New Hampshire Business Review - January 30 2009
Group wants special district for downtown
NASHUA - A downtown organization wants to create a special district funded by a tax on businesses within the district. During a presentation to aldermen before the board's regular meeting, Scott Cote said his organization, Great American Downtown, hopes to…
Violence is found to affect NH people more
CONCORD - Men and women in New Hampshire both report being victims of violence at rates higher than the national average, and sexual violence in the state affects mainly children, according to studies conducted by domestic violence researchers. Researchers from…
On paper, town plan up 18%, rate off 1%
MERRIMACK - When is an 18 percent budget increase really a 1 percent decrease? When you're dealing with a town that's changed a key accounting practice. That's what is happening in Merrimack this year - on paper, spending is going…
Mont Vernon school budget hearing set for Thursday
MONT VERNON - The school district budget hearing session will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Village School. At this time, the budget is still being prepared, according to Board Chairman Jayson Darula, with a work session set for…
Bridge neighbors endorse berm plan
MERRIMACK - Neighbors to a construction project on Merrill's Marauders Bridge endorsed a plan Monday by state transportation officials to cut down on noise there. Residents in the Hillcrest Drive area, just east of the F.E. Everett Turnpike, had complained…
