Last Word: Penny-wise, dollar-foolish
Could you use an extra $48 a week? Who couldn’t? A new survey conducted by Visa claims the average American spends $2,400 a year on stuff we can’t account for. That’s over a hundred grand in the course of a…
New Hampshire Business Review - February 15 2008
Don’t let cold weather freeze your communications
With a lot of winter still ahead of us, you should be aware that large temperature variations that come with cold weather could damage your cell phone. Before heading out to enjoy winter sports or travel, there are precautions that…
Cook On Concord: Legalized gambling debate looms for lawmakers yet again
On Feb. 19, the Senate Ways and Means Committee will hear the two main gambling bills that again have been introduced in the Legislature this year. Virtually the same as prior proposals, Senate Bills 306 and 330 promise to be…
Q&A with: High-tech entrepreneur Matt Pierson
One of the most formative experiences in Matt Pierson’s life was participating in the Semester at Sea program, now sponsored by the University of Virginia, at the end of his undergraduate work at the University of Rhode Island in 1983.…
Hope glimmers for regional east-west highway
After 20 years of sporadic study regarding a potential east-west regional highway linking northern Maine with Montreal, a comprehensive review of northern New England’s transportation routes is under way. The Northeast CanAm Connections project is looking at both adequacy and…
Memo to BIA: wake up, please
New Hampshire’s Business and Industry Association, which calls itself our “State Chamber of Commerce,” seems to need a wake-up call about climate change and the harm it will bring to New Hampshire’s business if we don’t try to do something…
Bethlehem landfill provides public benefit to N.H.
On behalf of North Country Environmental Services, we would like to thank Attorney General Kelly Ayotte for her public clarification to Seth Goldstein’s recent, inaccurate and misleading opinion letters to this publication (“Landfill settlement benefits New Hampshire,” Feb. 1-14 New…
Community colleges meet state’s needs
Of the hundreds of success stories we hear about education, Jane Dillon’s history with New Hampshire’s community college system illustrates how to change the course of a life through learning. A mother of two living in Concord, Jane was in…
Nonprofit leaders to share insights
“Stories from a Successful CEO and Board Chair Team” will be the theme of the first of a three-part Nonprofit Leadership Stories series of luncheons, hosted by the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits. The series will kick off at noon…
About Town: 2008 Easter Seals New Hampshire Winter Wine Spectacular
The 2008 Easter Seals New Hampshire Winter Wine Spectacular, with over 1,200 wines to be sampled, is the largest north of Boston. It culminates the New Hampshire Liquor Commission’s Wine Week. (Photos by Cindy Kibbe) One of the highlights of…
