To the editor: The anti-nuke crowd has been successful in closing Maine Yankee and are now after Vermont Yankee. Is Seabrook next? We need an interim source of electricity until we have the time necessary to figure out a new…
After a 21-month, $21.4 million expansion, the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester is scheduled to reopen to the public on March 30. In addition to its world-renowned collections of European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculptures, the…
The trend in businesses these days is to “go green,” with many New Hampshire companies looking to become more environmentally friendly. It’s obvious there are environmental benefits, but there are often a variety of economic and social benefits, as well.…
New England’s quasi-public regional power grid held a three-day auction earlier this month among hundreds of power plants competing for shares of a lucrative subsidy that pays them to be ready to go online when needed. The incentive, called a…
With yet another passing of that cobbled-together holiday known as “Presidents Day,” it’s a good time to examine our attitudes toward the office of the presidency and the men — thus far, only men — who have filled it. Much…
You’ve seen the reports. Nearly 50 percent of New Hampshire’s college students leave the state after they graduate. For a state that’s getting grayer, that’s not a good sign. The big question is: How do we keep our young people…
BAE Systems is increasing its contribution to FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to more than $1 million annually through donations of money, resources and employee volunteering. By increasing its level of support, BAE becomes a “Strategic…
A $1 million grant aimed at developing a program to allow high school students to earn course credit outside of the classroom has been awarded to the state by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. Under the grant, an education model…
I voted for Malcolm McLane for governor of New Hampshire in 1972. That year, McLane, a Concord attorney and Executive Councilor, ran as an independent after Meldrim Thomson Jr. of Orford defeated incumbent Gov. Walter Peterson in the Republican primary.…
Jerry Little has been president of the New Hampshire Bankers Association since October 1991, the same month and year the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. shut down New Hampshire’s five largest banks and brought the financial world of New Hampshire to…
