New Hampshire Business Review - July 17 2009
No. 43 best place to live? Merrimack
MERRIMACK - Remember when Anheuser-Busch ran a TV advertisement last year featuring a picturesque, autumn fly-over of Merrimack, only it was actually Hillsboro? Well, CNNMoney.com may have made a related faux pas. Earlier this week, Money ranked Merrimack 43rd on…
Car owners defend choice to drive small (and not-so-small) vehicles
Bill Baker loves his Mini Coopers. You can usually find two of them parked outside Baker’s Milford home. The 2002 model is Bill’s, and the 2006 is his wife Betty’s. His son also has one, but he’s currently living in…
Quietly, YMCA begins drive
NASHUA - It's not surprising that you may not have heard about the capital campaign for the new YMCA facility. That campaign has just kicked off and is now in what's called its "silent phase," said Mike LaChance, executive director…
Forbes names Manchester-Nashua as cheapest place to live
It's hard to say just what it is about southern New Hampshire that lands our cities and towns on so many national "best of" lists. At an office in New York City, there must be a complex formula measuring median…
Liberty award presented to Hogan
State Rep. Edith "Dee" Hogan, R-25th, has received the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance's Legislator of the Year award for her pro-liberty voting record in 2009. Along with the Nashua legislator, the Liberty Alliance also honored Keith Carlsen, of Keene, as…
No. 43 best place to live? Merrimack
MERRIMACK - Remember when Anheuser-Busch ran a TV advertisement last year featuring a picturesque, autumn fly-over of Merrimack, only it was actually Hillsboro? Well, CNNMoney.com may have made a related faux pas. Earlier this week, Money ranked Merrimack 43rd on…
Five years later, family's still a family
Ashley Mann is busy getting ready for her freshman year of college this fall. Lauren Mann will enter her freshman year of high school. Six-year-old Katie has the first day of first grade to look forward to. These upcoming adjustments,…
Former mayor plays host to kids in summer program
Fifty-two boisterous children splashing in a former mayor's backyard pool begged the question: Which is more unruly, the kids or the city's Board of Aldermen? Bernie Streeter didn't hesitate. "Oh, the Board of Aldermen," the former mayor said, and then…
State probes claims of abuse of elderly man
MILFORD - The state Department of Health and Human Services is investigating allegations of possible abuse of an elderly man. The man, before his death July 10, was a patient at a local nursing home. "We are currently reviewing, gathering…
