Kindergarteners aren't too young to understand the important role that newspapers play. Education reporter Michael Brindley visited students in Cathy Hansberry's morning kindergarten class at Reeds Ferry Elementary School in Merrimack on Friday to talk about his job. Brindley talked…
To the editor Two points: One, the momentum for equal marriage continues to grow in New England. Two, the only region in which the Republican Party has any strength is the old Confederacy. I stand by my article on Lincoln…
To the editor: The New Hampshire Legislature is currently working to create a state budget. Under the proposed budget, as it stands today, Medicaid reimbursements will be cut drastically. These cuts will create a critical situation in our state’s hospitals,…
To the editor: I certainly hope that Barry Stephens (“Get the facts on climate change first,” May 8-21 NHBR), Ed Mosca (“Souter’s legacy: a jurisprudence of politics,” May 8-21 NHBR) and Paul Mirski (“New Hampshire’s faded glory,” May 8-21 NHBR)…
What a difference winning $29 million in contracts makes. Before the federal economic stimulus package came along, Pike Industries was about to lay off 60 people in New Hampshire. Now the Belmont-based paving company plans to hire another 50. “Our…
The United Way of the Greater Seacoast’s recent announcement that it would cross the border and merge with the Massachusetts-based United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley - a move that officials said was an effort to streamline operations…
Pennichuck Corp., echoing the position of Mario Gabelli - the billionaire who controls the largest portion of the company’s stock — made a case for selling the entire company to the city of Nashua at its annual shareholders meeting on…
Robert B. Jolicoeur, who died May 11 at the age of 83, was a longtime Manchester businessman — a unique individual who built a business, led a family and did it his own way. A veteran of World War II,…
As our economy struggles with the worst recession in recent memory, the New Hampshire House just passed a measure that would hit low- and middle-income Americans directly in the wallet. The mechanism is an effort to nearly double the state…
“Panic! The Story of Modern Financial Insanity” is the latest book by investor-foible specialist Michael Lewis, who might as well be looking through a rearview mirror at a car crash he just avoided, with the hindsight of a driver slightly…
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
