New Hampshire Business Review - September 25 2009
FairPoint: We're working on issues
FairPoint Communications will take two months to develop a clear plan to solve the sweeping customer issues that are helping drag the company down, even as it works to convince debt-holders to accept new terms in an attempt to avoid…
Feeling a bit nostalgic about Nashua Corp.
Editor's note: The following originally appeared as an editorial in The Telegraph. There are few, if any, companies in this city with a history as long and rich as Nashua Corp. The company's beginnings date back to 1849, a full…
Can standardized exams adequately assess writing skills?
Supporters and opponents of standardized testing in schools agree on at least one thing — that the requirement has changed public education. Disinterested students skip through questions with little wonder about the relevance or consequences of their answers; worried school…
Remembering George Hanna and thinking about civics
On Sept. 16, another prominent New Hampshirite of the greatest generation passed away. George R. Hanna, a Keene lawyer for more than half a century, died after a long illness at the age of 91. A fixture in Keene and…
The industries that are hiring in New Hampshire
Conventional wisdom would seem to dictate that this is no time to expect to get a new job in New Hampshire. This recession is deep and has caused a rise in unemployment rates to levels not seen since the early…
