New Hampshire Business Review - January 16 2009
Local filing period for candidates is starting
If you want to create change in your own town or school district, running for office is the place to start. Today is the start of the 10-day period in which people can file to run for local offices in…
An emotional gathering at Rivier
NASHUA - When everyone on the U.S. Capitol steps stood for Barack Obama to take the oath of office, almost everyone in a crowded Rivier College function room moved to their feet as well. Obama was sworn in as president…
Area residents braved cold and crowds in Washington and say it was worth it
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Josh and Julie Dickerson arrived in Washington, D.C., around 6 a.m. Monday. By 3 p.m. Tuesday they were cold, hadn't slept since they arrived and were in the middle of a three-hour trek back to their hotel…
Capital hopeful, as many confess renewd pride at celebration
EDITOR'S NOTE: Telegraph Correspondent Eboyne Jackson landed a ticket to Barack Obama's inauguration Tuesday. Jackson, who is from Connecticut, arrived in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. Today marked a day in American history that none of us will ever live to…
For struggling, help can't come soon enough
George LeBlanc knows a change of administration in Washington won't make things better for him, at least not in the short term. "I don't know what he's going to do to make new jobs for guys like me. I'm a…
Community college viewers hope Obama hits ground running
NASHUA - Ilona Steinhart sat near the front of the room and took aim. Cell phone in hand, she pointed it at the projector screen and snapped. There in her camera phone, Steinhart captured the image of Barack Obama, taking…
Republicans plan to stand behind liberal leader
Just because John McCain didn't place his hand on a Bible before millions of people Tuesday doesn't mean Republicans won't support Barack Obama. Republicans hope Obama succeeds as president because, regardless of party affiliation, he's their leader, too. They'll criticize…
Nashua students watch historic moment
NASHUA - Louis Muccioli isn't old enough to have lived when segregation was rampant in this country. Muccioli, a junior at Nashua High School South, said his mother often tells him stories about what it was like to live through…
Seniors and children take time out of day to catch a glimpse of the oath of office
MILFORD - Most of the people watching Barack Obama's inauguration Tuesday at the Milford United Methodist Church had witnessed many a presidential oath, but none like this one: A million excited people crowded onto the National Mall as the nation's…
