New Hampshire Business Review - February 13 2009
Tire distributor shifting Northeast headquarters to Merrimack
A tire distribution company is moving its Northeast U.S. operations center from Manchester to Merrimack, bringing about 30 jobs into town. Motostar Tire bought the former F.W. Webb building at 4 Webb Drive for $3.37 million in a deal that…
Poll: Many in the dark on budget
Most people know little, if anything, about the state's $100 million budget deficit, but most everyone knows they don't want new or higher taxes. They'd rather expand gambling in the state. That's according to the latest version of the University…
$8.1m plan to enlarge Wilton elementary school reviewed
WILTON - The School Board is trying again to enlarge and upgrade Florence Rideout Elementary School. The vote on a new $8.08 million plan will be held at the annual District Meeting on Thursday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m., at…
Merrimack High club aims to help African kids
MERRIMACK - Students at Merrimack High School are reaching out to help Ugandan children who have been swept up in their country's civil war. Members of a school club called Random Acts of Kindness will join a national effort, spearheaded…
Accident leaves 1 hurt, 1 ticketed
A two-vehicle accident on Derry Road (Route 102) on Monday morning resulted in injuries to one of the drivers and a ticket for the other, police said. The accident, which happened at the entrance to a business just east of…
Report: Violent crime dropped in city in '08
NASHUA - New crime statistics appear to show that violent crime decreased last year, but police aren't claiming any such thing . . . yet. The police department on Friday released its 2008 annual report, which includes crime statistics showing…
Girl, 4, hurt when dad backs Jeep SUV into her
A child was injured in the parking area at her home Sunday when her father backed up his vehicle and accidentally hit her. Police say Angel Dixon, 4, of 112 Amherst St., wandered behind the vehicle as Robert Dixon, 23,…
