's hands. The board has received a petition warrant article that, if deemed valid, would let voters decide. The town's Open Space Advisory Committee…
