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Artists chasing sand dollars
The three-day 2022 Hampton Beach Sand Sculpting Classic is being held June 16-18 this year — and don’t make the mistake of thinking a shovel,...

Commission hopes to take the cryptic out of crypto
A commission impaneled by Gov. Chris Sununu seeks to throw light on some of the mystery and misunderstanding of cryptocurrency,...

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Manchester rents jumped 3.2% in May, up 14% in year
Average rents for a two-bedroom apartment in Manchester are among the highest in the country, according to Apartment List, which reported that rents in such major cities as Denver,...

NH ski visits downhill from last year
“The 2019/20 season ended a couple weeks to at least a month early for the ski areas due to the pandemic, which drove numbers down.

Survey finds overwhelming support for affordable housing in NH
In the survey, conducted May 19-20 of 500 registered New Hampshire voters, respondents supported, by a 69 to 29 percent majority,...

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Berlin greenhouse construction to begin next month
According to the Berlin Sun, American Ag Energy CEO Richard Rosen said he expects site work — begun last summer — to be completed within the next month.

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Nashua aluminum can plant hailed as meeting need of region’s beverage makers
Among the victims of ongoing supply chain issues is the beverage industry, which has been dealing with a shortage of aluminum cans,...

Women on the bench are a minority in NH, study shows
Women on the bench in New Hampshire fill 38 percent of the seats, and only one person on the bench is a person of color, and she’s also the only woman of color.

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THE BOTTOM LINE
Founded in 1931, Clark provides business insurance, employee health and benefits, and private client services to individuals and businesses.

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ABOUT TOWN
1. NHTrust supported the NH Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, the umbrella organization for the state’s 12 community-based crisis centers,...

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Embracing the hybrid culture
Thanks almost entirely to the Covid-19 pandemic, the typical 9-to-5, on-site work model has been nearly obliterated, but this is no crisis.

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A ‘perfect storm’ of supply side burdens
The unemployment rate is 2.3 percent, the lowest since 1988. There were 1,475 unemployment claims filed during the week of May 28, the smallest number in 25 years.

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Emerging healthcare strategies for employers
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed various aspects of how many Americans earn a living, ushering in an era of remote working and virtual team meetings.

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Web3 and the future economy
Depending on who one talks to, Web3 is either a blossoming of monetary liberation ushering in new economies and with them original products,...

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No signs of ebbing for boat market on Winnipesaukee
At the height of the pandemic, refunded vacations, stimulus checks and the yearning for safe activities outside drove boat sales to a decade high.

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SERVICE CREDIT UNION’S MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Michelle Cyr’s journey to success with The Eastern Depot
So, one day three years ago, she signed a lease for a vacant building in downtown Gorham. It would be transformed into The Eastern Depot, a 74-seat restaurant,...

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Social media in the workplace
Now, if you happen to view a website selling pants, be prepared for endless jeans ads on your social media feed.

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Election landscape is clearer
In my last column, it was not yet apparent how redistricting of New Hampshire’s two congressional districts would be decided.

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Playing defense on energy efficiency in the Legislature
The 2022 legislative session started early when it comes to energy policy. In November 2021, after nearly a year of delay,...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Children learn, grow and develop healthy relationships, self-confidence and self-esteem in safe, secure and loving environments free from fear.

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How Citizens United has tilted the scale in NH
The impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision continues to negatively impact politics in the country and in New Hampshire.

Reducing the risk of gun violence: what NH needs to do
Despite not yet reaching the halfway point of 2022, Americans have already lived through more mass shootings than days on the calendar.

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Managing rising energy costs in 2022 and beyond
New Hampshire’s post-pandemic economic landscape continues to be full of what may seem like daunting challenges as businesses and industries look to power up and regain the pre-pandemic plateau of prosperity.

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In NH’s healthcare market, it pays to shop around
Thanks to a federal hospital price transparency law that went into effect in 2021, Granite Staters now have the ability to compare prices of common procedures based on their insurance plans.

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Seacoast firm offers scholarships to meet need for nurses
FedPoint administers the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP), the largest group long-term care insurance program in the country.

Saint Anselm to create School of Nursing
“Without a doubt, our nursing program is among the finest in the country and features some of the best outcomes at the college,” Favazza said.

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Q&A INTERVIEW
He looked into national survey data gauging public beliefs in several conspiracy theories, including: “NASA astronauts did not really land on the moon” and “The Earth is flat, not round.

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THE LATEST
A $1 million gift from Harry Patten, a 1958 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, and the Patten Family Foundation will launch the Patten Family Sales and Funding Accelerator program.

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Granite YMCA welcomes new exec. dir. Jene Riley
She previously served as executive director of the YMCA of the Highland Lakes in Texas and has over 20 years of leadership experience,...

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FLOTSAM&JETSAM
As for himself, “because we’ve been successful (managing the budget) over the past few years, we have a lot of extra funds right now to invest in one-time infrastructure,...
