New Hampshire Business Review - May 8 2009
Local agencies will rejuvenate senior services
NASHUA - As manager of ServiceLink Resource Center's Hillsborough County office, Amanda Jillson is always on the lookout for so-called "invisible" seniors and people with disabilities - those who need services but don't know, or don't want to, ask for…
4 moms get special Mother's Day early as contest winners
While mothers everywhere are being celebrated today, four Granite State moms received their Mother's Day gifts a day early. More than two dozen downtown businesses came together Saturday to treat four mothers to a day of pampering as prizes for…
As Daniel Webster College grads ponder the future, so does the school
NASHUA - The Daniel Webster College class of 2009 is the school's 43rd group to earn diplomas from the institution, and it may be the last to do so under current management. Some 160 graduates marched into a giant white…
School staff sacrifices pay raises
BROOKLINE - The Brookline Education Support Staff Association, which represents 56 full- and part-time paraprofessionals, kitchen workers and custodians in the school district, has agreed to give back some approved pay increases for next year in an effort to save…
Federal grant pumps $1.43m into city program
A long-running city program to help people with HIV and AIDS will continue for three more years, thanks to a $1.43 million federal grant. Harbor Homes Inc. and the Southern New Hampshire HIV/AIDS Task Force will use the money for…
Drivers will keep their seat under new contract
NASHUA - The city may be signing on with a new company to manage its Citybus and paratransit services, but don't expect to see new bus drivers. When the city transit service put the contract out to bid, the first…
Public meetings
Interviews for the school superintendent candidates Tuesday and Wednesday and a public reception for the finalists Thursday highlight the public meetings for the week. The interviews might take in a closed session, though that was uncertain Friday afternoon. Following is…
Fly like an eagle
Kids from 8 to 17 can experience the wonders of flight through a program at Boire Field (Nashua Municipal Airport). Free airplane flights will be given from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 6, with June 7 as a rain date. Licensed…
State to monitor special education
NASHUA - The school district's special education program will be under increased scrutiny from state education officials next year, the result of low test scores among its students. Nashua is one of six school districts in the state that will…
