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

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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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Federal and state housing legislation wrestle with affordability crisis

As Granite Staters eye ever-increasing purchase prices for a single-family home, state and federal policy makers wrestle with solutions that create more housing supply. Among them is bipartisan federal legislation on housing that is being held hostage by President Donald Trump’s fixation on a bill that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship with such documents as U.S. passports or birth certificates.

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Manchester and Nashua: Best bang for the buck in NH

Two New Hampshire cities are among the 10 best-run cities in the country, according to a WalletHub analysis of U.S. communities where residents get the most bang for their taxes. Manchester was rated No. 3, while Nashua was close behind at No. 5., based on a “Quality of Services” score that WalletHub developed using 36 metrics across six key service areas — financial stability, education, health, safety, economy and infrastructure/pollution.