New Hampshire Business Review - September 26 2008
Commissioner: HHS needs more funding
HUDSON - Barely a year on the job, Health & Human Services Commissioner Nick Toumpas said he's already concluded the state's largest agency cannot survive with the status quo. Toumpas said that later this month he would recommend to Gov.…
Hodes, Shea-Porter help reject bailout
In a surprising break from party leaders, both of New Hampshire's U.S. representatives voted against a $700 billion Wall Street bailout Monday. U.S. Reps. Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter, both Democrats, were among the 228 House members of both parties…
Merrimack crash victim mourned
MERRIMACK - Flags fell to half-mast in Maine while family and friends gathered in Merrimack on Monday to remember Matthew Felton, who died this weekend in a car crash. Felton, 21, was killed Sunday morning with his friend and roommate,…
Auction of greenhouse gas 'credits' raises ante
The right to emit greenhouse gases in the Northeast is a little more valuable than expected. That, at least, is one way to read the results of the nation's first-ever auction of carbon allowances, each of which allows utilities in…
Plan clears decks while juniors test
NASHUA - In an effort to boost standardized test scores, administrators are considering a plan that would give high school juniors the entire buildings to themselves when testing gets under way next month. The proposal, which is still being worked…
It's a sweet season for apple picking
MILFORD - Call them the apple experts. The girls of Scout troop 22667 have apple picking down to a science. Six members of the Girl Scout troop, based in Mont Vernon, were at McLeod Brothers Orchard in Milford on a…
