New Hampshire banks see a slower ‘PPP2’ rollout
“We qualified, but it’s an ethical thing. I don’t want everyone paying the way for me,” she said But Carole Salyer, co-owner with her husband of Donald Salyer Transport in Bow for the last 40 years,...

Selling New Hampshire to the world
In their study, Professors Roxana Wright and Chen Wu examined publicly available international business activity by Granite State firms as well as in-state business activity and acquisitions by foreign firms,...

AGC-NH elects first woman president
During her address to the membership, Michelson said, “We know there is a sense of some areas being out of bounds, including industries like ours,...

Proposed Merrimack R&D facility hit by delays
The company says it needs additional time for the three-building R&D project as it works with the NH DES on issues associated with groundwater contamination on the 45-acre site.

NH awaits word on $200m in housing aid
Some $200 million in federal assistance is set to be available to New Hampshire tenants having trouble paying rent and utility bills and the landlords and utilities having trouble collecting those payments,...

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Study: More people moving to New Hampshire
The study, from moving company Atlas Van Lines, tracks the rate of people either moving into or out of a state.

Residential market remains hot even in winter
According to the statistics from the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, December was just one more hot month during a record year, but it comes when sales generally cool off.

New Hampshire’s Housing Appeals Board now open for business
Created in the last legislative session, the board is modeled on the Board of Tax and Land Appeals. It is an attempt to settle disputes between developers and municipalities without going to Superior Court.

CONCORD
CONCORD: Attorney General Gordon MacDonald has been confirmed as chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, 18 months after he was initially rejected for the position.

TAKE5
many feel their work life would further improve with better home-office equipment (58%), the ability to permanently work remotely (51%) and software solutions that help them automate manual and repetitive tasks (39%).

ABOUT TOWN
1. Denyse Richter, founder of Step Up Parents of Portsmouth, NH, holds a $5,000 grant from The Fuller Foundation, Inc.

THE BOTTOM LINE
“There are numerous studies showing that companies with diverse leadership significantly outperform their all-white, all-male counterparts,” said Collins.

I-93’s long and winding road to completion
Come spring, the coronavirus willing, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation will celebrate the completion of the widening of Interstate 93 between Salem and Manchester,...

Investment, development track I-93 widening
The widening of Interstate 93 from Salem to Manchester has been accompanied by a spate of investment and development along the length of the corridor,...

From ‘boulevard’ to development engine
That vision became reality with construction of Interstate 93, which began in 1961. By 1977, 123 miles were complete from Salem to Littleton, although a gap of eight miles remained,...

The lessons of January 6
John Kelly, retired general and former chief of staff under Donald Trump, commenting on the riot at the Capitol by insurrectionists who were urged on by Trump had this to say:...

Strawbery Banke’s history lessons for today
At Strawbery Banke, visitors can wander through 350 years of history of the historic waterfront neighborhood turned into a living museum that normally attracts tens of thousands of visitors a year.

Gratitude in the workplace
I recall some years back reading “Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment” by Tal Ben-Shahar, based on his popular Harvard course.

The road ahead for manufacturers
Manufacturers of every size and across every industry are weathering unforeseen economic forces rising from the pandemic. Demand for products has been upended,...

What else is in the new stimulus bill?
The Paycheck Protection Program isn’t the only part of the $900 million stimulus bill that took effect Dec. 27. While many people know about the one-time $600 check for individuals, as well as the extra aid for schools,...

Dear state of NH: Please don’t forget the schools
Covid-19 has put tremendous strain on school districts across the state of New Hampshire, and as districts begin the budgeting process for the next school year,...

Don’t eliminate New Hampshire’s R&D tax credit
There’s an unsettling move afoot in Concord. A bill to roll back one of New Hampshire’s most successful economic development programs has been submitted for action in the nascent 2021 legislative session.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The town of Coventry is the host community for the Casella landfill (also known as the New England Waste USA landfill) in Vermont. I have been involved with the Waste USA landfill in Coventry since its inception.

The potential impact of the FTC’s data privacy orders
On Dec. 14, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued orders using powers under Section 6(b) of the FTC Act to nine social media and video streaming services that signal future regulatory actions in the field of data privacy.

What to consider as the SECURE Act turns a year old
Many of these questions pertain to novel rules governing a new class of designated beneficiaries, called eligible designated beneficiaries, or EDBs, and to the implications of client decisions to name a trust as the beneficiary of a retirement plan or account.

5 reasons life is better in a retirement community — even during a pandemic!
The novel coronavirus continues to affect the globe, and individuals and organizations have pivoted and evolved practices in countless ways to adjust to the new normal.

CALENDAR
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Q&A INTERVIEW
‘White supremacy and extremism in general are a domestic security threat,’ says Christina Cliff, assistant professor of political science and security studies at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge.

THE LATEST
The Merrimack County Savings Bank Foundation has awarded $59,033 to 22 nonprofits serving local communities: Boys and Girls Club of Greater Nashua; Bridges Domestic and Sexual Violence and Support Services,.

David Cassidy new VP of Bank of New Hampshire
Cassidy is one of the founding members of the team that started Bedford-based Centrix Bank in 1999, which was acquired by Eastern Bank in 2014.

FLOTSAM&JETSAM
This go-round, however, it seems a little different. That’s because Emmett Soldati, head of the Somersworth Dem club and the losing candidate in the Exec Council Dist. 2 race, has thrown his hat in the Dem Chair Ring.