Cancer care has become a little more accessible for patients in the Granite State. New Hampshire Oncology-Hematology PA and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have entered an affiliation agreement. “Southern New Hampshire residents will now have enhanced access to…
New London Hospital has moved one step closer to joining the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Alliance, an 11-member collaborative organization of hospitals and health-care agencies from New Hampshire, Vermont and western Massachusetts. At its Jan. 27 board meeting, a non-binding memorandum of understanding…
Rochester Wal-Mart expansion OKd The Rochester Planning Board has approved Wal-Mart’s plans to expand its store on Route 11 in Rochester from 87,171 to 214,569 square feet. Before construction begins, the city council must approve a wetlands replacement proposal. The…
By now, the New Hampshire winter has given us all a pretty good case of cabin fever. That also means it’s a great time to spruce up that cabin, and where else to get some advice and ideas than at…
Hypocrisy is so widely recognized as a universal trait that it’s amazing how often we are shocked—shocked!—to find other people indulging in it. Take the late Strom Thurmond, for example. The late governor and senator-for-life from South Carolina was, as…
Patience appears to be paying off for the city of Manchester, as the construction of a $40 million residential/retail development continues on what had long been its most conspicuous vacant lot. “The marketing of it, finding the right fit for…
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire’s Family Research Laboratory and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. But before she got inside people’s heads, she got into their trash -- literally.…
Build a better mousetrap, the saying goes, and the world will beat a path to your door. But Larry Harper, president of Ballantrae International Ltd., will tell you the world may need a little help in hearing about your mousetrap…
According to a recent Associated Press report on rural broadband and regional economic development efforts in northern New England, economic development officials are concerned that rural areas without broadband Internet access are being left behind as governments and companies across…
The Internal Revenue Service is increasingly scrutinizing loans between corporations and shareholders. Many of these loans are undocumented, don’t call for payments, don’t provide for interest and probably won’t ever be repaid. If this happens to be the scenario for…
