New Hampshire Business Review - February 27 2009
What's in a name? In this case, that isn't what's important
CONCORD - The name is less important than the goal. That's what supporters decided about setting up a broadcast alert for mentally impaired seniors and the developmentally disabled. They gave up any hopes of creating a New Hampshire Silver Alert…
More states considering system to initiate search for certain people who disappeared
CONCORD - In the last three years, senior alert laws in 13 states have offered protection to hundreds of thousands with Alz-heimer's disease or dementia who may wander off and have no way of knowing how to get back home.…
Town revenues: Going to the dogs?
Dogs: a town's best friends. Well, that may be stretching it. But in 2008, they were a pleasant surprise in Milford's budget picture. For some reason, the town registered 15 percent more dogs than it expected to last year -…
Tough times elsewhere, but BAE expanding
Businesses in most other sectors may be torn between wage cuts and pink slips, but not BAE Systems, the biggest manufacturing employer in New Hampshire and Nashua's largest employer. BAE, owner of what used to be Lockheed Martin - and,…
'No Place Like Home' event provides information about 'aging in place'
METHUEN, Mass. - Experts on "aging in place" will share information on how to create or modify a home to keep you or your aging loved ones safe, comfortable and at home. The event, called "No Place Like Home," will…
Moderators have a passion for their town
When Ryk Bullock walked out of Bedford High School late Nov. 4 - Election Day - he knew he must be tired. For one thing, he'd been up since 3 a.m. For another, his legs were killing him. "I'd been…
