New Hampshire Business Review - October 24 2008
Oil cost dipping, town feels heat over fuel contract
HOLLIS - What happens in Hollis, doesn't stay in Hollis, at least when it comes to heating oil. Neighboring towns are struggling with similar concerns, second-guessing gambles they took on settling fuel contracts weeks or months ago when fuel prices…
Merrimack taxpayers face 7% rate rise, no aid from surplus
MERRIMACK - Residents will have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay property taxes this year. The state Department of Revenue Administration has set Merrimack's property tax rate at $18.94 per $1,000 of home assessment values. That figure is…
Candidate forum slated
The Community Council at Souhegan High School is hosting a public Candidate Forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the school theater, 412 Boston Post Road. Candidates running in the Souhegan School District (Amherst/Mont Vernon) for the following offices have been…
After blaze, owners getting back to business
Four months after a fire destroyed their livelihoods, some of the business owners in the old Amherst Plaza in Amherst are getting their lives back in order. The fire began in one of the Route 101A mall's vacant units June…
The week in preview: October 27, 2008
THURSDAY 'Hey skinny!' Former 97-pound weaklings of a certain age will remember the name of Charles Atlas. Help yourself to a piece of birthday cake (you can burn off the calories with his Dynamic-Tension system) as we celebrate the birth…
Get the scoop on the election
Even procrastinators are starting to think about the Nov. 4 election. If you need help deciding about the avalanche of races on your ballot check out our online Voters Guide, with a do-it-yourself ballot specific to your polling place, plus…
