Keith Caswell of Bedford provides technical assistance for a communications company in Waltham, Mass. He makes the 120-mile round-trip commute up to three times a week. He does this in his 1995 Grand Marquis, which gets about 15 miles to…
Executive councilors are blaming Congress in general, the state’s congressional delegation in particular, as well as each other for bloating the state’s proposed 10-year highway plan with new projects that will push older priorities further back in the schedule. The recently…
For the past several years I have been involved with transportation planning. I am not exactly sure why, except you can’t get there from here — unless you have a viable transportation system. I actually have a master’s degree in…
Q. What is the difference between a portfolio lender and a conduit lender? A. Many clients seeking commercial loans also want assistance to better understand the differences and benefits between a portfolio lender and a conduit lender. A portfolio lender…
From the moment Michelle Dunn walked into the coffee shop, you just knew this was no ordinary collections agent. Long chestnut hair, fashionably dressed in a short skirt and high-heeled boots, a bright, friendly smile, she almost sparked with energy.…
New Hampshire may be some 1,600 miles from the Gulf Coast, but dozens of Granite State businesses and agencies are helping “neighbors” hit hard in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Many of the businesses have partnered with the Greater Manchester…
The Americans With Disabilities Act’s prohibition on pre-hire medical testing or inquiries continues to trip up employers, both with respect to what constitutes a “medical inquiry” as well as when such an inquiry can be made. As most employers are…
When Gov. John Lynch signed into law Senate Bill 125 - a measure aimed at protecting small businesses from health insurance rates that have dramatically increased over the past five years - he called the event “a great day for…
When employers fail to enforce workplace harassment policies in their employment handbook - or if they disregard the investigation procedures the handbook provides - those policies simply become weapons of mass destruction for the victim’s lawyer. As “Plaintiff’s Exhibit A,”…
President Bush was faced with several possibilities when Chief Justice William Rehnquist died Labor Day weekend. First, he could go forward with the nomination of Judge John Roberts to fill the Sandra Day O’Connor seat, leaving two other vacancies, one…
