New Hampshire Business Review - September 12 2008

Museum says ex-employee pocketed $1m

HOLLIS - A town resident and her three children are being sued by the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Mass., for allegedly embezzling more than $1 million from the museum. Peggy Kempton, the former chief financial officer of Fruitlands, and her…

NH students score low on science exam

Roughly three-quarters of middle school and high school students tested in science could not demonstrate proficiency, according to the results of the state's first science assessment in five years. The state Department of Education released the results Thursday morning. Students…

10th symposium would reshape art

BROOKLINE - During the past two weeks, the Andres Institute of Art has hosted its 10th annual sculpture symposium, bringing artists from as far as Italy, Jamaica and Japan. This symposium, like one that took place over the summer in…

GOP rival: Pignatelli broke vow on tolls

CONCORD - Republican Executive Council candidate Stephen Stepanek, of Amherst, claimed Thursday that Democratic Councilor Debora Pignatelli, of Nashua, broke campaign promises to deliver toll relief to Merrimack residents and to crusade against no-bid or single-source state contracts. "Councilor Pignatelli…