"Growing Up Healthy" is a five-year, $5 million initiative of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation to combat childhood obesity.Ask Karen Voci, executive director of the foundation, why it chose to focus resources on one issue, and she will tell…
No sooner had I written the last column about the late Perkins Bass, former 2nd District congressman, Robert P. Bass Jr., his younger brother, died at age 88."Robbie" Bass, who died Nov. 2, was 11 years younger than Perkins and…
Nearly two-thirds of New Hampshire retailers expect that their 2011 holiday sales will be the same as or better than last year.That's according to the annual holiday survey conducted by the Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire, which found that…
You can call it a myth, a belief, an assumption, even a wish. But the notion that the death penalty "protects" people from homicide cannot be called a "fact" and should not be the basis for policy.Sadly, this non-fact appears…
I have been a restaurateur in New Hampshire for more than 25 years. Like many other small business owners, I work and live here because of three simple words: quality of life.New Hampshire is a great place to live and…
As New Hampshire recalls our rare Halloween snowstorm, we all bemoan the damage caused by fallen trees and the difficulties encountered in the storm's aftermath. Now that the lights are back on, we can celebrate our good fortune to live…
psnh11-18 nhbropinionrun with frenchPSNH's misplaced priorities left us in the darkThe time has come to shed some light on the utility's practicesBy Corey LewandoskiOne thing has clearly come to light in the midst of the recent snowstorm -- Public Service…
To the editor:It is ironic that an article entitled "Beware of misinformation on taxes" (Nov. 4-17 NHBR) actually engages in misinformation. Although the information presented in the article is accurate as far as I know, it purposefully leaves out some…
Are you known for the reasons you want to be known? Do people in your market perceive you and your organization according to your brand strategy? What percentage of your target market knows who you are? What percentage has never…
With mobile-mindedness spreading like wildfire, new ways of doing things are being revealed every day and others are still waiting to be discovered. There are countless mobile applications for just about everything you can think of, but now that the…
