New Hampshire Business Review - January 16 2009

School board ponders going it alone

NASHUA - Recruiting candidates. Forming a search committee. Coming up with a competitive salary range. Negotiating a contract. All of these things are part of the process when a school board is looking for a new superintendent. The question that…

Merrimack officials dump trash proposal

MERRIMACK - Following a packed hearing Monday, town councilors canned a proposed trash and recycling program, leaving themselves with difficult decisions in order to keep next year’s spending on track. By abandoning a proposed “pay-as-you-throw” program, which would have saved…

Selectmen united against land buy

AMHERST - Selectmen voted unanimously not to support the purchase of about 104 acres of property straddling the town line with Bedford. Whether the town purchases the property will be decided by voters in March. The property consists of 104…