New Hampshire Business Review - June 5 2009

Ambulance director resigns

Carylyn McEntee, longtime director of the Wilton-Lyndeborough-Temple Ambulance, has resigned citing personal reasons, according to the Board of Selectmen. Her resignation was effective Friday, May 29. McEntee has been with the ambulance service since 1978 and the paid director since…

Fire department promotions

Three members of the Milford Fire Department were promoted this week. Capt. Jeffrey Carter was promoted to deputy fire chief. A 20-year veteran of the department, he will oversee operational aspects of the department. Carter was selected as Fire Officer…

Nonprofit works hard to protect lakes

To the editor: There seems to be an overwhelming misconception surrounding the New Hampshire Lakes Association’s Lake Host program, that it is somehow a state-run program. This is incorrect. New Hampshire Lakes Association (NH LAKES) is a member-supported, 501(c)3 conservation…

‘We still have work to do’

To the editor: I am writing in response to an action taken by the Senate Finance Committee in the very early morning hours of Thursday, May 28, to “unfund” the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women. The commission…

Gambling means revenue and jobs

To the editor: While the state of New Hampshire faces an enormous and critical budget shortfall and needed services go lacking, jobs continue to disappear, businesses and families struggle, and more homes are being foreclosed every day. A new source…

The Senate’s discredit

By the time you read this, there’s a chance the full New Hampshire Senate has recovered from the bout of temporary insanity that afflicted its finance committee late last month. For those who need to be reminded - and our…