LYNDEBOROUGH - The proposed operating budget for the Central School is up 4.7 percent, or $65,711, this year - an amount the majority of the 30 people attending a public hearing on Wednesday thought was too much. That figure includes…
MILFORD - The selectmen's $11.5 million proposed operating budget is nearly flat from last year, rising four-tenths of a percent over last year, according to Town Administrator Guy Scaife. If the budget and all the warrant articles pass as proposed…
AMHERST - In response to concerns by some parents and students that band and chorus were being marginalized, Amherst Middle School is adjusting its schedule for the second half of the school year. Principal Porter Dodge told the Amherst School…
AMHERST - Selectmen switched gears on a multi-million-dollar bond for road repairs and will ask voters for less money this year. Last week, four out of five selectmen indicated support for asking voters for a $15 million bond to fix…
Despite frigid temperatures, the Roby Park skating rink in Nashua was busy with hockey players Friday afternoon. The mercury was expected to dip down near zero again Friday night.
Pennichuck Brewin Co. in Milford provided a different type of cheer to the town's ambulance department, donating three GPS units. Pennichuck's owner, Phil Jewett, is also a paramedic. He donated three Magellan units to the town on behalf of his…
A petition warrant article to prevent adults from fishing at Railroad Pond in Milford has been filed with the town clerk. The pond is annually stocked with trout for the McBriarty Memorial Fishing Derby for young people. The petitioners would…
For the fifth time, Wilton resident Rhonda Watts Hettinger is scheduled to take part in a presidential inaugural parade, this time as a member of a regional affiliate of the American Sidesaddle Association. As part of Barack Obama's inaugural festivities…
The Hollis Police Department has a new officer and a new cruiser. At Monday's Board of Selectmen's meeting, Police Chief Russell Ux introduced officer Jonathan Tate, a Chelmsford, Mass., resident who was a full-time officer in Brookline for the past…
Alan Stiles, the former publisher of Men’s Fitness and Esquire magazines, has died after being struck by a commuter train. He was 54. Stiles parked his Hyundai Veracruz along the Massachusetts Turnpike then apparently walked into the path of the…
Single-family and condominium alternatives, such as manufactured homes and accessory dwellings units (ADUs), could go a long way toward helping ease New Hampshire’s housing crisis. But those options can have some obstacles, according to participants in a forum.
Efforts are underway in Manchester to fashion a version of the iconic board game "Monopoly" into a Who's Who and What's What of New Hampshire's largest city.
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
Rising demand, transmission constraints, and the push for regional solutions
The Rugg family and the Town of Exeter have settled their long running land dispute, clearing the way for a developer to proceed with a housing development to be built on the Exeter-Newfields town line.
For nearly six decades, Paul Young has been a constant, if often understated, presence in public and government affairs, both in New Hampshire and beyond. Since founding Novus Public Affairs in 1996, Young has helped shape how businesses, nonprofits and political leaders communicate and connect with the world around them, leaving a mark on the state that is hard to measure but easy to feel.
When Emerson McCourt passed away in 2006, he left behind an extensive tool collection, meticulous instructions and a commitment to Great Bay Community College (GBCC) students that continues today.
UNH is home to the state’s largest school of nursing
