MERRIMACK - Community members are hosting fundraisers to benefit a Merrimack woman who is battling a rare form of cancer. Erica Pombrio, 22, was recently diagnosed with liposarcoma, a rare, soft-tissue cancer that has settled in her chest. She just…
Merrimack Middle School has changed the date and time for its parent teacher conferences. The new times are as follows: Grade 7, unified arts teachers, Monday, Nov. 10, from 2:30-8:30 p.m. Grade 8, world language teachers, Monday, Nov. 10, from…
To the editor: I take exception to your article regarding Dennis Kozlowski’s divorce and the asset freeze placed on Mr. Kozlowski by U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro (NHBR.com, Oct. 22.) There is not one quote in any article or…
In the last three years, “Made in the USA” goods have gained popularity around the globe, helped by the low value of the dollar and fast-rising foreign incomes, especially in the emerging economies like China, India and Brazil. Month after…
If Witmer Jones’ telephone is an indication of how the credit crisis has had an impact on New Hampshire businesses, the news is not so bad. Jones runs the U.S. Small Business Administration’s New Hampshire office in Concord. His agency…
Sue Chollet, chair of the board of the New Hampshire Endowment for Health, remembers it as one of the most controversial decisions made in the endowment’s 10-year history. The board, after all, had disagreed with its professional investment advisers and…
It seems that business is stuck in a rut. It fell and it can’t get up. Forget business as usual. It just ain’t happening. The rules are changing before our eyes. The ground is moving. No one knows where to…
Bad news is around us. Everything, it seems, is in crisis. Politicians and financial leaders tell us daily that times are tough. Layoffs, bank failures, the daily ups and downs of Wall Street, and the challenges our country hasn’t faced…
It’s a bit behind schedule, but a $48 million project to bring wind power to New Hampshire via a dozen huge turbines near Mount Sunapee should be up and running at full power by Christmas. The 24-megawatt installation will produce…
Community college’s new facility first of its kind to be LEED certified The new Automotive Science and Technology Center at Manchester Community College is designed to be not only the city’s first LEED certified building but the first such facility…
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
