North Country businessman Dave Presby, right, shakes hands with Jim McMahon, following Presby's purchase of the assets of Isaacson Steel Inc. on Jan. 31. McMahon is general manager of the new business, Presby Steel LLC, which will continue to operate…
Nancy Mellitt, annual campaign manager for the New Hampshire Food Bank, accepts a check from Bob Sampson, vice president of claims at RiverStone Resources of Manchester, for $31,759, which represents donations from RiverStone's employees with a company match. The check…
Enfield residents Robin and Mark Kloos and their children, Lydia and Quinn, won a complete digital home makeover valued at $2,100 from FairPoint Communications through its 'Connect Your Home' sweepstakes, which included a 47-inch TV, surround-sound speakers, an Xbox 360…
Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce members Mark Belanger and JoAnn Roy present the 3-D model they built of proposed New Hampshire Grand kiosks to be located throughout Coos County, the first of which will be constructed in Berlin in March.…
The agenda of the leadership of the New Hampshire Legislature has been called pro-business. But critics, such as New Hampshire AFL-CIO President Mark MacKenzie, view much of that agenda as anti-worker. MacKenzie recently discussed his concerns and his own organization's…
Earlier this year, evangelical Protestant leaders met in Texas to strategize about what candidate to support in the Republican primary (it apparently being their opinion that God favors Republicans).That meeting reminded folks of 1960, when Democratic candidate John Fitzgerald Kennedy,…
Everything still seems to be coming up roses, at least when it comes to the earnings of two more New Hampshire-based public companies.White Mountains InsuranceWhite Mountains finished the year with a bang, despite near record catastrophic losses around the world,…
When 149 units of affordable family housing are built in New Hampshire through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program, residents in the state reap more than $22 million a year and local and state governments get nearly $3 million.That's…
A potential buyer of Isaacson Structural Steel has backed out at the last minute, and the bankrupt Berlin company is scheduled to be auctioned on Feb. 29.Whether it will be bought as a going concern and the jobs of 150…
