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Adrian Cruz, 5, of Nashua winces as he hits the edge of a snow ramp Wednesday at Roby Park in Nashua. Dozens of people came to enjoy the recent snowfall and freezing rain that hit the Southern New Hampshire region.…
New Hampshire Business Review - January 30 2009
Another solution to high business taxes
To the editor: Jim Roche, president of the Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire made a very impassioned plea that he does not want business taxes raised to satisfy the states estimated $100 million budget shortfall (“Lawmakers: do no harm,” Jan. 16-29…
‘Stimulus’ testimony misreported
To the editor: I was quoted in an NHBR.com article (“N.H. businesses to House: We need stimulus”) concerning my testimony at a Ways & Means Committee meeting. The reporting, in respect to my testimony, made substantial errors of fact that…
Grand hotels remain lukewarm, at best, to casino gambling
The North Country’s three grand hotels, which are often mentioned as possible locations for and beneficiaries of expanded gambling in New Hampshire, remain reluctant to embrace the controversial idea. The trio of Gilded Age era resorts - the Mount Washington…
Complex phone transition to FairPoint in last stage
The twice-delayed ‘cutover’ from Verizon to FairPoint computer systems — is expected to wrap up Feb. 9 Beginning Jan. 30, FairPoint Communications is officially cutting the cord on Verizon’s landline business in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont. Two years after…
Rethink the Bow scrubber
A group of businesspeople and at least one state lawmaker have raised serious concerns about Public Service of New Hampshire’s plans to install an emissions-reducing scrubber system at its coal-fired power plant in Bow. At the very least, the concerns…
Cook on Concord: Good luck, President Obama
On Jan. 20, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. All of those watching the ceremonies, and it was reportedly the most-watched television event in world history, could not help but be struck by the…
Q&A with: The Music Hall’s Patricia Lynch
Patricia Lynch, executive director of The Music Hall in Portsmouth, has a favorite phrase when it comes to running a regionally vital arts organization. “The math doesn’t lie,” says Lynch about the crucial values of accounting and accountability. The same…
Rail service in N.H.: ‘very’ shovel-ready
Commuter rail service from Boston to Nashua in a year or two? What once seemed an impossible pipe dream has suddenly become a strong possibility. One thing is clear: The federal economic stimulus package currently working its way through Congress…
Tough times are the right time for change
On Jan. 20, Barack Obama was sworn in as our president, carried to victory in the 2008 election by a message of change. Since Nov. 4, it has only become more clear that major change will have to be brought…
