New Hampshire Business Review - March 13 2009

Golden Skate Challenge tonight

The 10th annual "Golden Skate Challenge" between the Merrimack Police Department and Merrimack High School hockey team will be held tonight at St. Anselm College. Each year, the two groups battle it out on the ice to raise money for…

MHS seniors honored

The town council and school board honored two Merrimack High School seniors Thursday night at a joint meeting. Jane Starke and Daphne Nichols received certificates and a standing ovation for their recent accomplishments. Starke was recognized for her volunteer efforts…

Help with the small fry

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is looking for volunteers to help stock millions of inch-long salmon fry, the term for young salmon, into the Merrimack River basin as well as other parts of the stock. Fry released in…

Recession doesn't end migration

If the housing crunch is preventing more people from moving around within the country, as new Census data indicates, you wouldn't know it to look at Hillsborough County, where migration trends seem unchanged. Wait a little while, however, and the…

Plans merge on spending grant funds

NASHUA - Two competing resolutions on how to spend nearly $1 million in federal grants were packaged into one and debated Thursday night. The mayor spun the two resolutions as complementing one another, and an alderman touted the combined package…

School budget OK'd in Hollis

HOLLIS - Voters at Wednesday night's annual School District Meeting approved an operating budget and warrant articles that were slightly less than the current year's spending. The School Board and Budget Committee had planned to ask voters to approve an…