New Hampshire Business Review - March 28, 2025

March 28, 2025

Contribute to your future

Katie Geery,

Health savings accounts (HSA) can be one of the most underutilized investment vehicles offered to individuals. HSA accounts are made available to those with a high-deductible health plan.

Delays with municipal solar grant program cause uncertainty for NH towns

Mara Hoplamazian-NH Public Radio,

Towns across New Hampshire are facing uncertainty around planned solar energy projects, as a $1.6 million dollar grant program experiences ongoing delays.

Cutting taxes, Republican-style

Mark Fernald,

Repeal of New Hampshire's interest and dividends tax will lead to a significant decline in state tax revenues.

Ragged Mountain Resort is for sale as it turns 60

David Brooks-Concord Monitor,

It’s an interesting time for Ragged Mountain Resort in Danbury, which held its 60th birthday party last weekend after enjoying a record ski season – because it’s also for sale.

WLC director of technology concerned over data breach

David Allen -Eagle Times,

Members of the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School Board are concerned about student information that was released as a result of a computer hack in January.

Take 5: Layoff fears, charitable decline and tipping culture

Trisha Nail,

NH Business Review's biweekly snapshot of business and industry statistics

A tale of two senators

Brad Cook,

While from different parties, Shaheen and Simpson will be remembered for their statesmanship

A Kind Female Teacher Spends Time With Her Elementary School Stu

NH GOP lawmakers move ahead with push to control local school spending

Annmarie Timmins -NH Public Radio,

The state would take significant control of local school spending under a bill Republicans passed in the New Hampshire House Thursday, March 13.

Citizens Bank plans to close its Keene branch

Rick Green -The Keene Sentinel,

Citizens Bank plans to shutter its Keene branch on June 18, leaving the bank’s next closest branches in Brattleboro, Henniker and Milford.

Kazakhstan delegation visits NH to explore cultural preservation

NH Business Review Staff,

Friends Forever International, a global youth leadership and cultural exchange organization based in New Hampshire, recently hosted a delegation from Kazakhstan from February 21 to March 1.

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‘What must remain human?’ Dartmouth AI conference opens without a clear answer

Dartmouth College opened its “AI at 70” conference Thursday morning, Oct. 29, with a session called “The Future Worth Building is Human.”

(Opinion) Utilities learn to communicate through uncertainty

On Nov. 26, 2015, heavy wet snow was falling, with a forecast warning of an impending storm for days. The phone rings, and before I answer it, I already know what the reporter is going to ask.

(Opinion) From mill town to river town

New Hampshire has more than 10,000 miles of rivers, many of which flow through downtowns.

(Opinion) Investing in youth mental health in New Hampshire

The nationwide youth mental health crisis has seen marked improvements in New Hampshire since 2021, but the problem is still far from fixed. Indeed, while the measured outcomes are getting better compared to the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the figures today are still historically concerning compared to a decade ago.

(Opinion) People with disabilities are an untapped resource

New Hampshire employers spend considerable time and resources trying to find dependable employees who want to work. Yet there is a segment of our population that is too often overlooked: adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Come to the table

Reliable, accessible childcare is an economic advantage that helps New Hampshire businesses attract and retain employees, strengthen their workforce and support long-term growth.

Growing with grace

Identifying growing and grace as my top two values helped me focus on who I want to be and how I want to show up. Revisiting these six years later, I am pleased that these ideas still ring true.

Are prediction markets revenue ripe for picking in NH?

To many people, prediction markets and sports gaming are a distinction without a difference. Which begs the question: Should New Hampshire be regulating prediction markets, especially as they apply to sports, the same way it regulates — and draws revenue from — sports betting via DraftKings?

(Market & Main Streets) Employers follow workers

Over the course of my career, I have attended my share of ribbon-cuttings that were the result of a lot of effort to recruit a new company into the state.