New Hampshire Business Review - July 17 2009

A victory for homeowners

To the editor: On behalf of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, the state’s leading advocate for homeowners, I’d like to thank state legislators for their tireless and mostly thankless efforts in working diligently to pass a budget during these…

Time for some competition?

It can be rather amusing to hear the health insurance industry voice its concerns over a proposal to create a “public” health plan - a prospect that it claims will result in untold millions of customers forsaking them for government…

The ‘college doctor’ is in

As college savings disappeared and loan providers shut down business last November, Jim Hayes opened up The College Planning Authority LLC, with the goal of helping families who were trying to save money on college costs, but didn’t know how.…

Comedy premieres next 2 weekends

MILFORD - Milford Area Players will present the world premiere of “Hot Buttons,” a new musical comedy by New Hampshire authors Dave Agans and Winfield Clark, and directed by Jeff Caron, for two weekends, July 17-19 and 24-26. Performances are…

A good first step

In a historic vote approving the American Clean Energy and Security Act, Congress has now taken the first step toward unleashing a true clean energy revolution. President Obama and tens of millions of environmentalists, union members, veterans, people of faith,…

The priority is prevention

If the old adage, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” were true, most everyone would be planting apple trees. Sadly, staying healthy is a lot harder. And the troubling news that funding for critical health and human services…

A secure, renewable grid

In a May 29 speech, President Obama announced the creation of a White House position on cybersecurity to protect U.S. infrastructure, including a vulnerable electric power grid, from cyberattacks. The good news is that we can make decisions now to build…

Livestock production and antibiotics

The American food production system, from the farm to the fork, has come under an increasing scope and intensity of scrutiny. Many have offered their opinions for solutions to different areas that they believe are in need of change, and…