New Hampshire Business Review - July 26, 2024

July 26, 2024

Amanda Andrews

NH Business Notebook: The color of law

Mike Cote,

Nicole Bluefort aims to fill niche with Manchester legal office

(Opinion) New Hampshire energy policy should trust science, not spin

Opinion,

The outgoing Sununu administration spent eight years doing cartwheels to preserve the fossil fuel industry’s claims of “nothing to see here.”

A hero gets his wings

Brad Cook,

In Laconia, one of the best of the best turned 104 years old on June 30, and then died on July 7. John E. Gauthier was a special New Hampshire man and a proud American.

Growing your business in inflationary times

Ron Bourque,

Bridge the gap by focusing on customer loyalty

NH Business Notebook: Taking action for kids

Mike Cote,

Parent Leadership Training Institute aims to improve the lives of children

Twin States discuss health care access issues

Christina Dolan/Valley News,

Two events in the Upper Valley this week highlighted the challenges facing rural health care systems in the Twin States, along with a tentative step forward in making that care sustainable.

C&S ups number of stores it would acquire under Kroger-Albertson merger

Rick Green -The Keene Sentinel,

Keene-based C&S Wholesale Grocers has increased the number of grocery stores it plans to acquire nationwide as part of a proposed merger between The Kroger Co. and Albertson Cos. Inc.

Sununu approves two-year farm-to-school pilot program

Claire Sullivan -New Hampshire Bulletin,

Gov. Chris Sununu signed off earlier this month on a two-year, $250,000 pilot program that will incentivize selected New Hampshire schools to buy local.

ApprenticeshipNH and Sanel NAPA launch apprenticeship program to develop front-line talent

NH Business Review Staff,

ApprenticeshipNH, a workforce training program of the Community College System of New Hampshire, has partnered with Sanel NAPA to introduce a Parts Salesperson Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP).

Letter to the editor: Education Freedom Accounts have helped a third of families at Trinity High and St. Joseph Junior High

David Thibault,

To the editor: On behalf of Trinity High School and St. Joseph Junior High School, thank you for your article in the June 7 edition featuring the expansion and renovation of the Trinity campus that will permanently bring St. Joseph…

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