Immigrants and refugees bolster NH’s workforce
The institute helps immigrants and refugees settle in the U.S., connecting them with services and helping them to find housing and employment.

Community power picks up steam
A revolution is under way when it comes to providing electricity in the Granite State, and it’s not only about renewables, storage or the new smart grid.

New Hampshire heating fuel reserves remain low
In August, the U.S. Department of Energy wrote a letter to the six New England governors urging them to shore up home oil supplies to avoid shortages this winter.

Tech Alliance picks Product of Year and Entrepreneur of Year
Claremont-based Mikros Technologies’ TU3, a computer chip thermal tester, has been named the 2022 Product of the Year by the NH Tech Alliance, and Ryan Barton,...

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UNHInnovation wins grant to aid under-served small businesses
The U.S. Small Business Administration has awarded a grant to UNHInnovation, which manages and promotes intellectual property developed at the University of New Hampshire,...

New fund seeks to spur affordable housing in Monadnock Region
These types of funds are established by local governments that receive ongoing, dedicated sources of public money to support the production and preser vation of affordable housing.

CONCORD
CONCORD: New Hampshire’s unemployment rate increased to 2.2 percent in September, a slight uptick from the record-low 2 percent rates recorded for three straight months over the summer.

IN BRIEF
Frank FM’s Nazzy and Marissa won first place in the Morning Show Team category.

Insurance Department, NEC in educational partnership
The course will introduce students to the nature of risk, risk identification, general risk management techniques and the management of risk through insurance.

TAKE5
Fifty percent of 18- to 29-year-olds in the U.S. say they have some or a lot of trust in the information they get from social media sites,...

Skilled trades workforce among ‘Seven to Save’
Construction industry employers throughout New Hampshire have long been pointing out the shortage of skilled tradespeople.

USDOL charges home health firm with antiretaliation violations
The Department filed the complaint Oct. 14 against Your Comfort Zone LLC and its president and director, Rosalind Godfrey, in U.S. District Court.

ABOUT TOWN
1. Real estate developer Dakota Partners recently celebrated the grand opening of Friars Court in Hudson,...

THE BOTTOM LINE
Intertech pleaded guilty to the charges in July and was sentenced in federal court on Monday.

Charging ahead
She is the president of the Ski NH trade group that represents ski resorts in the state. She talks the talk and walks the walk.

Advice to new legislators
New Hampshire is about to hire 424 legislators, as it does every two years. If the results of this year’s election are typical, about one-third of those elected will be new.

Intentions and consequences
You guessed it: Overfishing is a danger, and as a result, there could be no more fish for anyone regardless of how good their equipment is.

Mass. settles dispute over tax payments to NH towns
The settlement was reached after New Hampshire made a claim to an arbitration board earlier this year.

Sizing up ESG practices
While we all know that eating, sleeping and exercising are essential to our wellbeing, we don’t necessarily consciously prioritize these activities.

End of rental relief funding sparks pleas for backup plan
Housing advocates are urging the state to develop and present a backup plan before the federal funding runs out on Dec. 29.

Career decision-making
The need to make quality decisions is pervasive and continuous throughout our lives. This is especially germane when it comes to the ongoing practice of our careers.

Potential buyer emerges for State School property
After years of failed attempts, the state has identified a buyer who wants to develop the 220-acre former Laconia State School property into a massive housing,...

A road map to expand NH’s healthcare workforce
According to National Nurses United, there are 4.4 million registered nurses in the United States, but only 3 million are currently working.

Why millennials are choosing New Hampshire as their home
For years, economists and demographers have been predicting dire consequences due to New Hampshire’s “old and getting older population.

Queen Elizabeth II, monarchy and democracy
Critics of Britain dismissed the obsequies as nostalgia for a lost imperium, the assumption being that all that expense might have been better spent in feeding the hungry,...

What does the future hold for the kids?
The controversy does not change the need to provide high-quality care and treatment to the state’s most vulnerable kids.

New menstrual product being piloted at UNH
Penelope Finnie has worn many hats throughout her entrepreneurial career. She’s been the chief creative officer of Ask.com.

Fidelity offers fully paid college benefit to employees
Fidelity, which hired over 16,000 people in 2021 and is on track to exceed that figure this year, has increased its customer service organization by 127 percent over the past three years.

Elliot adds tools to fight coronary artery disease
The hospital offers Shockwave IVL (intravascular lithotripsy) and coronary orbital atherectomies to break up calcium in arteries and assist with stent implantation.

NH health officials warn of another fall Covid surge
“There’s a good chance that this increase in hospitalizations is the beginning of the fall and going-into-the-winter surge,”...

Speare employs AI module in colonoscopies
Plymouth General Surgery has introduced an artificial intelligence system that it says will enhance colonoscopy screenings at the 25-bed Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth.

Ignore the ‘caveman’: making solid financial decisions
Tens of thousands of years ago, when cavemen roamed the earth, life was not kind to those who were slow to act.

What does ‘fiduciary’ actually mean?
When Tom began his advising career as a broker and securities salesman in 1984, it didn’t take him long to see the potential for sliding scales of corruption and other such financial malfeasance.

CALENDAR
THINK AHEAD FOR ANY EMERGENCY: A CONVERSATION WITH THE NASHUA PUBLIC HEALTH.

Q&A INTERVIEW
Navigating the evolution of health insurance eligibility is no easy task, but Keith Ballingall steers the ship quite well.

THE LATEST
Travel Weekly, a B2B travel industry news outlet, has awarded Lebanon-based Global Rescue,...

Crotched Mountain Foundation elects new chairman
The Crotched Mountain Foundation board of directors has elected Jim C. Piet as its new chair, succeeding Henry Veilleux, who held the job for a three-year term.

FLOTSAM&JETSAM
You know General DB: He’s the guy who, the day after winning the party nod, immediately took back all of the claims he had been making for years that the Big Liar actually won re-elect in 2020.