New Hampshire Business Review - May 22 2009

Word's worth

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…

‘I stand by my article’

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…

Community’s health care is at risk

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,…

Flat world society?

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)…

Pennichuck warms up to Nashua sale

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…

Gas tax hike is a bad idea

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…

Hindsight isn’t always 20-20

“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…