New Hampshire Business Review - Feb-15 2019

February 15, 2019

NH Business Review Staff

Patricia Carty, 2019 Outstanding Woman in Business

Liisa Rajala,

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester

Joanne Conroy, 2019 Outstanding Woman in Business

Liisa Rajala,

President & Chief Executive Officer of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health in Lebanon

Deborah Merrill-Sands, 2019 Outstanding Woman in Business

Liisa Rajala,

Dean of Peter T. Paul College at the University of New Hampshire in Durham

Jeanine Sylvester, 2019 Outstanding Woman in Business

Liisa Rajala,

Founder & General Manager of Runner’s Alley in Portsmouth, Manchester and Concord

Margherita Verani, 2019 Outstanding Woman in Business

Liisa Rajala,

Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Verani Realty in Londonderry

Sherilyn Burnett Young, 2019 Outstanding Woman in Business

Liisa Rajala,

Shareholder & President, Rath, Young and Pignatelli, P.C. in Concord

Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, 2019 AWE Award Winner

NH Business Review Staff,

The Advocate for Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Award honors an individual or organization that has made a lasting impact on empowering women and girls in the Granite State.

The state of the Queen City: a Manchester roundtable

Jeff Feingold,

NH Business Review recently met with area community and business leaders at the offices of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce to get their take on the issues facing the region and its economy. Participants were: Eva Castillo, director, Welcome…

Is ‘year of family leave’ dawning in NH?

Bob Sanders,

Initiatives gain momentum as measures move forward

Adding meaning and purpose in retirement

Elise Salek,

Giving and volunteering help people stay happy and healthy in retirement

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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.

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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.

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(Opinion) Novus Public Affairs’ 30-year anniversary: Paul Young’s meaningful mark on NH

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.

(Opinion) A legacy of impact: the McCourts’ gift to Great Bay Community College students

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