New Hampshire Business Review - January 2 2009

Teen dies from injuries

A Manchester teenager who was in a car accident in Nashua last month died from his injuries. Lenny Pares, 17, died Tuesday, The Union Leader reported the teen's high school principal as saying. Pares was a senior at Manchester Central…

Hearings set in Amherst

AMHERST - School budget and bond hearings for SAU 39 have been scheduled. The Souhegan Cooperative School District will hold its public hearing on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Souhegan High School. An hour later, the Amherst School District will…

Annual reports mailed to residents

BROOKLINE - For years, residents have picked up copies of the annual town report at Town Hall or the transfer station, a hit-or-miss way of getting information in advance of the annual town and school meetings. This year, the books…

Bakugan baffles adults, bewitches kids

AMHERST - As Wall Street came crashing down last year, the principal of Amherst's elementary schools, Gerry St. Amand, became concerned with a little underground economy brewing in his schools. But unlike federal regulators who ignored growing problems, St. Amand…

Lawyer tapped for federal spot

A constitutional lawyer and Harvard professor with connections to Nashua has been tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The Boston Globe reports that Cass Sunstein has accepted the position, which falls under…

Bustling building

This week is shaping up to be one of the busiest in City Hall and the school district in quite a while in terms of meetings. All kinds of city business is at hand, including the search for a new…

Drum & bugle corps files for bankruptcy

NASHUA - The Spartans Drum & Bugle Corps, a Nashua institution that dates back to the 1950s, has filed for bankruptcy protection, according to records filed in United States Bankruptcy Court. The Spartans organization filed November 24 for Chapter 11…

Town manager wants Obama's help

MERRIMACK - It might be wishful thinking, but it can't hurt to ask. Town Manager Keith Hickey told the town council Thursday that he had written to the New Hampshire Municipal Association requesting almost $35 million of the $800 billion…