New Hampshire Business Review - March 13 2009
Bill creating alert system for disabled, seniors gains
CONCORD - A proposed, statewide alert to search for missing senior citizens or anyone with a developmental impairment sailed through the House of Representatives without dissent Tuesday. The House approved the amended bill (HB 279) on a voice vote, sending…
Hudson board relents on kindergarten
HUDSON - Public kindergarten is on the verge of being signed, sealed and delivered to town in time for the start of the 2009-10 school year. In successive, unanimous votes at a special meeting Tuesday afternoon, the School Board chose…
Not all debt relief created equal
It's not surprising many debt relief and consolidation firms have ramped up their advertising campaigns considering the number of people tumbling further into debt. But some of those companies offer services that are too good to be true and the…
Tips for credit card debt
EDITOR’S NOTE One of the most difficult things to manage in a tough economy is your debt. With the average American household credit card debt hovering around $9,000 and credit card companies hammering customers with interest rates as high as…
Board OKs fire contract
NASHUA - The Board of Aldermen approved a five-year firefighters pact Tuesday over some members' objections that the vote should have been delayed. The contract wasn't on the meeting agenda, denying the public the right to comment about an expensive,…
City eyeing $5.9m in housing funds
NASHUA - The city is in line to receive federal money that will allow it to buy and resell foreclosed and abandoned properties on Main Street and in the Tree Streets neighborhood. The city submitted a pre-application for $5.9 million…
Toll relief bill falls flat
The last effort in the 2009 session to give toll relief to Merrimack died Tuesday. A bill (HB 604) from state Rep. Jim O'Neil, D-Merrimack, sought to get rid of a tollbooth among the three exits through Merrimack on the…
Diploma ceremonies set
The city's two high schools will hold graduation ceremonies Sunday, June 21, at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester. The ceremonies will run consecutively, with South's ceremony at noon and North's at 4 p.m. The School District announced the schedule…
