Dean LeBaron, center, hosted a cocktail party in his Lake Sunapee home in honor of Dana Dakin, center, founder of WomensTrust, which empowers women in Ghana, West Africa through microenterprise, education and health care. Pictured at right is Doug Whelan,…
The Women's Rural Entrepreneurial Network accepts an award from the Mary M. Dumais Memorial Fund. From left, Marilyn Bogue, lead lender relations specialist at the U.S. Small Business Administration, WREN executive director Marilinne Cooper, John Dumais of the Mary M.…
Hugh Curley, a business development specialist with the New Hampshire office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, can counsel entrepreneurs with good authority - he spent six years as a Franciscan friar. Even more intriguing, prior to his years in…
Give Glenn Currie credit for understanding the New Hampshire way of doing things. A few years ago the humorist and longtime columnist suggested a few novel approaches to dealing with the state's perennial problem of raising revenue in including a…
Maryellen Jackson, executive director of the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits; Howard Brodsky, CEO of CCA Global Resources; and Ellen Koenig, Center for Nonprofits project manager, take part in the June 14 launch of Nonprofit Next, a comprehensive online resource…
New Hampshire Magazine hosted its first Best of NH Bacardi Recipe Contest. Pictured at the tasting challenge are, from left, Bert Saville of Bacardi; Billy Costa, from NECN's TV Diner; Sharron McCarthy, New Hampshire Magazine publisher; Tom Blonski, president, N.H.…
State Sen. Nancy F. Stiles is shown at the State House with some of this year’s Girls Rock the Capitol Girl Scouts legislative interns. From left to right: Leah Willingham of Concord, Jennie Rowntree of Nashua, and Meg Ortega of…
Heidi Bunnell, executive director of Seacoast Segway Tours, is shown at Portsmouth's Market Square announcing the launch of tours of historic Portsmouth using the vehicle. Tours run through October.
Three Manchester businesses were recipients of the inaugural Mayor's Small Business Award, held at the conclusion of the Manchester Small Business Forum Week at the Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College. Receiving the honors are, from left: Growth Award,…
Peter Delano, principal of Nobis Engineering in Concord, right, has received the S. Peter Volpe Award from the Society of American Military Engineers Boston Post for his ongoing support as a director of the organization. Presenting the award is David…
Hampshire First Bank presented a $10,000 donation to the Children's Museum of New Hampshire, in Dover, in support of its capital campaign. Pictured making the donation are, from left, Justine Roberts, museum executive director; Tom Wiggins, CFO, Hampshire First Bank;…
Northeast Delta Dental corporate relations director Barbara McLaughlin presents Manchester Moves Inc. with a donation of $25,000 for completion of the Piscataquog Bridge & Trail. Dean Williams, left, and Bob Dastin, right, co-founders of Manchester Moves, were on hand to…
Crow Construction Corp. of Stratham installed last month beadboard siding to the porch ceiling at Exeter's New Outlook Teen Center. Volunteering on the renovation are Crow's project foreman Josh Crow and Tim Macdonald of Michael Nichols Custom Carpentry of Stratham.
Lantern and lighting manufacturer Northeast Lantern has celebrated 20 years as an Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce member and has been named its 2011 Business of the Year. Pictured at the anniversary ribbon-cutting ceremony are, front row, from left: Gretchen…
New Hampshire ski resorts are quickly changing the way they do business. Summer attractions used to be an afterthought, but no more. In just the last couple of years, resorts have spent millions and increased development to the point that…
In December, the Concord-based New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute released a report on the state's tax system. Coming on the heels of a November election that swept in Republican supermajorities promising spending and tax cuts, the institute's recommendations represented an…
