Experiment in Derry tests a new variety of Medicare
There is an ongoing Medicare experiment going on in Derry that involves more than 6,000 traditional Medicare recipients and their 44 providers from two primary care practices who signed up for it.

The public-private puzzle
The program, under the auspices of the state Department of Transportation, seeks to engage private companies to own and operate certain services that might otherwise be managed by the state.

Study: Manchester third fastest-growing metro in Northeast
According to the study, the Manchester area gained an average of 5,429 residents per year from 2015 to 2019, or approximately 1.3 percent of its total 2020 population.

Liberty asks NH PUC to suspend energy-efficiency decision
The utility filed a motion for a stay of order Dec. 3, the latest response to a contentious decision from the utilities commission to reject a triennial energy-efficiency plan and instead cut funding for state energy-efficiency programs.

New Hampshire Housing names Dapice as Christon’s successor
“Under Dean Christon’s leadership, New Hampshire Housing has earned a reputation for operational excellence, adaptability and compassion,” Dapice said.

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Novocure to build new office building in downtown Portsmouth
The agreement involves a building to be erected at 64 Vaughan Mall. The company said purchase price of the property was $9.5 million, and construction costs are set at $14.5 million.

Why does the state want more information on offshore wind?
The Department of Energy, along with the state’s Department of Environmental Services, hosted an information session Dec. 2 on the RFP to select the consultant,...

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Chicoine confirmed as Department of Energy commissioner
Cinde Warmington, the lone Democrat on the council, was the only vote against his nomination, saying she opposed the confirmation because Chicoine,...

NH ski areas adapt to pandemic’s ups and downs
“Last winter, we advised visitors to ‘know before you go,’ and that advice holds for this year as well,” said Keeler.

TAKE 5
11.3 percent of employed individuals in the U.S. worked remotely in November due to concerns surrounding Covid-19,.

ABOUT TOWN
1. The Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation has donated $50,000 to Exeter Hospital to assist them with expanding their pediatric care services.

THE BOTTOM LINE
Manchesterbased Minim reported quarterly sales were up 25 percent year over year, to $15 million, for its routers and other home networking products.

‘A whole new world’
Last year, as New Hampshire’s economy entered its first Covid winter, Evan Mallett, chef and owner of Black Trumpet Bistro and Wine Bar in Portsmouth,...

The new workplace reality
The status quo has died at our feet, and our workplace culture and employee experience, in many cases, require reinvention from the ground up.

Gains in gender parity for girls in math, science reported
New Hampshire girls have made strides in recent years, especially in math and science proficiency, a new report shows,...

The future is happening now
It’s understandable that you might be taken aback by the daily onslaught of challenging news. From the real, destructive impact of climate change — drought,...

Supply chain issues force crafters to think ahead
The crafters — including woodworkers, candlemakers and potters — are mostly one-person operations, making it imperative that they think ahead,...

The lure of insured indexes
I remember so vividly 2006, when gas prices reached $4 a gallon. I was studying for an advanced investment license and learned about what could send America into a negative tailspin.

Demographic insights about NH
At the board retreat of NHPBS early in December, demographer and author Peter Francese addressed the group,...

New voucher scheme sticks it to NH property taxpayers
If their latest proposal passes and you have schoolage children,...

PUC’s energy-efficiency ruling is a big step backwards
From the White Mountains to the Seacoast, companies and consumers across New Hampshire increasingly recognize that the measures we need to reduce pollution are not just about protecting the climate or air quality.

‘Tis the silver and gold 340B Rx season
And so goes the entire prescription drug delivery system in the rush to dig silver and gold from the 340B drug pricing mines. Not just buckets full, but tons of silver and gold.

Reflections on COP26: International becomes local
Glasgow, Scotland, became the epicenter of global climate change action negotiations during the first two weeks of November.

Health workers unite to warn of climate change’s impacts
A recent report from the World Health Organization called climate change the “single biggest threat facing humanity.”

UNH to develop Children’s Behavioral Health Resource Center
The Executive Council has approved a three-year, $4.3 million contract to enable the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (IOD) to develop a new Children’s Behavioral Health Resource Center (CBHRC).

NH nursing board streamlines licensing process
The New Hampshire Board of Nursing has passed an emergency rule aimed at streamlining a portion of the licensing process for certain health care workers.

Initiative seeks to attract doctors to Coos
With the grant from federal Health Resources Services Administration, the organization will be used to set up a three-year family medicine residency program to train new doctors,...

Religious vax exemption requests a challenge for NH employers
Prior to the pandemic, nearly all the religious exemption requests clients brought attorney James Reidy sought a work schedule accommodation for religious holidays and practices.

CALENDAR
Attendees will learn more about the current accounting and bookkeeping landscape, gain an understanding of the opportunities,...

Q&A INTERVIEW
Moira O’Neill, the first person to direct New Hampshire’s Office of the Child Advocate, announced recently that she will not be seeking a second term as director of the agency.

THE LATEST
The American Land Title Association’s Good Deeds Foundation has awarded $6,000 to Neighbor-Works Southern New Hampshire.

Pierce joins Future In Sight as new president, CEO
Randy Pierce has been appointed as the new president and CEO of the Concordbased organization Future In Sight.

FLOTSAM&JETSAM
After reviewing the oath of office taken by all members of the New Hampshire General Court at the time of their swearing-in,...