Editor’s note: “The Hooterization of Manchester,” Jack Kenny’s “Last Word” opinion piece, which appeared in the April 29-May 12 New Hampshire Business Review, provoked an unprecedented response from readers and others who took part in the Greater Manchester Chamber of…
The SoloRider, a specialized golf cart developed by a Denver, Colo.-based company of the same name, allows those in wheelchairs or with significant mobility issues to play golf while seated. Looking somewhat like a single-passenger golf cart, the SoloRider has…
Along with over a thousand other people, I attended the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Dinner in March. It was a classy event, focusing on Manchester’s recent history and culminating in the recognition of Clara Monier,…
The Legislature has winnowed a spate of health insurance reform bills down to two survivors, House Bill 611, now in the Senate, and Senate Bill 125, now in the House. HMOs oppose pieces of both proposals and are urging the…
Did abuse charges fall on deaf ears? The New Hampshire Pari-Mutuel Commission, after accepting the surrender on May 3 of scandal-ridden Lakes Region Greyhound Park’s license, congratulated itself on handling a difficult issue, one that involved the federal indictment of…
There were three venture financings in New Hampshire in the first quarter of 2005 — exactly the same number as seen in the first quarter of 2004. One was a first-round financing, and the others were third rounds. All three…
Timing is everything, or so they say. We have witnessed situations in “hot” industries in which business owners say they are going to sell when their profitable business grows to a certain level of revenues — from, for example, $15…
As America’s oldest living patent attorney, C. Yardley Chittick has helped countless clients gain patents on their prized inventions. But only God holds the patent on Yardley Chittick. “I was born in Newark, N.J., in 1900,” says the most senior…
William F. Whyte, chief executive officer of Gilsum-based W.S. Badger Company Inc., has been named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2005 Small Business Person of the Year for New Hampshire. Whyte was one of eight winners of SBA awards in…
With an enormous clientele of aging baby boomers to tap, southern New Hampshire is seeing an influx of housing developments catering to the over-55 crowd. "They're happening everywhere," said Jill Robinson, a land-use planner with the Rockingham Planning Commission in…
Single-family and condominium alternatives, such as manufactured homes and accessory dwellings units (ADUs), could go a long way toward helping ease New Hampshire’s housing crisis. But those options can have some obstacles, according to participants in a forum.
Efforts are underway in Manchester to fashion a version of the iconic board game "Monopoly" into a Who's Who and What's What of New Hampshire's largest city.
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
Rising demand, transmission constraints, and the push for regional solutions
The Rugg family and the Town of Exeter have settled their long running land dispute, clearing the way for a developer to proceed with a housing development to be built on the Exeter-Newfields town line.
For nearly six decades, Paul Young has been a constant, if often understated, presence in public and government affairs, both in New Hampshire and beyond. Since founding Novus Public Affairs in 1996, Young has helped shape how businesses, nonprofits and political leaders communicate and connect with the world around them, leaving a mark on the state that is hard to measure but easy to feel.
When Emerson McCourt passed away in 2006, he left behind an extensive tool collection, meticulous instructions and a commitment to Great Bay Community College (GBCC) students that continues today.
UNH is home to the state’s largest school of nursing
