On Dec. 1, the state of New Hampshire set up its first business court docket. If both parties wish, they can now go before the court’s first and only judge, the newly appointed Judge Richard B. McNamara, a former commercial…
Outstanding Women in Business Award winners Leslie Sturgeon of Women Inspiring Women, left, and Deb Titus of Dale Carnegie-New Hampshire, right, are joined by NHBR publisher Sharron McCarthy, second from right, and Amber Anderson. (Photo by Jodie Andruskevich)More photos from…
Q.Tom is administrator of a nursing home with 55 employees. In addition to taking care of all facility and personnel matters, he is responsible for the home's safety programs, including training, policies and injury reporting and management. As an incentive…
To say that Mary Heath has held many different positions in education would be quite an understatement. Named dean of the School of Education at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester earlier this year, Heath before that was New Hampshire's…
<font size=1>Editor's note: This is the third article in a series focusing on the job-search and application process. </font size> The days of simply answering a help wanted ad in the newspaper with a faceless resume to find a new…
The economic downturn has brought with it an increase in layoffs and growing uncertainty among workforce managers at many Granite State businesses. Knowing what resources are available and having a strategic workforce plan in place before trouble arises can often…
Portsmouth-based Clean Air-Cool Planet, which finds and promotes solutions to global climate change, recently received a $400,000 grant from the state to help more than two dozen towns develop plans to renovate their most energy-inefficient municipal buildings. CA-CP, which works…
Autumn is a busy time for most winemakers, but it's an even busier time of year for LaBelle Winery in Amherst as it begins production of not only grape wine, but wines made from apple, blueberry, raspberry and even jalapeno…
Editor's note: This is the second article in a series focusing on the job-search and application process. <hr> The old saying goes, “The clothes make the man.” People's perception of how you look is a fact of life that's certainly…
After a series of layoffs at a Boston area high-tech company left Dave Bastien without a job after 25 years in the industry he, like many displaced workers, decided to launch his own company. So, armed with a solid business…
Kevin A. Clougherty knows numbers. He has encountered budget numbers, audit numbers and revenue numbers during three decades as a corporate executive, public servant and educator. But even Clougherty, the longtime finance director for the city of Manchester, hadn't faced…
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…
Editor's note: This is the start of a series of articles focusing on the job-search and application process. In this day of networking -- online, in-person and otherwise — job-seekers still need one fundamental element when looking for a new…
Jim Jalbert says he's "very passionate about transportation and bus." It would be hard to argue that point. Jalbert, who's president of the Portsmouth-based bus line C&J, also is co-owner of Boston Express, the bus company C&J operates with Concord…
When the U.S. Department of Agriculture in July announced a temporary increase in the amount paid for dairy products through the Dairy Product Price Support Program, Jeff Holmes and more than 100 New Hampshire dairy farmers breathed a sigh of…
Concerns over cost and questions about the government's role in the delivery of health care led to a stalemate in health-care reform discussions in Washington before Congress's August recess -- a stalemate fueled by a litany of myths and truth-twisting…
Phil McLaughlin is no stranger to the American justice system, public service and politics. After serving as a U.S. Navy lieutenant from 1967 to 1971, he graduated from Boston College Law School in 1974 and was admitted to the New…
