New Hampshire Business Review - November-24 2017

November 24, 2017

2018 Business Excellence Awards Hall of Fame Inductee: Rusty McLear

NH Business Review Staff,

Rusty McLear, president of Mill Falls at the Lake and partner for Granite State Hospitality, is the 2018 Business Excellence Awards Hall of Fame inductee

Without all information, FirstNet deadline looms

Liisa Rajala,

New Hampshire has to choose despite no contract details

Q&A with UNH School of Law Dean Megan Carpenter

Laurie Morrissey,

‘The law school should be woven into the fabric of the community, not a separate entity that’s just placed here,’ says Megan Carpenter, dean at UNH School of Law.

Sexual harassment and the system

Bob Sanders,

What happens when a complaint is filed in NH?

Entrepreneur Joe Faro gives NH his most ambitious project yet

Melissa Proulx,

Tuscan Village, a 170-acre retail-residential-commercial project, to replace former Rockingham park racetrack

LLCs and tax reduction

John Cunningham,

What members can do to avoid Social Security and Medicare taxes?

Have we reached the tipping point?

Attorney Jim Reidy,

Recent change to state law may have further confused tip-pooling and tip-sharing rules

New Hampshire SBA recognizes leading lenders

NH Business Review Staff,

The New Hampshire district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration recently announced its 2017 lender awards. Among those honored at a Nov. 3 public recognition event were: • TD Bank, which approved 81 loans making it the leading NH…

Signs of stress in commercial real estate

William Norton,

Even with capacity stretched, rents show few signs of moving

Organizing your year-end charitable donations

Richard Peck,

About 40% of all giving happens during the fourth quarter of the year

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ADUs, manufactured homes can help with NH housing crisis

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.

Manchester to end up on the Monopoly board

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.

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Rugg family, Exeter settle land dispute

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.

(Opinion) Novus Public Affairs’ 30-year anniversary: Paul Young’s meaningful mark on NH

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.

(Opinion) A legacy of impact: the McCourts’ gift to Great Bay Community College students

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.